Injurizing
Yeah, the tailbacks this weekend are pretty much all dead. Northwestern is down to their third-stringer:
Senior running back Omar Conteh is the latest key player lost for the season. Conteh sustained a left knee injury on a noncontact drill during practice Wednesday and underwent surgery Friday to repair a ligament. Conteh had moved into a starting role after Tyrell Sutton suffered a dislocated wrist Oct. 25 at Indiana and underwent surgery. Sutton could return for a bowl game.
Simmons had four carries for –3 yards last year and has 18 for 53 (2.9 YPC) this year, though the vast majority of his 2008 carries came against Ohio State and are thus maybe a little pessimistic.
Meanwhile, Brandon Minor is questionable with… um… hurt stuff. The rumor was a separated shoulder; Rich Rodriguez downplayed that but said both shoulders and his ribs were hurting. The full text for you to parse as you want:
"He's got sore ribs, a sore shoulder and a sore wrist. He won't practice tomorrow, questionable for this weekend. Again, probably the first 48 hours after the game is the most critical as far as recovery. He's obviously banged up in several areas, so we'll see and know a little bit more by Wednesday."
On if Minor has had a x-ray or MRI
"Yeah, they're doing all that, all the medical stuff. I don't know to the extent of whether it's truly separated or not, but he's not in a cast or a sling. Obviously, he couldn't have gone back in the game, I don't think, at the time, and he's certainly not ready right now. We'll see in the next few days."
Someone get Carlos Brown healthy so he can once again bear the brunt of Angry Carlos Brown Joint Hating God's wrath.
Less displeasing to the arbitrary whims of providence are the quarterbacks. Steven Threet's concussion is still giving him issues but Rodriguez seemed hopeful he would be available; Northwestern starter CJ Bacher is practicing and may be ready to go after missing the last two weeks with a hamstring injury.
Also, David Molk had a nasty toe thing (which Rodriguez erroneously believed caused him to miss some time late); he will be fine for this weekend.
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