Recently, the University of Central Florida released two documents relating to the death of wide receiver Ereck Plancher during the offseason. This comes after pressure from ESPN and the Orlando Sentinel, who have hounded the school to release information about investigation and circumstances surrounding Plancher’s collapse after a conditioning practice.
You can read the full story by ESPN at their website, but here are the main points:

Assistant athletic trainer Robert Jackson says that Plancher appeared to be exhausted, but never complained that he felt sick, hurt, light-headed, etc.
The schools says that the workout was “routine” and “not taxing,” but …read more

On Tuesday, Houston freshman wide receiver Patrick Edwards ran out of the back of the end zone chasing after a pass and hit a Marshall marching band service cart, breaking his leg.
He flipped end over end, and is lucky that all he has is a broken leg. After surgery and a long recovery period, Edwards will, in all likelihood, be able to play next year.
Marshall’s insurance is covering the medical bills, and in the future, these carts will be placed somewhere safer. At times like these, it would be really easy to Edwards to get upset or …read more

According to Ball State coach Brady Hoke, injured player Dante Love might be able to come home this week after spending time in a local rehabilitation center. He’s been in the hospital since a hard September 20 hit that left him in the operating room and left his friends, family, and teammates worried about paralysis. Football fans everyone held their breath, hoping for a full recovery and offering up tributes.
His football career may be over, but at this point, that’s nothing – he’s going to be ok, pending any unexpected complications.
Is it just me, though, or has …read more

Sports aren’t safe. I mean, you can use equipment and rules to make the game as safe as possible, but in a high-contact sport like football, there is always the opportunity for injury.
This week, we saw not one but two rather frightening injuries during games – to Dante Love (#85, see right) of Ball State and Brouce Mompremier of South Florida. After collisions that had these players on the ground and not moving, both look like  they’ll make full recoveries. Spinal injuries are scary, so it is definitely good to hear that bother players will likely be ok.
Love was …read more

When Ohio State’s Chris “Beanie” Wells initially got hurt, fans wanted to believe he’d be back against Ohio. That didn’t happen, but hey, no big deal.
This week, it is a big deal.
Saturday, Ohio State will meet USC on the field for the first time in 18 years. They’re a 10 1/2 point underdog, and even with Beanie, fans would have reason to be nervous. Earlier this week, coach Jim Tressel had said Wells would play. That “definitely” went from “probably” to “doubtful” in a real hurry.
“We were hoping he’d wake up this morning and feel even …read more

Ohio State’s Chris “Beanie” Wells was carted from the field today during the third quarter of the ass-whopping they gave Youngstown State. He apparently has a right foot and/or leg injury, but no one is saying yet what the extent of his injury might be.
Here’s the thing. Many experts have the Buckeyes pegged to be National Championship contenders. Without Wells, can they do it?
I’m not sure. Although I think the Heisman Trophy hopeful is a bit overrated, considering that the entire team is pretty good, he is one of the backbones of this program. We’ve seen other teams …read more

The injury and illness list is updated for Week One. If you’re worried about players from your favorite team, check it out here:
http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/wnba-injury-updates-54/
Safe and speedy recovery wishes from BCS Frenzy to everyone on the list!

Sam Collins, a freshman player for Huntingdon College, died after football practice on Friday. Teammates and coaches say that he had become ill following the morning practice, and although the cause hasn’t been officially determined, many are speculating that he had a heat stroke.
RIP, Sam.
Players…please be careful out there. Don’t push yourself too hard for the sake of getting that starting spot. It isn’t worth it.

It seems like this always happens right before the season starts – teams announce that some of their best players are out for a few games or (boo) the whole season. Injuries are common in practice since players aren’t used to working out every day, but that brings up an interesting question – are players pushing too hard? Many of these guys are trying to impress coaches in order to be named starters, and unfortunately, I think that leads to a ton of pre-season injuries.
I’m been keeping tabs somewhat. The following players are out for the season or for at …read more

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 …read more