South Florida lost junior RB Jamar Taylor to an MCL injury during preseason practice. The Bulls have not disclosed the severity of the injury; however, during Fan Fest, Taylor was on crutches and had his right knee wrapped on ice. Coach Jim Leavitt stated that the team will not know the exact extent of the injury until Monday. Either way, this could be a significant hit to the offense, as Taylor was fighting for the starting spot. Last season...
Georgia Tech’s sophomore back-up QB Jaybo Shaw sustained an unfortunate injury by breaking his collarbone during this Saturday’s scrimmage. As a result, the extent of his 2009 playing career is still to be determined. It is anticipated that he will miss approximately 2 months and the team may elect to redshirt Shaw and move up Tevin Washington in the rotation. Last season, Shaw showed signs of promise during his start against Duke. He played well going 9-14 for 230...
Doug Marrone is facing a daunting challenge as head coach of Syracuse. It appears his challenge just got a little harder. This past week, JUCO transfer Derek Hines unexpectedly packed up his bags and left the program after four practices. The school did not release why he left, but some say he misses his hometown of Orange, California which doesn’t compare to the likes of downtown Syracuse. Hines was a projected starter at weakside linebacker. This presents problems, as...
The Utah Utes are handing over the offensive reigns to a true freshman. Coach Kyle Whittingham announced today that QB Jordan Wynn will be the starter for the Utes. Most eyes were on junior Corbin Louks to start with Terrance Cain (a JUCO transfer) as a back-up. As of now, Louks went from the slated started to #3 behind both Wynn and Cain. Coach Whittingham did state that the QB depth chart could change at anytime. Regardless, whoever ends up under center...
Ohio State’s WR and PR Ray Small has been cleared to rejoin the team by coach Jim Tressel. However, Small is still in the doghouse and has a short leash around his neck primarily for his academic issues. Tressel has not given him all the privileges yet of being on the team and Small will not be partaking in the official team photo later this week. Hopefully, Small gets his act together so he can suit up and play. He...
The Maryland Terrapins and DT Dion Armstrong are parting ways. Armstrong, who has been having academic issues all through the spring and the summer, informed coach Ralph Friedgen of his intent to transfer. Friedgen was accepting of Armstrong’s issues and understands it’s time to move on. From a football perspective, this hurts the Terrapins’ D-line. Now, Friedgen will have to shuffle some players as Armstrong was to start and DT Ian Davidson was going to back him up. Terps fans may...
JoePa is throwing down the gauntlet, sort of. He is fed up with CB A.J. Wallace‘s lack of effort when it comes to going to class. To show he is serious, he is threatening to suspend Wallace for two games if his attendance does not improve. Now for most programs, this would be huge, but fortunately for Penn State, the suspension, if applied, would be against Akron and Syracuse, neither of which have an aerial assault worthy of concern....
The Crimson Tide’s depth chart at RB took a hit this week. Sophomore RB Jeramie Griffin tore his ACL during a Tuesday night practice on turf. The team was practicing in its brand new in-door facility with new turf. The injury occured during non-contact drills. He is expected to have season ending surgery in the near future and he already red-shirted in 2007, so there are questions on how the Tide is going to play this. Last season, Griffin saw limited action...
