This is college football. Everybody has to replace somebody. Alabama, picked number one in some preseason polls, has to replace former Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram and starting quarterback Greg McElroy. Oregon's opening game opponent LSU (picked anywhere from first to fourth) is without a 1,000-yard rusher and the Jim Thorpe Award winner. Players graduate, or leave early for the NFL, and good programs go on.
Yet some Duck fans are in full panic mode because the Ducks have to replace a center, a third wide receiver and a suspended linebacker who hasn't played a down since 2009. The roundtables and podcasts have their wings in a twist, certain that the Webfoots cannot possibly overcome obstacles like these.
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