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Jedd Fisch faces 'hardest challenge' as he tries to get UCLA to bowl game, prove he's right pick for coach

LOS ANGELES - The message on the cover of Jedd Fisch's notebook took new meaning Monday.

"One day as a head coach" was no longer just an aspirational catchphrase; Fisch had been named UCLA's interim football coach following the dismissal of Jim Mora.

It was something less than a triumphant moment for the veteran offensive coordinator.

Fisch was tasked with leading the Bruins through a new, uneasy dawn after the firing of the coach who had brought him to Westwood earlier this year, a man his family

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