It's only fair to the teams on our schedule

That's what I told myself for comfort upon hearing that Cooper Taylor, who we just recently lauded for his physical achievements and general badassery, will be out for the rest of Spring Practices. DFJ noticed his absence yesterday in his practice report, and soon enough the AJC explained where exactly he was - out with a knee injury.

This really is a tough time to have Taylor, who is receiving a lot of hype for next season, not getting practice time in at the "Wolf" safety/linebacker hybrid position, which is semi-new for this season (at least, it appears it is going to be our official scheme now). Coop has seen reps at this position at day one, and was officially tapped as the man for the job.

However, there is good news in the second link in this post - our favorite defensive player, the one and only Morgan Burnett, who led the nation in picks last year, is taking a leadership role on D. Hell, if our secondary starts mimicking Morgan this year, we will have the most solid corps I've seen since becoming a Yellow Jacket.

Bowl Picks: DeAndre Brown ROFL edition (2-3)

Ok, so maybe he wasn't laughing, but groaning in confused pain.




EEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW


Don't get me wrong, that sucks, and is pretty gross, but that's still something you see in a highschool game. Some people may claim that is the worst injury ever, but a broken leg hardly trumps an exploding knee.

Case in point: Willis McGahee at the 2003 Fiesta Bowl National Championship.




That scene still gives me the willismcgahees. Ugh.


Anyway, onto the bowl pick... TCU wins. Those matches against OU and Utah will pay off - they are going to be the harder team tonight.

Gardner Out, Dane in tears

I took me a day to bounce back from hearing the news (actually, I read on a message board that CPJ confirmed this on a radio show, but had no internet source to quote).

http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/tech/entries/2008/11/05/devastating_los.html

I heard the news, and responded thusly:



As if our offensive line didn't have enough problems this season, we are now going to lose the most beastly member of all - Mr. Andrew Gardner. Its a tough loss, and we can only hope ol' Nick Claytor can come in and finish up the season like a bear-man. Good luck Andrew, and thanks for everything you've done for the program.