Duck 1972 No. 1 Share Posted December 5, 2021 I believe injuries were the major reason for this season. The only other thing that comes close is the QB accuracy with the deep ball. Let's look at the injured that didn't play in the championship game. Offense #1 RB Jr CJ Verdel, #3 RB So S Dollars #1 WR's Sr JJ Johnson, Sr J Redd, So M Pittman. TE's So Cam McCormick, So P Herbert. OL's Jr R Walk (our best lineman and center) So J Denis. Defense ISL So J Flowe ( our best ISL), Sr D Mathis, So J LaDuke, Fr K Brown. DB's Jr B Williams and Jr S Stevens (our best Safeties). DL K Hudson/Ware (our best IDL) That's 10 Starters and upper classmen. That's just the players I remember not playing last 3 games. Look at all the experience and who we had to replace them with was true Fr and walk ons. Let's go over significant injuries during season that caused them to miss multiple games DL's Jr J Tib, So B Swinson OL's Sr A Forsyth, Fr J Powers/Light LB's So M Funa TE Sr D J Williams I know FB teams have injuries but this is excessive. I believe this is why we had an up and down season this year. We were the youngest team in the country and it showed. Of course I'm not discounting the same up and down play of Sr QB AB who struggled on the road just like our team. There's 1 team that mirrors us and that's Texas A&M. They were supposed to contend for a PO spot until they were decimated by injuries like us. And so it goes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
