An LB is out 6 weeks with an injury

because this is the internet and speculation is rampantly assumed to have some origin in fact even if the reality of the fact is hard to discern. 

I watched a  BTN report on an injury to starting Dend on Nebraska in which Pelini was asked to update his condition. And Pelini then explained  the reason why he was removed in the first half and not returned to the lineup was the flareup of a prio injury problem which was then fixed at the half

But it was decided to keep him out for precautionary reasons and that he would likely miss the next game and be available in two weeks against Fresno State. 

Then, just as this report was completed, a crawl ran under a studio shot, saying that the player underwent surgery on Monday and didn't indicate how long he would be out. 

During Monday's presser, there were no reports of Saturday injuries except a few comments related to Pepper's condition, which were either positive about his availability Saturday for ND but hardly informative or specific in their nature, and clearly permits the kind of speculation that goes on here in the wake of injuries being hidden by schools and coaches for specific reasons. And we can debate whether this should happen, but clearly it does. 

What I am saying is that unless this forum has a policy on this kind of debate, these threads ought to specifically acknowledge what they are, and not purport to be something else. Because teams allow this kind of floating chatter to occur based on their internal news filtering. 

There are many legitimate reasons for not wanting to indulge an injury thread where we lack the injured player's identity, but 'avoiding overlapping coverage' really isn't one of them. If half a dozen lemon eating threads could be left to stand, certainly the board can withstand a breaking news report on a player's injury and subsequent report on the player's identity. 

"spring back time" after being okay'ed to play really depends on the injury.  

It's more of a shoulder call than a gut call if I say so myself.

but FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuu! 

The hype on Bolden had better be accurate-ish. 

Fuck. I'm going to pre-empt Brian's UFR here: Morgan was much better than Bolden, and probably better than Ryan when he played MLB as well. Hopefully Bolden just had some first game jitters, but he was still showing hesitation and not tackling or initiating contact with blockers with much authority.

The upside is, not being a leg injury, he'll still be able to stay in shape and participate in non-contact drills and walk-throughs, so he should be close to game ready as soon as he's medically cleared.

doubt some random dude on the internet with keyboard skills? 

Was wondering when you would show up.

an" purposes.  

That's my understanding at least.  

The English language be stupid.  

When using an acronym, the a/an usage goes by the pronounciation of the first letter.

L is pronounced "El," hence an is correct.

There's a difference between abbreviations and acronyms. "A Mr". is correct because you are supposed to pronounce the whole word, not try to sound out an abbreviation. "An NCAA" is likewise correct, because acronyms are pronounced by sounding out the individual letters. If you as a reader want to say linebacker when you read LB, then say it with an a. Just realize that you're translating what's written, not correcting it.

Hopefully Gedeon is alright; he looked like he hurt his shoulder during the game

Ferns did not play... nor did the other three true Fr. LBs

Cole, Peppers, Canteen and Mone were the only ones to get out there.

UM had a lot of starters on special teams (rather than the slew of freshman like recent past).

Higher on the page someone said Ferns did not even dress so he may be injured as well.  Furbush also didn't dress. We still have McCray and Gant before we need to be breaking out freshmen unless Winovich is somehow better than guys on campus a few years.