Discussion of Ryan Day's handling of Justin Field's injury

Devin Gardner played half-broken in that OSU game. Seems very similar. This was not a concussion issue, etc....

Morris was concussed. Field’s wasn’t concussed. Probably why there was no outrage, maybe? What ya’ think, yes? 

Because they’re tOSU and they get away with whatever they want.

That kid wanted to play and played his butt off! After last year ended like it did, you weren’t getting him off the field. Kid is a stud. Neg away but I rooted hard for them last night. I’m a 49 year UM fan and I love the way OSU plays the game. Only wish Schembechler hall would get it!

Rib injury vs concussion?  Seem like these would probably get handled differently.  If anything additional were to occur, a concussion is career threatening / life altering, ribs not so much.  By this analogy Speight should have never played vs OSU, agree?

You have never seen a player get banged up before?  

My only concern with where he got hit was organ damage. Getting hit in the side like that can lacerate kidneys and other organs. I don’t know how quickly you can do X-rays, but I would’ve wanted to check that out, make sure there’s no internal bleeding. 

This is a valid question.  It could have been much more serious than a concussion although there's heightened concern over all head injuries today.  He could easily have had a rib fracture and/or a splenic, hepatic or renal laceration.  These lacerations can be rapidly fatal. A rib fracture can cause a punctured lung (pneumothorax) which can also be life-threatening.  Football players have died from these injuries.

He won. And Fields’ on field performance clearly wasn’t affected. 

I doubt he’s going to get any flak about this. Or at least not from anyone who matters. Just a few sports journalists who have nothing better to write about. 

Couldn’t convince me for a minute that he wasn’t given some sort of pain blocking medication in “the tent”. We’ll see how it plays out going forward as just blocking pain can make an injury worse. Rib injuries don’t typically heal quickly so time will tell how hurt he actually was.

I'd be more concerned about internal injuries. My next door neighbor's daughter is a competitive figure skater and she fell on the ice while she was warming up. She was holding a water bottle, and somehow fell on the bottle. Turns out, the fall lacerated her pancreas and she almost died. Fortunately, our other neighbor is a trauma surgeon and was home, so when she saw the girl, she said, get her to the emergency room now. She was hospitalized for two weeks, then home in bed for six. They felt because of her age, 16, they wanted it to heal on its own, which it did. But if she had continued to skate that day, she may have died. 

I would say the see no evil hear no evil approach borders on malpractice but he wasn’t exhibiting any s/s of severe internal injury which is pretty readily apparent. He also was still humming passes (after the notable duck TD thrown late in the 2nd). He for sure got a toradol shot but they could have done X-rays and didn’t; ostensibly bc they didn’t WANT to know and that’s not a great look.

the targeting rule is more for the hitter anyways. That player has a history of using his helmet as a battering ram and is lucky to still be able to walk. 

It’s amazing to me how so many people who claim to be intelligent on a sports blog can be so incredibly dumb.

It's about a concussion, which can have serious and even lethal consequences. v. a torso injury.  Were you outraged when Devin Gardner almost beat OSU with a broken foot?  How about when he stayed in the game after taking it to his ribs from MSU.  It's football.  John Elway (and many others) played an entire season with a torn ACL.   

If he were your qb on your team you'd be gushing about such a "gritty" performance and crowning him some shiny golden god the same way bucks fans have since last night.

this is idiotic.

playing someone with cracked or even broken ribs isn’t the same as playing someone with a damned concussion.

there are dozens of reasons to think columbus is scumbag central.  ryan day sending justin fields back in isn’t one of them.

Ugh. Please switch to watching yoga. I would be ashamed to post such a shameful post on the blog 

I saw the hit and everyone focused on abdominals and ribs, but I was wondering how a hit like that could potentially cause internal issues, like with the kidneys, gall bladder, liver.

Perhaps rare that something massive internal could have occurred, but if I were a concerned coach, I'd say get all the tests recommended by doctors (not OSU doctors, real non-biased doctors) just in case...because Alabama is not going to be sensitive to his injury and damage could get much worse.

Hopefully a deep dive review was performed post game.