July 28, 2025
When the USF Bulls began fall training camp on Monday morning, it was hot. That's not exactly a news flash. But one day after Tampa registered its first triple-digit temperature (100 degrees at Tampa International Airport mid-Sunday afternoon) since weather records began in 1890, there was a heightened awareness of conditioning, hydration, nutrition and common sense.
At 11 a.m., in the final stages of USF practice, the "feels-like'' temperature was at 113 degrees.
For USF, the heat will be on — literally and figuratively — when the Bulls open the season Aug. 28 at Raymond James Stadium against Boise State (5:30 p,m.