Injury updates
UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel gave a brief update on the injuries this morning to four of his starters.
He said tight end Logan Paulsen's broken right foot will keep him out for the long-term. Paulsen is expected to have a screw inserted in his foot, and is likely out at least eight weeks.
Talking about tailback Kahlil Bell's high ankle sprain, Neuheisel said it was "anybody's guess" how long he would be out. More should be known after Bell's MRI is read.
Receiver Marcus Everett has a dislocated big right toe, and Neuheisel said "I don't know how long that will be, but that's a very, very painful injury" and Everett will "just have to battle through it." I'm hearing there is a chance he could play against BYU.
And, finally, middle linebacker Reggie Carter has a partially torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee, but it is only believed to be a slight tear. He will likely undergo an MRI, but Neuheisel said "I think he'll be ok."
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This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
Hey Brian,
Aren't you going to let the faithful know that the Bruins entered this week's AP poll at #23?
It was been done. Sorry, but I don't have six arms to do everything all at once.
Sure are a lot of foot injuries on the team. Maybe it's the shoes? Taping techniques?