They were down some 23 starters and 30 players overall.
As their fans said when I pointed out that my team was down a whole bunch of key starters for some of our previous bowl games....Tough! Those players are just QUITTERS. Its nobody else's fault that they had a bunch of Quitters who didn't care about the team. If a player is missing, the next man just has to step up. Its a team sport. No excuses.