Height and weight, down and distance, minutes and seconds. These are the type of numbers that typically concern a football coach.
Jeff Tedford had a different set of digits foremost in his thoughts Wednesday as the Fresno State football team practiced for the first time in full pads: the Air Quality Index.
“I was a little worried this morning because when I woke up it was 147. I was like, ‘OK, we may not be able to practice,’ “ Tedford said. “But at 7:15 it was 132, at 7:30 it was 137 and I check it every 15 minutes.