Info on Injured Alumni Twirler?
SIAP (I'm abroad and have pretty limited internet access), but one of the male alumni twirlers (maybe a former drum major?) appeared to destroy his knee while performing in front of the student section last game. He rather heroically finished his routine on one leg, discovering by trial and error which moves he could pull off without being able to move or balance very well. Is this already well known around here? Does anybody have any additional information about it? It looked pretty bad.
Thanks.
October 9th, 2013 at 7:33 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 8:16 AM ^
and it's about the next man up. We had good competition this last week so we're going to be fine at the position
October 9th, 2013 at 10:02 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 12:22 PM ^
The expectation is for the position.
October 9th, 2013 at 7:57 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 4:55 PM ^
Can I ask what you're waiting for?
October 30th, 2013 at 11:54 PM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 8:00 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 8:13 AM ^
You're my boy, Blue
October 9th, 2013 at 8:23 AM ^
#PrayForTwirler
October 9th, 2013 at 8:23 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 8:26 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 8:41 AM ^
Tore meniscus in his knee.
October 9th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
Poor little Pickus.
October 9th, 2013 at 8:42 AM ^
One of my uncles is the alumni band director and the other is one of the alumni drum majors. After the game I asked and he actually torn his ACL.
October 9th, 2013 at 8:47 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 8:51 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 9:08 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 5:48 PM ^
and only if they don't have baby faces anyway ...
October 9th, 2013 at 9:05 AM ^
And we were looking for him, but couldn't spot Matt during halftime. Later got a text that he was in the ER, which was a bit worrisome. But it was an ACL injury.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:14 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 9:58 AM ^
I was in the south enzone and a male twirler with a mustache (white #7 jersey) was putting on one hell of a show...really showing off. However, I think he wore himself out halfway through the half-time show as he started to walk aimlessly around the field at that point...funny stuff
One lady was a champ and doing three battons...#Stillhasit
October 9th, 2013 at 10:22 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 4:56 PM ^
It was really sad. He wasn't pulling off many of his fancy tricks
October 9th, 2013 at 10:26 AM ^
Everyone in the student section was watching this guy and we all saw him hurt himself. It was impressive to see him still carry on and try to get through, and he finally got the one move he was working on to work (twirled the batton quickly at the ground out in front of him and had it bounce back). When it finally happened everyone cheered for this guy and he then hobbled off. Props to him for sticking around to get the move done.
Did he really tear his ACL though? Damn.
October 9th, 2013 at 10:33 AM ^
I've never watched a more intense halftime performance. It was like MJ with the flu man
October 9th, 2013 at 11:28 AM ^
He kneeded to complete that move or he would not have a leg to stand on.
October 9th, 2013 at 3:53 PM ^
Is that the same guy whos been doing this for years? When I was a student from '05-'09, it seemed like there was an alumni twirler who did that same routine in front of the student section every year. Minus the knee injury, obviously.
October 9th, 2013 at 10:36 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 11:19 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 11:31 AM ^
Matt was in the MMB when I was and always was a high energy guy.
For years, he has brought his A-game and gotten wide applause for his routines with the alumni band. I too hope he gets well quickly.
October 9th, 2013 at 12:16 PM ^
He was down to our left. I wondered, too. Perry has come to Ann Arbor, apparently. Boo.
October 9th, 2013 at 12:22 PM ^
Matt lived down the hall from me freshman year and he's the kind of guy you never forget. His goal in life was to be the Michigan Drum Major. He was practicing the back bend for years before he finally got the position so it wasn't surprising he was the first to touch his head to the ground. It was great seeing him finally acheive his goal knowing how much it meant to him. I'm sure he'll attack his rehab with the same drive and I won't be surprised too see him back out there next year.
October 9th, 2013 at 4:16 PM ^
He lived on my floor in Couzens Hall. When I read someone was injured I immediately thought it was him. At every homecoming he's still doing stuff that puts the 20 year olds to shame. And while he's in seemingly really good shape, age is age. I had wondered why I didn't see him make it to my end of the Stadium. Now I know.
And not just an excellent drum major, but a great acting talent too.
October 9th, 2013 at 5:08 PM ^
I am friends with Matt. He came back to our tailgate on crutches. It was initially thought to be a torn meniscus. However, earlier this week his x-rays came back as a torn ACL.
October 10th, 2013 at 12:33 AM ^
That's too bad. It is, however, what it looked like to my untrained eyes. There seemed to be virtually no stability in his knee.
October 10th, 2013 at 1:18 AM ^
as someone who was in the band with Matt for 5 years, Matt never did anything half-way. If he was going to blow out his knee, he was going to REALLY blow it out. :)
Hopefully with the way they can treat knee injuries these days, they'll be able to heal him up reasonably quickly.
October 9th, 2013 at 7:32 PM ^
I was also in the North End zone but wasn't aware this happened since I was doing flag work. I just watched my husband's video of the show and I saw the moment the injury happened at the start of the alumni band portion. OUCH!! Looked really painful! I would imagine that will take a long time to heal.
October 30th, 2013 at 11:53 PM ^
October 10th, 2013 at 12:29 AM ^
The Daily should get on this with a bio.
October 30th, 2013 at 11:45 PM ^