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Florida fall practice to open August 6, Jim McElwain says at SEC Media Days

Florida's first run of fall practices under Jim McElwain will begin on August 6, the Gators' head coach announced at SEC Media Days on Monday.

— Luis Torres (@LFTorresIII) July 13, 2015

It's likely that August 5 (a Wednesday) will be a day of meetings and introductions, but it's interesting that Florida's opening its fall camp before its Summer B term ends — classes end for that term on August 7, a Friday, though final exams for those classes are administered in-class.

But, hey, "student-athlete" — and SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey's newly stated goal of being "scholars" first — only means so much, right?