Locker's Last Second TD

Courtesy of Rob Carlson.

Locker's Dad: "Slight tear" of hamstring

Bob Condotta is reporting that while Scott Locker predicts that his boy Jake will take the field against Oregon August 30, he has suffered a "slight tear" of the hamstring that will keep him out of action for an indetermined amount of time.

**shivers**

In other news, at least Ronnie Fouch is supposedly playing well.

Best Case, Worst Case

Ted Miller has an interesting "best case/worst case" feature he's rolling out at his Pac-10 blog. He's working through the conference from top to bottom in expected order of finish, and in each post he details his idea of best case/worst case for each squad.

He's done four so far - so there'll be a couple more before he reaches UW - but it raises the question...what is the best case scenario for the Dawgs this year, and what is the worst case?

Obviously, we're getting an early taste of 'worst case' as Jake is shelved with a tweaked hammy. Assuming he rests up and is healthy for August 30, I tend to think the best case scenario could be pretty damned good. Without Jake, the glass is definitely half empty...

Locker, Sanchez go down

You feel that? That's not an earthquake, that's the thumping hearts of the Husky faithful as news of a Jake Locker injury spread. We're waiting on an update today, but early reports seem to say this is only a minor hamstring tweak, with a week or less of recovery time expected.

Down south, Mark Sanchez isn't so lucky, as he suffered a dislocated knee in practice. Unfortunately, the men of Troy have about fifty five-star QB's waiting in the wings to take over. First up is Mitch Mustain, who led Arkansas to an 8-0 record during his true freshman campaign before injury and a transfer. Next up would likely be dual-threat freshman Aaron Corp, and of course, next year brings number one overall recruit Matt Barkley.