acl Stories - Amazin' Avenue
Missouri's Laurence Bowers Tears ACL, Out For Year
According to reports, Missouri Tigers forward Laurence Bowers tore his ACL on Monday during a team pick-up basketball game and is expected to redshirt this season. The senior from Memphis will have one year of eligibility remaining for the 2012-13 season. In Bowers' absence, Mizzou will look to...
5 DAYS TO KICKOFF: The Wildcat Defense
I originally planned this entry as the final countdown post of 2011, since there is no No. 1 on the roster this season (or since Bill Snyder came back, for that matter. But it occurred to me that tomorrow's press conference likely will serve as the "unveiling" of the first depth chart, which sort...
KNOW THY ENEMY: Colorado Buffaloes
Our tour of the Northtards concludes with the hippie brigade in Boulder. Just like last year, the Colorado Buffaloes entered the season as a semi-popular dark-horse pick by some in the media. And just like last year, they already have four losses before the new year, can't win away from home and...
An Odd Sense of Relief
Last Monday--as on nearly every Monday for the last year or so--I attended an aikido class, at the end of which we did an exercise called randori, in which multiple attackers approach and attempt to throw a single student, one at a time. When you're in the center of it, it's an egg-beater of an...
Christopher Niemann Becomes Second Husker to Reinjure ACL
Husker basketball coach Doc Sadler announced today that Christopher Niemann, a 6'10" transfer from Germany, retore his ACL last week. Niemann originally injured his knee in March and was cleared to resume playing when the knee failed again. An erie parallel with the case of quarterback Kody...
On Marcus Tubbs
I thought it worthwhile to post a brief compendium of Tubbs' injuries. It’s that time of year when speculation is rampant, so instead of discussing Tubbs’ size or his lonely days in the weight room, I thought it better to stick to facts. Here’s where we stand. Bumps and...
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