Brock Bowers has surgery on ankle
Looks like All American Georgia Tight End Brock Bowers has had surgery for a high ankle sprain. I'm not sure how long that would take for him to come back and no word yet on his recovery time.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:46 AM ^
Guys….I’m not ready for a #1 ranked UM after this weekend if UGA struggles with Florida.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:49 AM ^
You were born ready.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:51 AM ^
It's Graham Mertz against a Georgia defense. That's not ending well.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:54 AM ^
He won't beat them, but I was surprised to see Mertz' stats this year.
76% for 8.5 YPA, 12 TDs and only 2 INTs.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:57 AM ^
All short passes, 4th lowest depth of target in the country. Against a team that can tackle, they're toast. Also feasted on South Carolina which plays nooooooooo defense.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:59 AM ^
O, sure. Not saying he's lighting it up, but even with those short passes, you'd expect him to do some mind numbingly stupid things and throw a backwards pass 15 yards while getting sacked or airmail a WR screen into the hands of a CB for 2 pick-6s.
October 16th, 2023 at 1:47 PM ^
2 pick-6s
Too soon
October 16th, 2023 at 4:37 PM ^
What Wisco wouldn't give to have him back now.
October 16th, 2023 at 12:17 PM ^
I watched one of his games and he is still the same QB. Georgia D should be able to deal with him.
October 16th, 2023 at 12:19 PM ^
he’ll be the best qb on the field in that game.
October 16th, 2023 at 7:09 PM ^
This game has 27-10 or 13 written all over it...........OR 52-0, I can't make up my mind. :))
October 16th, 2023 at 12:59 PM ^
Mertz is a fantastic example of an offense that knows exactly what its QB can do and doesn't task him to do anything beyond that.
For example, he was 25/30 against Kentucky for 244 yards and 2 TDs and a pick (so solid numbers) but then you see the highlights and he's throwing to the closest guy surrounded by 5 defenders and missing wide-open receivers on 4th down but inexplicably flicking the ball to a RB while falling down and you see his limitations. I think Florida will be up in this game and Beck has some limitations that missing Bowers won't help cover up, but Georgia is still quite a bit better than this mediocre Florida team that really should probably be 4-3 and hasn't even played the tough part of their schedule yet.
October 16th, 2023 at 1:23 PM ^
then you see the highlights and he's throwing to the closest guy surrounded by 5 defenders and missing wide-open receivers on 4th down but inexplicably flicking the ball to a RB while falling down and you see his limitations
I guess he saw how well it worked for us in 2021
October 16th, 2023 at 1:34 PM ^
Remember back in 2020 when Mertz came in to Wisconsin with all that hype, and then went 20/21 in his first game? Yeah that was a long time ago...
October 16th, 2023 at 2:06 PM ^
Living in Wisconsin.... I will randomly yell 'MERTZ' at my neighbor..... still pisses him off to this day..... It is the simple things in life
October 16th, 2023 at 11:52 AM ^
Please contact your doctor if it lasts more than 4 hours.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:56 AM ^
Georgia will still be #1 even if they sleepwalk through another game. But I am intrigued about this matchup. Florida is a confusing team. Looking awful against Utah and Kentucky but beating Tennessee and the comeback win against South Carolina. If Georgia continues to fart around, they may have to win this in the 4th quarter.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:59 AM ^
I feel like Georgia can essentially just decide the annihilate somebody and it will happen. The Georgia game against Kentucky was a completely different Georgia team than they have been all year.
October 16th, 2023 at 12:16 PM ^
Fart around...
Sounds like my grandfather.
October 16th, 2023 at 7:40 PM ^
Sounds like me!
October 16th, 2023 at 12:50 PM ^
Disagree.
OSU thumps PSU, they leap over Michigan and Georgia if Georgia has a tight game and since we haven't played anybody yet according to the press...
October 16th, 2023 at 1:39 PM ^
If they do really get after Penn State I think they would have a very strong argument.
Wins over ND, Maryland, and PSU is far better than our resume. But I don't think they would. Michigan gets the benefit of the doubt now re: OSU until they beat Michigan again.
October 16th, 2023 at 1:57 PM ^
Lol wins over checks notes,"Maryland the team that lost to Bert and Ernie!"
October 16th, 2023 at 2:36 PM ^
Ooooh. I did not see that score. That is pathetic.
October 16th, 2023 at 3:21 PM ^
OSU aint thumping that PSU defense. I think this will be a ND OSU replay. Low scoring slap fest.
October 16th, 2023 at 2:08 PM ^
I dunno. Vegas puts us even to win the natty with them now. If we become the betting favorites, number 1 should follow
October 16th, 2023 at 11:58 AM ^
Even without their best player, I don't think Georgia really struggles against anyone not in the top 5, so not sure this is a concern.
