Alabama senior starting tailback and team captain Ahmaad Galloway saw his college career come to an end after suffering a torn ACL and MCL in his left knee during the 20-7 victory over Southern Miss Saturday night. Galloway already used a redshirt season and, by NCAA rules, has played in too many games this season to qualify for a medical hardship waiver. Junior Shaud Williams, who is a transfer from Texas Tech, is most likely to take over the starting tailback role. Williams rushed the ball 21 times for 135 yards during Saturday?s victory.
Ole Miss will be without two of its best players for the remainder of the season. All-SEC senior tight end Doug Zeigler and senior linebacker Lanier Goethie both suffered broken bones during the first half of Saturday?s 45-38 victory over Vanderbilt. Zeigler broke the tibula and fibula in his lower left leg, whereas Goethie broke a bone in his left foot.
Indiana learned late last week that two if its defensive starters will be lost for the rest of this season. Senior safety Joe Gonzalez, who returned an interception for a touchdown in last week?s game against Kentucky, had hernia surgery on Friday, and senior defensive end Derek Barnett suffered a broken ankle. Barnett originally didn?t think the ankle injury was serious, but X-rays revealed a break that required season-ending surgery. Head coach Gerry DiNardo stated that Gonzalez will take a medical redshirt and return next year, but Barnett?s injury appears to be career-ending, as he already used a redshirt during his freshman season.
Louisiana-Monroe star junior linebacker Maurice Sonnier is expected to miss the remainder of this season after going down with a broken ankle during the first half of Saturday?s 33-21 conference loss to Arkansas Sate. Sonnier was an all-conference selection last season, and was voted the Sun Belt?s Preseason Defensive Player of the Year prior to this season.
Hollings out for the season with torn ACL
By JOHN HOLLIS
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
Georgia Tech got the bad news it was expecting on Monday: National rushing leader Tony Hollings will miss the remainder of the season because of a knee injury.
An MRI exam revealed that Hollings had torn the anterior cruciate ligament and the lateral meniscus in his right knee during the waning minutes of Saturday's win over BYU.
Hollings will undergo surgery in about two weeks and then begin rehabilitation, which can take up to a year.
Defensive line lacks depth
Junior defensive end Hobie Holiday's decision to quit the team came at a bad time for Tech, which lost All-America defensive end Greg Gathers for the season with a kidney ailment just a few days earlier.
Holiday, a former high school Parade All-American playing on Tech's second unit, would have played even more following the loss of Gathers.
Freshman Terron Pullen from Johnson County High School could be thrust into his first collegiate action this weekend when Tech plays at North Carolina. Pullen practiced with the second-team defense on Tuesday.
Southern Cal junior starting cornerback Ronald Nunn received bad news yesterday as the results of Monday?s MRI revealed a torn ACL in his right knee. The injury will sideline Nunn for the remainder of the season, but because the injury took place prior to the Trojans? fourth game, Nunn is eligible for a medical redshirt. Nunn will be replaced by either redshirt freshman William Buchanon, freshman Justin Wyatt, or junior Marcell Allmond. Buchanon filled in following Nunn?s injury during the Kansas State game, and is expected to gain the starting spot for this weekend?s conference battle with Oregon State.
Tailback Leaves Utah State
Sept. 24, 2002
AP
LOGAN, Utah (AP) Tailback Roger Robinson, Utah State's leading rusher this season, has left the football team, coach Mick Dennehy said Tuesday.
The reason was not disclosed and Robinson could not immediately be reached for comment. Dennehy declined to comment on Robinson's decision.
The sophomore led the Aggies (1-3) with 128 yards rushing, and also topped the team in punt returns (8.7-yard average), kickoff returns (19.2) and all-purpose yardage (113.5).
ARIZONA WILDCATS
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Jolivette hopes to return by Nov. 2
By Kristen Davis
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
The best-case scenario for cornerback Michael Jolivette is returning in November, the team learned Monday.
The results from Jolivette's MRI revealed he did not tear his ACL, although he may have stretched the knee ligament.
Jolivette, the team's top cover man, suffered damage to his medial collateral ligament and possibly also hurt his posterior cruciate ligament.
"It's not an operable situation," UA coach John Mackovic said. "These cases you generally put in a cast or an immobilizer for three to five weeks and hope for the best."
At best, the knee would tighten by itself in three weeks.
Jolivette would then undergo two weeks of rehab, meaning his earliest return would be Nov. 2 at Oregon State with four games left on the schedule.
"As soon as they told me all I have to do is go in here and just get a lot of treatment, and rehab (my knee) real good, I was relieved," Jolivette said. "They were telling me it's all up to me. I can go in there and work real hard and get a couple of treatments two or three days a week. That will give me an advantage coming back early."
Bill Morgan, the UA's assistant athletic director in charge of compliance, clarified the NCAA's ruling on medical hardships should Jolivette miss the season.
If Jolivette is unable to play again this season and is limited to 20 percent of next year's games, he could apply for a medical hardship for 2005, which would be his senior season.
The starting cornerbacks in the meantime consist of redshirt freshman Darrell Brooks and senior David Hinton, who had a leg tendon flare up at Wisconsin.
Reserves Luis Nunez and Gary Love are getting extended looks, especially after the unit allowed Badger quarterbacks to complete 15 of 22 passes (68.2 percent).
