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UF's Jim McElwain wants Gators to fend off fatigue, build on success

GAINESVILLE — UF coach Jim McElwain knows the wall is coming.

The Gators soon will face the key juncture of preseason camp, when enthusiasm and energy are met with indifference and fatigue.

McElwain said his players have to make sure the wall does not win during Week 3 — to him the most critical week of camp.

"I think the novelty of the new season, the fresh new uniforms you've got have now been washed a whole bunch," McElwain said Monday. "Sometimes the guys' focus on detail starts to slip as their bodies are really sore and they get tired and the monotony of the every-day kind of takes in.