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 11:59 AM ^
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I really hope Ondre is okay. Neck injuries are always a terrifying ordeal. I'm glad it sounds like it wasn't too serious.
As for tRCMB, everything I've read has echoed these comments. When it comes to serious issues like this, they seem able to set aside the cretinism.
August 17th, 2012 at 12:22 PM ^
I'm sur this whole situation is very scary for the Pipkins family. I hope Ondre is going to be ok.
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August 17th, 2012 at 12:48 PM ^
Pip was in my writing class. He's such a great guy. I hope he has a speedy recovery.
August 17th, 2012 at 12:48 PM ^
Not Peewee! Get well soon bro.
August 17th, 2012 at 1:24 PM ^
God bless him. I hope he'll be able to be healthy and continue his football career and make a boom this year.
August 17th, 2012 at 1:37 PM ^
Let's pray for Ondre that this may just be a bad stinger. Here's to a quick and full recovery.
August 17th, 2012 at 3:05 PM ^
Agreed, prayers to the Flying Spaghetti Monster are in order. I'll take the lead.
Our saucer which art in a colander, draining be Your noodles. Thy noodle come, Thy meatballness be done on earth, as it is meaty in heaven. Give us this day our daily sauce, and forgive us our lack of piracy, as we pirate and smuggle against those who lack piracy with us. And lead us not into vegetarianism, but deliver us from non-red meat sauce. For thine is the colander, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. R'Amen.
August 17th, 2012 at 2:43 PM ^
...and energy waves to The Ondre Pipkins.
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August 17th, 2012 at 3:40 PM ^
Can anyone shed some light on what kind of drills they could have been doing for a DT to sustain this level of neck injury? I mean obviously Eric Legrand was a DT as well, but his injury was sustained running full speed at a guy on a kickoff.
I suppose if someone caught a load of his facemask and gave it a good tug that could do some serious damage. Anything else? Could typical impact OL/DL drills really cause such a serious injury?
August 17th, 2012 at 4:23 PM ^
Apparently I'm not supposed to give differentials or suppositions as to how or why someone is taken to an ED and admit for obsv. based on twitter reports and speculation.
Yes, it's a snark answer, but in response to being on the receiving end of snark.
But the simple answer is any serious contact (and with 300+ pounders, pretty much anything) that will jam your neck in a flexed or extended position can cause tingling/pins/needles sensation into your arms or feet. Can be one-one position drills, Okie drills.
I'm hoping it's a stinger.
August 17th, 2012 at 4:25 PM ^
This is a bit OT but my 7 year old just started playing tackle football (I know) and the team he plays for has him at Nose Guard.
The only Technique they have him doing is to bear crawl through the line which for a 7 year old with a heavy helmet on means head down back exposted and bodies falling all over him. I have no idea why they make them bear crawl, can't they just bull rish ala Mike Martin?
I played enough football (mostly an offensive guy) to know this just doesn't seem right and I'm about to pull him from the team if they won't put him at another position. They were checking his neck yesterday after a play and it made me really think once I heard of Pips injury.
Can anyone shed some light on why they have 7 year olds bear crawling through the line head first face down. He's a tropper but I can't imagine he's having a good time out there, and my wife is about to loose it.
Any youth football coaches out there who can lend a hand?
Thanks!
August 17th, 2012 at 6:24 PM ^
Low man wins...
I've coached d-line and played it myself... Trying to get the fundamentals down for the kids to fire off low so they don't stand up and get plowed by the o-lineman.
Kids have a tendency to stand up and try to run around guys.
August 17th, 2012 at 5:43 PM ^
Balas of Rivals just said they aren't sure if they are going to release an update tonight or not.
I hate to speculate on that, but I assume with something as serious as a neck injury, you would want to make sure all the tests are done before giving out either "all clear" or "it is [xyz] injury and it's serious". Ugh. Praying for you Ondre.
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Michigan Football @umichfootball
U-M frosh defensive tackle Ondre Pipkins up and walking around while watching afternoon practice, doing well. #GoBlue