L.A. Struck by QB Injury Virus

Bloggers, First it was UCLA (the "other" school in town) that was struck by major injuries. One of last year's starting QBs (Patrick Cowan) went down with a severe knee injury in spring practice and will be lost for the season. Then, the other starter from last year (Ben Olson) fractured a bone in his foot, underwent surgery on Monday, and will be out 2 months, meaning, in the best case scenario, he will miss the Bruins' first 5 games. Disaster!! The LA Times this morning pictured the 3 quarterbacks who will be vying for the starting position and I had not heard of one of them, including a Junior College transfer. The Bruins are in deep trouble. Next, SC's Mark Sanchez dislocated his kneecap last week. He is listed as day-to-day, although it sounds more serious than earlier reported. He is set to be examined by the team doctor tomorrow. We shall see. In the meantime, waiting in the wings are Sophomore Mitch Mustain, the highly touted transfer from Arkansas (yes, the same Arkansas from the SEC). After leading the Razorbacks to an 8-0 start, Houston Nutt (who has gone nuts) benched him and Mustain left Fayettville (which sounds like a great place to leave). Many thought, at the time, that Mustain had made a terrible mistake in transferring to SC, since the Trojans were loaded at QB. Now, if Sanchez falters or cannot come back strong from his injury, Mustain will look like a genius since he will be handed the reigns of the offense of one of the top 5 teams in the country. He is not alone because battling him for the starting job right now is none other than Aaron Corp, a 6-5 super-freshman (red shrit) who guided local high school powerhouse Orange Lutheran ( I love our Lutheran brethren) to the California State Championship when he was a Senior. Enough about L.A. What about Baton Rouge? College Station? Luisleon and Pete Dunn; you guys have to give us the low-down about your respective schools. Let us put some wings on this old blog and have it take to the sky. What do you say, Tigers and Aggies? The season is only 16 days away. Take care and stay strong. Victor