By Will Vandervort.

It has been 23 years since Cliff Stoudt participated in a football training camp and on Wednesday as he was watching his son, Cole, practice in full pads for the first time this summer, he could not get over how hot it was.

Temperatures were in the low 90s to high 80s by the time Clemson hit the practice fields beside the Jervey Athletic Center Wednesday afternoon.

The youngest Stoudt was kind of surprised to hear his dad complain about the heat.

“He has been through the heat and everything for camp, back when the Steelers had those thick jerseys, but he is saying this is hot and he is not even in full pads? I will give him a little crap for that,” the Tigers’ quarterback said. “It is kind of funny seeing him whine about that.”

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Cole Stoudt might want to wait until camp is completely over before he pokes fun at his father. He still has 22 practices left before training camp comes to a close, including the first two-a-days o on Friday.

“This is the hard part of camp,” Stoudt said. “We have to stay physically and mentally tough. We have to grind through it and try to get better every day. Even though you are going to be tired and exhausted you have to just keep going out there and pushing yourself.”

Stoudt says camp is so taxing, playing at Georgia in his first ever start as a college quarterback is the farthest thing from his mind right now.

“In camp, I’m sleeping great because I’m coming home tired,” he said. “I’m not really thinking about the pressure or anything like that. It’s just another game I have to prepare for or another season I have to prepare for.

“I trust the guys out there. I trust everyone, really. I’m comfortable in my situation and I don’t have stress or pressure on me. When I lay my head down and go to sleep, I’m knocked out. I’m excited for the next day and getting back out there with the guys.”

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney likes hearing things like that.

“We are not focused on Georgia. We are just focused on Clemson,” he said. “We have to play Clemson right now because that’s what is important. We have nothing but paws going at each other. We have paws on paws. It’s a lot of talent going back and forth against each other and they are trying to win for their segment in practice.

“We will worry about Georgia later on because we have to get ready for Clemson right now.”

While getting through the grind of fall camp, too.