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Welcome again to "Packers Notebook." The purpose of Packers Notebook is to keep all of you hardcore fans up-to-date with Green Bay's goings on without littering FanHouse will three or four posts per day. With that said, let's check out what's happening in Packers land.

Special prosecutor has been named in Barnett case: The district attorney in the Nick Barnett battery case has been officially changed. After it was revealed that Carrie Schneider's husband was a potential witness, she was forced to drop the case. Door Country district attorney Ray Pelrine will now handle it instead.

No beer here: Legendary Lambeau Field will open its doors to thousand of Christians this Saturday, the 7th. Over 6,000 people have signed up (out of 45,000 available seats) to attended what will be called "Leap of Faith Lambeau;" a night filled with music, prayer and teaching.

Packers may use defensive tackle rotation: Due to significantly improved depth at defensive tackle, Green Bay may opt to use a rotation this season. Although Justin Harrell, Ryan Pickett and Corey Williams will all be playing for a starting nod, all three could see significant time throughout the year within the rotation.

As I'm sure you know if you watched the 1st quarter of the game yesterday, the Trojans have lost yet another player to injury.

In what many are calling the most gruesome injury caught on tape since Joe Theismann, senior fullback Ryan Powdrell suffered a dislocated and broken fibula as a Nebraska tackler fell on top of him on an early first quarter play.

The injury was obviously painful from the first viewing -- Powdrell dropped the ball in pain as his leg rolled under a Cornhusker defender and immediately grabbed his leg, making it evident that it was no minor tweak. When ABC returned from commercial we got a closer look at the after-effects, which were disturbing to say the least. Powdrell's foot was pointed about 90 degrees to the left of where it should have been; take a look at these X-rays to get some idea of the damage.

With senior Brandon Hancock's season already ended due to a torn MCL, the Trojans suddenly find themselves rather thin at fullback. Reports say that Allen Bradford may be moved to fullback, to add some support to replacement starter Mike Brittingham, a former walk-on. Bradford would join reserves Jody Adewale and Stanley Havili on the fullback depth chart. Meanwhile, Powdrell will have surgery tomorrow, and unfortunately just like Hancock, his 2006 season is over.