Pico's Patrick Out Again
Pico Rivera's own Patrick Cowan will likely miss the entire 2008 UCLA football season. Covering the story is the Daily News' Brian Dohn. Here's what he posted earlier in the day on his blog.
Here's the story I wrote off of the spring game from the Rose Bowl, but an interesting sidelight is whether or not Patrick Cowan did damage to his ACL during Monday's practice, then practiced Thursday.
The series of events goes like this:
He had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in February, and injured it Monday in practice.
The next day it was announced an MRI was clean, but he did not practice. Cowan went down again in Thursday's practice.
Coach Rick Neuheisel said Friday’s MRI showed “more than what was in there on the Tuesday MRI.’’ He made a comment similar to that twice during conference call, and after the second time he added the Tuesday MRI “was fine, normal.’’
Cowan was asked whether the Tuesday MRI showed a slight tear to his ACL, and would not answer the question. Instead, he said, “All I know is it’s to a point where I need surgery."
Here's the story I wrote off of the spring game from the Rose Bowl, but an interesting sidelight is whether or not Patrick Cowan did damage to his ACL during Monday's practice, then practiced Thursday.
The series of events goes like this:
He had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in February, and injured it Monday in practice.
The next day it was announced an MRI was clean, but he did not practice. Cowan went down again in Thursday's practice.
Coach Rick Neuheisel said Friday’s MRI showed “more than what was in there on the Tuesday MRI.’’ He made a comment similar to that twice during conference call, and after the second time he added the Tuesday MRI “was fine, normal.’’
Cowan was asked whether the Tuesday MRI showed a slight tear to his ACL, and would not answer the question. Instead, he said, “All I know is it’s to a point where I need surgery."
While Cowan's injury is bad for the former St. John Bosco star, it's the best thing for UCLA. Now the Bruins can start fresh with Kevin Craft, who after lighting up the junior college ranks, will show his stuff in Pasadena in the fall.