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Sure, the USC Trojans probably left a lot of their fans speechless with their final collapse to Stanford on Saturday. But Stafon Johnson, still recovering from his weightlifting accident in September, was not one of them.
Although Stafon Johnson only spoke seven words, they were loaded with meaning and hope.There's no way to make this anything but good news; Johnson's doctors are tossing around words like "great strides" and "miraculous" and crediting his "gladiator-type mentality." While Trojans fans are reluctantly choking down their program's worst season since the beginning of the Carroll Era, one of their beloved players is just now regaining the ability to swallow.Repeating the last words spoken to him by his late grandfather, the Southern California tailback said, "God has a plan. Run, Stafon, run."
Johnson already can speak in a soft, raspy voice less than three months after a weight bar crushed his throat in a potentially fatal weight room accident.
That puts things in perspective.
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Well done, Stafon! Keep up the good work. You’re moving in the right direction!
by GSMS on Nov 15, 2009 12:25 PM EST reply actions
If he can’t run the football anymore, he can play Deep Throat in the next Watergate movie.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Nov 15, 2009 1:17 PM EST reply actions
use a catch rack idiot.
by scurds on Nov 16, 2009 12:17 AM EST reply actions
scurds, you are an idiot.
Great news Stafon. Fight on.
by 78Lion on Nov 16, 2009 11:15 AM EST reply actions
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