Sprained Ligaments Are Bad
They’re bad when you get them, and they’re especially bad when your favorite college football team’s starting fullback gets one two weeks before opening the season against a ranked team.
From ESPN.com (the whole article):
California fullback Will Ta’ufo’ou will miss three-to-six weeks after spraining a ligament in his knee during a scrimmage, coach Jeff Tedford said Saturday.
Ta’ufo’ou, a junior who played in all 13 games last season for the 12th-ranked Golden Bears, is expected to be Cal’s starter this season after starting in the school’s victory over Texas A&M in the Holiday Bowl last year.
His injury, which occurred Thursday, will sideline him for the Bears’ season opener against No. 15 Tennessee on Sept. 1.
Ta’ufo’ou? If this were Wheel of Fortune, and the category was "Cal player’s last name", you couldn’t go wrong by trying to buy an apostrophe. (Yes, I know you can’t really buy apostrophes in Wheel of Fortune. Bear with me.) An injury to a starting player is never good, but I’d argue that fullback is arguably the least important starting position to a team anyway. Out of every starter in a pro set, the fullback is the player with the least time actually seeing the field, so while Ta’ufo’ou’s injury hurts, it probably won’t affect the Bears’ chances against the Vols much either way.
