Can you say "Snake Bit?" Bowens out for the year.

Welcome to, well, every single year.

The Pack's notorious injury bug strikes again, this time claiming top wide receiver Donald Bowens.

It's the same ol' story year in and year out, it seems. Last season was the year of the tailback...losing Toney Baker early in the year and Andre Brown shortly thereafter. Jamelle Eugene would've been a virtual nobody were it not for decimating injuries in the Pack's backfield in 2007.

Now Bowens goes down with a hairline fracture in his spine to join junior college transfer Clem Johnson on the bench for the year. Johnson suffered a broken jaw. Baker is out of practice, still recovering from his knee injury a year ago.

We can only hope that this will be it for the year for major injuries, but if history is any indication, expect more down the road.