Corum Running Out of Bounds?

He didn't look 100% to me, even before the knee thing. He was getting caught on the screen pass play, and pretty quickly.

Actually I had the same question. Naturally the announcers totally disregarded the fact that Corum essentially gave up on that run. Which is absolutely not like him. In hindsight, it seems like a sign that something was off with him before the play when he went down. 

He's just putting it on film to lull the Buckeyes to sleep.

It was weird looking but there was a coming defender off the screen. Could he have gained a good 10 more at least, if not house it if he just jumps a bit and outruns/jukes the last guy? Yes.

My guess is that he knows he's likely going to have to play beyond all abandon & health to get the win next week so he was preserving himself. 

But it did look weird live. I'm not going to refute that or come up with an excuse beyond him likely wanting to win and get out healthy.

aaaaaaand there it is. dumbest postgame thread yet, and it’s not close. like, at ALL. 

He actually did that twice -- he did something very similar on the first run of the game, on the other sideline. On neither of those plays did I think he was likely to get more than 2-3 more yards by staying inbounds -- though, yeah, there was a chance at a quick move inside on the screen -- so it wasn't an indefensible decision by a kid expecting to get the ball 30+ times on the day to save the wear and tear on his body.

Still, I noticed it too -- since he's so famous for his toughness and commitment, both moves kinda surprised me.

At the end of the day, did either have a damned thing to do with the outcome of the game? Nah, of course not. Even when they happened I just shrugged. He's a stud. Stay healthy, stay in the game.

I noticed it and wondered the same thing when it happened. All I got is this, when a  guy is getting over 30 touches a game, they are not always going to fight for every yard just like a long distance runner is not going to go 100% speed through the race.

About to get hawked by a faster defender and didn't want to risk the  "foot getting caught under the body as it falls backward" injury suite perhaps? 

I also noticed this. I also didn’t and don’t understand it. I also was a little annoyed that the announcers didn’t mention it.

Clearly playing it safe. He takes enough hits, and we were moving the ball fine.

Saw a couple weird gestures by him yesterday including this one plus the fact that he just has not appeared to be running full speed for a while now.  I think there was another run yesterday where he was tackled and immediately motioned to the sideline that he needed to go out.  As others have said, he probably is dealing with some nagging aches, pains and bruises but not necessarily an injury.  It may be possible that he has something going on with his knee and it got hit just right to cause some god-aweful pain.  The replay showed barely any contact but it did look like the knee cap got brushed against just right.  Coming from someone who has had a clunky left knee his whole life, i can tell you that knees getting hit just right can hurt almost as bad as the kidney stones I have dealt with.  I just hope Blake is ok!!

I honestly took it like Michigan thought, especially after the first drive, that they were going to pulverize them and squeeze them to death all day long. At that point in time it looked as if Michigan would just get chunk after chunk and the idea was to bleed the clock and get out without injuries. Ronnie had a return where he started to juke and head up field and then he just laid down. I don’t think anyone expected the Blake injury and fumble which at least makes it 10-0 before the half and for Illinois to make it a game. JJ didn’t start running any until it was an actual game again. It ended up being way closer than anyone expected. 

Obvious explanation is that he's been playing hurt for several weeks and doesn't have the speed he did earlier in the season. I've noticed this on several of the long runs he's broken recently--he doesn't have the breakaway speed anymore. I don't think it's because it's just slower; the most likely explanation is that he's nursing a small injury and it's affecting his speed. We've seen him limping around a couple of times during the past few games.

The guy has the heart of a lion. If he has an injury, he's not going to let on.

He ran out of bounds on the first play also. Even though jj was down there blocking for him and got completely lit up. 

Who's really out of bounds...

I'm sure some people will say this isn't worth a new thread, 

If you have to lead with that, you're doing it wrong.

I thought it was weird at the time, and the replay confirmed it.  Speculation is just that---speculative, meaning we don't know.  He may have been gassed and did not think he could make the remaining 50 yards w/o risking getting hit (w/o eyes in the back of his head, he does not know that the last guy with a serious chance just dove at his ankles and missed).  The several comments that he is a bit banged up also have merit---after all, his load this season is higher than last year (245 attempts vs. 144).  So going OOB to avoid a hit might well be the reason.  If he had been aware that the guy right behind him (# 7) was no longer a factor, he might have stayed with it---it almost looks like he steps out before the guy completes his diving missed tackle.

It is not a trivial issue---a 14-0 lead at that point changes the game a lot, IMO.

He also went out of bounds on the opening long run. Perhaps he was banged up before the game even started.

this isn’t worth a new thread

My guess at the time was he was gassed. I thought he was going to house it but he slowed up.

Honestly I wondered the same thing.  Don't know why you're getting negged.  Legit question 

I think he probably thought he was about to be tackled and decided to avoid risking the fumble. Maybe he didn't trust his grip on the ball. Hard to say. 

I mentioned it at the time. I actually thought he slowed up a couple times, and I wondered if he had an injury. Then he got injured. I just wasn't sure if he ran out of energy or whether he was gimpy. Anyway, I wasn't upset at him, but I thought he might have something after a couple of unusual end of runs. IDK. 

Battle ...war.

The real Walter White would know not to get high off his own supply.

Looked to me like his momentum carried him out. 

If that's the play I remember, I wondered myself why he didn't cut it back for more yardage or a TD, actually. Not normally like him to shy away from contact.
 

I thought the same thing wondering why he wasn't trying to get the extra yardage. Almost looked like the players had been coached to not take any chances leading up to OSU. I think the coaches realize that it will be very difficult for two B10 schools to get into the playoffs especially with the bias of those making the decisions. Thus meaning the only way to get in would be by beating OSU. In other words, if protecting your investments with a chance to beat OSU meant possibly losing to Ilinois, it was still worth it.

Honestly, it looked like he might have gotten a tad winded and also thought the Illinois guy was going to swipe at him.  I presume it was just an unconscious response by him to step out, and you see guys do that at times for various reasons.  

Thread is fine. Everyone downvoting is being dishonest, they thought the exact same thing during the game (if they were paying attention).

The camera angle didn't show two players that had the angle on him and the play cut off.  But whatever,  he just didn't want to score a TD so the game would stay close..

mostly b/c he's soft and doesn't like winning that much. But there are other reasons too. It's complex honestly

All you downvoters should go neg Brian for leading his game recap column with the same point.

Brian addresses this in his game column.