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Surgery may end Irish safety's season
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08:28 AM ET 06.14 | A torn labrum in his left shoulder, suffered during Notre Dame's Blue-Gold Game, may put an end to junior safety Austin Collinsworth's season. [Collinsworth] has undergone shoulder surgery and is expected to miss a significant portion of -- if not the entire -- 2012 football season, ND director of football sports information Brian Hardin confirmed Wednesday. ... Recovery time is projected to be four to six months. The 6-1, 202-pound junior from Fort Thomas, Ky., collected 18 tackles last season in a reserve role and as a special teams standout. His role was expected to expand significantly this season, however, especially in nickel packages. There was even a thought he might start.
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Will hurt against tSUN, ND will need safety and corner help chasing DR around.
Armpit
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Next man up! The Irish will find a way!
Go ND!
Stuart MacDougal
Indianapolis, IN
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This hurts, only because its not a position of depth. If anything hurts more against a USC then tsun...Teo and the D Line will keep DR contained enough to force him to pass more then he is comfortable with.
NY Giants Rule
Brooklyn , NY
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Maybe next year
SL Guido
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It's official, then. This is NOT the year ND is back.
However, I have to give fair warning that the phrase "Wait til next year" has been copyrighted by the University of Florida, so you guys have to flip us a quarter every time you use it this year. Thanks.
GR=O-6fan
Bumfrack, TX
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tough luck for the youngster, but looking at the photo of Mount Vesuvius i can 't wait to see him erupt for the first time in the 2012 season........always highly entertaining
sagecreek
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he makes enough mistakes to stop himself, FUMBLE!
sagecreek
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Hey we heard that last year to.
HILLBILLY
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Very true...EPSN is the God of CFB! :-)
Deep Creek
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Exactly; let's get a grip, folks. This is a backup Safety, hardly a newsworthy story except for his parantage.
He is a good kid, but hardly irreplacable!
SportsFun
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parentage*--Fix
SportsFun
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I hate it when that happens... I know it's life, but there is nothing worse than losing a guy for the whole year, before that year even began.
The Grover
Malibu, CA
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Has the Texas heat gotten to you? Or has the maid whopped you up side the head? Gumps don't play the domers first game do they?
Deep Creek
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