The Arizona Wildcats conducted the first training-camp practice of the Kevin Sumlin era adjacent to a construction site Friday evening. By next spring, the Indoor Sports Center will be up and running. It’s currently a massive, fenced-off pile of dirt.
The funny thing about the proximity of the site is that it isn’t a metaphor. The football program isn’t rebuilding. Sumlin knew as much when he took the job in January.
“It wasn’t completely broken,” he said at last month’s Pac-12 Media Day.
That was one of the factors that made the opportunity appealing. Others included the shared vision of UA president Robert C.