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Pitt Football Practice Highlights: 'When it's live, it's live'

Pat Narduzzi said the Pitt Panthers wouldn't hold back with everyone in full pads on Monday morning.

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Pitt Football Practice Highlights: 'When it's live, it's live'
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PITTSBURGH -- The season opener against rival West Virginia is one week closer and as the clock continues to wind down on preseason training, the physicality is ramping up. The Pitt Panthers were fully dressed - in pads from head to knee - for the first time this weekend. 

Pitt was back in full pads on Monday and used that time to get early looks at how the players respond to live contact after an offseason devoid of it. Head coach Pat Narduzzi said he's been pleased with the work his group has done so far and says that live periods have been balanced.

"I'm happy with where our guys are at this point," Narduzzi said before practice. "Our guys are competing. ... Yesterday, first practice in pads, was a back and forth. The offense won one period and then the defense would come back and win the next one and it was just kind of a back-and-forth thing which you love to see."

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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