Jordan Travis injured- looks really bad

Submitted by M-jed on November 18th, 2023 at 7:22 PM

Jordan Travis just carted off after an awful looking tackle. Defender hip dropped onto his folded leg. Big injury for FSU. 

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Bo Harbaugh

November 18th, 2023 at 7:23 PM ^

Horrible...

And fuck ABC/ESPN for not putting in a lag so it wouldnt be shown live....idiots.

Get better soon young man.  FSU was having a dream season. Really sucks.

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BallsoHarb

November 18th, 2023 at 7:31 PM ^

I'm of two minds on this. Obviously there is a huge privacy issue. But we root for and support an exceptionally violent sport, and seeing the ramifications of that violence I think increases fan awareness and support for rules that protect players. It also puts a highlight on why these extremely talented guys should get paid at this level, its not guaranteed that you'll even be healthy enough to make it to the league.

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ST3

November 18th, 2023 at 8:01 PM ^

There was a bad hit in an ESPN game a couple weeks ago. The player was knocked unconscious, the game was stopped for 10 minutes. The announcers couldn’t decide whether to show it again or not. Then they threw it to the studio and that guy was going to show it until the director decided not to. I went to ESPN.com and it was on the front page with a 30 second ad preceding the hit. ESPN is a corporate whore.

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NotADuck

November 18th, 2023 at 7:26 PM ^

Yikes.  Not only that but North Alabama is running the ball really well and up 13-0 at the moment. 134 yards on 10 carries.  If FSU loses this game they won't make the playoff.  Can't lose to a team like this and expect to make it.  Washington looking to benefit from FSU and Jordan Travis's tragedy.

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stephenrjking

November 18th, 2023 at 7:38 PM ^

Oh man. That's awful. 

Been a discouraging couple of weeks for us, but in the end we've got our guys ready to go. There's almost nothing worse for a football program than to have an undefeated, seemingly playoff-bound season going, and lose your QB late in the year like this. 

And it's his last game. 

Reminds me of Dennis Dixon in a lot of ways. 

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tigerd

November 18th, 2023 at 7:40 PM ^

One of the worst injuries I’ve ever seen. He’s done. For any of you old enough to remember, it reminded me of the Joe Theisman injury. Leg was snapped and bent in a way it’s not supposed to bend. Feel bad for him.

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stephenrjking

November 18th, 2023 at 7:49 PM ^

Hate to get into the gritty details, but it looks like it was the ankle and lower leg. I've had an injury like that. It's pretty awful, but some varieties of those injuries (even the really bad-looking ones) actually have *relatively* shorter and better recovery prognoses than some ligament injuries like bad knee tears, achilles, etc. 

Depends on the type of injury. Many remember a basketball player that got his leg similarly broken in, I believe, the NCAA tournament a few years ago. He was back on the court before the end of the next season, if I recall correctly (of course given my vague grasp of these details, take that last bit for what it's worth).

This is going to be a lousy time for Travis, but there could be hope that he'll at least be able to get back his normal activity level. Of course, I don't know if he had any real professional prospects, so this is not good for that. 

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bronxblue

November 18th, 2023 at 7:43 PM ^

It's an awful injury and I hope he can recover and play in the NFL.

This probably ends FSU's playoff hopes unless their backup just balls out for a month.

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