ND CB Lo Wood out for season
Notre Dame starting CB and former Michigan target Lo Wood tore his Achilles and is out for the season. Notre Dame's secondary was their weakest unit and biggest concern entering the season as they graduated 3 of their starters from last year (Robert Blanton, Gary Gray, & Harrison Smith) and lost out on their star CB recruits from the 2012 class (Ronald Darby & Tee Shepard).
Which leaves them with this:
Irish Illustrated @NDatRivals
Without a healthy Lo Wood, Notre Dame has two scholarship cornerbacks who were actually recruited to play cornerback. Two.
August 20th, 2012 at 9:09 PM ^
Damnit you just beat me.. But two scholarship CB's!?
August 20th, 2012 at 10:07 PM ^
Is it just me, or does it seem like there is an Angry Everywhere DB Hating God this offseason? ND isn't even the only one of our first few opponents to lose a DB. Alabama is down one or two. That's not even considering Honey Badger weirdness . . . .
August 20th, 2012 at 9:10 PM ^
Was Lo going to be a starter?
August 20th, 2012 at 9:14 PM ^
Not sure if he was going to be a starter, but someone on twitter noted that they now have 2 players recruited to play CB on their roster.
2.
August 20th, 2012 at 9:14 PM ^
Their two projected starters were Lo Wood and Bennett Jackson.
ND may have to start their own "Never Forget" banner for their secondary.
August 20th, 2012 at 9:30 PM ^
Yep, according to the depth chart on rivals
http://notredame.rivals.com/cdepthtext.asp
He was slotted to start, and the two back ups are a freshmen and a sophomore.
Also of note - damn they have a lot of seniors starting this year. 5 on defense and 8 on offense, in addition to 4 second string players. They should take a solid step back in 2013, especially after such a bad 2012 recruiting class.
August 21st, 2012 at 7:07 AM ^
That is bad news (for the Irish, that is) then, because ND is probably not going to be all that great this season. With the tough schedule they've got I doubt they will finish the 2012 regular season any better than 8-4.
August 21st, 2012 at 10:15 AM ^
August 20th, 2012 at 9:10 PM ^
Damn that sucks for him....hope he has a speedy recovery and comes back stronger next year. Never want to see injuries on these college student athletes.
August 21st, 2012 at 6:48 AM ^
August 20th, 2012 at 9:11 PM ^
I forget.
August 20th, 2012 at 9:18 PM ^
Never Forget....
August 20th, 2012 at 10:13 PM ^
August 20th, 2012 at 9:18 PM ^
Never Forget
August 21st, 2012 at 9:31 AM ^
Craig James did WHAT?!
August 20th, 2012 at 9:12 PM ^
So ND is changing defence to the ever popular 3-5-3?
August 20th, 2012 at 9:21 PM ^
Good ol Gary Gray...he gave me so many great memories
August 20th, 2012 at 9:28 PM ^
August 20th, 2012 at 9:28 PM ^
Let hope Lo comes back 100%. Seems like this pre season has had a lot more of these type of things (injury/transfer) happening than I can ever remember.
August 20th, 2012 at 9:31 PM ^
Whose secondary will be worse, 2011 Minnesota or 2012 Notre Dame?
August 20th, 2012 at 9:35 PM ^
Denard should be lighting it up down in South Bend. Pun intended, but let's knock on Wood our guys stay healthy the next several weeks, and the same goes for ND. ND may have obnoxious fans and an eggplant headed head coach, but it's a quality Midwest institution, and lately I've been rooting for them vs Sparty and USC. Speedy recovery to Mr. Wood.
August 20th, 2012 at 10:17 PM ^
I will cheer for USC over ND every time. It would take a weird bizarro set of circumstances -- that I can't even imagine -- for me to cheer for Sparty over ND. To hell with Notre Dame.
August 20th, 2012 at 10:24 PM ^
I have a very particular set of goals for Michigan's rivals.
Ideally, Ohio State would go 12-1 and look like it's clearly the best team in the country but for its excrutiatingly painful loss to Michigan that knocked them out of the the national championship game, Rose Bowl, and everything else.
Ideally, Michigan State would go 0-12 and lose every game by 50-150 points.
