TAMPA, Fla. — Brian Siegrist looked out the windows of the University of South Florida's Lee Roy Selmon Athletics Center on Tuesday morning to see people walking out of the basketball arena and being loaded into shuttles.
Those folks, many with special medical needs, were among the 800 who took shelter in the Sun Dome as Hurricane Irma chugged toward south Florida, threatening to inflict serious damage.
Within a few hours Tuesday, things were back to normal at the Bulls' athletic complex, as football players practiced there for the first time since last week in preparation for Friday's game against Illinois, to be held across town at Raymond James Stadium.