[Title edit]: Harbaugh Presser lacks injury update, Corum stated Sunday he is "good to go"

Submitted by Blue Texan on November 21st, 2022 at 2:28 PM

Mostly flush in his Presser. Here is a link to the highlights. https://www.maizenbrew.com/football/23471323/michigan-wolverines-football-ohio-state-jim-harbaugh-press-conference-2022-season

The Columbus Dispatch has a link to an Angelique retweet of Corum saying he is good to go. https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/college/football/2022/11/21/blake-corum-injury-might-not-keep-michigan-rb-out-vs-ohio-state/69667331007/

[Title edit as requested by the OP.  ---rob f]

Booted Blue in PA

November 21st, 2022 at 3:23 PM ^

"We have been planning on this"    i don't think any team plans on their star player getting hurt.

Sounds to me like he was trying to give the best answer he could and that's what came out.   I'm not taking that quote as proof that Corum won't be ready.

Also Corum said "i'll be back"  that doesn't mean I'll be back for Saturday.   it doesn't mean he won't... but I don't think either of those quotes really tell us anything.  

often some of the people trying to 'read the tea leaves'  have been smoking too many of them first.

 

blueheron

November 21st, 2022 at 6:29 PM ^

If that's the most "ridiculous" thing you've ever seen, you've had a charmed life.

When you're navigating the WWW (and life in general), you need to think critically. njvictor bothered to do that. You didn't.

Corum could very well have an injury that will keep him from performing well on Saturday. To date, though, no solid evidence has been posted here.

Anyway, Sparty much? The tunnel is calling you. They're just kids, right?

shoes

November 22nd, 2022 at 11:53 AM ^

Definitive? No. but it sounded to me like he was trying to be honest but had been told not to say anything- my reading was that this did not sound good and I wasn't given any comfort in Jim's response to Jon Janzen's question to the effect of, if Blake is not available does that change the gameplan? "it might or might not"- Clearly Jon J is contemplating the possibility and Jim made no effort to question even being asked- no repeat of the "structurally sound" claim which can't really have been known from the X-ray at halftime.

It is what it is and wishing won't make any difference, though we all hope otherwise.

Nickel

November 21st, 2022 at 2:49 PM ^

Hope he's good to go, although with the way Michigan handles injury updates at this point someone could have an amputation and there'd still be no status update on their injury.

jmblue

November 21st, 2022 at 3:04 PM ^

I don't think there is much ambiguity there.  It's safe to assume he was saying that about Saturday.  That, plus the fact that he was out walking around Sunday morning, suggests to me that he'll probably play.  

Now whether he is close to 100% is anyone's guess.

unWavering

November 21st, 2022 at 2:52 PM ^

Corum didn't say he was "good to go," he said "I'll be back."  Doesn't say when he'll be back.

Either way the fact that he went in the 2nd half against Illinois means he'll almost certainly play against OSU.  I think Harbaugh was willing to sacrifice the Illinois game to keep everyone as healthy as possible.  Losing against Illinois would've meant close to nothing in the grand scheme.  It was a calculated decision to keep a ton of guys out (which included Corum after his knee was questionable).