February 11th, 2010 at 11:36 AM ^
I believe he's good to go
February 11th, 2010 at 11:39 AM ^
he re-injured it throwing snowballs at a passing FREEP truck.
February 11th, 2010 at 11:52 AM ^
If you're going to injure your throwing shoulder hurling stuff at a FREEP delivery truck, it should be something more threatening than snowballs.
DISCLAIMER: The author does not advocate violence against any local news service*, regardless of how shamelessly biased their reporting is shown to be.
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February 11th, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
Did he or did he not have surgery? I keep hearing both accounts.
February 11th, 2010 at 11:53 AM ^
he did not have surgery, but the injury healed on its own. I remember reading that he has been throwing to WRs during the Winter.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:05 PM ^
I remember reading that Zoltan Mesko was throwing to wide receivers.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:15 PM ^
No. Emperor Mesko was throwing wide receivers.
You had one too many words in there.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:00 PM ^
I guess he had an MRI, but it didn't require surgery.
http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-football/michigan-quarterback-tate-fo…
February 11th, 2010 at 11:56 AM ^
I hope he plays in the Spring Game and plays well. The board will implode with speculation and amazing thread titles if Forcier sits out and Gardner looks bad.
Here are some forecastable thread titles:
NO BOWL!!
UNACCEPTABLE!!!
RR gets fired!!!
Real M fans stand up!!!!!!
It's going to be a great summer.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:04 PM ^
I think it will explode just as much if not more if Tate is sitting and Gardner looks great.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:06 PM ^
Given the general voracious appetite M fans have for any info regarding a recruit who wont sign until 2011, I think the board with explode regardless of performance of any player.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:04 PM ^
Tate's been throwing with the other quarterbacks a couple times a week. I think Jerald Robinson was quoted as saying he had a lot of zip on his passes.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:07 PM ^
Jerald's last QB was a meddling high school QB with a noodle arm. I'm sure Mr. Forcier seems like Brett Favre in comparison.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:23 PM ^
True, but Robinson also caught passes from Gardner/Jones at the Michigan camp.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:06 PM ^
Relevant quotes:
"Forcier was diagnosed with the injury when he underwent an MRI while home for Christmas break. He’s rehabbing the shoulder now and doesn’t need surgery, and he’s also recovering from a staph infection in his right knee, the person said."
"Forcier already is taking part in workouts with the football team and will not miss any spring practice."
http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-football/michigan-quarterback-tate-fo…
February 11th, 2010 at 12:16 PM ^
Come on people, the only thing I've heard is that he won't need surgery and he won't miss time. What other reason is there to speculate? If you "heard" that he was getting surgery go and check legitimate news sources, otherwise please don't speculate.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:49 PM ^
The labrum is acutally a type of cartilage--but it's more rigid and fibrous than other types of cartilage. So the shoulder is obviously a ball-and-socket--the labrum is the cartilage that is attached to the rim of the socket. It works pretty much like a buffer helping to keep the "ball" in place.
There are different kinds of labral tears with varying degrees of severity/treatment options, but the main problem with a labral tear is a loss of shoulder stability. (I suspect some of the crazy inaccurate throws he made toward the end of the season were actually do to an inability to stabilize his throwing motion.)
Because of the different types it's difficult to diagnose the actual type of labral tear without a CT-arthrogram (shoot dye into the shoulder and then take a picture.) Cartilage is avascular (does not have blood vessels) so it takes longer for it to grow/repair in general.
Short answer: he'll be fine. His doctors and trainers know what they're doing and wouldn't be allowing him to throw right now if his labrum were in jeopardy.
Edit: CT-aRthrogram not aNthrogram--must be my Liberal Arts subconscious, haha.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:58 PM ^
MGo Jen--what's in YOUR Batbelt?
February 11th, 2010 at 1:11 PM ^
and it gives me an engorged labrum.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:01 PM ^
Even if Tate is not a go for the Spring game Barwis will have that avatar of his he is cooking ready for action.