Ideally, Notre Dame would finish every season just on the other side of "good" such that they get some hope the following year only to see the same disappointment repeat indefinitely (maybe 6-6 or 7-5 every season).
August 20th, 2012 at 10:37 PM ^
I understand where you're coming from. Flip Sparty and ND and I agree with you completely.
August 20th, 2012 at 10:47 PM ^
I cheered for Sparty to beat ohio last year...I cheer for everyone to beat ohio.
August 21st, 2012 at 10:31 AM ^
I second that. I'm from Columbus and while I don't live there anymore, nothing was better than walking in WalMart on a Saturday after an Ohio loss and seeing the disdain on everyone's faces. I never want them to win...not even their bowl games.
Interestingly, both Spielman and Herbstreit are on the radio there frequently and while Spielman openly professes his hatred for Michigan and that he cannot bring himself to cheer for them ever, Herbie, always the politician, is of the 'I'd rather beat an undefeated Michigan team so we look better' mindset. Screw that dude! Ohio fans I'm sure thoroughly enjoyed the horror and the Oregon beat down the following weak, and rightfully so. That's how it should be. When Miller got hurt last year against Nebraska and fans watched helplessly as their 21 point lead disinegrated, I didn't feel the least bit sorry for them or Bauserman!
August 20th, 2012 at 11:09 PM ^
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August 20th, 2012 at 9:50 PM ^
August 20th, 2012 at 9:58 PM ^
I was counting this one as a tossup since it's a night game and we've been living dangerously against them the last three seasons, not to mention the weird juju that is the Notre Dame-Michigan series where the favored team almost always loses...but now I'm putting this in the "lean win" or "probable win" column.
August 21st, 2012 at 10:05 AM ^
August 20th, 2012 at 9:59 PM ^
Does anyone know if a torn Achilles is as painful as it sounds?
August 20th, 2012 at 10:00 PM ^
August 20th, 2012 at 10:24 PM ^
August 20th, 2012 at 10:42 PM ^
As a man I can't speak to childbirth, but I can tell you my kidney stone was the most intense pain I've ever experienced. Nearly 20 years of rugby doesn't even once come remotely close to it. I wouldn't even wish that on a Buckeye.
August 20th, 2012 at 10:53 PM ^
well, let's not get carried away here....
August 20th, 2012 at 10:53 PM ^
I heard it is bad, but not as bad as watching that "We Are ND" video . . . .
August 20th, 2012 at 11:36 PM ^
My buddy tore his achilles playing flag football a few years ago. He handled it pretty well. Said he felt like he was hit in the calf with a bat. Was not in excruciating pain or anything. The rehab is (or at least was until recently) the hard part...9 months to get back to full speed. I work with a guy who had his repaired with a new surgical technique and he was back to playing golf at 3 months.
August 20th, 2012 at 9:59 PM ^
August 21st, 2012 at 10:46 AM ^
I say we win by 3 scores. I honestly believe the hype around Jerald Robinson and Jerome Jackson because it is directly from the coaches and they (other Coach Jackson) are not in the business of unecessary hype. Case in point, Jake Ryan and Brennan Byer. Their names came up repeatedly during camp last year and now we see why. Other than Vince Smith, rarely does Coach Hoke bring up for praise individual players. If Darboh or Chesson can contribute at all, the receiver corps may be much deeper than it seems with Junior gone. Win or lose the Cowboy Classic, running around against ND's depleted secondary that Michigan's receivers have no fear of(!) will seem like a night game against EMU compared to the 'SEC speed' they will see next Saturday night.
August 20th, 2012 at 10:21 PM ^
August 20th, 2012 at 10:28 PM ^
Did he do it while they were dancing to Jump on It?
August 20th, 2012 at 10:50 PM ^
August 20th, 2012 at 10:51 PM ^
Wow. Kelly's situation just got a whole lot worse. Here's to a speedy recovery for the kid.
August 20th, 2012 at 11:15 PM ^
August 20th, 2012 at 11:26 PM ^
That's just mean.
August 21st, 2012 at 8:14 AM ^
Was Lo Wood a 3* or 4* recruit?
August 21st, 2012 at 10:04 AM ^
I was just reading about him working his ass off, and yes, ND is fucked now.