Health of player going into The Game
Obviously yesterday was no fun as a fan until the Moody legend finished off the Illini.
That said, I am very hopeful we see a fully operational and healthy team this week. Obviously, Corum is the headliner, but off the top of my head, here are some guys were kept out yesterday. I'm really hoping they didn't play simply because Harbaugh believed we could win anyways (probably more comfortably if not for Blake injury and fumble at end of half tbf), and he knows that OSU and the B1G were really all that mattered in terms of controlling our own destiny.
Dudes we need back...let me know if I missed anyone...
1) Corum
2) Donovan Edwards
3) Luke Schoooooooonmaker
4) Mike Morris
5) Trevor Keegan
6) Trente Jones
7) AJ Henning
I'm going to assume that NHG, even if capable, just doesn't have the reps and isn't in game shape to go.
Thoughts on anyone I missed.
November 20th, 2022 at 11:43 AM ^
Corum is likely getting an MRI today. I know Harbaugh was optimistic with his status but I'm skeptical.
Edwards will play but has an injured hand, so he might not be as effective in the passing game.
Schoon will be back.
Trente Jones is already back but is now second string.
Morris could play but is still limping and won't be 100%. Not sure if the staff prefers to play a limited Morris over other healthy options.
NHG is out for the season.
Hopefully Keegan is back.
November 20th, 2022 at 11:55 AM ^
Morris limping? sure... maybe he shouldn't have been jumping up and down behind the guys getting interviewed after the game yesterday?
He looked totally normal when he was jumping and bouncing around after the win on tv
November 20th, 2022 at 12:00 PM ^
Can't tell if you're trying to tell me I'm wrong but he was certainly hobbled when they ran out of the tunnel.
He was dressed but if he was game-ready, he would have seen some snaps yesterday when the pass rush wasn't getting home at all.
November 20th, 2022 at 12:18 PM ^
He literally was jumping up and down behind the camera not sure what to tell you but if he is injured that badly seems like a complete idiot move to be doing that after the game
November 20th, 2022 at 12:41 PM ^
How does a pass rush get home when the QB gets rid of the ball immediately?
November 20th, 2022 at 3:20 PM ^
“He was dressed but if he was game-ready, he would have seen some snaps yesterday when the pass rush wasn't getting home at all.”
Why on earth would that be the case? What possible benefit would that risk provide when the result of yesterday was pretty irrelevant to a winner take all outcome next week?
November 21st, 2022 at 1:25 PM ^
What possible benefit would that risk provide when the result of yesterday was pretty irrelevant to a winner take all outcome next week?
That's a really excellent point to bear in mind when it comes to who was played vs. their injury status. At the end of the day, the game was meaningless. Win or lose, a Big Ten championship and CFP appearance ran through Columbus this weekend.
Beating Illinois at the expense of the Game would not have been worth it, and I have to assume that played a good deal into who was getting reps.
November 20th, 2022 at 12:51 PM ^
Some of these are your projections. Right? For example, we don't know if BC is getting MRI and if he will be ready. Or you know something? Sorry. Not being a jerk. Just wondering.
DE-- We don't know if he will be 100 percent or not. From your statement, it sounded like he will not. Is this confirmed?
November 20th, 2022 at 1:26 PM ^
Balas and Skene have a podcast tonight at 7.
Balas will disclose something I'm sure.
All you have to do is endure is manscaped pitch.
November 20th, 2022 at 5:01 PM ^
Mean Skene is the man
November 20th, 2022 at 1:26 PM ^
I am 100% sure Corum is getting an MRI and that DE has a hand injury which will not be completely healed by next Saturday.
November 20th, 2022 at 2:42 PM ^
Your original post said, "Corum is likely getting an MRI today." And now in this post you say, "I am 100% sure Corum is getting an MRI".
Your level of certainty seemed to rise when challenged. I echo what UMForLife said - I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm just trying to read the tea leaves of what anonymous people say on the internet, and figure out what to believe.
