EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- UConn kicker Bobby Puyol sought out Virginia kicker Alex Furbank after the Huskies 13-10 win over the Cavaliers on Saturday.Puyol had hit the game winner from 43-yards out with 1:33 left, then watched from the sideline as Furbank, a walk-on playing in his first football game at any level, missed a 20-yard field-goal attempt for Virginia as time expired.I just told him, `Man youre going to do a good job, youre going to get plenty more kicks, Puyol said. Sometimes you make them, sometimes you dont.It was the second game winner this season for Puyol, who had three extra points blocked a year ago. His 37-yard field goal with 11 seconds left beat Maine in the Huskies season-opener.I just knew, Puyol said. I said, `Get it down in field-goal range, ready to go and Ill make it.UConn Quarterback Bryant Shirreffs completed 13 of 24 passes for 154 yards. He also ran for 33 yards and a touchdown as the Huskies (2-1), overcame an early 10-0 deficit with two fourth-quarter scores.A 20-yard run by Shirreffs and a 23-yard screen play to Noel Thomas set up Puyols game winner.But Virginia (0-3) got the ball back and moved right down the field. A 33-yard strike down the left side from Kurt Benkert to Doni Dowling put the Cavaliers in UConn territory. It appeared they would at least send the game into overtime after Benkert hit Keeon Johnson with a 34-yard fourth-down pass to put the ball inside the UConn 10.The Husky defense stiffened, stopping Benkerts keeper at the 2-yard line on third down. The Cavaliers, who had no timeouts remaining, were able to rush the field-goal unit onto the field. But Furbank pulled the ball left.I know I rushed the kick a little bit and thats 100 percent on me, he said.It was the 17th straight road loss for Virginia, and leaves first-year coach Bronco Mendenhall still looking for his 100th career win. He was 99-43 during his 11-year tenure at BYU.Im proud of the way my team played today, he said. They fought hard from the beginning and I think they took a step forward again today.Virginia opened the scoring with first quarter drives of 12 and 13 plays. The first led to a 23-yard field goal from Furbank. It was the sophomores first football kick. He played soccer at Division III Randolph-Macon before transferring to Virginia.A 90-yard drive ended in a 9-yard touchdown run by Albert Reid that made it 10-0.UConn drove to the Virginia 2-yard line in the second quarter but had to settle for a 21-yard field goal.The Huskies missed several second-half scoring chances.A third-quarter UConn drive was thwarted when Juan Thornhill out-dueled Husky receiver Noel Thomas in the end zone and came up with an interception. A fourth-quarter drive ended when Arkeel Newsome dropped a pitch and the fumble was recovered by Virginias Andrew Brown.But Huskies got the ball right back when Jamar Summers intercepted Benkert. It was the first pick of the season for Summers, who had eight last season.The Huskies, helped by interference and face mask calls on Virginia, drove 37-yards in nine plays to tie the game. Shirreffs ran the ball in on a sweep from a yard out.Virginia then drove to the UConn 24-yard line, but a run by Albert Reid on fourth-and-1 came up short.It was painful, thats all I can say, Reid said. There were plenty of plays on the field that we didnt make.Newsome ran 13 times for 90 yards for UConn. Benkert completed 23 of 42 passes for 241 yards. Reid (73 yards) and running back Taquan Mizzell (66) combined for 139 yards.THE TAKEAWAYVIRGINIA: The Cavaliers continued to make too many mistakes to win. They were penalized 10 times for 91 yards. 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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The girls will come in, often wide-eyed and eager, to get a feel for what the typical day of an elite gymnast looks like. After watching three-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman make her way through another energy-sapping, mettle-testing, soul-draining workout, those same girls who dream of following in Raismans footsteps often leave in tears.I feel bad that Im supposed to be inspiring them and they dont even want to do it anymore, Raisman said. I think people are surprised at how hard it is.Six hours a day. Six days a week. Week after week. Year after year. Usually for as long as their bodies -- not to mention their brains -- can take it.Raisman can joke about it now that shes on the other side with a spot on a second Olympic team assured after