STORRS – There is very little margin for error when playing against any of the service academies and their option offenses on the football field. UConn will have a heightened focus on maximizing its possessions when it visits Air Force, which leads the nation in time of possession, spending more than 36 and a half minutes per game running the ball on offense, and is No. 2 nationally in rushing ...

EAST HARTFORD — UMass drove 72 yards following the opening kickoff, too much territory for UConn’s liking. But the deeper the Minutemen wandered into the “junkyard,” the closer they got to the dogs guarding the goal-line. “Our coach put us in our goal-line front and we always trust his scheme,” Huskies lineman Anas Luqman said. “We prided ourself on just being violent. … I feel like we’ve got ...

STORRS — Twice, Kalieb Osborne has invested his football future with Jason Candle. He chose to play for him at Toledo, and four days after entering the transfer portal last Jan. 2, Osborne chose to follow the coach to UConn. “He teaches me a lot, football and outside of football,” Osborne said. “Just being a man, outside of football. I feel like he’s been (developing) me in a way that I would ...

The Huskies were in complete control after scoring two TDs late in the second quarter.

Decades of experience tells us at least one absolute sports truth: From high schools to the major pro leagues, postseason play never contracts, but inexorably expands. Of course, it’s about money, not only the TV money that comes with expanded playoffs, but the ripple effect of giving more teams more chances to play meaningful games. Even the 64, check that, 68-team NCAA basketball field was ...