According to the
team report available on Rivals and elsewhere, Jamil Shaw had a shoulder injury and Mario Dovell was on crutches with an ankle.
You start the game with your most experienced cb (Carrie) out for the year.......then you lose your 2nd most experienced cb (Shaw) during the game. In the past this would have been an oh crap moment but cb's like Bass and Fisher and Wells (freshman and sophomores) played lights out.
Also you lose maybe your second most experienced wr (Dovell) and guys like Clark and Smith and Bussey and Foster played as a solid wr corps.