Kyle Feldscher @KFeldscherAAcom
Police scanner: Ambulance crews responded to Schembechler Hall minutes ago for a report of a football player with a spinal injury.
Thoughts and prayers
UPDATE:
Chantel Jennings @ChantelJennings
Injured player was freshman DL Ondre Pipkins. Had movement of extremities was taken to hospital for precautionary reasons.
Pipkins
Just saw that - not
Just saw that - not good...sounds like his next tweet was that they can't confirm on how serious the injury is and who is involved.
Yup
Kyle Feldscher @KFeldscherAAcom
So far, that is unconfirmed by an HVA spokeswoman and I do not know the severity of the injury or who it was. Trying to follow.
I'm much more concerned about the severity than the identity. This stuff goes way beyond football.
Amen
This is about life, not wins and losses. Couldn't imagine what it would be like to be a parent of a player right now...
They are reporting it to be
They are reporting it to be Pipkins. Sounds like he is just a little shaken up, full movement in all extremeties. This is precautionary.
Crap
Sometbody lifting without a spotter? I hope everyone is alright!
Hearing this is absolutely
Hearing this is absolutely horrifying... hard to believe a kid's entire life could be changed at this moment...
WTKA-
is reporting this as well. However, very limited info available. Hopefully this is just a precautionary measure.
O-Fo-Sho
Ira on WTKA is saying it is a
Ira on WTKA is saying it is a spinal injury. He is saying he got it from a unconfirmed source so lets hope he is wrong.
Just do it!
About the worst news possible
Regardless of who was hurt this would be horrible news. There is nothing scarier than spinal cord injuries and I sincerely hope this turns out to be simple a precaution rather than an indication of a career ending scenario. Prayers to all.
"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about."
-Wayne Dyer
Football
I always have to wonder about football when my concern goes from whether or not someone can get up to full speed again (like Wormley) to whether he'll walk again...I just hope that whoever this is doesn't have to go through what Brock Mealer went through (or worse).
EDIT: Moving extremities = great relief.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra
Just hope it's a precaution.
Just hope it's a precaution.
Anyone know if there was a
Anyone know if there was a padded practice this AM? This is terrible.
Lets hope its not as serious
Lets hope its not as serious as thought, hate to see a young person (or anyone) injured doing something they love.
Blue is Faster
It's time...
...it's time to start the prayer chain!
Not that there's anyone I'd
Not that there's anyone I'd prefer this to be, but if it's Elliott Mealer I'll seriously punch a wall.
I was thinking...
The exact same thing. As you say, not that you would wish this on anyone at all (let alone someone playing for your favorite football team), but that young man has been through so much already. Shit, let's hope it is all just precautionary.
right there with you, first
right there with you, first name that came to mind in terms of hoping it's not him.
it you're on twitter, follow: Kyle Feldscher @KFeldscherAAcom,
his latest:
"It's likely that HVA will err on the side of caution and not give away too much information. They're bound by HIPAA laws." also noting that any name will likely have to be released by the universtiy.
I'll start to cry.
As others
I'll start to cry.
As others have said, hopefully this is all just a precaution taken by the medical staff. Would hate to see a guy's life be altered by something as simple as playing football.
“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve and those who stay will be champions.” - Bo
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As a coach, I have had to
As a coach, I have had to call an ambulance twice for spinal injuries. Both times have been precautionary and the athlete was up and around that evening. It's still the scariest thing I've been around coaching sports.
Tradition is something you can't bottle. But it is there to sustain you when you need it most. I've called upon it time and time again.
"Spinal injury" versus "spinal precaution".
A "spinal injury" can only be determined by a neurologist or a neurosurgeon after a battery of tests and imaging, which may include both CT and MRI studies.
"Spinal precuations" are the standard procedures routinely followed by EMT's whenever they are triaging and transporting patients with any sort of a complaint of a possible neck injury. Backboards, neck bracing, immobilization, etc.
"Spinal precautions" is what we know about. "Spinal injury" may not even be applicable in this case.
Yes, they weren't spinal
Yes, they weren't spinal injuries. The spine nor the spinal chord was not damaged in either case. The ambulance was called on both accounts due to a potential spinal chord injury. The EMT's both times took each seriously, as they should, but they were both taken to the emergency room as a precautionary measure. It's still very unnerving to see one of your athletes taken away on a backboard.
Tradition is something you can't bottle. But it is there to sustain you when you need it most. I've called upon it time and time again.
It is a rope of nerves
not a bunch of notes posted at the same time.
