Here's an interesting look at the lengths the Tampa Bay Bucs go to keep players hydrated:

Terry and other sweaters on the team hit the IV trailer after more than two hours on the football field to replenish fluids lost during practice. It's one of the many benefits and technological advances Bucs players enjoy while trying to beat the heat during the rigorous two-a-day practices of training camp.

Bucs coach Jon Gruden recently bragged about the team's efforts in keeping guys hydrated and cool, saying the Bucs are on the ``cutting edge of technology.'' They have to be, considering temperatures soared with heat indexes above 100 degrees during the first week of training camp at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.

``It's not just the temperatures. It's the pace at which we practice at, combined with the environmental challenge,'' said Bucs head athletic trainer Todd Toriscelli. ``What Coach [Gruden] has allowed me to do is basically, without any concerns over budget or logistics, he told me to develop what we have to do here, and we've done it.''

During practice, players take a break in the ``cool-down tent,'' a trailer filled with benches and a room temperature in the low 60s. On the field, misting fans, which the Bucs had designed specifically, blow constantly.

Early in camp, Gatorade scientists spent a couple of days monitoring the players. They attached sensory patches to study the sodium and potassium levels in an effort to determine why some players cramp up at practice and others do not.

The ``cool-down tent'' is among the players' favorites.