Is Wilton Speight 100%?

Submitted by wardcrazy01894 on

Sorry if I missed this in one of the posts but I was curious about Speights injury status. Was it ever confirmed what injury he actually had and more importantly is he 100% now or not? 

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corundum

December 30th, 2016 at 11:32 AM ^

He's healthier now than he was against OSU. Definitely healthy enough to win the Orange Bowl. If it was in fact an AC joint injury that did not require surgery, then he is at least 90% by now.

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mGrowOld

December 30th, 2016 at 11:33 AM ^

He's only about 75% and cant drive the ball on out patterns and God help us all if he takes a hit just below his rotator cuff in his left shoulder cause then I doubt he'll be able to throw a deep ball either due to pain.

But the team isn't letting this be known cause then FSU could gameplan for it so PLEASE don't tell anybody.  It'll just be our little secret.

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Mr. Yost

December 30th, 2016 at 11:43 AM ^

FIrst thought? Dumb thread...how would any of us know?

Second thought? Actually, thanks to UMbig11, I DO know the answer to this question!!!!

 

No, he's not 100% (per UMbig11)...he's gotten better every day and should be fine, but he's not 100% and did not do everything in practice as of a week ago. Much better than he was versus OSU.

Edit: that said, I do know he did a LOT of self scouting over the break/post-OSU. The last time he did this (during the Bye Week) he looked like a completely different QB.

I expect a huge game from Speight.

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funkywolve

December 30th, 2016 at 12:14 PM ^

we kind of see a replica of Henne in the 2005 Rose Bowl (after the 2004 season) from Speight.  Henne had a pretty good year in 2004 but with a month off to digest the season and come back fresh, he looked like a more polished, veteran QB rather than the first year starter we saw most of the year.

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Wal-Mart Wolverine

December 30th, 2016 at 12:34 PM ^

Is anyone know if Shane Morris is still with the team ? It would be nice to have him throw a TD during mop up time. It didn't pan out for him but he has been "true blue" while he was here. Good luck to him at Central Michigan.

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Don

December 30th, 2016 at 1:50 PM ^

Trolling? Stupid? Exactly how? Before the season started I predicted a 10-2 season with losses at OSU and at either MSU or Iowa. Was that lame and trolling? I've posted factual information about our unimpressive bowl record today—Is that trolling? I've pointed out that if we win tonight, Harbaugh will be the first UM coach to have won his first two bowl games—Is that trolling? I've suggested that if an already-less-than-100% Speight gets dinged up again, we're in bad shape with O'Korn—are you saying we'll be fine?

What's comically lame is that Michigan fans believe they're a fundamentally different breed of fan when the reality is they're no different from any other college fanbase—game after game, year after year, they predict with near-unanimity that we will win literally every game, even against talented and well-coached opponents. And in true mindless lockstep fashion, they regard even the slightest deviation from fervent, bug-eyed, 100% optimism as blasphemous, apostate trolling.

Bob Ufer was right when he said that Michigan football was a religion, and no religion tolerates doubt.

 

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drjaws

December 30th, 2016 at 2:04 PM ^

That whole bitching part you did there, about "we predict we'll win every game blah blah blah."

It's called being a fan. I love M. Therefore I overestimate their awesomeness. Kinda like how your kids suck in reality, but they're borderline LeBron James in your eyes.



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Don

December 30th, 2016 at 2:55 PM ^

I was a fervent Michigan football fan long before you exited your mother's nether regions, and with countless hours spent getting two degrees from Michigan I yield to nobody in my esteem and affection for my alma mater. None of this means it's necessary for me to be blind to the shortcomings of the University of Michigan as an institution, or to whatever the shortcomings any of its teams have, either. None is perfect, but accepting that fact doesn't diminish my enthusiasm and love for both. If you can only root with a completely uncritical, 100% they'll-never-lose eye, that's your deal.

What typical fans can't abide is somebody on a blog predicting that their team won't win a game. To them it's a heretical turd in the maize and blue punchbowl that signals the person making the prediction is a misanthropic hater who actually wants their team to lose. For me, it's just a prediction and nothing more than that. Because I'm an old fart I've suffered through more agonizing Michigan bowl losses than you can imagine, and I would be very happy to never see another one. They all suck. I hope to hell I'm wrong about this one tonight.

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UMpak

December 30th, 2016 at 2:15 PM ^

what you said was "even if he is 100%" he won't be if he gets hit a few times. that may or may not actually be true depending on the hits but is a stupid statement since it applies to every quarterback that plays the game. we all already also understand that if O'Korn has to come in we could be in trouble. not a terribly enlightening insight there either I'm afraid.

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Don

December 30th, 2016 at 3:00 PM ^

So you're asserting that the fact Speight sustained a significant shoulder injury late in the season doesn't make him more vulnerable than a QB who didn't?

I hope the FSU defense takes that same view.

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war-dawg69

December 30th, 2016 at 10:06 PM ^

Looks like you were right on the money. I am actually suprised we won that many because what I see in the first half is plan fuckin embarrassing. When a pro style QB can't drive the ball and is innacurate, well then he becomes a major liability. What;s Smith's forty time 5.9 and the o-line is just soft. Can't even watch the second half with that fuckin weak puke. I watched fsu defense flat out quit against louisville, but we can't do shit. Totally unacceptable as it should be for a U of M team and fan!!.

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