Mackovic declined to detail what changes the UA could attempt during Jolivette's absence.
"I don't anticipate any changes," Brooks said. "I just think we can fix our problems and get ready to play this weekend. We missed a lot of tackles, and we need to swarm to the ball more."
Ole Miss will be without two of its best players for the remainder of the season. All-SEC senior tight end Doug Zeigler and senior linebacker Lanier Goethie both suffered broken bones during the first half of Saturday?s 45-38 victory over Vanderbilt. Zeigler broke the tibula and fibula in his lower left leg, whereas Goethie broke a bone in his left foot.
Indiana learned late last week that two if its defensive starters will be lost for the rest of this season. Senior safety Joe Gonzalez, who returned an interception for a touchdown in last week?s game against Kentucky, had hernia surgery on Friday, and senior defensive end Derek Barnett suffered a broken ankle. Barnett originally didn?t think the ankle injury was serious, but X-rays revealed a break that required season-ending surgery. Head coach Gerry DiNardo stated that Gonzalez will take a medical redshirt and return next year, but Barnett?s injury appears to be career-ending, as he already used a redshirt during his freshman season.
Louisiana-Monroe star junior linebacker Maurice Sonnier is expected to miss the remainder of this season after going down with a broken ankle during the first half of Saturday?s 33-21 conference loss to Arkansas Sate. Sonnier was an all-conference selection last season, and was voted the Sun Belt?s Preseason Defensive Player of the Year prior to this season.
Hollings out for the season with torn ACL
By JOHN HOLLIS
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
Georgia Tech got the bad news it was expecting on Monday: National rushing leader Tony Hollings will miss the remainder of the season because of a knee injury.
An MRI exam revealed that Hollings had torn the anterior cruciate ligament and the lateral meniscus in his right knee during the waning minutes of Saturday's win over BYU.
Hollings will undergo surgery in about two weeks and then begin rehabilitation, which can take up to a year.
Defensive line lacks depth
Junior defensive end Hobie Holiday's decision to quit the team came at a bad time for Tech, which lost All-America defensive end Greg Gathers for the season with a kidney ailment just a few days earlier.
Holiday, a former high school Parade All-American playing on Tech's second unit, would have played even more following the loss of Gathers.
Freshman Terron Pullen from Johnson County High School could be thrust into his first collegiate action this weekend when Tech plays at North Carolina. Pullen practiced with the second-team defense on Tuesday.
Southern Cal junior starting cornerback Ronald Nunn received bad news yesterday as the results of Monday?s MRI revealed a torn ACL in his right knee. The injury will sideline Nunn for the remainder of the season, but because the injury took place prior to the Trojans? fourth game, Nunn is eligible for a medical redshirt. Nunn will be replaced by either redshirt freshman William Buchanon, freshman Justin Wyatt, or junior Marcell Allmond. Buchanon filled in following Nunn?s injury during the Kansas State game, and is expected to gain the starting spot for this weekend?s conference battle with Oregon State.
Tailback Leaves Utah State
Sept. 24, 2002
AP
LOGAN, Utah (AP) Tailback Roger Robinson, Utah State's leading rusher this season, has left the football team, coach Mick Dennehy said Tuesday.
The reason was not disclosed and Robinson could not immediately be reached for comment. Dennehy declined to comment on Robinson's decision.
The sophomore led the Aggies (1-3) with 128 yards rushing, and also topped the team in punt returns (8.7-yard average), kickoff returns (19.2) and all-purpose yardage (113.5).
ARIZONA WILDCATS
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Jolivette hopes to return by Nov. 2
By Kristen Davis
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
The best-case scenario for cornerback Michael Jolivette is returning in November, the team learned Monday.
The results from Jolivette's MRI revealed he did not tear his ACL, although he may have stretched the knee ligament.
Jolivette, the team's top cover man, suffered damage to his medial collateral ligament and possibly also hurt his posterior cruciate ligament.
"It's not an operable situation," UA coach John Mackovic said. "These cases you generally put in a cast or an immobilizer for three to five weeks and hope for the best."
At best, the knee would tighten by itself in three weeks.
Jolivette would then undergo two weeks of rehab, meaning his earliest return would be Nov. 2 at Oregon State with four games left on the schedule.
"As soon as they told me all I have to do is go in here and just get a lot of treatment, and rehab (my knee) real good, I was relieved," Jolivette said. "They were telling me it's all up to me. I can go in there and work real hard and get a couple of treatments two or three days a week. That will give me an advantage coming back early."
Bill Morgan, the UA's assistant athletic director in charge of compliance, clarified the NCAA's ruling on medical hardships should Jolivette miss the season.
If Jolivette is unable to play again this season and is limited to 20 percent of next year's games, he could apply for a medical hardship for 2005, which would be his senior season.
The starting cornerbacks in the meantime consist of redshirt freshman Darrell Brooks and senior David Hinton, who had a leg tendon flare up at Wisconsin.
Reserves Luis Nunez and Gary Love are getting extended looks, especially after the unit allowed Badger quarterbacks to complete 15 of 22 passes (68.2 percent).
Mackovic declined to detail what changes the UA could attempt during Jolivette's absence.
"I don't anticipate any changes," Brooks said. "I just think we can fix our problems and get ready to play this weekend. We missed a lot of tackles, and we need to swarm to the ball more."
