College Football Tidbits

USC is Getting Banged Up

Starting tailback Chauncey Washington and backup quarterback Mark Sanchez are expected to miss Saturday's opener against Idaho. Washington, a fifth-year senior who led the top-ranked Trojans in rushing last year with 744 yards on 157 carries, has a sprained right shoulder. Sanchez has a cracked bone in his throwing thumb.

Joe McKnight practiced for the first time in two weeks and is scheduled to be fitted today with a new brace to protect a stretched ligament in his right knee. He is cleared to practice, but not yet to play.

C.J. Gable and Allen Bradford are 2 more of the 9 players competing for the starting running back position that injured Washington currently holds. Gable is playing despite an abdominal problem. Bradford is nursing a hip injury.

Kicker David Buehler did not practice because of a strained right quadriceps, but said he would be at full strength against Idaho.


To Whom It May Concern

Baylor and TCU meet for the 105th time on Saturday. Despite playing just once since 1995, this still is the most-played series in Baylor football history, ahead of Texas A&M (103 meetings) and Texas (96 meetings).
The Bears hold a 49-48-7 edge in the series; Baylor has won six of the last eight meetings.


Like Father, Like Son

In the current worst should-involve-at-least-one-good-team-but-doesn't-and-therefore-the-game-always-sucks rivalry, Cody Hawkins will start at quarterback to try and save his dad's job at CU after only one year. I expect him to suck.