JBB appears okay
on Karons live Instagram video he appears fine moving around, saw him jumping in others. Perhaps he was held off for precaution.
What progress we’ve come to that we miss him instead of looking to replace him. Congrats to him on a hell of an improvement.
October 20th, 2018 at 8:52 PM ^
I don't think there's any way to know, though if he's moving around the worst options are probably off the table.
After the injury it did sound like the trouble spot was "ankle" rather than "knee." Ankle injuries hurt, but there are a range of them that are light enough not to keep a guy from playing.
JBB is turning into a great story. He was, basically, left for dead. He was part of (though not primarily) the problem against ND. Everyone wanted to see him lose his job.
And yet.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:05 PM ^
And the staff was taking heat here for being "too stubborn" to bench JBB/Runyan.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:33 PM ^
I think virtually everybody wanted, at the very least, to see Hudson and Mayfield get a chance for most of the second halves against Western and SMU.
Instead they repped Runyan and JBB almost until the bitter end. They went with the horses they picked and tried to develop them to be as good as possible. And it's working.
Shows you what we know.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:36 PM ^
I wanted to see Hudson myself, I didn't know how good of a coach Warriner is.
October 21st, 2018 at 1:09 PM ^
With what Warriner is doing with this line, maybe we really don't have to be all doom and gloom when someone goes down (besides obviously feeling bad for the kid, of course). You have to figure he could be working up all the guys like he has JBB/Runyan.
October 21st, 2018 at 9:22 PM ^
This. We've been so conditioned recently to expect no development or improvement from the line, especially during the season. I think the line as a whole, and the linemen individually, have been improving noticeably this season. I see no explanation for that other than Warriner and related coaching changes. Also interesting that Stueber came in... historically I'd take that as a very bad sign re: development of Hudson/Mayfield... but with how the line has been improving... maybe it's a good sign re: Stueber!?
October 20th, 2018 at 9:43 PM ^
Your comments VIZ-a-VIS this board and the line are equivalent to this board and the entire team and coaches
October 20th, 2018 at 9:57 PM ^
Spot on.
The Jon Runyan who was PFF's highest graded offensive player today against the best rush defense in the country.
October 20th, 2018 at 10:36 PM ^
Well they were the best rush defense. Hee hee hee.
October 20th, 2018 at 11:10 PM ^
Thought you were a pastor, Not a Doctor.
You know ankles i guess.
October 20th, 2018 at 8:52 PM ^
Great news! Hope you’re right. Amazing the progress he’s made. We would miss him if he was out for any length of time.
October 20th, 2018 at 8:52 PM ^
When he walked off under his own power I breathed a huge sigh of relief. Great time for a bye week right now.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:01 PM ^
Same for Gary. Glad he was healed out and allowed two more weeks to recover.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:33 PM ^
I have the feeling we won't see Gary in a Michigan uniform again. His injury will still take a long time to truly heal, and he's not going to risk his draft status just to play 1 or 2 games.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:38 PM ^
Both choices come with serious consequences (taking a chance that the ability to set up 3 generations financially gets ruined for a school/team he presumably loves vs. not "being there for the team" to ensure gets the life changing financial stuff). I respect the *hell* out of someone who has to make a decision like that. Either way, he's been an awesome representative for the University since the moment he stepped on campus.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:45 PM ^
Gary is not Bosa, he’s not a merc
October 20th, 2018 at 9:49 PM ^
The way PSU is playing, we have from now until THE GAME to heal, with the bonus of lots of reps for developing players.
October 20th, 2018 at 10:08 PM ^
I love me some Suckeye pain, but I find myself wishing that OSU would have maintained the plausible appearance of awesomeness by sneaking into The Game undefeated...
October 20th, 2018 at 8:55 PM ^
Hope he is all ready to go in two weeks. Possibly the greatest mid-senior season improvement ever.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:48 AM ^
Derrick Walton would like a word. Both great stories regardless.
October 20th, 2018 at 8:59 PM ^
Thats fantastic news, it looked kind of bad.
I was ready to donate any of FauxMo's tendons or ligaments that might have been necessary.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:04 PM ^
The most interesting aspect of JBB's injury is that he was replaced by Stueber and not Hudson.
Will be very glad if JBB is ok.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:11 PM ^
Hudson is the LT backup I think
October 20th, 2018 at 9:17 PM ^
Earlier this year, it was Mayfield at LT and Hudson at RT. Or was that just to give Mayfield a little experience prior to redshirt shutdown?
October 20th, 2018 at 9:34 PM ^
Hard to say. Mayfield seems to have stepped back a bit. But maybe Steuber, who I think spent some hurt during camp, has stepped up.
October 20th, 2018 at 10:38 PM ^
That false start hurt us but Steuber looked huge out there and was plowing guys.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:16 PM ^
Hope he’s alright, but luckily he’s got two full weeks to rest up. He’ll be good to go for Pedo State.
October 20th, 2018 at 9:29 PM ^
The O line group is backing up the talk with playing well. Congrats and keep working because more challenges are coming. Let's finish strong!!!
October 20th, 2018 at 9:39 PM ^
"Looked to be a low ankle sprain -- 4-6 weeks tops," Stiff said, without actually having any idea what happened
October 20th, 2018 at 10:23 PM ^
Steuber in my opinion came in because they knew at that point they were done passing. I get the feeling based on his size he’s a run blocker first. I’m thinking they played the match up Hudson vs Steuber and went with the run game.
October 21st, 2018 at 9:49 AM ^
In the past, M has had a “next guy in” for the tackles and one for the interior OL. Spanellis is the interior guy, I think we just saw yesterday that Stueber is the next OT.
October 20th, 2018 at 11:58 PM ^
Glad to hear. That looked really bad.