Bellomy is/was injured

There was some talk on the live blog that Bellomy should come in to get some good feeling going.  That made sense to me, so when they put in Kennedy I was a little puzzled.  To be sure, that's not proof of anything, but maybe that explains why Denard suited up and why Kennedy came in.  

Going forward I'm fading anything BH says on injuries.  

Was peeing blood all week, didn't practice much at all

(didn't hear it from me)

Glad to here that, I was a little worried after last week they just dropped him down to fourth string. Not really but I felt bad for him.

If Gardner continues to get better into next season will be an overall better QB than Denard...His height helps he see over the line better, he is more accurate than denard down the field, and he seems to have a been feel for taking off when there is nothing there instead of only designed runs!

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Day light savings time hasn't effected the time stamp on comments does anyone know why? Or if it will change?

While we've all learned better than to fully trust anything Brady Hoke says about injuries I don't really feel deceived in this case.  It was well known and documented that Gardner was getting the majority of snaps at QB this week while Denard recovered.  Whether or not Russ is actually injured didn't really occur to me as being urgent until Jack Kennedy went in to help run out the clock.  At that point I would guess that Bellomy does have a very real injury of some kind becuase I don't see why you wouldn't trust the guy to hand off four times in a row.  *shrug*

I'm guessing that Denard was okayed to play on Saturday (thus he was dressed, etc) but that the plan was to keep him out unless absolutely necessary.  Like most injuries nerve conditions recover more with time and the risk of further injuring Denard's throwing arm when you're going to win either way is silly.  My guess is that if the offense remained stagnant or Gardner got hurt, then we might've seen Denard...  I would hope that the plan is similar for Northwestern and Iowa as well because a healthy Denard against ohio is a beautiful thing.

There's no question in my mind that Denard Robinson remains the #1 QB here.  His feet help cover up a lot of our blocking issues and his passing game is on par with Devin's.  Minnesota caveats abound and stuff...  That being said I think Devin is the heir apparent at QB and will probably make a brilliant 'transition' QB between the spread offense we've run with Dilithium and the vertical passing schemes we'll being installing soon.  He's mobile enough to buy time and grab a touchdown here and there.  He's tall enough to have great field vision and he's strong enough to heave the ball 50+ yards down field.  Defenses don't have to play his legs the way they have Denards, but if our recieving core holds up their end things should be okay in 2013.

You guys are fucking ridiculous.

What does Hoke, Borges or ANYONE have to gain by lying about this injury?

It doesn't change the fact that the kid played like SHIT vs. Nebraska. It happened, we move on.

It doesn't take any heat off of Bellomy, Borges or Hoke. Injured or not, Bellomy was awful, and if he was THAT hurt he wouldn't have played vs. Nebraska and wouldn't have travelled to Minnesota. So it is what it is, why does their have to be a motive or a lie?

Lastly, if the coaches were trying to take the heat off of Bellomy, they'd let the topic die and fade away. You wouldn't bring up an injury (true or not) and bring even more attention to the kid if the goal is to take heat off of him.

Not entirely relevant but I was wondering if anyone knew what scout released about devin gardners eligibility? I saw it on twitter but didn't see the details.

I was wondering why they still had DG in on the next to last possession, as I thought it would be a good time to get Bellomy some game experience. Then, when they put Kennedy in for the last possession, I thought "what the hell?". So, an injury makes sense to me.

It makes sense considering they went with Kennedy rather than Bellomy late in the game. It would have been a perfect time to get Bellomy back out there to gain a little confidence against Minnesota, but they went with Jack instead.

and I don't think I have a right as a Michigan graduate and fan to know the inside skinny on who's injured and who's not.

Section 1 is absolutely right here: "Winning has a funny way of making a coach right."

Bo was legendarily paranoid and frequently downright dickish when it came to outsiders trying to glean info about the inner workings of the team during the season, an attitude that his successors maintained with such rigor that the term "Fort Schembechler" came about. But since Bo won many more games than he lost, there was no real squawking. If RR had a similar winning percentage, his lack of guile in public relations would be seen as charming country naiveté.

If we'd gone 8-5 last year with losses to ND, OSU, and VaTech—all of which were very tight games—the heat on Hoke this year would be appreciably greater. He got himself a huge amount of insulation with that 11-2 record.

1.  Bellomy didn't really have much of a chance.  I am betting he wouldn't have looked nearly as bad against Mini-soda.

2.  I like the return of "The Fort."  I like "coach-speak."  I like limited access to players for those "impartial" newspaper writers.  Carty's "expose" was bad, and the freep hatchet job was worse.  I am glad that Hoke can mislead the MSM with a straight face.  Let them be real journalists for a change.

3.  I'm happy that Michigan appears to have a viable option behind Denard for the rest of the year.  You never know how long it takes a "boo-boo" to heal.  Also, Devin is a better pocket passer because he can see over the line of scrimmage.  I wouldn't mind seeing both play in a game, just to see what the other team does.

Call me crazy but sometimes I have wondered if the wrong guy didn't switch to receiver. Coming in Denard was the obvious QB but with how the offense has run and how everything has turned out I wonder if DG may not have been the better QB choice with Denard doing ninja-like things. I don't know, I just watch the guy Saturday do some really good things without hardly practicing. This is all in hindsight obviously as the decision pre-season/Al Borges was obvious but I think it's an interesting question.