[udpated: 3:29]
AWWWWW FUUUUUCKKKKKKK
just minutes after I said that I didn't have anything from the legit press on this... this from Brian Dohn's UCLA blog:
An MRI revealed UCLA quarterback Patrick Cowan damaged the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, and his status for the 2008 season is in jeopardy.
Sources said the likely scenario is Cowan needs surgery to repair the torn ligament in his left knee. If surgery is needed, UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel said Cowan would miss the 2008 season.
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Meanwhile, x-rays showed Cowan’s backup, Ben Olson, fractured the fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot and will be out six to eight weeks. Whether surgery is needed to place in a screw in Olson’s foot will be determined later on.
“Ben will consult with his folks, and make that decision,’’ Neuheisel said. “I’m told that he is leaning toward having the surgery.’’
Either way, Olson should be back in plenty of time for August training camp.
If Cowan missed the season, which could possibly end his UCLA career, Olson would step into the starting role. He outperformed junior college transfer Kevin Craft and red-shirt freshman Chris Forcier in spring practice.
The only quarterback other than Cowan and Olson to throw a pass at UCLA is fifth-stringer Osaar Rasshan, but he was pushed back on the depth chart this spring.
Craft, Forcier and Rasshan will be the quarterbacks for Saturday’s spring game at the Rose Bowl.
And now this from ESPN...
OH, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
This is very bad. Come on, Craft and Forcier, strap it on, suck it up, and lead us to victory!
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Just got a call from a buddy. According to him:
Pat Cowan: torn ACL, out for the year
Ben Olson: broken bone in foot, out for 6-8 weeks
I've yet to find online confirmation, so I'm hoping this is all just rumor.
But, DAMN, this is fucked. Craft and Forcier... boys, it's time to step up (and let Chow work his magic).
5 comments:
Are you are fucking KIDDING me?!?!?!?!?!
That is unbelievable!!! I think you hit the nail on the head - those guys ARE made of glass!
Do you have any eligibility left? I think RN may need you...
Could be a loooooooong year...
Go Bruins!
Jim
Still no confirmation... stay calm, Bruins, stay calm
Repeat after Kevin Bacon in Animal House:
All is well... all is WELL!
[that is, until, it isn't]
I dunno... I'm feeling really nauseated after reading your post, but that may be the Del Taco #1 Combo talking...
message boards are aflame with this info... but I've got nothing from the "legit" press... nothing on the times, nothing on 570 (I've been listening now for almost an hour)
You know how girls are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice" and boys are made of "snips and snails and puppy dog tails?" Well, UCLA QB's are made of fine bone china and brittle antique glass.
Jim C.
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