Tag: Travis Dye Injury

Powerful visual images of player emotions toward Travis Dye define Colorado-USC

The images of USC players surrounding and comforting Travis Dye were the most poignant parts of the #USC win over Colorado.

That was easy for the USC Trojans. A Friday night game can always get weird, and the first quarter ended at a score of 3-2, with the Colorado Buffaloes on top.

But, it was all USC after that as the Trojans scored a total of 55 points on the night — including 24 in the second quarter. Unfortunately, they lost Travis Dye to an injury and watched him get carted off, and everybody hopes for a quick and speedy recovery for the star running back, whose USC and collegiate careers are over. He has a promising NFL future, and Lincoln Riley said his long-term football plans aren’t likely to be derailed by this injury, which ends his 2022 season but shouldn’t have effects beyond this year.

Caleb Williams finished with three passing scores and another two on the ground, and Lincoln Riley was able to bring in Miller Moss, who also threw a touchdown pass, and rested his starters for the last quarter.

It was another victorious night at the Coliseum, and here are the best photos from the victory, starting with a powerful Travis Dye photo:

USC got some players back vs Colorado, but questions linger heading into UCLA

Let’s give you an update of the important non-Travis Dye injury situations heading into UCLA. It’s Bruin Week now.

The Travis Dye injury was and is the huge story for USC in the Colorado game, and we have a bunch of stories this Saturday morning on that crushing turn of events. We do have other important items to cover, however, and the best place to start is the collection of other injury and player availability situations facing the Trojans with UCLA Game Week now upon us.

USC needs all hands on deck against the Bruins. It’s the defining game of the season even when the Trojans and Bruins aren’t very good. This year, of course, they are both very good. The winner likely gets a spot opposite Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship Game. The winner might also have a good shot at a New Year’s Six bowl bid.

Let’s give you a look at the other important non-Travis Dye injury situations at USC:

Austin Jones and Raleek Brown will have to replace Travis Dye vs UCLA

After being #USC’s secondary running backs all season long, Austin Jones and Raleek Brown will need to give the Trojans a lot vs UCLA.

It was never a surprise that Travis Dye became the more featured, dependable, high-usage running back in the 2022 USC offense compared to Austin Jones. Dye was always the centerpiece of the USC attack, given his versatility and leadership. Dye exhibited complete mastery of the craft, excelling in pass protection and other non-running components of the running back position. Austin Jones did not. That matters, and it has to matter. Lincoln Riley played Dye a lot more for a reason, and Dye’s injury isn’t merely a slight problem for USC; it’s a huge one with UCLA and Notre Dame on deck. It puts the Trojans in a very difficult spot.

However, Austin Jones — while not as good as Dye — is no chump.

Let’s look at what he and Brown can bring to the table with Dye out for the closing stretch of the season:

Travis Dye being unable to play vs UCLA and Notre Dame reminds us: life isn’t fair

Travis Dye is a central reason #USC is 9-1 entering the UCLA-Notre Dame final stretch. Dye not being able to play in those games is simply a gut punch.

Injuries in sports carry immense physical pain, but the anguish is what cuts deeper than any broken bone.

Travis Dye loves this team, and this team loves him right back. Dye embraced being a USC Trojan. He loved everything about playing for Lincoln Riley and with this band of brothers. Being in Southern California mattered to him, and his teammates helped make him feel at home. Several leaders are highly respected in the Trojans’ locker room, and Dye is at the very top of the list.

You saw teammates come by and tap him on the shoulder. You saw the whole USC team empty the sidelines to come out on the field and let him personally know he was being prayed for.

That doesn’t happen with most football players.

Travis Dye is a special one, and there’s so much to lament about the fact that he won’t play against UCLA or Notre Dame:

Travis Dye injury overshadows everything else about USC win over Colorado

#USC’s offense was sluggish to start the game. The performance was choppy and ragged … but really, Travis Dye’s injury cast a long shadow over this game.

There’s just no other way to say it: The Travis Dye injury is the only thing we’re all going to remember from this USC win over Colorado.

It’s not just that Dye is a great and important player, though he is.

It’s not just that Dye provides leadership and pass protection and does the no-glory things a great teammate does for everyone else in the locker room … though that’s exactly what Travis Dye does for USC.

It’s not just that Dye can’t play Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship Game if USC gets there … though that storyline is now gone, and it’s unfortunate to contemplate it.

It’s not just that the UCLA and Notre Dame games got a lot tougher, though they did.

What matters most is that every USC player and coach loves and respects Travis Dye. His injury hurts in ways that go beyond football.

As we all digest that, consider some tweets in reaction to USC’s sluggish offensive performance, but with a fun little moment from holder Will Rose on a 2-point conversion.

USC running back Travis Dye carted off with injury in first half against Colorado

Travis Dye grabbed his left knee and was eventually carted off the field. An air cast was applied. The whole #USC team left the sideline to come onto the field and encourage Dye.

Oh, no. This is not something USC can realistically afford.

In the first half of Friday night’s game against the Colorado Buffaloes, USC running back Travis Dye — who has meant everything to the Trojans’ offense and locker room this season — was carted off the field with an apparent knee injury.

Dye was seen grabbing his left knee before he was carted off.

The whole USC team left the sideline area and came onto the field to surround and support Dye. The USC team — many dozens of players — came by to encourage him and wish him well, many of them tapping him on the shoulder. That’s how much respect everyone at USC has for Travis Dye.

We will keep you posted on Dye’s status as events warrant. We will put updates below: