BlueTimesTwo

August 19th, 2014 at 5:24 PM ^

If he is back for The Game, hopefully he experiences the same level of success that Henne did against OSU when his arm was barely attached.  I don't recall a lot of sympathy from OSU fans about his injury.

I do feel bad for Braxton, as he is a talented player and this seems like it could affect his pro career.  Wit that being said, immediately before I saw the first report on this story, I had just finished reading the comments to the 11W preview of Michigan.  After reading those comments, I was thinking to myself that the OSU faithful were pretty cocky considering that they are one hit away from having to start a freshman or having Cardale "play school" Jones be their starter (not to mention their own issues with inexperience at OL, RB, LB, CB, etc.).  I guess Urban will have to earn his money this year (albeit against a pretty terrible schedule).

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Voltron is Handsome

August 19th, 2014 at 1:37 PM ^

Well, I think people feel badly for Miller, who seems to be a nice kid and work hard, but it's the fans I will never feel badly for. There are literally no worse fans than those of buckeyes.

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ZB75

August 19th, 2014 at 1:53 PM ^

You're right.  I live in Ohio, and usually have to just roll my eyes at some of the comments I hear.  One of my facebook friends actually said OSU just got an upgrade at the QB position with Miller being out.

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Yooper Blue

August 19th, 2014 at 2:38 PM ^

Do we really want to gauge our reaction to Braxton's unfortunate injury based upon what the folks at 11W say about us?  I sure hope not.  I don't wish injury upon anyone.  We're talking about a game here.  Hopefully this young man will heal up and be able to continue playing football someday.

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Perkis-Size Me

August 19th, 2014 at 1:51 PM ^

OSU fans would not feel bad for us, so I refuse to feel bad for them. And honestly, I'm not going to sit here and play that "damn, I wish he was healthy so we could beat them full strength" card. No, Michigan is in the unfortunate position right now where it has to take any win against OSU that it can get. If this helps us even the playing field, I'm fine with that, especially considering the fact that we have to go to Columbus this year. We desperately need to beat them to get some momentum in this program back. However we do it is honestly irrelevant at this point. I'll happily take a win over Cardale "Don't Play No School" Jones.

That being said, I do feel a little bad for Miller, simply because I hope this doesn't completely destroy his chance at getting to the NFL. Even if his passing ability is barely a step above Denard, he still will hopefully get a shot. I will not miss him being in an OSU uniform one bit though. Trying to chase that kid down had to have been a nightmare for our defense, and he was several overthrown passes away from beating us in 2011 and being 3-0 against us.

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UM4Life2011

August 19th, 2014 at 4:17 PM ^

I agree with you. As a football fan I feel bad for him especially as a senior. I don't wish a season ending injury in anybody. But as a Michigan fan I won't shed a tear if we don't have to see him this year. You didn't see any Buckeye fans feeling bad for us in 2008 when we had Nick Sheridan as a QB so I'm not going to feel bad for them now. A win is a win!

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shallowcal

August 19th, 2014 at 1:53 PM ^

Him coming back is dependent on the severity of the re injury.   If he tore his labrum again there is no chance in hell hes back this season.   If he dislocated the shoulder but the integrity of the tendons and muscle was upheld then he could make it back for the last month of the season with some intense rehab.  How well he would be able to throw would be another issue in him making it onto the field. 

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SECcashnassadvantage

August 19th, 2014 at 1:53 PM ^

Braxton will be fine and back leading them next year. I was actually hoping he would be gone, but maybe this helps us in Ohio.

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WilliSC48

August 19th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^

This is a crappy situation even if it is OSU. Never want to see a star QB and a possible Heisman candidate go down even before the season starts. Here's to a speedy recovery.

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Victor Valiant

August 19th, 2014 at 2:37 PM ^

I honestly do not care about anybody's feelings in regard to Miller. I know the customary thing when somebody gets hurt on an opposing team is to pretend you are actually taking time out of your day to literally feel bad, but you're not so lets just move past that. The moral high ground approach is so you can say "see, I said the classy thing, give me credit as a great person!" It's completely self-serving. Almost everyone here is happy to see he is out for the year, even if they won't say it.

Now, let's get a breakdown going of how this effects Ohio's season, shall we?

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harperic

August 19th, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^

Before losing Miller

  1. Navy: No way they lose (1-0)
  2. VT: I'm not too sure of how VT is, but they aren't elite, so OSU wins (2-0)
  3. Kent State: No way they lose (3-0)
  4. Cinncinnati: Can Cincy be the Dayton of Football; no. (4-0)
  5. Maryland: Lol. (5-0)
  6. Rutgers: See above. (6-0)
  7. Penn State: I think OSU has a real chance of losing this game, assuming PSU is good. However, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Let's say a 4th quarter comeback (7-0)
  8. Illinois: OSU wins, but looks a bit shakey (8-0)
  9. MSU: MSU sets a new record for most negative yards on an opponent. (8-1)
  10. Minnesota: OSU wins in decisive fashion. (9-1)
  11. Indiana: Always a tricky team, it's the week before the game, but OSU holds. (10-1)
  12. THE GAME: We win, obviously. In a performance worthy of Bo himself, the defense hold on for a 21-20 win. (10-2)
  1. Navy: just got interesting. OSU still favored to win, but I wouldn't count out some weirdness. I'll call the win, so (1-0)
  2. VT: whether OSU is favored or not will depend on a lot of things, namely what happens week one, but I'm calling an OSU loss, so let's say (1-1)
  3. Kent State: No way they lose (2-1)
  4. Cinncinnati: Another we'll see, depending on what's been happening, but I'll say 75% chance of an OSU win right now (I have no idea how good Cincy will be). (3-1)
  5. Maryland: I see this being a win for OSU. Not gonna lie, I'd love to see OSU get embarrassed at Maryland, but I'll assume they're as bad as we think they are. (4-1)
  6. Rutgers: See above. (5-1)
  7. Penn State: Yeah, this is when the wheels fall off and the tire fire begins. The QB controversy rears its ugly head, and James Franklin puts a beating on OSU. Am I bitter about losing to PSU last year? How could you tell? (5-2)
  8. Illinois: OSU wins, but requires a 4th quarter comeback (6-2)
  9. MSU: MSU sets a new record for most negative yards on an opponent. (6-3)
  10. Minnesota: While I think it'd be crazy for OSU to lose to Minnesota, I don't think it's impossible. Given what I think happens the next game, I'll give this to OSU. (7-3)
  11. Indiana: Always a tricky team, it's the week before the game, and OSU drops. (7-4)
  12. THE GAME: We win, obviously. We're having a stellar year, and due to my theory that beating App. State removes the Curse of Carr, we are...UNDEFEATED. Roll into the Shoe and rip OSU apart like they're being coached by Cooper. (7-5)

So that's how I unrealistically see things shaking out (ok I basically turned OSU into us from last year...)

I do think that a 3-4 loss OSU is expected Now (5 is a bit ridiculous IMO). For me I dropped OSU from a 1-2 loss team to a 3-4 loss team. A lot of that comes from their relatively easy schedule They lose 3-4 from the following:

  1. VT
  2. PSU
  3. MSU
  4. Indiana
  5. UM

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BigBlue02

August 19th, 2014 at 6:32 PM ^

Lol. I'm sure it takes time out of your day to feel bad for someone. If you hear the news of something like this, unless you are a robot and can't feel anything, then you are going to have some reaction to it. Whether it's "wow, that sucks, I hope he gets better soon" or "fuck that guy, I don't care," you are feeling something either way. One of those makes you kind of a prick and the other doesn't. You don't have to want praise to be, you know, a normal human being who doesn't like to see people suffer or be in pain.

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Urban_warfare

August 19th, 2014 at 3:58 PM ^

It could be worse, we could have a healthy devon gardner instead of a rs freshman taking control of the team. 

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Haywood Jablomy

August 19th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^

Anyone consider the fact they are thin at the position already and are going into the season iwth only two young quarterbacks are also likely to get at least banged up  if not injured given the offensive scheme. 

 

urbs leaves his qb out to dry, often leaving no back in to pass protect, running the qb off tackle and  even when not running the qb must fake it. They should hiit him every single play as if he is keeping the ball. Everytime.

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Talcelm

August 19th, 2014 at 5:54 PM ^

Official press release from tOSU....he out for year. Sucks for a player but great for us and anyone else who hates the taint!!

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pinkfloyd2000

August 19th, 2014 at 6:27 PM ^

And the only reason I say that is that on a panel of four just now on ESPN, Matt fuckin' Millen was the only one who said that he thinks OSU still has a legit shot at a national championship. So...sorry, Buckeye fans. That asshole windbag is never right about anything.

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Tater

August 19th, 2014 at 7:46 PM ^

Now Ohio isn't a lock against Va Tech, Cincy, PSU, or even Minny, let alone Michigan.  They never were a lock against Sparty, but only because we don't know how much Sparty will suffer from all of their graduation losses.

I wonder how "critical" Urban's health is going to be if they lose four games or so...

 

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BloomingtonBlue

August 19th, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^

That will make for an interesting dynamic if their backup has a good year. How do you hand it back over to Miller?

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slimj091

August 19th, 2014 at 8:42 PM ^

From the rumors I've read before this Barret has been taking the majority of snaps in practice anyways. Unless he is a total clusterfuck of a QB they should be fine. The only thing they will be missing is the game time experience. Even then they have six cupcake teams, and two near cupcake teams. Plenty of time for him to settle into urbz system.

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Picktown GoBlue

August 20th, 2014 at 12:03 AM ^

Here's motivation to get healed up right and play again in college, from the ESPN article:

Starting as a freshman, Miller has thrown 666 passes in his glittering three-year career.

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