There’s a different feel to Orange football practice this year. Usually when workouts begin at Stanford Baseball Field, it’s closer to 95 degrees. Last Monday, it was around 35 degrees. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg, literally and figuratively. With football starting on February 26, it will be the first time in school history that Orange will play a football season in the spring. Along with the multitude of safety adjustments required by the pandemic, Orange Coach Van Smith has to deal with personnel changes. Wyatt Jones, who had been the starting quarterback the past two years, is now on the Mercer University men’s lacrosse team. Nigel Slanker, who has been the Panthers’ triple-threat kicker, is penciled in as Jones’ replacement. That’s just one of the changes as Orange prepares for its final season in the Big 8 Conference in its current form. Orange travels to East Chapel Hill to start the unusual season a week from this Friday.