For what it's worth, Angelique tweeted out a video of Blake delivering turkeys in Ypsilanti today. And Blake said he's good. https://twitter.com/chengelis/status/1594399929501458433?s=20&t=T2C0e3SC41UUzThcm36glg
November 20th, 2022 at 11:45 AM ^
Not optimistic about Blake. Putting him in for just one play in 3rd quarter shows that JH was willing to give up chance to beat Illinois and hold back Corum for OSU. Without Blake, we really don’t have much of a shot. I suspect a bad meniscal bruise, with ligaments thankfully intact, but if he can go it will be a miracle.
November 20th, 2022 at 11:51 AM ^
he will be lined beside or behind JJ on their first offensive play next Saturday..
November 20th, 2022 at 12:07 PM ^
Huh?
You rabbit holed the fuck out of this one when Harbaugh has already told you want it was.
A bruise, nothing structural. He wasn't giving up a chance to beat Illinois...we beat Illinois without Corum in the 2nd half.
And per Harbaugh, Corum wanted to go. Harbaugh told him to "communicate" and reminded Blake that we have Stokes, Dunlap and Gash and that it is "next man up." And Blake relented, and chose to coach and cheer on his guys for the 2nd half rather than try to be a hero.
You can infer a million things from that. But there is no reason to go to negative town when Harbaugh explained what happened.
November 20th, 2022 at 12:25 PM ^
Are you upvoting yourself? Lame as fuck
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November 20th, 2022 at 12:43 PM ^
Rubbin's racin my guy
November 20th, 2022 at 12:58 PM ^
It's sad that you took time to post this.
November 20th, 2022 at 1:44 PM ^
Is there a way we can help you get over this infatuation?
The points are not redeemable. It's irrelevant. Relax.
Sincerely,
A guy who clearly doesn't care about points and what anybody else does with them.
November 20th, 2022 at 12:18 PM ^
This is a tad self contradictory , isn't it? You've diagnosed him with a meniscus bruise, declared that Harbaugh saved him for OSU (which I agree with), yet then you think it would be a miracle if he plays? 🤔
November 20th, 2022 at 12:25 PM ^
Ice, ice baby…
November 20th, 2022 at 12:38 PM ^
I think we'll just have to wait and see. Last week Chase Brown went down with a nasty-looking injury and I thought he was done for the season. Then he came back against us and carried the Illini on his back.
November 20th, 2022 at 12:53 PM ^
You don't even know what the issue is and you are already looking for a miracle. JFC.
November 20th, 2022 at 1:16 PM ^
We really can’t know at all. Could be a bone bruise, deep muscle bruise, ligament sprain, meniscus injury - pretty much anything short of a tear. And these things have very different recovery times. We’ll have to just wait and see. I don’t think saying it’s probably any one thing or another is helping anyone
November 20th, 2022 at 1:52 PM ^
Just saw that James Yoder posted that Blake is having knee replacement surgery tomorrow, but will be 100% and ready to go on Saturday.
November 20th, 2022 at 2:09 PM ^
That’s about right.
November 20th, 2022 at 2:12 PM ^
Harbaugh was “willing to give up a chance to beat Illinois”? We did beat Illinois, so apparently he didn’t give up a chance to do it. Seems more like he calculated (correctly) we could win the game without risking Corum’s health.
November 20th, 2022 at 3:30 PM ^
How about, he was willing to risk losing to Illinois in order to maximize the chance of beating tOSU (and thus winning the East division) next week? Fortunately, UM pulled off the win over Illinois at the end while still keeping Corum from aggravating the injury. Hope we pull the upset on Saturday.
November 20th, 2022 at 2:49 PM ^
On his one second half run, he powered through defenders and gained a few extra yards, just like he almost always does. It looked very encouraging, but as with other players, I think Harbaugh went all in for OSU and gambled they could beat Illinois without using Corum further, or anyone who was even a little banged up.
November 20th, 2022 at 11:50 AM ^
Tell us something we don't already know...
