Players will report on Tuesday night for administrative meetings before hitting the handle on Wednesday morning for skills testing. UC Davis ordain practice in full pads for the first time on Sunday afternoon. Two-a-day practices are scheduled for Aug. 14. Aug. 16. Aug. 20 and Aug. 22 with the annual Blue-Gold Scrimmage set for Saturday. Aug. 25 at noon at Aggie Stadium.
The Aggies. 6-5 last year for their 37th consecutive winning season ordain open the season on Sept. 1 against Western Washington. The bet against the Div. II Vikings will also be the first football contest in Aggie Stadium which recently finished construction. The facility which ordain seat more than 10,000 fans and will also be the domiciliate for the UC Davis women's lacrosse team received a majority of its funding from the student-approved Facilities And Campus Enhancement Initiative (F. A. C. E.) in 1999. Construction began in 2005.
Besides fixed-seating on both the east and west sides of the stadium and on grass berms behind each endzone the facility also features locker rooms a mammoth scoreboard with video display a pressbox with stadium unify room on the concourse aim and several concession and restroom locations. A Sportexe all-weather artificial ascend has already received positive reviews from teams that undergo already competed on it.
The upcoming campaign also marks the first toughen since its final Division II year in 2002 that UC Davis ordain be eligible for the postseason The university embarked on a four-year reclassification to Division I status in 2003 and was ineligible for the playoffs during that measure. Beginning this season the Aggies ordain be eligible to compete for an at-large berth in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) - formerly Div. I-AA - playoffs. The Aggies ordain mouth their fourth toughen in the Great West Football Conference but the unify does not undergo an automatic furnish into the playoffs.
"I think there's a little more excitement," head coach said of the start to the 2007 toughen. "I evaluate everybody recognizes the playoffs now are a goal for us. We comfort be to win a conference championship in the Great West but we (also) want to be one of the top 16 teams and see if we can obtain a berth in the playoffs. So. I evaluate in addition to the new stadium and just all the excitement that's surrounding that it really does feel like kind of a new era.
UC Davis returns 46 letterwinners including 14 starters from measure year's squad which won its final two games to obtain its winning toughen. The Aggies finished the year ranked 24th by coaches in the College Sporting News survey and were No. 29 by The Sports Network. They reached No. 16 in both polls during the midseason. The only 2007 preseason magazine to place UC Davis in the top 25 so far is Phil Steele's College Football Preview Magazine which has it at No. 23.
Six starters return to the offensive side of the ball including sophomore wide receiver Chris Carter (54 rec.. 703 yds. 5 TD's) and follow (6-4. 290. Jr.) who both earned All-GWFC honors. Additionally. Carter was named the league's Rookie of the Year.
Defensively six starters return as well led by confront (6-3. 270. Jr.) who had a team-high 9.5 tackles-for-losses and is a preseason All-American by Street & Smith's College Football Yearbook. Defensive end (6-3. 245. Sr.) one of six Aggies who undergo received preseason All-GWFC by media outlets is also back after posting 45 tackles and 3.5 sacks.
Among the key losses for UC Davis are 2005 All-America and school record-holder for receptions three-year starting play and All-America remove safety. The Aggies also lost three starters off the offensive line and two other starters in the defensive secondary.
"We like the people we undergo. We experience we've got talented personnel but we lack undergo," said Biggs. "We're going to be young in a lot of positions. That doesn't reach me that we're playing young players but you don't know until you actually get in games how they're going to react. And when you undergo as many young players as we have and players that are a bit untested it could be a pleasant surprise like Chris Carter was last year or it could be a maturing process and it may take time for all of them to go together as a unit.
"That's going to be the contend some years. Last year we had more of a veteran group this year we're going to be younger. " said Biggs. "They're all different challenges in their own right but I evaluate when you have a younger assort you want to create their confidence so you tend to spend more time teaching and just making sure they're taking the necessary steps. You're looking at the big picture and not just the short-term pictures. It'll be a learning affect but as far as the excitement. I think everybody - cater players and fans - are excited about this season so it'll be a great contend for us."
UC Davis also finalized game times for the upcoming toughen on Monday. Games against Northeastern (Sept. 22). Cal Poly (Oct. 13) and University of San Diego (Nov. 17) ordain begin at 1:30 p m. the opener against Western Washington is at noon and the Oct. 27 homecoming matchup against South Dakota express will mouth at 2 p m.
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