‘“Football is not football without pads,” Oliver said after Tuesday’s practice, the third in pads at St. John Fisher College. “I feel like when you put the pads on your game elevates and you play physical, and play (real) football. … It was harder for me without pads on. When you put the pads on my leverage, my speed, my power comes into play. That actually works into my advantage when guys have to bend to block me.”’