Injuries doom the Ducks

Well it was a hard fought battle by many backup players for the Ducks. They almost had enough to make it back into the game. But just not enough. In a game that saw Dennis Dixon leave early by re-aggravating his knee after a brilliant start and Jonathan Stewart go out late in the game it was still a great showing by the backups even if it did take Brady Leaf a while to warm up. Hand it to Arizona they capitalized on Leaf's rusty play and injured ankle. Heck even if Dixon had stayed in I think they would have made it a tough game. Our Defense in the second half was stellar! Now if they could play like that all game long!

Well until we know the extent of Dixon and Stewart's injuries it will be a tough last two games. Dixon Heisman hopes probably went with his knee in this game as most voters will not have watched the game and all they'll see is Leaf throwing a Int for a TD and tag it to Dixon. If the injury is bad enough that he's done then his chances are also gone. This all has some deja vu for me in that it was Dixon and Leaf getting into their first serious action happened a few years back at Arizona when Kellen Clemens broke his leg and was lost for the remainder of the season. I hope the same is not true with Dixon. But I also hope he doesn't risk his future football or baseball career by trying to do too much with that knee.

Well it was a good season so far and with games against UCLA and Oregon state we can still possibly make the Rose Bowl or a decent bowl outside of the BCS.