BOULDER – Sefo Liufau had learned to play with and through pain, and no one ever questioned his ability to do either. But on Friday night, Nov. 13, it wasn’t so much that Liufau’s luck ran out as his body finally succumbing – at least in part – to his game’s mayhem.
Near the end of the first quarter of Colorado’s game against Southern California, Liufau’s left foot had the misfortune to be trapped under one or more of USC’s defensive linemen.
Right away, Liufau, the Buffs’ quarterback, thought this injury wasn’t like the shoulder he hurt against Colorado State, the concussion he suffered last season, or any of the myriad minor ailments that come a QB’s way from September through late November.