November 20th, 2022 at 12:19 PM ^
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Also we play OSU this coming Saturday.
November 20th, 2022 at 12:32 PM ^
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November 20th, 2022 at 12:39 PM ^
I have a feeling I know the subject matter of your current research and/or dissertation
November 20th, 2022 at 1:09 PM ^
My nickname is not related to an animal or even the size of one of my appendages. It actually refers to a dessert so it should really be mousseman
November 20th, 2022 at 1:22 PM ^
I sharted a tiny bit on the golf course last month. It probably would never have escaped, but I was preoccupied by it. There were no bathrooms around, so I took a towel off of the ball washer, went into some bushes, and wiped. I threw the towel in the trash.
November 20th, 2022 at 2:12 PM ^
I don’t think I would’ve told that story. Under any circumstances.
November 20th, 2022 at 11:51 AM ^
Was wondering why Henning was not in the game. Did not see anything about him being injured. Maybe that’s why he has not seen the ball that much this year?
November 20th, 2022 at 11:56 AM ^
He's also just not very good. Bell is clearly a better punt returner and Henning missed some huge lanes when they gave him opportunities on the ground. He is an obvious transfer candidate with Cabana filling that role immediately as long as he shows up above 190 lbs.
Edit: He's a former 4* in his 3rd year of playing time and has 384 career yards rushing and receiving combined. He also publicly retweets complaints on playing time. Doesn't bode well for his future with the younger talent developing behind him.
November 20th, 2022 at 12:21 PM ^
Defintely don't see any younger talent being developed behind henning lol... not translating to the field at least. Even Johnson has vanished for 90 percent of the year compared to last year.
November 20th, 2022 at 1:28 PM ^
Why ya gotta be so ru-uude?
November 20th, 2022 at 11:53 AM ^
I'm just curious, are we going to have a whole week of stupid fucking threads?
November 20th, 2022 at 11:54 AM ^
I’m pretty sure we all know the answer to that. But I’ll take this over “fire Harbaugh” threads any day.
November 20th, 2022 at 12:27 PM ^
Well what other choice do we have? We’re 11-0, but only delusional people don’t realize that is all a mirage. We’re first in ppg allowed, but that is also a mirage based on having played no one. We’re fifth in ppg scored, but we ran too much when we scored all those points. On top of all that, we almost lost a game this year. We didn’t of course, but we almost did, and everyone knows almost losing is obviously far worse than actually losing!!
November 20th, 2022 at 12:42 PM ^
Bro, have you ever watched a season of college football? It is EXTREMELY rare for a team to be 11-0. That is why there are only 4 teams left in ALL of college football. We have one of the best teams in the country this year. Are they perfect? No. Does that matter in 99% of games when they are this good? Also no.
Take a chill pill and enjoy this team.
November 20th, 2022 at 12:43 PM ^
I'm 99.9% sure they were being sarcastic....
November 20th, 2022 at 12:59 PM ^
I thought the bit about almost losing being worse than losing left no room for misunderstanding, but some people are very literal I guess…
November 20th, 2022 at 1:36 PM ^
Dude, your sarcasm meter is broken beyond repair . . .
November 20th, 2022 at 11:57 AM ^
Do they buy non-stick coolers in Ohio for easy cleanup? YES, CAN CONFIRM
November 20th, 2022 at 12:02 PM ^
What is your issue today?
You create a good thread if you're so concerned about the state of threads.
There is nothing inherently wrong with this thread other than its been asked and answered before.
But it beats 15 threads about Sparty and a damn tunnel and it's not like it's pushing good content off the first page.
No worries, in 2 months you'll get a daily "THERE ARE" thread until September '23.
November 20th, 2022 at 12:08 PM ^
My issue today is I've worked 48 of the last 96 hours and I'm drop dead exhausted.
I'm taking my ire out on the board and I'm not going to apologize for it.
Go back to watching soccer is slave stadiums and worry about yourself.