STORRS – UConn football is reaching the point where training camp is a true grind.

Days like Tuesday, practicing competitively in full pads for 2-3 hours in direct sunlight and 90-degree weather, are rites of passage that can help groups on both sides of the ball come together before the games begin Aug. 30. Both coordinators, Gordon Sammis (offense) and Matt Brock (defense), feel that their units are headed in the right direction.

In two-minute drills toward the end of Tuesday’s practice, UConn’s new defensive front made it nearly impossible for the offense to move the ball. But, for as many passes that were batted down at the line of scrimmage, Sammis wasn’t sounding his alarms.

“I get concerned about everything, but it’s something that we can fix now. And if we can’t fix it, we’ll fi

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