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October 5th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
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Blake's Surgery

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Blake tweeted this; Thank you all for the prayers and good luck wishes. My surgery went very well @ Kensington Court

 

We certainly wish him a speedy recovery! I hope that he comes back as last year's Countess next year. It seemed that Woolfolk never returned to 100% after missing a season.

 

Also, for those a little more familiar with AA, I am a little confused about the "surgery @ Kensington Court" part; I have stayed in the hotel Kensington Court before (it's a pretty great place)--- what exactly is Blake referring to?

 

BTW, my prediction; next year Countess returns as a beast. He then proceeds to follow his redshirt-sophmore season with a Woodson-esque junior year. (So continues the "we have the next Woodson" hype! I don't quite believe he will make freakish one-handed interceptions, but he should be one of the more solid UM corners we have seen in a while.)

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October 5th, 2012 at 9:37 AM | He needs to step up his TV (Score:5 Normal)
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He needs to step up his TV game.  

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October 5th, 2012 at 9:39 AM | LOL! What is that, a soap (Score:3 Normal)
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LOL! What is that, a soap opera? Hey, football players have a soft side too...

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October 5th, 2012 at 9:42 AM | So what if it's a soap. Let (Score:5 Normal)
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So what if it's a soap. Let the man enjoy his stories.

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October 5th, 2012 at 9:49 AM | Well, I think I know what that is... (Score:5 Normal)
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It's the Lindsey Lohan version of the Parent Trap. #thingsyoulearnwhenraisingdaughters

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October 5th, 2012 at 10:20 AM | Not sure that's any better (Score:5 Normal)
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Not sure that's any better than a soap.

October 5th, 2012 at 10:56 AM | Hey, man (Score:4 Normal)
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That's when Lindsay was still sweet and innocent and we all just wanted to explore our new and rapidly changing bodies with her.

Er, yeah.... Puberty is a wierd time.

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October 5th, 2012 at 10:24 AM | Ding ding ding, we have a (Score:5 Normal)
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Ding ding ding, we have a winner.

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October 5th, 2012 at 10:35 AM | Oh, to be 12 again.  Lindsay (Score:2)
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Oh, to be 12 again.  Lindsay was a fox.

October 5th, 2012 at 10:45 AM | She's still a fox. And by (Score:5 Normal)
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She's still a fox.

And by that I mean that she's sneaky and steals stuff.

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October 5th, 2012 at 5:57 PM | Swiper, no swiping?? (Score:2)
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Swiper, no swiping??

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October 5th, 2012 at 11:03 AM | ... (Score:5 Normal)
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#shamlesslyblamedaughterstohidesecretfetish

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October 5th, 2012 at 11:04 AM | no (Score:0 Overrated)
October 5th, 2012 at 12:01 PM | ORLY (Score:5 Normal)
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How dare you test the man on his Parent Trap knowledge.

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October 5th, 2012 at 2:11 PM | Holy crap...did you do that? (Score:5 Normal)
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The start up screen is almost exactly the same as what he's watching on the tv...did you set it to match, or just found one that matched?

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October 5th, 2012 at 9:41 AM | He will be a redshirt (Score:2)
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He will be a redshirt sophomore next year. Which is good.

 

Edit: Which you knew, I read that completely wrong.

October 5th, 2012 at 4:35 PM | ... (Score:1)
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October 5th, 2012 at 9:40 AM | Hope he gets well soon.  I (Score:2)
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Hope he gets well soon.  I expect it's not going to be next year, but the year after that he's back up to full speed.  Sometimes it really takes a while to 'trust' the joint again and go full-speed.  Saw that with Vincent Smith.  Wasn't really back to his full self until his junior year after the freshman year injury.

October 5th, 2012 at 10:08 AM | I really hope he's ready next (Score:3 Normal)
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I really hope he's ready next year...

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October 5th, 2012 at 10:50 AM | Going (Score:1)
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to be a long hard road with hours and hours and hours of rehab but if he puts in the time he will come back just as good.  Blake is the man and can be something special.  

When I see ACL injuries I always think of that Willis McGahee injury in 2002 Fiesta Bowl, his knee just got destroyed and I could have sworn he was no longer playing football again.  I watched a documentary on his rehab and it was ridiculously hard but he has done pretty well for himself.  

 

You got this Blake

Go Blue!

October 5th, 2012 at 4:37 PM | I had the same thought about (Score:1)
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I had the same thought about McGahee this past weekend when I saw him racking up some yards for the Broncos this past weekend.  Countess can too recover...

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October 5th, 2012 at 1:44 PM | The good news about the (Score:1)
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The good news about the Vincent smith situation was that he injure it in the Ohio game. That's about, 2 to 2 and 1/4 months later than countess did. Hopefully that extra time will help him get up to near 100% by the start of next season.

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October 5th, 2012 at 3:21 PM | Just about exactly 12 weeks (Score:2)
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Just about exactly 12 weeks different, actually (game 1 to game 12, with bye).  So Countess should be doing well by the start of the season next year, and great by the end of  it.

