Harbaugh Confirms: Clark Out for the Year w/ Torn ACL

Submitted by VicTorious1 on

I know the board doesn't like DetNews, so no need to click the link, but Angelique Chengelis is reporting that 

 

Coach Jim Harbaugh confirmed Monday that Clark suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the Penn State game last Saturday.

Harbaugh said he will lobby the NCAA to get a sixth year for Clark, a fifth-year senior.

 

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wol…

 

Edit: OP is confused

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atticusb

September 26th, 2016 at 1:11 PM ^

Good luck, and our thanks to Clark!  Once a Wolverine, always a Wolverine.  Not the way anybody wanted it to end, but maybe he'll get a chance on Sundays....

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MichiganExile

September 26th, 2016 at 1:16 PM ^

So he obviously gets a sixth year. He wasn't even scout team player of the week for almost an entire year so falsifying his original redshirt should be super-easy. Great move by Harbaugh to guarantee some corner depth next year. 

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Quail2theVict0r

September 26th, 2016 at 1:19 PM ^

The NCAA needs to change the rule here. It should be if you've played in less than half of your conference games that season than you get another year if you go down with a season ending injury.

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J.

September 26th, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^

Conference games shouldn't have anything to do with the rule.  (What, Notre Dame gets a free pass?)

I'd prefer they either allow everyone to have two redshirt years -- perhaps the second one requires an independent doctor's evaluation -- or they disallow them for everyone.  A tough break, admittedly, but that's life.

I feel terrible for Clark, and I hope he gets a chance to play next year if he wants to do so.  But I have no idea whether or not he was hurt his freshman year.  Harbaugh might not either -- he wasn't here.  So we're in a situation where obvious, self-serving fraud may be rewarded.  (Ed Davis may be the most blatant case for us, but let's not throw stones -- Devin Gardner played early as a true freshman and then got a questionable redshirt himself).

The NCAA should just admit that it can't enforce the current rules and come up with a rule that it actually can enforce.

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Magnus

September 26th, 2016 at 1:28 PM ^

Stribling seems to have improved this year, but it's been a while since we've had three corners who are this good. It's unfortunate that Clark got hurt, but lots of teams deal with injury issues in one form or another. Hopefully we can stay relatively healthy through the rest of the year.

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Perkis-Size Me

September 26th, 2016 at 1:48 PM ^

Well poop. Hopefully Harbaugh can successfully petition to get him a sixth year, but knowing the NCAA's hilariously bad inconsistency, I doubt it'll happen. 

If there's any silver lining to this, its probably that this gives the younger guys more of an opportunity to gain experience and assert themselves for starting roles next year. We need guys like Hill and Long to be ready next year. 

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ak47

September 26th, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^

Just after getting my hopes up because of Jourdan Lewis, damn.  Hope he gets a sixth year both for the team and his future, could be a much higher nfl draft pick if he isn't still recovering from an acl during the draft.

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PopeLando

September 26th, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^

Damn. A 6'4" corner with his skills would have gotten a long look for the middle rounds of the draft. Also, NCAA being NCAA, you can be sure that the outcome of this 6th year appeal will be: Appeal gets denied, and; Player at CMU gets a 6th year, despite not applying for one...and only being a sophomore, and; Grand Valley State gets the death penalty.

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michfan23

September 26th, 2016 at 2:54 PM ^

I get the ncaa is confusing, but why you gotta drag my beloved alma mater through the mud. CMU had a tough enough week losing to Virginia who wasn't expected to win any games this year. Now I'm depressed, guess I'll sift through les miles quotes, oh wait, I couldn't care less about him and his lsu misfortunes.



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LSAClassOf2000

September 26th, 2016 at 2:00 PM ^

Hopefully, he'll get that sixth year - it would definitely be nice to have Clark for one more year. As for the present, however, having Lewis back is huge and I think between him and Peppers that at least some of the experience that we might see from younger players in the secondary can be be mitigated, and that for a unit whose young players are still looking rather good. For the short-term anyway, I tend to believe we'll be OK.

Wishing Clark a speedy recovery all the same. 

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The Reeve

September 26th, 2016 at 2:37 PM ^

I was heartbroken seeing that injury. A silver lining would be for Jeremy to be the alpha dog at a position of need for the 2017 campaign. However, pinning my hopes on the NCAA is like a PSU fan pinning their hopes on Franklin.

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Zarniwoop

September 26th, 2016 at 2:54 PM ^

If he gets denied, I'm personally going to launc the "Ed Davis fund for uncovering corruption (or just idiotic incompetence) in the NCAA and its affiliated organizations".

The EDFFUCNAO.

 

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