Oregon quarterback Nate Costa will be out for the season after surgeons repairing a torn meniscus in his left knee also found a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The sophomore injured the knee in a noncontact drill in the week before the Wednesday surgery, which the team had hoped would allow him to play part of the season.
Florida State defensive tackle Emmanuel Dunbar was taken by ambulance to a hospital after suffering a back injury Wednesday in practice. The redshirt junior has a history of back problems, including a 2006 surgery to repair two herniated disks. Team officials had to cut Dunbar’s jersey and shoulder pads off Wednesday to load him into the ambulance.
John Parker Wilson might as well have wandered around campus this summer carrying a sign that read: “Julio’s doing fine.” Then, maybe fans would have skipped ahead to ask Alabama’s quarterback about the team or the season or even what coach Nick Saban is like. That last question is so 2007. Seems Topic No.
History is against Art Briles. The new Baylor head coach inherits a program that has been the worst in the Big 12 since the league started. Five of the last six Bears coaches — dating all the way back to 1969 — lost their first game. The present doesn’t seem to be of much help either. Briles’ Baylor debut comes Thursday night against No.
Daryll Clark called his father after getting the word. Then some text messages started coming in. The next day, he saw the news posted on the Internet. After two years as a backup, Clark is finally the starting quarterback at Penn State. “This is what I’ve been waiting on. … It’s been a long time coming.
Indiana defensive end Greg Middleton, who led the nation with 16 sacks last season, and three other players have been suspended for one game for undisclosed disciplinary reasons. Middleton was first-team All-Big Ten and a third-team All-America selection. The suspensions, announced Tuesday by coach Bill Lynch, will be for the Hoosiers’ season-opening game Saturday against Western Kentucky.
^ Charter Communications Inc. has reached a multiyear distribution agreement with the Big Ten Network. The St. Louis-based cable operator said Wednesday it will carry the network and related programming in Big Ten regions, including Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Northern Illinois. Charter initially expects to launch the network on its expanded basic cable tier in time for Saturday’s Big…
The reality finally set in for Miami coach Randy Shannon a few months ago. He was aboard a plane making its descent back into Miami, when he peered out the window and tried to spot the Orange Bowl. He looked one way and then another, trying to spot the relic that was the epicenter of South Florida football for decades.
Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer still gets the jitters at the start of football season, even though he’s been through 16 of them already. “This time of year I start getting butterflies about all the things that can happen in a game,” he said Tuesday. “You try to cover every situation that can happen.” His fear isn’t unfounded.
USC quarterback Mark Sanchez went through his first full practice Monday since dislocating his left kneecap 17 days earlier, and appears on track to start Saturday’s season-opener at Virginia. “Oh, I think so, absolutely. Especially mentally,” Sanchez said afterward, when asked if he believes he’s ready to play.
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