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Hokies’ receiving situation gets more desperate
By far the biggest question surrounding No. 17 Virginia Tech heading into this season is at wide receiver, as the Hokies have practically no one with any experience to catch the ball. To compound that problem, coach Frank Beamer has suspended projected starting receiver Zach Luckett indefinitely after he was arrested for the second time [...]
Bears choose lesser of two evils in Kyle Orton
In one of the least interesting quarterback battles in recent NFL memory, the Chicago Bears have announced that Kyle Orton will be the team’s starter over Rex Grossman for the Sept. 7 season opener against the Colts. This is one of those times where a player didn’t so much win a job as he [...]
Navy’s starting QB (say his name 10 times fast!) questionable for opener
Good news for Navy, as an MRI on quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada’s strained hamstring has not revealed any further damage. Kaheaku-Enhada was injured during a scrimmage Saturday, and senior Jarod Bryant, who recently moved to the No. 1 slot back spot, has taken over as No. 1 quarterback. Coach Ken Niumatalolo says there is no timetable [...]
Mizzou’s Washington has locked down No. 1 running back job
The chase to replace Tony Temple as Missouri’s No. 1 running back appears to be over, and the winner is sophomore Derrick Washington. Washington has big shoes to fill as Temple rushed for 1,038 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2007, his second consecutive 1,000-yard season, though he missed two games and part of another with [...]
Illini not immune to rampant injury bug
The injury bug in college football has hit another preseason top-20 team, as Illinois has lost projected starting defensive tackle Sirod Williams for the season. Williams, a 6-foot, 292-pounder considered the strongest player on the team, had earned the right to replace the graduated Chris Norwell in the lineup. But he injured his [...]
Rutgers yet to decide on Ray Rice’s primary replacement
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights are expected to take a step back this year because they lost one of the best players in school history in running back Ray Rice, who’s now with the Baltimore Ravens. All Rice did was averaged 5.3 yards a carry and is the school record holder in career yards (4,926), attempts [...]
There’s an injury epidemic on Ole Miss defense
With new coach Houston Nutt inheriting plenty of talent at Ole Miss, the Rebels seem poised to be a sleeper team in the SEC this year. That is if they can keep their defensive linemen healthy. Junior defensive end Greg Hardy, the team’s best defender, underwent surgery this week on his right foot to repair [...]
Meet the unluckiest person in college football
Another tough break for Pittsburgh defensive end Doug Fulmer, as he has suffered yet another injury that will cost him a full season, and it also costs the Panthers one of their starters. The redshirt junior will require surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left knee, leaving the Panthers without a player that [...]
Vols dodge a bullet as MRI is negative on Foster
Any hopes Tennessee has of competing in the loaded SEC this year rests largely on the shoulders of tailback Arian Foster, so the news that the senior has been diagnosed with a just a bone bruise following an MRI this week is huge in Knoxville. The bruise is thought to be the cause of [...]
Michigan QB job still not decided (that can’t be a good thing)
Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez is becoming the Jon Gruden of the NCAA, in that he considers the more quarterbacks he has to work with, the better. Rich-Rod says the Wolverines’ QB race is still wide open, although it’s generally considered a two-man battle between redshirt freshman Steven Threet, a transfer from Georgia Tech, and redshirt [...]
