The words change a little, but the underlying melody is familiar.
The Bulldogs’ ultra-long injury report grew by three names on Thursday and now has reached a season high 24 players who were either out or limited in practice. New to the list were linebacker Reggie Carter (knee), running back Kyle Karempelis (shoulder) and wide receiver Tramel Terry (shoulder). Only Carter, who is the first backup at inside linebacker, plays regularly.
The severity of Carter’s injury, suffered in Tuesday’s practice, was not immediately known. Likewise, his status for the Florida game is uncertain.
I’d pull out my Bataan Death March metaphor about now, but I’m not sure that’s fair. To the Death March, that is.
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To say “We’re soft” would be an insult to pillows everywhere.
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Georgia is soft and it starts in the training room. The automatic response to any injury is to sit out for at least 2 weeks. When can you remember any player being helped off in a game for any reason actually returning to that game or the next one? The goal is to not get sued, when it should be to get back on the field. I worry that players know this and it leads to sitting out practices.
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I am no lawyer, but it smells like UGAAA’s liability insurance company may be calling the shots.
Their history of battling in court is no secret here.
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Pretty sure Gurley got injured in the Clemson game only to return a few series later. Unfortunately for UGA most of our injuries have been serious enough to require a couple weeks to heal.
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At what point do we start questioning the strength and conditioning program for some of these injuries? Granted, some of them (like Keith Marshall’s) were unavoidable, but still, 24 is preposterous.
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It depends on what the injuries are. Concussions, knee injuries, shoulder injuries… how do you condition against those? Those are impact-related. Not even Herschel Walker was immune to impact-related injuries, and he is the most conditioned person on the planet. Pulled muscles, hurt feelings, sore this or that… sure, those come from asking your body to do something beyond its ability, but if you can show me a team that has a strength and conditioning program that prevents concussions, we can go back to having real football again.
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Football is a brutal and complex sport. No amount of wind sprints or lat pull downs will change that.
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Increased speed + increased mass = a world of hurt.
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This. Times ten.
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I believe the Marshall injury WAS avoidable if Murray had not over-reacted and slung him the ball late. Part of the game though, certainly.
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Yes, the season ending injuries are horrendous. More of them than I can remember although there have been seasons with several. The 24 number includes every bump and bruise every player has accumulated in the first half of the season. Not to say these kids are not achey, just that if we had a game Saturday I suspect the list would be shorter.
Now, if, next Thursday, there are still 24 kids on the list Boom might even smile for the first time this year.
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Nail meet hammer
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Ron Courson, busiest man in Athens! Hope he has a big training room, that number is rough.
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We should also put out a list of every single time an official has slighted us this year. Then the excuse propaganda would be one step closer to being complete.
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With the number of egregious injuries to both Florida and Georgia players this year, we might have to change the name of our game to The World’s Largest Outdoor Triage Unit.
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I laughed out loud at work to this…
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World’s Largest Outdoor Cripple Fight
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