Bowden Injury Sandbagging

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Don't believe Tommy Bowden's sandbagging injury reports. Here's the bill of good he tried to sell us before last year's game:

Clemson Injury Report
By Staff Report
Date: Sep 24, 2001

Clemson Injury Summary
*Kevin Youngblood (WR)-broken leg, out
*Jackie Robinson (WR)-broken jaw, out
*Marcus Houskin(FS)-broken neck, out
*Altroy Bodrick(LB)-torn ACL, out
*Roscoe Crosby (WR)-bruised knee, questionable
*Matt Bailey (WR)-pulled hamstring, questionable
*J.J. McKelvey (WR)-sprained knee, questionable
*Travis Zachery (RB)-bruised foot and knee, questionable
*Jovon Bush(DT) -bruised bone in foot, questionable
*Nick Eason, (DT), sprained ankle, questionable
*Eric Meekins (FS)-pulled hamstring, questionable
*Ben Hall (TE)-sprained ankle, questionable
*Keith Kelly(RB)-sprained knee, questionable
*T.J. Watkins(OT)-sprained ankle and knee, questionable
*Chad Jasmin (FB)-sprained ankle, questionable

Let's see, Bailey scored a 55-yard TD, McKelvey scored a 63-yard TD, Zachery carried 22 times for 79 yards and 3 TD's, Bush, Rambert, Meekins, Jasmin, Crosby and Eason all played. Oh yeah, they were hurtin'.

 

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I remember thinking last year that we would have no trouble winning because of the large number of Clemson injuries. I figured that with their ranks so thin, they would fatigue badly in the last quarter. Instead, they came from behind because they were not thin at all.