Injuries Part 2

Okay, so there are quite a few injuries on offense:

Dane Uperesa (OL) - knee
Laupepa Letuli (OL) - broken hand
Michael Washington (SB) - toe, shin splints, ankle
Dylan Linkner (WR) - pulled hamstring
Ross Dickerson (WR) - ankle
Ian Sample (WR) - groin

So there goes yesterday's fear that all the injuries are on defense. That makes me feel better. Actually, no it doesn't, that's horrible. I don't want anybody injured. But as June explains, all this is normal:

Jones said the growing list of nagging injuries is neither unusual nor a concern.

"You go back and look, and it's the same every year," Jones said. "It's football. It's because we're playing football, and they haven't been playing football for a while. It's different out here than when you're working out in the summer. Out here, you have guys leaning on you. It's just a different deal."

I also didn't list Nate Ilaoa and Samson Satele, who were hurt earlier in camp. And one more injury on defense, Victor "Bully" Fergestrom (LB) went down with an injured back.

But it's not just the Warriors who are racking up the injuries. Bama has had their share.

...the team has also been hampered by a variety of injuries and other absences all week long. (John Parker) Wilson himself has been healthy but running backs Kenneth Darby and Glen Coffee, wide receiver Keith Brown, offensive linemen Kyle Tatum, Justin Britt and David Ross, among others, have all missed practice time.

“The offensive line definitely took a hit," Wilson said after Friday’s practice. “But we’ve had some other guys step in and play, so we will be all right."

Here's hoping for two healthy teams to play on September 2nd.

Dave Reardon has more on Amani Purcell joining the team and how the Warriors are pretty much all related.

Melila Purcell said he and his brother are related to Brashton, Hercules and Samson Satele, Raphael Ieru, Nate Ilaoa, Fale Laeli, Reagan Mauia and Lawrence Wilson.

"Some of them, I meet the parents and they go through the family line and we find out we're related," Melila Purcell said. "There's blood in the system. It seems like it's more than half the team.

That's great, it's like every day it's a party at uncle June's house. Except he yells at you and makes you run drills.

And Duane Shimogawa Jr. of The Garden Island has a profile on Kauai-born defensive lineman Keala Watson, who has a message:

“Be ready to see something good happen,” he said after a morning practice session. “We’re really going to make this an exciting season for the entire state.”

Word to your mutha.