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Record # of games lost to Injury this year

Darth Snow

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So Sayeth the man who knows all, Plati:
http://www.cubuffs.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=1619536

Ouch

The football team has lost 109 games due to injury or illness so far in 2008 (as of November 15), a number that will be no less than 120 when including the future missed games of 11 players who have been lost for the season. All but 10 of those 109 are by players who figured in either the two-deep or prominently on special teams. The Buffs are a bit shorthanded as Hawkins & Staff continue to rebuild the CU roster, but have 20 on the inactive roster now (10 injured, six ineligible, four transfers), not including 16 freshmen ticketed for a redshirt season. CU hasn’t seen a year like this where so many key players were lost to injuries, but at least numbers like this do prove to be an aberration and figure to be much lower next season.
 
Holy crap! That means CU will have average TEN missing players per GAME!!! This does not include the transfers and ineligibles. Never has CU been so banged up.

So when you combine that with having the 3rd youngest team in NCAA, while in full rebuilding mode, Hawk has actually done pretty well winning a minimum of 5 games. Washington, Syracuse we are not.

All of this should be enormously beneficial come next year. Between getting starters back, and all of the depth that will now be there, along with a friendly schedule, CU should have a solid year next year.

I will be laughing when CU is winning next year and the national media will be like "uhhhh....duhhh...wow Colorado sure came out of nowhere, how amazing!"
 
This article says Mahnke broke a rib during the Oklahoma State game and was playing on a bum ankle the entire time.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/nov/21/cu-report-playing-through-it/?partner=RSS

Anyone know what's up with Dykes and this "undisclosed illness"?
holy ****... more backups hurt! now the defense is infected with the bug!!!

The more I think about those #s (10 players from the 2 deep per GAME out), the more I am pretty happy with what Hawk is doing... Next year FTW!

Who the HELL is going to play safety for us next week of Mahnke is out? On the positive side, this make sme like the kid even more! I think we will be fine at the safety position next year. I trust Brown and Ambrose to mold these guys, and we certainly won't be losing any speed!

So now, my sole concern turns to the Dline... DOWN WITH BANDISON!
 
Brown and Ambrose are doing one hell of a job with the secondary. If CU can win this coming friday, I think recruiting will be fine again.
 
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