national team coordinator Martha Karolyi selected her for the five-woman team along with Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian. Sunday nights giddy moment, however, is tempered by the reality that the most challenging four weeks of their careers await. Time off between now and the opening ceremonies in Rio de Janeiro will be scarce, if it exists at all.The Grind is a rite of passage in the powerhouse U.S. womens program, one designed to end with tearful hugs on the podium with gold medals draped around their necks as The Star-Spangled Banner plays. Its a bid for glory that comes with an inherent risk as Karolyi and the coaching staff grapple with the question of how much is too much.Its a fine line Karolyi believes she has found a way to straddle effectively while building a dynasty that hasnt lost a major international competition in eight years. She is unapologetic in her approach, one that places a higher emphasis on execution than repetition. For competition days, the Americans almost always are done with their warm-ups first, part of Karolyis directive to get it right and get out of there.Mentally you will be tired, but physically you are doing less when youre getting closer, then you can avoid overtraining, Karolyi said.If anything, Karolyi appears to have mellowed as she nears retirement. Olympic champion Mary Lou Retton remembers throwing 70 vaults a day while training under Karolyi and her husband Bela before the 1984 Games. Back then there were no extra mats to help pad the landings to take some of the pressure off their joints, an added layer of protection that is standard today.I hit that (gold-medal winning) vault when I had to, Retton said with a laugh while pointing out that at 48 shes already had both hips replaced. They train smarter and more efficient. Im pretty beat up.At this point in the Olympic cycle, healthy is a relative term. When the 2012 Olympic team arrived in London, reigning world champion Jordyn Wieber was dealing with stress fractures in her right leg.dddddddddddd While the adrenaline took over during competition, she spent the majority of her down time in treatment and limited her practice routines. Though Wieber helped the Fierce Five roll to gold, she also failed to qualify for the all-around final, finishing as the third American behind Raisman and Gabby Douglas.Now retired and serving as a volunteer assistant at UCLA (where shes also a student), Wieber doesnt believe she was overworked, calling her injury inevitable after thousands of hours in the gym. The severity of the pain didnt ramp up until the team arrived in London. With a lifetime goal finally in sight, Wieber bit her cheek and pressed forward.Everybody was banged up at the Olympics, she said. Im on the Olympic team already. Im not going to give that up.Its a mindset that can place Karolyi and her staff in a difficult position, particularly when it comes to teenagers who likely will have just one shot at their sports biggest stage.Coaching gymnastics is such a small part of it, said Kim Zmeskal Burdette, who coaches Olympic alternate Ragan Smith. Its reading their emotions, reading their body language. Are they just frustrated with this skill or is their body not functioning? Its hard.Zmeskal Burdette would know. The 1991 world champion acknowledges she was extremely intimidated to speak up during her career, concerned any sign of weakness would damage her standing. While making a comeback in the late 90s, she ignored the throbbing in her shoulder -- throbbing that eventually led to surgery -- out of fear of getting passed up.If I say something, I dont get to do bars, she said. I dont want to not do bars. My friends are going to do bars. Theyre going to get better at bars. Im going to be stressed that Im not doing bars. It kind of happens naturally.Every single athlete at Olympic Trials has at some point been pushed to exhaustion at her home gym far away from Karolyis watchful eyes. Raisman estimates shes done her boundary-pushing floor exercise 8 million times, which in her mind is only a slight exaggeration. There have been days shell peel herself off the floor to go home and her father will need to pick her up because she cant muster the energy to get behind the wheel.I think people always say we train so much, but the system works, Raisman said. You kind of have to push yourself to the point where you feel you can do your routine in your sleep. ... Im not saying its easy or its fun. Its fun now that Ive put in the work and its all coming together. ' ' '