This Offseason Has Sucked: 2016 Edition

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[Bamabino]

Yo Short Bus Gus. What's your most disappointing loss ever?


"Duh, it was when I was coaching high school ball."




'That one still haunts me': Coaches describe their worst losses

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Lost a Freshman DE today. He had a moped wreck.

That's 2 DE's in a few days.

 

[4down20]

Lost a Freshman DE today. He had a moped wreck.

That's 2 DE's in a few days.

I cursed you putting Clemson #1 in my rankings.

Sorry.

 

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Damariay Drew won’t play for Cal in 2016; college career officially over

Drew sustained a torn ACL earlier this year, but there was some semblance of hope that he would be able to return at some point this season. Those flickering hopes were officially extinguished Wednesday as Cal head coach Sonny Dykes confirmed that the fifth-year starting safety won’t play in 2016.

 

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QB AJ Bush tweets decision to transfer from Nebraska

On his personal Twitter account Thursday, Bush indicated that he will be transferring from the Cornhuskers football program. In his brief missive, Bush gave no official reason for his decision to move on from Lincoln.

 

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Former five-star LSU WR tweets decision to transfer to Okla. St.

On his personal Twitter account Friday afternoon, Tyron Johnson indicated that he will continue his collegiate playing career at Oklahoma State. The move comes a little over a week after the wide receiver took to the same social media platform to announce hisdecision to transfer from LSU.

 

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Starting safety one of two Duke Blue Devils suspended for first three games

Defensive tackle Brandon Boyce and safety Phillip Carter have been suspended for the first three games of the upcoming season. No reason, not even the vague “unspecified violations of team rules,” was given for the twin suspensions.

 

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A&M loses safety Justin Dunning to another torn ACL

Thursday, Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin confirmed that Dunning had sustained another torn ACL and would miss the entire 2016 season. This marks the third ACL tear for the defensive back.

Dunning’s 2015 season was cut short because of one, while he sustained his first one during his junior year of high school. Both of those were to his left knee; the most recent one occurred in his right knee.

 

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Juwann Winfree out for the season with torn ACL

According to CU's athletic department, team physicians examined Winfree twice and determined the tear would require surgery, eventually ruling him out for the 2016 season.

 

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Torn MCL to sideline Nebraska starting guard Jerald Foster for season

Foster (pictured, No. 67) sustained a knee injury in practice earlier this week that was initially expected to sideline the starting left guard for a month. Instead, head coach Mike Riley confirmed, Foster will be lost for the entire 2016 season.

 

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Neck injury ends Sooner RB Rodney Anderson’s season before it started

Anderson suffered the injury during a scrimmage Thursday.

“I hate it for Rodney,” head coach Bob Stoops said. “It didn’t appear to be much of an injury at the time and there’s no paralysis or anything like that. But we found out this afternoon that he will be out for the year.

 

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QB Malik Henry indefinitely suspended by Florida State

Saturday morning, Jimbo Fisher revealed that Malik Henry has been indefinitely suspended from his football program. Other than the standard unspecified violations of team rules, no specific reason was given by the head coach.

No timeline for rescinding the suspension was given either, meaning Henry’s status for the opener is very much up in the air.

 

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A&M’s Josh Walker arrested on domestic violence charges, suspended

Notre Dame’s not the only Power Five program that woke up this morning with players on the wrong side of the law.

According to Brent Zwerneman of the Houston Chronicle, Josh Walker was arrested late Friday night as the result of an incident involving a family member. The Texas A&M junior linebacker was still being held in the Brazos County Detention Center on charges of assault causing bodily injury to a family member and interfering with emergency requested for assistance.

 

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Buried on depth chart, QB Brandon Cox decided to leave Utah

Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham has confirmed that Cox has decided to leave the team and transfer from the Utes. The move comes a few days after junior college transfer Troy Williams was named the team’s starting quarterback and freshman Tyler Huntley was tapped as his backup.

 

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Finebaum: 'Michigan could be Top 10's most disappointing team'

 

[7Samurai13]

Finebaum: 'Michigan could be Top 10's most disappointing team'

You say disappointing, I say comedy gold.
To-may-to, to-mah-to

 

[Wamu]

Finebaum: 'Michigan could be Top 10's most disappointing team'

 

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Tar Heels losing QB Caleb Henderson to transfer

Entering summer camp, redshirt sophomore Caleb Henderson and redshirt freshmanNathan Elliott were neck-and-neck in their battle to back up starter Mitch Trubisky. According to a report from Rivals.com, the job will go to Elliott as Henderson has decided to transfer out of the Tar Heels football program.

It’s unclear if Henderson made the decision after being informed that Elliott won the No. 2 job, or if he made it independent of the competition. At least according to the player, his decision had nothing to do with football.

 

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Oregon DB Chris Seisay granted release, will transfer

A UO spokesperson confirmed that Chris Seisay has been granted a release from his scholarship and will transfer. According to The Oregonian, playing time — or lack thereof — didn’t play a role in the defensive back’s decision.