On a hot humid day, I guess Coach Wannstedt liked the feeling that he was back down in South Florida.

Since Pitt had a late-afternoon start to practice, the temperature rose into the 90s with high humidity. And Wannstedt loved it.

Wannstedt had the team do a little bit of extra running after practice.

“I think the heat’s good for us. You can’t manufacture this kind of weather ever again, and I think we have to take advantage of it being warm while we have it,” Wannstedt said.

Naturally some players including Left Tackle Charles Spencer suffered cramps. Just keep the guys hydrated and let them take some breaks at times. This isn’t the “Junction Boys,” and no one really wants to see paramedics working on a kid who collapses.

Coach Wannstedt talked about practicing without pads as emphasizing the fundamentals. Given the lapses of those sort of things at times last year, I’m happy for them to have a couple more days without pads.