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Oregon fans react to Travis Dye’s season-ending injury for USC

Oregon fans wanted to face Travis Dye and #USC in the #Pac12 Championship Game. Now that won’t happen, even if USC and UO play in Vegas.

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:

(h/t Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire)

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The Travis Dye injury dominated the USC game against Colorado on Friday night. It swallowed up the aftermath of the game. It was unavoidable for Dye’s injury — marking the end of his season and his USC career — to become the main point of conversation after the Trojans beat Colorado, 55-17.

There were other moments of note from this game. There is plenty to catch up on after Colorado — and heading into UCLA — in this USC football notebook.

Let’s give you some of the main highlights from this game, beginning with a tweet from USC wide receiver Brenden Rice, in which he admitted he has not been playing up to his own expected standard in 2022:

Fans and media members react to former Duck Travis Dye’s season-ending injury with USC

Travis Dye went down with a season-ending injury on Friday night at USC. Oregon fans paid their condolences online.

Once you’re a Duck, you’re always a Duck.

It didn’t matter that veteran running back Travis Dye — who holds the No. 4 spot on Oregon’s all-time career-rushing list — decided to transfer to the USC Trojans during the offseason. Oregon fans were still going to find the compassion to support him from a distance as long as he wasn’t lining up on the opposite sideline as the Ducks in a game.

So when Dye went down with what looked like a brutal injury on Friday night in the Trojans’ game vs. Colorado, it was felt up in Eugene. Dye ended up being carted off the field sporting an air cast on his leg, and USC coach Lincoln Riley said after the game that his season is over.

A tough way for Dye’s historic college career to come to an end, to say the least.

On Friday night and Saturday morning as the news trickled throughout Oregon Twitter, Duck fans paid their respects, as national media members reacted to what this loss may mean for the Trojans.

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:

USC loses leading rusher to apparent knee injury

All the best to him after this

Notre Dame’s biggest rival was in action Friday night as No. 8 USC played host to Colorado.  Following a bizarre first quarter that ended with the 1-8 Buffaloes holding a 3-2 lead, USC had a second quarter they’d certainly like to forget.

Sure, the Trojans shook off the issues from the first quarter and came alive for 24 second-quarter points, but USC lost one of their offensive leaders to an apparent knee injury. Travis Dye, who entered the night leading USC in rushing yards by roughly 570, was lost in the second quarter.

Dye remained down after being tackled and was seen grabbing his left knee.  Shortly after the cart was on its way out and the entire USC bench huddled around Dye.  He was eventually carted off and acknowledged the crowd while exiting.

Dye was not only USC’s leading rusher but was responsible for half of their 18 rushing scores in 2022.

There is no word as of posting about the seriousness of Dye’s injury but from what we watched on TV, it certainly didn’t look good.  We’ll keep an eye on this story as Trojans Wire will certainly have any and all details in regard to it.  We’ll also send our prayers and well-wishes to Dye in hopes this ends up being a lot less serious than it looked.

As for the game, USC had opened things up to a 26-3 third-quarter lead and cruised to a 55-17 victory.

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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 RB Travis Dye carted off with leg injury

USC running back Travis Dye left the field on a cart Friday night after suffering a leg injury against Colorado

USC running back Travis Dye had to be carted off the field during Friday night’s game against Colorado after suffering a leg injury.

Dye went down awkwardly as he was being tackled at the end of the run, and immediately grabbed his left leg.

After his entire team (and a handful of his opponents) gathered around the cart to wish him well, Dye gave a thumbs-up to the home crowd as he left the field.

A transfer from Oregon, Dye entered Friday night’s game with over 1,000 yards of total offense on the season for the No. 8 Trojans.

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