Cowan's injury
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."
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This is Brian Dohn's fifth 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.
"I would think that we would go in with Ben and Kevin," Bruins offensive coordinator Norm Chow said, "and give the young ones that are coming in a chance, like (Nick) Crissman."
No mention of Forcier. Where does he fit in?