JT Floyd's Ankle: Probably Not So Good
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HAI GUYS I BET YOU LIKE GOOD NEWS. Troy Woolfolk's twitter:
Things just got worse for Michigan fans. Can't elaborate that's all I'm saying.
UMGoBlog's got a rumor that this is in reference to JT Floyd's ankle, supposedly in a nonfunctional state after practice today. Tom got an independently sourced email saying the same thing. Player on team saying bad news + two different sources with identical stories about what that bad news is == 99% true e-rumor.
So JT Floyd is probably done for the year. One of three freshman will start opposite James Rogers. I'm working my way through the Penn State game tape and am not sure how much this actually hurts but it's not good. Your available non-freshman cornerback on the roster is James Rogers. That is all.
UPDATE: Woolfolk is hurriedly backtracking, which may be CYA but may not. Downgrade your likelihood somewhat here. I probably wouldn't have posted this without that third bit but the two standing are melding with other stuff around the internets and this is still likely to be true.
UPDATE II: So the "out for year" bit seems unknown. Definitely out for Saturday, though.
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:42 PM ^
can you throw fire into the fire? unreal
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:48 PM ^
out of the frying pan, into the suicide booth.
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:44 PM ^
I don't think it hurts that much for the next game as the Illini are not a competent passing team and will likely be running with success. But I'm really worried about bowl eligbilty as I can totally see Purdue airing it out with a third stringer.
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:03 PM ^
They include Rob Henry (RS Fr) with a crushed finger on his throwing hand and the guy they subbed in for him on obvious throwing downs. The guy they subbed in, true freshman, is currently 13/30 with something ~2.5 YPA. Not that this means anything, Matt MF'n McGloin and all.
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:17 PM ^
and yeah, McGloyven - doesnt really matter who is throwing the ball.
November 2nd, 2010 at 11:36 PM ^
but I really don't see how this changes anything with our defense. Wide receivers running around uncovered all over the field does not change when the person not covering is a Freshman or a Sophomore. There is no amount of suck you can add to infinite suck to make it suck more. Again, I feel for Floyd, but this is a non story for the team.
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:53 AM ^
Even if they had Stevie Wonder it would be a problem.
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:47 PM ^
thinks our defense is playing too well.
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:48 PM ^
Bad news keeps on coming. Let's hope we catch lightning in a bottle on Saturday.
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:48 PM ^
RR's fault. Fire him. No excuses.
Seriously, this sucks for Floyd. He's put in so much effort this year, given his all for this team, and this just plain sucks. He doesn't deserve this.
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:51 PM ^
I understand the sarcasm about blaming RR for this but isn't this exactly why you keep and maintain depth in the secondary?
The attrition becomes especially painful in situations like this
Definitely feel for JT though
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:55 PM ^
In Situations like this... what?
When exactly did this one injury all of a sudden make our depth an issue.. we haven't had depth since August 14th.
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:01 PM ^
losing your top 2 corners to season-ending injuries is never going to be anything but incredibly devastating
but in theory, JT could be the one now coming in to replace warren or turner had they stayed here and gone down in week 9 - leaving us in a much better position than we will be now
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:08 PM ^
I'll ask again: Do you honestly think it's Rodriguez's fault that Turner and/or Warren left? What should he have done, offered to pay them to stay?
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:13 PM ^
Like everyone else here reading the blog I can't speak to what was or wasnt said or done behind closed doors with these two, emilien or any of the other recent transfers.
That being said, they aren't here and we're hurting because of it
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:31 PM ^
Warren, probably not. But who knows with Turner? Given the huge number of transfers we've experienced, one has to wonder what's going on.
November 2nd, 2010 at 9:47 PM ^
The players are having to work for something for once in their lives. At Michigan they aren't the All-Sate, All-Conference stud anymore. They are a small fish in a big pond. Entitlement is killing us. That is all. (you don't see Molk looking to walk)
NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!!! Actually, I am only 31.
November 2nd, 2010 at 10:00 PM ^
Oh, wait. "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions"
November 2nd, 2010 at 10:29 PM ^
and in 1984 people thought he was past his prime.
November 2nd, 2010 at 11:43 PM ^
like 1985 next year I, for one, will be very impressed.
November 2nd, 2010 at 11:58 PM ^
If Bo ever lost as many as two games in a season, the Ann Arbor Torch and Pitchfork Company was out in full force.
Michigan fans have been a bunch of whiny brats thinking they're entitled to 10 win seasons every year just because they're Michigan for as long as I can remember (back to '69 or so). I'm finding the "Fire Rodriguez" nonsense quite amusing.
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:11 PM ^
Why are we talking about Warren??? Totally not RR's doing...
Turner was behind Floyd on the depth chart...In fact it's debatable whether he was the #3 corner...
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:26 PM ^
losing your top 4 non-senior CBs?
November 2nd, 2010 at 9:57 PM ^
Yeah August 14th of 2007
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:01 PM ^
Do most teams have a dozen non-underclassmen backups that could step in at any time? Have we seen Turner, Vlad, or any of the other losses via attrition pan out somewhere else? Did Donovan Warren suddenly come out in a press conference and say that he would have stayed if RR hadn't run him off?
Sure, Rodriguez should have put a bit more effort into recruiting in the secondary, but good heavens. It's not like RR told a bunch of instant contributors to take a hike.
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:23 PM ^
I agree BlockM. Not his fault. Also, he brought in 6 DB's last year and if you include Dorsey, it would be 7. Do we normally recruit more DB's than that every year?
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:03 PM ^
Every team in the country, even the best ones, have certain position with less depth than others. CB was that for us a year ago. Any team that has one position group where - their best player leaves early for the draft, their next best player is out for the season before it starts and their third best player goes out for the season halfway through conference play - is going to be in trouble.
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:07 PM ^
Completely agree, this was completely out of RR's control in anyway. And look, now our secondary will have 4+ players that have started 5 games next year. Talk about super depth!! YAY!!!
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:48 PM ^
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:48 PM ^
Looks like these freshmen will get a lot of good experience this season (half full).
I guess we used up all of our CB luck for a while with Woodson, Law, Jackson and Hall.
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:03 PM ^
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:48 PM ^
I submit to the will of the Angry Michigan Corner Hating God. My firstborn is yours.
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:49 PM ^
This is all i can manage to say anymore about injuries....
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:38 PM ^
+1 for the avatar/quote. I named my character denard-robinson shepard
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:49 PM ^
At this point, I think I still have some eligibility remaining. I'm a moderately-fast 6'0" 29-year-old who never played HS football. That would make me 4th on the 2-deep and a possible option during Nickel coverage.
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:50 PM ^
on the bright side, with no defesive improvement this year Brandon can't deny that injuries have decimated the secondary and the season here on out is kind of a bad sample to judge RR on. maybe he will get another year even with beatings here on out
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:51 PM ^
FFFFFUUUUUUU
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November 2nd, 2010 at 7:51 PM ^
Wake me up from this nightmare
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:52 PM ^
Well, had this happened at the beginning of the season like Troy Woolfolk then I would probably be smashing my face into every object imaginable, but right now it doesn't even matter. Michigan's defense with him was horrendous, without him will still be horrendous.
I hope he gets better soon so we can have depth on this football team but if it's season ending, look on the brightside we'll get both of our CB's back for next season, no?
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:53 PM ^
I'm at a loss for words. I don't understand how so many things can go wrong for one defensive secondary.
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:54 PM ^
To I slit my wrists lengthwise or across?
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:55 PM ^
the street and not across the corner.
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:57 PM ^
with the professional approach and cut your hands off..
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:57 PM ^
go both ways just to make sure...
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