UPDATE: Love's career likely over

The Associated Press reports that Dante Love's career is likely over.

Ball State officials said injured receiver Dante Love will probably never play football again. Love was hurt during the second quarter of a game Saturday night at Indiana and underwent a 5-hour operation Sunday for a broken spine and an injury to his spinal cord.

The university had said after the surgery that Love could move his arms and legs.

"Due to the injury Dante sustained, his football career is expected to be over," coach Brady Hoke told reporters during his weekly news conference Monday. "He should have normal and healthy functions for the rest of his life. He touched a lot of lives, and he will continue to do so."

Love entered Saturday's game as the nation's leader in yards receiving per game (144.3), and the fleet 5-foot-10, 179-pound senior was considered an NFL draft prospect.

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Although I am happy to hear he is doing well in terms of mobility after such a terrible injury, this is a very sad story. For people like me who cover not only CMU football, but MAC football in general, it is so disappointing to know that a talent like Love probably won't see the NFL.

I'm going to write more on this in Wednesday's edition of CM Life. I think it's important to put in perspective just how much injuries like these make you reflect on how much we should cherish the opportunities life gives us. I can only imagine how that carries over to the football team.

For now, I hope all of you keep Dante Love in your thoughts and prayers. This is a man who had something taken away from him last weekend.