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Although the first game is still two weeks away, UC Davis head football coach Tim Plough said Friday morning's long mock-game scrimmage marks the official end of Fall Camp that began July 23.

"From now on, it's all about our first game," said Plough as he looks ahead to an August 23 date against Mercer in the FCS Kickoff Classic in Montgomery, Alabama.

“We always planned on giving ourselves two weeks to get healthy and also giving ourselves two weeks to prep for Mercer,” added Plough. “The extra time is good and we can work on our game prep this week before doing it for real the following week.”

The Aggie coach gave his troops the weekend off, then will bring them back Monday as if it is game week as they prepare just as they would for a game in the regular season. The one exception being he probably won't load them all on a chartered aircraft this Friday afternoon, but he probably would if he could.

“We had a really good camp and feel excited about where we stand,” noted Plough.

“It really felt like we were able to get a lot of evaluation done because it was such a competitive camp. And I feel like we did a good job coming out of camp relatively healthy, which is always a good thing.”