The Big East video snippet interviews are up (Windows Media. If the direct link doesn’t work, go to the Media Day site and click “Video.”).

Coach Wannstedt is interviewed at the 6:30 mark. The off-camera (and sound) question he is asked is about Palko. Coach Wannstedt said it was Palko’s team. He was effusive in his praise for how he prepared and put in so much work during the offseason. The second question was about his expectations for the season. Here, it was a little interesting because Coach Wannstedt hedged sharply. He essentially said that while he wants to say winning the Big East, that would be getting ahead of things. Right now, the team can only take it one game at a time and see where things go. It definitely seemed that he was trying to balance the goals versus the expectations. I don’t think overconfidence by the coach will be an issue.

Tyler Palko was the only Pitt player on the interview. He was at about 7:45. He talked about dealing with adversity. That part of the problem last year was that the team didn’t handle adversity well, that it let them get to them. The team has to handle things better. Palko also stressed that winning was far more important than any individual stats. He just wants to win the game and he doesn’t care how or what his stat line looks like.

46 days and 2 plus hours until kickoff against UVa.