Ouch

First a knee injury to Kellen Clemens kills Oregon’s chances to beat USC and win the Pac-10. Then Dennis Dixon’s knee kills their MNC hopes. Now future star Nate Costa tears his ACL again and will miss his second straight full season of action. His future is dangling in the wind, just like his leg.

Sucks to be a Duck right now. Their backup Justin Roper is a gangly mess who won’t take advantage of the option scheme’s in Chip Kelly’s offense. USC’s path to the conference just went from reasonably easy to cakewalk, even with Rickey Henderson at QB.