College Football Week 6 Injury Report & Early Predictions: Pittsburgh vs. Virginia Tech (2022)
Let’s take a look at the College Football Week 6 injury report and early predictions for this week’s game: Pittsburgh vs. Virginia Tech.
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College Football Week 6 Injury Report & Early Predictions: Pittsburgh vs. Virginia Tech
Pittsburgh (-14.5) vs. Virginia Tech
Pitt, which sneakily had one of the deepest RB rooms in the nation heading into the season, suddenly is perilously low on depth at the position.
RB Rodney Hammond, who looked great in the opener against West Virginia, hasn’t been seen since after suffering a leg injury in that game. And then, in an upset loss to Georgia Tech this past Saturday, Pittsburgh RB Israel Abanikanda was knocked out early.
Abanikanda was spotted on the sidelines with his arm in a sling in the second half. That meant Pitt was down to veteran backup RB Vincent Davis and not much else. Davis had a couple of nice runs early, but his two fumbles in the second half didn’t help Pitt’s cause.
There have been basically no positive updates about Hammond’s status in recent weeks. And Pitt HC Pat Narduzzi declined to so much as mention Abanikanda’s injury in his postgame presser. Was that an ominous sign?
We’ll have to see. But Narduzzi knows that if he has to play Saturday without both Hammond and Abanikanda, his rushing attack will play severely down. Another active situation handicappers must monitor closely this week.
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