national champs baby
Montee Ball attacked
was this the big news that Helmholdt was predicting yesterday?
Wisconsin has announced that he has been "taken to the hospital" with head injuries, which may or may not include admission to the hospital. Apparently he was attacked by five guys.
Servant. Pastor. Husband. Michigan fan in Duluth.
How could a delicious restaurant attack someone? (Rim shot please)
"Urban Meyer has really put a strong wall of recruitment around the state of Ohio. No leaks anywhere." -Nobody
just horrible. I hope the kid is ok.
-on a lighter note, I'm sure 5 guys was the minimum it would take to bring him down in a fight.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is never get involved in a land war in Asia - but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!
"I didn't know how many of 'em it was gonna take to kick my as$, but I knew how many they were gonna use"
I hope Montee has a speedy recovery, and that the perpetrators face the punishment they deserve
ALWAYS remember the golden rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules
This can only be the work of the Angry Iowa RB Hating God as the AIRBHG has turned its wrath on RBs across the entire Big Ten this offseason:
Fitz Toussaint - Michigan RB charged with DUI
Jordan Hall - OSU RB cut foot and out at least 10 weeks
Ralph Bolden - Purdue RB arrested for public intoxication after forcibly kissing a woman at a bar against her will
Silas Redd - PSU RB transfer to USC
Brionte Dunn - OSU RB charged with 2 misdemeanors and caught with someone else's marijuana
Montee Ball - Wisconsin RB attacked in unprovoked assault
Not to mention the extensive damage it has wrought on Iowa this offseason (Marcus Coker and Mikail McCall transfers, Jordan Canzeri torn ACL, Greg Garmon 2 misdemeanor charges for marijuana possession, & the De'Andre Johnson saga)
Nebraska better hide Rex Burkhead in a safe place.
So AIRBHG is now ABTRBHG?
How can it be stopped.
Semper Fidelis
Silas Redd transfered to escape the wrath that the AIRBHG on the rest of the Big Ten. Angry about his preys new found freedom, AIRBHG decided to strike on the highest profile RB in the league.
In all seriousness though, I hope Montee Ball a speedy recovery and to be fully health by the time the season starts.
The Michigan Difference. Oh yea, it is real.
I bet the five attackers were wearing ski masks and MSU jerseys.
Hopefully the injuries are minor.
How'd Gholston manage to make it to Wisconsin...?

fastest slowest way from Ludington to Manitowoc
ALWAYS remember the golden rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules
And as soon as one gets to Manitowoc, he gets the hell out of there.
It ain't easy being cheesy
I've been on that car ferry (Lord, I almost spelled it "fairy" without looking back) before. Maybe none too random for you Michiganders but as an Iowan I never thought I'd see that thing again.
"What? We do it in the game!"
Seriously though, that's pretty sad.
"Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling." -Jack Handy
They were not wearing MSU jerseys... but I heard that Dantonio has just sent out 5 new scholarship offers.
I guess when MSU says they're recruiting nationally, they mean recruiting prisons nationally..
Practice makes perfect. Unless you're the Buckeyes. Then you have to cheat.
One thing I learned (not first hand) when going to college was to not mess with the football players. I'm sure there will be some payback, and it won't be pretty. But, hopefully cooler heads will prevail.
I did learn it first hand. My bathroom plumbing never recovered.
Jon Runyan plugged my toilet.
I wonder what the circumstances were. Is this a wrong place wrong time type of thing or is it a Monte Ball was sleeping with some guys girlfriend type incident.
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill
Police report linked by Bruce Feldman says Ball was walking outside and was jumped, unprovoked. He reports he doesn't know his attackers.
Servant. Pastor. Husband. Michigan fan in Duluth.
Don't they call him the wrecking ball or something? He needs to take a self-defense class from this guy:
Our toils obscure an' a' that,
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
Bielema says Ball has been released from the hospital. That's good news--sounds like this is not super-serious. Any time I hear "head injuries" I get nervous, but these must have been of the superficial variety.
Servant. Pastor. Husband. Michigan fan in Duluth.
Good news. Probably just took him to the hospital to cover their bases and make sure everything was alright.
Our toils obscure an' a' that,
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
Could still be serious enough to affect playing time... concussion or skull fracture... not necessarily serious enough to warrant admission to the hospital, but certainly could impact an athlete in a contact sport. Hopefully it was just a cut that needed stitches or a black eye.
Disclaimer: While I am a doctor, I have no inside knowledge of this specific situation. And yes, Mr. Rager, I am a full time physician that has time to comment on a blog... I will send you a PDF of my diploma.
This is sad. I hope Ball recovers fully and has a great season, except for the CCG when he faces us. Then I hope he fumbles 4 times. But other than that, I hope he's alright.
"the Spirit of Michigan...is based on a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways....and a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours" - Fielding Yost
Right about now, I would rather do a root canal on a rabid possum during mating season than be a running back in the Big 10.
I hear they are cheaper than dogs
"I just hope Tressel doesn't fire me"
-Gordon Gee
Glad to hear he's ok. What're the odds some Wiscy O-linemen wind up in "scuffles" in the coming months, I'd say roughly 5 of them
"The goal, the expectation of this program is the Big Ten Championship"
On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin beat your RB a**!!



Awful. I hope he will be ok.
"I tried to but a pencil in the light socket but it was too wide and didn't fit so I used a paperclip."-Terrelle Pryor, Future Rhodes Scholar