More Injury News: Georgia Loses Star OT Sturdivant for Season

Does anything good come out of preseason practice?

At least lately, it doesn't seem like it.

The No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs are just the latest team to suffer a major blow on the injury front, as the team announced Tuesday that star left tackle Trinton Sturdivant -- the anchor of the Dawgs' offensive line -- would undergo reconstructive knee surgery and miss the entire 2008 season. Sturdivant, a potential All-American candidate who started all 13 games for the Dawgs in 2007, injured his knee in a team scrimmage on Monday.

There's no getting around the fact that Sturdivant's loss is a huge one for the Georgia offense, and coach Mark Richt must know that. While there is most certainly talent behind Sturdivant, it's unlikely that anyone who might take his place -- redshirt sophomore Josh Davis seems the most likely candidate -- can really play at the same level.

This is just the latest blow for a Georgia team that has had its share of troubles of late. But the Dawgs are hardly alone.

Take their rivals, the Florida Gators, who today announced that freshman linebacker Brandon Beal -- who was expected to contribute this season -- would miss the entire campaign with a torn ACL.

And get this: Beal is the fifth -- yes, fifth -- Gator to suffer the injury in just the last two weeks. Two of those players were starters.

Photo: Georgia offensive Trinton Sturdivant will miss the 2008 season with a knee injury. (Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)