(01-03-2018 05:13 PM)MotoRocket Wrote:  

(01-03-2018 11:31 AM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  

(01-03-2018 11:28 AM)MotoRocket Wrote:  

(01-03-2018 11:15 AM)UTDE Wrote:  Skipper is back. We will sorely miss Ola. I hope some young guys develop.

Well that's good news. I had heard he was done playing - but obviously not from a very good source. That person thought he played in the EMU game and was hurt after that. I could not remember if I saw him in that game or not. I do remember not seeing him in one of the games early on and I think I commented about that on this board, but I thought he played after that. I guess not. BTW - "that person" was me.

He was hurt against Miami.

Looks like he was hurt in the Tulsa game - maybe against Nevada. I say he may have been hurt against Nevada since he had no defensive stats against Tulsa - but shows up on the participation list. He did not start the game, but must have been in the game at some point, however briefly. May have already been hurt but had not been diagnosed yet?

He does not show up in the statistics for participation in the Miami game. Had 4 tackles in Nevada game and also 4 in Elon game. None against Tulane. DNP against Miami according to the stat sheets. Season stats show him playing in 3 games, so he did have some time on the field against Tulsa.

The other thing I noticed in looking at the stat sheets is how few tackles our LBs had in those first few games. Started to pick up later on. Linch ended up being the #1 in tackles with 75 for the season. Our departing DE's were #2 and #4 and a DB was #3. The other starting linebackers had a total of 66 and 48 on the season. Only the one with 48 is returning. Olekanma who started to come on later in the season also returns - he had 45 on the season.

Skipper was injured on the opening kickoff of the Tulsa game. Atariwa was hurt against Miami.