News Nuggets, 09.13.03
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Madison lost for season as injury toll
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Texas Christian senior tailback Ricky
Madison will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a knee injury
in the Horned Frogs' 17-3 win over Navy on Saturday, TCU head coach Gary
Patterson announced today. Madison underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair
the damage today.
The grim diagnosis comes in the wake of the
announcement earlier this week that Tye Gunn, the team's star quarterback,
would be out of action for three to five weeks after separating his shoulder
in practice.
Madison's injury had originally prompted
estimates by TCU medical personnel that he would be sidelined for as little
as two weeks, so the revelation that his college career was over was an
especially disappointing blow for the Frogs.
"Ricky was not only a great football
player, but a great leader for this team," said Patterson. "It's a shame
because he's a senior who has done everything right
—
on the field, in the weight room and in the classroom. I'm very disappointed
for Ricky."
Madison was the star of the season-opening win at Tulane, carrying 23 times
for 115 yards, his fifth career 100-yard rushing game, and catching a
career-high three passes for 91 yards, including an 80-yard scamper. He was
named the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts. The
5-10, 200-pounder from Dallas carried the ball 377 times in his career for
1,536 yards, including a career-high 719 yards as a junior when he averaged
4.6 yards per carry.
Sophomore Lonta Hobbs will be the Frogs' number one tailback when TCU takes
on Vanderbilt on September 20 at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth. He
will be backed up by redshirt freshman Robert Merrill and senior Corey
Connally.
'Fixture', air horn guru gets props at USM
HATTIESBURG — The O.B. Bowen III endowment
dedication will be held at the Pat Ferlise Center on Sept. 18, 2003 at 2:30
p.m.
"O.B." has been a favorite fixture in the
Southern Miss football office for almost 30 years, and is one of the
favorite sons of Golden Eagle football. Players who return to visit the
campus, or players who now live long distances from the campus always seem
to ask first, "How is O.B.?"
O.B. handles multiple duties for the
football program, both in the office during the day, and on the field where
he controls practice periods with the air horn that has become his
trademark.
Current Head Football Coach Jeff Bower and
O.B. came to Southern Miss at about the same time, when Bower was a Golden
Eagle quarterback. Bower says, "O.B. is a mainstay. Our players love him."
His dedication to the program prompted his
family, through Richton Bank and Trust, to endow a scholarship in his name
in 1998. That endowment has surpassed $50,000, and now will join the growing
list of endowments that have reached or surpassed that level and are
appropriately honored on the endowment board located in the Ferlise Center.
The Bowen Endowment Scholarship is awarded
annually to a student on the football team, a player, manager or trainer,
who exemplifies the personality of O.B. Bowen, a person who bleeds Black and
Gold and who takes pride in being a good citizen, with preference being
given to students from Perry, Wayne, Jones and Greene counties.
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