October 5th, 2012 at 10:13 AM | Even with that big cast on (Score:1 Normal)
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Even with that big cast on his leg, Blake would still be starting at 10 of the other 11 B1G schools. MICHIGAN!!!

 

EDIT: Jebus my math was bad. 

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October 5th, 2012 at 10:20 AM | Doesn't this seem like longer (Score:2)
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Doesn't this seem like longer of a wait than usual to have ACL surgery? The injury happened over a month ago. Can any MgoDoctors explain this?

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October 5th, 2012 at 10:28 AM | Variables (Score:5 Normal)
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Swelling needs to go down before surgery.  That's probably the primary reason, but I'm sure they considered school as well so any time he has to spend in bed doesn't cripple (pun intended) him in the classroom.

 

 

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October 5th, 2012 at 11:20 AM | Like lucky socks said, they (Score:2)
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Like lucky socks said, they need all the swelling to go down, so it's common to wait 2 weeks to a month before going in.  Wormley waited about that long on his as well.  

October 5th, 2012 at 11:56 AM | They also will do a lot of (Score:2)
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They also will do a lot of prehab these days in some cases. Strengthening specific muscles around the knee before the surgery which makes post-surgery rehab faster/better/easier

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October 5th, 2012 at 10:37 AM | Hope he recovers 100%. (Score:1 Normal)
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Hope he recovers 100%.

October 5th, 2012 at 11:26 AM | I hope he recovers 99.98% (Score:5 Normal)
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but I'm an asshole like that.

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October 5th, 2012 at 10:43 AM | Cartilage damage (Score:1)
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Does anyone know if he had any corresponding cartilage damage? When I tore my ACL at she 32, I was lucky to have no cartilage damage and my surgeon told me that was the reason I was able to bike 48 hours after my reconstruction. It was also the reason I was able to play an entire slow pitch softball season with my torn ACL before my surgery.



I'm no doctor but if he "just" tore his ACL, I'd expect him to be as good as new.

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October 5th, 2012 at 10:56 AM | Most (not all) ligament tears involve cartilage (Score:2)
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But you don't "need" an ACL to function in most things. There are certain cuts you can't make. My dad went a year before getting his ACL fixed in one knee and a high-school ACL tear in the other was never repaired. He has learned to live without the one ACL, and it's doable.

Blair (Spurs PF) is in the NBA with no ACLs.

That said, if there is a cartilage tear it would make recovery more difficult because your body has more "broken" tissue.

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October 5th, 2012 at 11:08 AM | get well (Score:1 Normal)
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soon Blake, we look forward to a great season next year

October 5th, 2012 at 11:08 AM | LOLOLOLOL (Score:-1 Offtopic)
October 5th, 2012 at 2:11 PM | I'm glad you can't (Score:3 Funny)
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The more LOLs and exclamation points you use, the more people like you around here.

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October 5th, 2012 at 11:18 AM | See, I thought they stopped (Score:2 Normal)
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See, I thought they stopped making film-based cameras a couple of years ago, but apparently college kids have just been hoarding them and taking pictures with them, processing them in their own dark rooms, letting them artificially age a bit so that the color scheme goes a bit wonky, then posting them on the internet.

October 5th, 2012 at 12:55 PM | Kids (Score:1)
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Shm, kids these days.

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October 5th, 2012 at 3:19 PM | Shm, too. (Score:2)
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Shm, too.

October 5th, 2012 at 3:21 PM | i feel left out   (Score:3 Normal)
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i feel left out

 

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October 5th, 2012 at 3:43 PM | Just say "shm."  You don't (Score:5 Normal)
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Just say "shm."  You don't have to know what it means, I sure don't.

October 5th, 2012 at 11:27 AM | Kensington Court (Score:1 Normal)
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I think from the text of his tweet it sounds like he had his surgery, it went well, and he is recovering at the hotel Kensington Court.  That setup for the room he's watching TV on looks like a hotel room.  Maybe he wanted to recover where his family could stay with him?

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October 5th, 2012 at 12:49 PM | Yeah, I think if you unwrap the twitter-speak (Score:3 Normal)
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he means "surgery went well. I'm at Kensington Court"

Also, not sure why you got an overrated for that comment

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October 9th, 2012 at 9:55 AM | not sure either (Score:1)
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but thanks for voting it back up to normal.  I thought it was a pretty accurate summary of what he was saying.  Sometimes I just don't get how people vote on things on the boards.

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October 5th, 2012 at 4:35 PM | I hope he is the "next (Score:1)
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I hope he is the "next Woodson," but until he impacts the game in all three phases and wins the Heisman perhaps we should adjust our expectations too just being a solid corner....

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October 5th, 2012 at 4:43 PM | shm sum kids these days? (Score:0)
October 5th, 2012 at 5:58 PM | Get a grip dude. (Score:1)
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Woodson-esque? Really? You don't

October 5th, 2012 at 9:14 PM | exaggeration (Score:1)
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that comment in the post is specified as hyperbole by the paranthetical statement that followed.

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October 6th, 2012 at 11:05 AM | Speedy recovery (Score:-1 Trolling)
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