Injury bug won't leave players, even coaches alone
13 key contributors sit out for Sooners; makeshift defense keeps offense out of end zone

 
By Jake Trotter
Published: March 30, 2008

NORMAN — The injury bug has bitten the Oklahoma football team so hard this spring, not even the coaches have been spared.

Thirteen key contributors sat out OU's first open scrimmage Saturday, an 81-play workout dominated by a makeshift defense that kept the offense out of the end zone.

"I've never seen anything like it,” said defensive coordinator Brent Venables , who recently tore a ligament in his knee...


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