Wasting away in Ohio, a Wolverine in a sea of red and grey
Awful way to start my
Awful way to start my morning...
If I say a duck can pull a truck, shut up and hook the sucka up!
Well, at least youre not
Well, at least youre not being loaded into an ambulance...
Which positions put a player
Which positions put a player most at-risk for a spinal-type injury?
Every time an MGoBoard poster complains about a thread topic, God kills a baby panda.
All of them to be honest
All of them to be honest
UMich 13
You would have to
think of corners, safties, WR, RB's first.....maybe a LB that drops their head...
Damn....thinking back though, Utley was an interior lineman.
O-Fo-Sho
So was Eric LeGrand and
So was Eric LeGrand and Dennis Byrd...
Hopefully it's not as serious as it could be.
Could be almost any
There is a slightly higher risk for receivers and DBs, since they tend to be more involved in high-speed collisions, but it could happen just about anywhere. RBs and linebackers are also at risk, because the nature of the position is that they're leading with the head. A QB would be unlikely, since they usually play with a red shirt in practice.
Marc Shepherd
New York, NY
Hopefully just some fractured
Hopefully just some fractured or compressed disks or something that implies full recovery, regaurdless who it is...if it was Mealer though, I'll slap god next time I see him.
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
-Bob Dylan
please be nothing please be
please be nothing please be nothing please be nothing
For the strength of the pack is the Wolv, and the strength of the Wolv is the pack.
Just think if you were...
a parent of a player right now. As a parent the thought just makes me sick. I can't imagine the panic and scrammbling for more info.....awful. Prayers are with the players and families!
O-Fo-Sho
Hoping for a very severe stinger or something
Players have taken shots in just the wrong way that gives them a nasty, temporarily weakening or paralyzing stinger, but it doesn't last and they're fine very shortly. PLEASE BE THAT!
We've seen how hard these
We've seen how hard these guys have been working, so I really feel for the injured player. Hopefully the team and staff are just being careful. Regardless, let's hope for a speedy and complete recovery.
Regardless Of Who It Is...
Regardless of who it is, my thoughts go out to them as well as their family and the team. Spinal injuries can end careers and alter lives, so hopefully this is precautionary and a full recovery is possible.
EDIT: Excellent to hear that Pipkins is moving his extremities. Great sign, and hopefully, it's a full and speedy recovery.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
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Lump in throat
Please be a false alarm is all I can say. I was pushed into a shallow pool once when I was 12 and fell forward on the crown of my head. I came up to the surface with numbness in my legs and a buzzing in my ears. Couldnt hear or feel anything. One of the scariest moments of my life. For 3 days I was convinced I would wake up paralyzed the next morning.
Prayers for the team and individual affected.
BILG
Please be nothing
I hope this is nothing and it turns out that everything is ok. I have had ambulances called at games and practices just as precautions. I really, really, really hope this is just that.
Physics teacher in NY.
My thoughts and prayers go
My thoughts and prayers go out to all the players/families. BIg Picture here is I hope nobody is seriously hurt, even if they never play another down of football.
Semper Fidelis
Yikes
Never want to hear this..
Perhaps
Perhaps we should shut this thread down until we know more.
This
May be a good idea...
The Michigan difference...
Best case scenario
Maybe it was Tacopants.
It's Pipkins
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ChantelJennings Injured player was freshman DL Ondre Pipkins. Had movement of extremities was taken to hospital for precautionary reasons. 8/17/12 5:01 PM |
Hopefully nothing major.....
Hopefully nothing major.....
Thank God for the movement
If he's got movement and feeling in all extremities, he'll be fine.
I'm glad to see that the MANBALL philosophy of our coaches doesn't extend to the"if the bone isn't sticking out, you're fine" level.
Get well soon, Ondre! Big Will has more to teach you!
How is she tweeting
From the future?
Is this her car?
Or is she the companion of this guy?
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
I'm not in the US right
I'm not in the US right now
and this also made me realize that it's still the morning over there and that they didn't wait all day to tell the media his name. oops.
Where's Chantel?
Where's Chantel Jennings tweeting from? Her tweet say she's tweeting at 5:01pm today, yet mzerbib's post of her tweet was at 10:01 am. Is she covering Pipkin's injury from Europe?
Ondre Pipkins suffered a neck
Ondre Pipkins suffered a neck injury this morning but is moving all extremities.
EDIT - 1 minute late. Oops. Either way, thoughts and prayers to the young man I know he'll battle through and be fine
UMich 13
All over twitter it Pipkins he is moving all limbs