But I'm with you, the UM teams that are a little doubted always seem to play a lot better.
October 16th, 2023 at 12:15 PM ^
They are on bye this week, Its 2 weeks they play Gator
October 16th, 2023 at 12:16 PM ^
Georgia plays the Bye this weekend. FL/GA is 10/28.
October 16th, 2023 at 12:29 PM ^
Embrace it. This is probably the best Michigan team in my lifetime, these kinds of things don't come around very often.
October 16th, 2023 at 1:54 PM ^
Yeah I’m with ya. I’m 50 and watched a lot of great teams but short of 97, none like this. If come January we can some how win it all the good lord can take me if he needs to. No regerts.
October 16th, 2023 at 2:58 PM ^
Don't worry...a bunch of people with drawls won't let that happen.
October 16th, 2023 at 4:48 PM ^
Georgia is off this weekend, so the earliest this will happen is Oct. 29th.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:51 AM ^
I prefer to stay at 2 until after the PSU game.
October 16th, 2023 at 12:50 PM ^
The only problem with this is that means they're probably 2 vs. Purdue and Purdue vs. 2 is SP00KY
October 16th, 2023 at 1:24 PM ^
Purdue vs. 2 is SP00KY
Eh, it lends itself to a cool nickname ("Spoilermakers"), but I feel like it's overblown. Of their #1/#2 upsets, only two have come in the last 39 years (the third most recent was 40 years ago last week). And only once in nearly 50 years has the upset come on the road, their 2021 win at #2 Iowa, who itself nearly deserves an asterisk. I mean that Iowa team wasn't bad, but their #2 ranking was a mirage based on wins over three teams ranked at the time (two in the top ten) that ended up finishing 7-6, 7-6 and 2-10. So not a complete fraud of a top-two team (remember 2007 when Cal, South Florida and Boston College reached #2, and Missouri #1?), but not that far off.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:52 AM ^
Pete Thamel is reporting he's out 4-6 weeks.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:53 AM ^
I have never heard of surgery for a sprain. Any MGoDoctors in the house who can explain? Would this indicate it's more of a tear than a sprain?
October 16th, 2023 at 11:57 AM ^
I think they gave him a pair of smokin' hot tits so he could play with himself on the sidelines during recovery from his ankle sprain..
October 16th, 2023 at 12:06 PM ^
I play a doctor on Mgoblog. It's probably an avulsion fracture, in which a small piece of the bone comes off at the base of the strained tendon, when there is a sprain. Kind of like when you pull out a hair and the follicle comes out with it. It's simple, not much different than a sprain in severity, heals quickly. However, a high-ankle sprain needing surgery after week 7 certainly means he may not get back to 100% championship shape before the playoffs. Huge loss for UGA.
October 16th, 2023 at 1:56 PM ^
Totally unrelated... but I had an avulsion fracture in my elbow (snowboarding) and it really, really sucked for like 3 months.
October 16th, 2023 at 12:38 PM ^
Not a doctor but following a lot of Fantasy info. They have surgical therapy now that puts a flexible band over the tissue to stabilize it to the bone while still allowing for full range of motion. That's what I understand at least. It actually decreases the amount of time needed to heal enough for play.
October 16th, 2023 at 12:45 PM ^
This ESPN article provides a bit more detail / background and other Georgia players who have had a similar procedure.
October 16th, 2023 at 1:37 PM ^
I wonder if that something we've ever done, or more in the Erick All realm where our medical team would never sign off on that (surgery just to speed up recovery of a sprain) but a school like UGA would have no qualms doing so?
October 16th, 2023 at 1:45 PM ^
Cmon with the moral high ground. we still doing that? we've had plenty of shit we've done historically that was for the sake of the team/winning.
October 16th, 2023 at 2:11 PM ^
I'm not a Doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
October 16th, 2023 at 11:55 AM ^
That seems like a normal timeline for just the high ankle sprain. I hope more details come out as I wonder what the procedure entailed.
If we don't see him play another down for UGA, I won't be surprised. Dude is soon to be paid a shit-ton in April.
October 16th, 2023 at 12:12 PM ^
That's what I've seen on the interwebs and what my recollection tells me from witnessing other players I actually root for suffering the same type of injury.
That said, I'd bet he's pretty much done for the regular season. They have a bye this weekend then 5 more games. Optimistic view would be him coming back for @ #17 Tennessee. If not, no point in bringing him back for @GT imo.
Most realistically, they get him back for the SEC CG on 12/2.
But yeah, also the possibility that he nopes out for the rest of the year and just heals/preps for the draft.
October 16th, 2023 at 12:15 PM ^
Yeah, the guy's already won two national titles. He doesn't have much incentive to rush back on the field, anyway.
October 16th, 2023 at 12:30 PM ^
Not only that, but he already has a couple NC rings on hand. They could go out and win a 3rd for him without him on the field.