UCLA can’t get a QB Break

UCLA’s quarterback position is cursed…or then, maybe it is just Ben Olson.

After coming back from last year’s injury (during this time Patrick Cowen took over), Olson broke his foot twice in the past four months. Yesterday, he announced that he’d be having surgery, with a screw set in place to help the bones heal. Ouch.

The surgery means that UCLA will be Olson-less for at least the first five weeks of the season, but my mom recently broke her foot and, well, I know she’s a lot older than Olson (sorry mom!), but I think five weeks to recover from a broken foot and surgery is optimistic. Hopefully, he’ll be back at some point this season, though.

This time, though, Cowen isn’t around to step up – he injured his knee during spring training, and is still recovering from his surgery. Cowen will miss the entire season.

That means it’s down to Kevin Craft or Chris Forcier. Craft is a transfer from Mt. San Antonio College and Forcier is a redshirt freshman.

Originally, I was looking forward to the Week One match up of UCLA and Tennessee – it seemed like it might be one of the better games of the, overall, disappointing week. However, without Olson, I’m not sure that UCLA will be able to be competitive with Tennessee. We’ll see, I guess!