UPDATE: Pipkins taken to hospital for precautionary reasons
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 10:06 AM ^
August 17th, 2012 at 9:23 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:26 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:32 AM ^
August 17th, 2012 at 10:05 AM ^
They are reporting it to be Pipkins. Sounds like he is just a little shaken up, full movement in all extremeties. This is precautionary.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:26 AM ^
Sometbody lifting without a spotter? I hope everyone is alright!
August 17th, 2012 at 9:26 AM ^
Hearing this is absolutely horrifying... hard to believe a kid's entire life could be changed at this moment...
August 17th, 2012 at 9:27 AM ^
is reporting this as well. However, very limited info available. Hopefully this is just a precautionary measure.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:27 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:28 AM ^
August 17th, 2012 at 10:09 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:30 AM ^
August 17th, 2012 at 9:31 AM ^
Anyone know if there was a padded practice this AM? This is terrible.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:32 AM ^
Lets hope its not as serious as thought, hate to see a young person (or anyone) injured doing something they love.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:34 AM ^
...it's time to start the prayer chain!
August 17th, 2012 at 9:35 AM ^
August 17th, 2012 at 9:39 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:39 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:40 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:46 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 10:14 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 10:21 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 11:26 AM ^
August 17th, 2012 at 9:40 AM ^
August 17th, 2012 at 9:42 AM ^
August 17th, 2012 at 9:42 AM ^
Which positions put a player most at-risk for a spinal-type injury?
August 17th, 2012 at 9:45 AM ^
All of them to be honest
August 17th, 2012 at 9:46 AM ^
think of corners, safties, WR, RB's first.....maybe a LB that drops their head...
Damn....thinking back though, Utley was an interior lineman.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:50 AM ^
So was Eric LeGrand and Dennis Byrd...
Hopefully it's not as serious as it could be.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:48 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:42 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:42 AM ^
please be nothing please be nothing please be nothing
August 17th, 2012 at 9:44 AM ^
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!
August 17th, 2012 at 9:46 AM ^
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!
August 17th, 2012 at 9:47 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 10:19 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:53 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:54 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:55 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:56 AM ^
Never want to hear this..
August 17th, 2012 at 9:56 AM ^
Perhaps we should shut this thread down until we know more.
August 17th, 2012 at 10:03 AM ^
August 17th, 2012 at 10:01 AM ^
Maybe it was Tacopants.
August 17th, 2012 at 10:01 AM ^
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 |
August 17th, 2012 at 10:03 AM ^
August 17th, 2012 at 10:05 AM ^
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!
August 17th, 2012 at 10:31 AM ^
From the future?
Is this her car?
Or is she the companion of this guy?
August 17th, 2012 at 10:38 AM ^
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.
August 17th, 2012 at 12:29 PM ^
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?
August 17th, 2012 at 10:03 AM ^
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