Bad news for you Iowa State fans. Yesterday, WR Darius Reynolds broke his leg in practice–fracturing his fibula. Reynolds will be out of commission for at least one month. This is a significant loss to an injury prone Cyclones team that doesn’t have much talent to begin with. Basically, Reynolds, as a juco transfer and 1st year starter, is the 2nd leading receiver on the team. As a top receiver, he has only amassed 13 receptions for 72 yards. As of now, there is no word regarding Reynolds’...
Oklahoma’s star TE Jermaine Gresham had the opportunity to be a first round draft pick during the 2009 NFL draft but just as Sam Bradford, he opted to pass on the draft and play his senior season with the Sooners. In an all to common story, Gresham was injured before his season really began and underwent season ending right knee surgery to repair torn cartilage. It is anticipated that Gresham will fully recover and he should be back on...
Oregon CB Walter Thurmond’s career as an Oregon Duck is over. Oregon’s best defensive back, and Jim Thorpe watchlist candidate, injured his knee during the opening kickoff Saturday against California, a game that Oregon won convincingly 42-3. An MRI was done earlier today and it was decided that Thurmond would need to undergo season ending surgery. Thurmond has had an illustrious career at Oregon and had a strong start to the 2009 season by scoring two touchdowns in three games. One...
USC’s Stafon Johnson is out of surgery and is expected to make a full recovery. The RB underwent a 7 hour surgery procedure last night to repair a crushed neck and larynx sustained when 275lbs. of weight landed on his throat while bench pressing yesterday. Paramedics gave Johnson a tracheotomy that helped him breathe. Dr. Gudata Hinika, trauma medical director at California Hospital Medical Center, said that someone smaller would more than likely have died from the injury, and that he credits Johnson’s...
Penn State’s star LB Sean Lee is still doubtful for this Saturday’s match-up against Illinois. He is currently rehabbing his injured knee from the Temple game. Even if he gets back to 100% by Saturday, he will not be in game shape because of the long layoff. However, if Lee plays or not, it shouldn’t be too much of a concern as PSU’s defense is playing great ball considering its youth and on-going injury problems. What should concern the Nittany Lions is their...
Texas Texas coach Mike Leach is making some changes in Lubbock. No, Texas Tech isn’t making coaching adjustment on the football field, but rather with his players’s twitter accounts. Leach has banned members of the Red Raider football team from twittering. The change in his policy comes after TT linebacker Marlon Williams twitted that he wondered why he was expected to be on time for a team meeting when his linebacker coach himself was running late. Leach and company...
New Mexico coach Mike Locksley has tensions high in Albuquerque this season, and I’m not just talking about on the gridiron either. The first year head coach was issued a verbal reprimand after getting into a fight with his assistant coach. Locksley and WR coach J.B. Gerald had gotten riled up during a coaches meeting when Locksley grabbed Gerald’s collar and punched him the the mouth. Gerald told police what had happened and that Locksley had split his lip. New Mexico...
