Blake Countess Done For Year
A source close to the team has told me Blake Countess has torn ligaments in his knee and is done for the year.
Countess will get a medical redshirt and be a redshirt sophomore next year; in his stead, Michigan has some hard choices. Courtney Avery was not up to the task on the outside against Alabama. Raymon Taylor and Terry Richardson also got in there, though in the part of the game in which Alabama was just running out the clock. This might mean we see a lot more of Jarrod Wilson in the nickel package. Last night he came in and Michigan moved Thomas Gordon down to the nickelback spot.
Also, hurray!
September 3rd, 2012 at 1:34 AM ^
Stupid of me to respond, because there's no way this will get through to you, but anyhow:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16569567
tl;dr: Prayer doesn't work.
September 3rd, 2012 at 9:52 AM ^
Yes, yes it was stupid of you to respond.
September 3rd, 2012 at 12:08 PM ^
Take that, well-wishers! Sweet burn, bro.
September 3rd, 2012 at 12:38 PM ^
Just doing my part to banish irrationality from this planet. You can wish me well later, citizen.
Also, broski, wishing well and praying are two different things.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:34 PM ^
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:34 PM ^
Sometimes you eat the bar.....and sometimes....well.....you just get fucked
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 PM ^
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:39 PM ^
With Air Force and UMass coming up, Hoke can afford to let Lewan take some time off to recover if necessary.
September 2nd, 2012 at 11:41 PM ^
Air Force ain't exactly the snacky cake UMass is. They rushed for 484 (303yds in the first half) yds on Saturday. Granted it was against Idaho State, but 484 is 484. Would imagine this one will be a shootout.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:36 PM ^
Go Blue!
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:36 PM ^
I would say this would get us a great 5th year Countess now at least but if he really is going to be that good, we could only get next year from him and then he could go to the draft. That would suck
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:44 PM ^
I would rather get a great year out of Countess next year and have him go in the first round of the draft than for him to have two or three so-so years. Roster turnover is the nature of college football.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:36 PM ^
I remember a week ago when I was reading analyses that said this year, the secondary would be a strong point on the defensive side of the ball. Great.
Good luck to Mr. Countess for his full recovery.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:36 PM ^
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:39 PM ^
but it's not a function of playing 'Bama. He's just as likely to get hurt playing Eastern Michigan.
Now perhaps playing him on ST was a mistake, but I recall Meyer playing a lot of starters on ST when Florida was winning national titles. The best players play, sometimes they get hurt. That's football. Some of the armchair coaches on this board act as if we should just play scrubs until the OSU game, so then everyone will be healthy. They won't have any game experience, but they'll be healthy. Until they get hurt in practice. But that NEVER HAPPENS to defensive backs.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:54 PM ^
September 3rd, 2012 at 7:03 AM ^
Actually a really good point. If we shut down our best offensive weapon because 'Bama was going to beat us anyway/the B1G is what matters/whatever, it makes playing the number one corner at gunner a bit wierder.
September 2nd, 2012 at 11:17 PM ^
Jonelle famously put Drew Stanton on the KO coverage team and he blew his knee out in a bowl game they lost. It doesn't make sense to me to have starters pulling dangerous duty like that....there's just no reason for it. You never saw Alfonzo Dennard or Johnny Adams playing gunner.
Hope he gets well soon...this is a HUGE blow for our D that was already thin. Lewan better be okay, but i'm seeing some tweets that he may be out a month.
September 2nd, 2012 at 11:41 PM ^
Putting a cornerback on punt coverage is much more logical than putting a quarterback. The former happens all the time. The latter only happens on planet JLS.
It sucks beyond belief that he got hurt, but teams put starters on STs all the time.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:40 PM ^
At least we still have Demar Do..... Oh right.
Well at least we still have Colton Christi.... Oh right.
Good thing we still have Justin Tur.... Shit.
We can turn to Terrence Talbo... Seriosuly?
Time to get some experience for Greg Bro.. C'mon this is getting old.
Time to drink.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:48 PM ^
You drank already I guess, Colton Christian is a BB player, I guess you mean Cullen Christian, anyways... sad news, but hey, this CBs we have got are in the team for a reason
September 2nd, 2012 at 11:34 PM ^
Damnit. I can't believe I was so delirious that I screwed those two up. Wrong week to stop sniffin glue.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:46 PM ^
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 PM ^
Well I thought we had a chance at 10-2 this year, I don't think we are going to win 10 now.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 PM ^
Mother of all dong punches. Rest up, BC!
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 PM ^
Okay okay okay, let's be rational. We have a decent secondary and lost a key guy. This is still better than two years ago when we had a mediocre secondary and lost THE key guy. Kovacs, Gordon, and Floyd are still in there.
September 3rd, 2012 at 12:46 AM ^
But having one weak point does allow an offense to key on and attack that point, as Alabama did almost immediately when Countess went out.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 PM ^
So....who do you think we go with now? Avery who has a lot more game experience or Taylor who might have a wee bit more size?
My guess is probably Avery at first but I think he might be on a short leash.
September 3rd, 2012 at 1:19 AM ^
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:48 PM ^
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:50 PM ^
Probably all the lamb blood 'Bama players are forced to shower in, fully clothed, before games.
September 2nd, 2012 at 11:35 PM ^
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:49 PM ^
I know we want the best playes on the field, even on special teams, but does the team have absolutely no one else to run down field and make tackles? Blake was a starter, so the question is, was it really necessary for him to play special teams?
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:49 PM ^
I keep refreshing the site hoping that Brian posts a new message saying his insider was wrong and Countess is all right. No luck so far.
Maybe this next one will do the trick.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:58 PM ^
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:50 PM ^
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:51 PM ^
that Brandon doesn't get the itch to schedule a rematch with Bama like he did Appalachian St.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:55 PM ^
I'll take a rematch in 2015....absolutely I'll take that rematch. If everything goes to plan when this Freshman class are juniors we should be damn near rolling.
Your looking at either Bellomy as a RS SR or Morris as a Junior/RS Soph.
September 3rd, 2012 at 12:54 AM ^
It all looks rosy when we just look at the commitments on rivals but we were feeling equally good about this game 2-3 years ago when it was scheduled because Denard would be a senior and we'd finally be settled into the system. A lot can change in 3 years
September 3rd, 2012 at 12:04 AM ^
That's a major coup for their AD...right? You can rip Brandon for scheduling Bama, you can rip Brandon for not scheduling them twice. But you absolutely have to pick one or the other.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:54 PM ^
shit.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:57 PM ^
Aaaaannnndd Stonum just caught a 37 yard TD for Baylor.
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:57 PM ^
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