Nothing seemed to go right for the Cougars. They lost tackle Josh Bell to a torn Achilles tendon then later lost freshman wide receiver Patrick Edwards after he suffered a serious leg injury in the third quarter.
Edwards, running deep for a pass from Blake Joseph, ran out of the back of the end zone into a band equipment cart parked just beyond the out-of-bounds line. The impact, captured by ESPN's cameras, caused a compound fracture of Edwards' right leg according to the Houston Chronicle.
Cougars coach Kevin Sumlin told the Chronicle that while he had "his opinions" on the subject, he would offer no comment on such a dangerous situation. Houston athletics director Dave Maggard said he will pursue the subject with Marshall officials.
"It was duly noted and I think we'll save the conversation for another day," Maggard told the Chronicle. "I don't think there is any question that it is a problem. We all noticed it, and we want to find out why something like that would occur. It was a serious injury, no question about it."
Unfortunate. Perhaps the carts shouldn't have been there, but it also could have been avoided with some better field awareness by the kid. Had he been a little more aware, he would have seen that it was uncatchable in-bounds and could have saved himself the trouble of going after it.
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
The band did it intentionally for all the swirlies he gave them the previous night at a party!!!!
Its like if your jogging along a road and you see a good looking woman joggin the other way. You kinda watch, and follow her with your head. And as soon as you know it ... BOOOM ... face meet parked car. This is a for instance ... i have no experience in jogging.
