The Travis Dye injury occurred on Friday night, and nothing which happened on a busy college football Saturday changed the fact that it was the saddest, most unfortunate event of the weekend on the field. None of the other teams in contention for a College Football Playoff berth suffered an injury as significant as USC did. In the narrow confines of “how will this affect teams’ chances for the playoff?”, USC took the biggest hit.
However, injuries are also wrenching personal events, chiefly for the athlete and his family. We send our thoughts and best wishes to Travis Dye and his family, hoping for the full recovery which doctors expect and for a productive, lucrative NFL career, which is certainly something Dye has aspired to.
Meanwhile, the Oregon Ducks and the University of Oregon reacted to the Dye injury. Let’s gather some reactions: