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Training Camp Central: Day Eight In The Books

Jacquain Williams Training Camp Central
Day Seven - Thursday, Aug. 13- Practice Update

Multimedia
BullsVision Exclusive: Coach Leavitt
BullsVision Exclusive: Carlton Mitchell
Daily News Wire: Links for Aug. 13
Photo Gallery: Defensive Drills

Daily Selvie Watch List Update
George Selvie was among 55 players named to the Chuck Bednarik Watch List this afternoon. Selvie has already appeared on the Hendricks and Maxwell watch lists since camp opened eight days ago.

"All of it is humbling," said the senior All-American.

Collegefootballnews.com is ranking the top 200 players in college foottball and they listed Selvie at No. 12. That is 13 spots higher than where Rivals ranked him earlier this week in its top 100 countdown.

CFN also ranked Matt Grothe higher than Rivals, putting the USF signal caller at No. 71.

The Tweet of the Day
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"Felt pretty dizzy today. Must have been that pursuit drill Joe put in. You have to work it. Bedford almost ran me over. Get in shape!"

Heat Index
Part of the reason Leavitt may have been lightheaded was the heat during the morning session. If you are following @USFFootball on Twitter, you would know that it was a heat index of 98 degrees with a relative humidity of 55 percent at 10:30 this morning. USF Assistant AD for Sports Medicine, Steve Walz, said the humidity was in the 90 range when practice started at 8:30 a.m.

Walz also has some new technology, which measures the heat inside a players helmet. Walz would approximate that the temperature inside helmets at 10:30 this morning was 116 degrees.

That's hot.

And was even hotter on Sunday, when the heat index on the field rose to 112 degrees.

Muscle Beach
Players that are injured or not participating in practice spend the session at Muscle Beach.

The area is along the far sideline of the west practice field and is equiped with strength bands, medicine balls, a sledge hammer and other workout equipment.

It was dubbed Muscle Beach many years ago by head strength coach Ronnie McKeefery. But is a beach in name only.

Usually guys are anxious to get back on the practice field after having to lift weights and do strength excercises in full pads.

The Bungee Bands
There are a few pictures of Evan Landi working on the bands in today's photo gallery. We have written about them before and Coach Canales believes they are a great tool for any quarterback.

Marquel Blackwell said that NFL teams use them regularly during the offseason. He laughed when asked if USF had them during his college career, "We had bands but not ones like these. Our's would break."

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Practice Report Archive
Thursday, Aug. 13: Two-A-Day Number Two
Wednesday, Aug. 12: Bonani Returns
Tuesday, Aug. 11: Afternoon Practice Update
Monday, Aug. 10: Wallpapers Unveiled
Sunday, Aug. 9: Heat, Hester & Ice Cream
Saturday, Aug. 8: Selvie & Hester Graduate
Friday, Aug. 7: Canales & Blackwell Reminisce
Thursday, Aug. 6: Post-Practice Recap
Thursday, Aug. 6: Camp Preview: Open Day Is Here
Training Camp BullsVision Video Archive
Thursday, Aug. 13: Leavitt | Mitchell
Wednesday, Aug. 12: Maikon Bonani
Tuesday, Aug. 11: Leavitt | Plancher | Q. Washington
Monday, Aug. 10: Leavitt
Sunday, Aug. 9: Leavitt | Kion Wilson | Sabbath Joseph
Saturday, Aug. 8: Leavitt | Aaron Harris & George Selvie
Friday, Aug. 7: Leavitt | B.J. Daniels
Thursday, Aug. 6: Matt Grothe | Jessie Hester & A.J. Love
Training Camp Photo Gallery Archive
Thursday, Aug. 13: Bands, Backers and More
Wednesday, Aug. 12: Defensive Drills

Monday, Aug. 10: Bulls Work Through The Heat
Sunday, Aug. 9: The Footall Staff
Saturday, Aug. 8: Giddins, Eppes, Virgin & More
Friday, Aug. 7: Reed, Barrington, Lamar & Tight Ends
Thursday, Aug. 6: Newcomers
 

Coach Canales laughed too as he remembered the days when they used medical tubing for the resistance drill.

"Nobodies breaking these," said Blackwell said on the industrial strength cords. They might break the equipment managers that have to hold their ground and the other end of the line against the elite athletes.

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Players Mentioned

Matt Grothe

#8 Matt Grothe

QB
6' 0"
Senior
Evan Landi

#12 Evan Landi

QB
6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
George Selvie

#95 George Selvie

DE
6' 4"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Matt Grothe

#8 Matt Grothe

6' 0"
Senior
QB
Evan Landi

#12 Evan Landi

6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
QB
George Selvie

#95 George Selvie

6' 4"
Senior
DE