Garry Williams . . .

. . .UK's best offensive lineman, is reportedly out for 2-3 weeks after having surgery this morning on a torn medial collateral ligament.

If you read this blog on a regular basis or get to know me as a person you will learn I am a pessimist. So, this report gives me pause and to me begs two questions. One, how well is a person, albeit a 22 year old trained athlete, really able to recover from a torn ligament and a surgery in 2-3 weeks? Whether he'll be the same this season has to be open to debate.

Secondly, like many Cats fans, I'd make an even money bet that we will enter the October 4th game at Alabama 4-0, but concede that a loss in the interim is more than plausible. How much does a bad loss to an already shaky unit add to the pucker factor at Commonwealth in September? It should.

The saving grace to losing a Left Tackle is we aren't expected to rely heavily on the downfield pass. Given the existing limitations of our offense, losing an starting LT (who protects a right-handed Quarterback's blindside) isn't as significant as it would be for some teams.