[NU Sports] Ugh, injuries

[Tom Maycock]

> McManis has had a hamstring issue since camp and has been
> limited and was held out last week (and we saw EMU pick on
> what was his side a lot).  Vaughn came out in the 4th
> quarter, which meant redshirt freshman Demetrius Dugar is
> the CB - which won't be good against a team with some
> talent at the WR position like Syracuse.
> 
> And despite having an RB by committee, losing your most
> experienced runner is never good, hopefully Simmons can see
> the field Saturday (he's also pretty solid on kickoff
> returns).

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. I figure McManis is probably the MVP on defense right now--top of my list of guys I didn't want to see miss any snaps. To be down to a 3rd string CB is really unfortunate, but Dugar seemed to do OK when he was in there. 

I was really impressed with Simmons last week, both running and returning kicks. Really hope he is able to go. Especially if Matthews is still out. 

Tom