Safeties Moore & Paige w/ minor injuries, Sabb Stepping Up
Didn't see this posted yet but we may be without our starting safeties for week one against ECU. This story reports that Keon Sabb seems to be stepping up and is ready to fill the spot when needed.
August 30th, 2023 at 9:03 PM ^
Ha ha. Well, your comment inspired me to look up the origins of the phrase “take with a grain of salt,” and to be perfectly honest I really don’t understand how it now has the modern meaning.
According to several sites, the phrase is attributed to Pliny the Elder, who was writing up instructions for small doses of poison that people could take in order to build up immunity to those poisons. He evidently added the instruction to take the concoctions with a grain of salt so that they would taste better. Somehow, 2000 years later, the expression now means “to regard with skepticism.” I guess maybe people should have been skeptical about the idea of swallowing poison in the first place and so anything Pliny says to take with a grain of salt you should not trust because, shit, it’s poison!?
Anyway, very interesting. I’ll stick to “a grain” from now on!
August 30th, 2023 at 9:58 PM ^
Kudos to you for mentioning Pliny.
August 30th, 2023 at 7:06 AM ^
Definitely wasn’t expecting all the negativity below with this bit of news. I personally am excited to see Sabb get some run. I’ve been excited to see him play once he committed to the good guys and ended up beating out Clemson for his service. The dude has some talent. Next man up approach. Go Blue!
August 30th, 2023 at 6:53 PM ^
Exactly this ^^
Ya’ll gotta chill.
August 30th, 2023 at 7:45 AM ^
The rumor for Moore is a torn meniscus :/
August 30th, 2023 at 7:56 AM ^
6-8 weeks the least?!
August 30th, 2023 at 10:36 AM ^
Obvs depends on how badly torn. Can be as short as 2-3 weeks, too.
August 30th, 2023 at 8:32 AM ^
Well that would be a bummer. The positive is we aren’t facing elite passing offenses early in the year. The downside is that these backup safeties are inexperienced.
August 30th, 2023 at 8:48 AM ^
Harbaugh said on Monday that there were no significant injuries during camp. I would qualify that as pretty significant and be a big change from what we heard. That being said, Michigan doesn't face any type of respectable QB until November and will be getting young guys significant PT which isn't the worst thing in the world either.
August 30th, 2023 at 8:54 AM ^
I also believe he said something along the line of “6 month” injuries. So a torn meniscus, in Harbaughs eyes is not significant. I tore mine in high school and played on it till my acl snapped. Cost me my chance in the pros. Ok, that last part was a lie.
August 30th, 2023 at 9:08 AM ^
From ceiling to floor
Get well, Paige & Moore
August 30th, 2023 at 9:15 AM ^
The sky is falling crowd is already out in full force and they haven't even played a single down yet
August 30th, 2023 at 9:16 AM ^
Please have boring safeties and a consistent FG kicker. All the rest will sort itself out. Don't derail this season with this stuff....
August 30th, 2023 at 9:17 AM ^
Keeping Paige and Moore feels more precautionary than anything. Probably just want to make sure those guys are 100% by Rutgers
August 30th, 2023 at 11:45 AM ^
Getting experienced backups is a good thing
August 30th, 2023 at 9:18 AM ^
Hope this is not a Hill-Green situation from last year.