A season that didn’t last Long

By Darrell Laurant  |   Thursday, October 30, 2008  |  Comments( 0 )

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University of Louisville wide receiver Scott Long is gone for the season after an ACL injury suffered in practice this week.

Gone, but not forgotten. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, fellow wideout Trent Guy will wear Long's No. 84 against Syracuse on Saturday. The next week, Doug Beaumont will don the number -- the week after that, Josh Chichester or Troy Pacsley.

There may be some football legalities to work out, but that's the plan.

Football can be a cruel sport. Long punished himself in his rehab routines to overcome a broken left foot suffered in preseason, watching his team suffer from the lack of a consistent deep threat in the process. Long finally returned to the lineup two weeks ago, and last week caught two touchdown passes from Hunter Cantwell in a 24-20 upset of then-No. 14 South Florida. Then came the injury to his right knee.

It will be up to Guy -- himself a comeback story after being shot in the back outside a nightclub over the summer -- to give Cantwell the opportunity to dial long distance. Otherwise, the Cardinals will have to resort to possession-type passes to Beaumont and the 6-foot-8 freshman Chichester.

"I'm very disappointed for Scott," said UL coach Steve Kragthorpe.

And, obviously, for his team. But at least Kragthorpe will still be able to call Long's number.
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