2024 IUFB Season

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,802]

Just thinking about this again..... there is no shot that thumb is broken. Sorry, doesn't add up at all. 

If the thumb were broke, his @$$ ain't playing for a while. QBs can't play through a broken thumb on their throwing hand. 

 

[go iu bb 5,370]

5 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

That just isn't true.

Sure, if it was a compound fracture. That would be much more serious and would likely have ended his season.

[AH1971 1,396]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Yeah it is. 

I'm pretty sure they just took the rest of the nail off. Only thing that adds up to = having a chance to play next weekend, which is what has been reported. 

You can absolutely bleed from a bone fracture. I've experienced it first hand.

No clue if his thumb is broken or not but I don't believe having surgery would rule out a potential break or fracture. If he plays against Michigan State it probably wasn't a fracture, but I'll believe it when I see it. 

[OGIUAndy 749]

16 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

It's going to be Cuban; and it really is the best option (if he wants to do it).  He's the biggest success story the university has and almost everybody knows who he is.  

A lot of the names here would be great for IU fans, but not for the country as a whole.  90% of college football fans don't even know who Anthony Thompson is.  I could see them doing a small feature on him though. 

Anyone suggesting Sage Steele is off their rocker.  You could name 500 alumni before ESPN would bring her back on. 

Oladipo/Mellencamp/Buck/Schwarber are probably the only other options. 

Kevin Kline, Julia Garner or even Jesse Eisenberg who's married to an IU grad and has spent a lot of time in and around Bloomington/IU would be interesting options too. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,802]

And .... if it "poor to very poor" weather NEXT Saturday, I would lean (with no inside info) to Tayven again. 

poor weather/Rourke with poor grip strength... that would worry me

[AH1971 1,396]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Just thinking about this again..... there is no shot that thumb is broken. Sorry, doesn't add up at all. 

If the thumb were broke, his @$$ ain't playing for a while. QBs can't play through a broken thumb on their throwing hand. 

 

Depending on the severity of the fracture, it's a 3-6 week recovery. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,802]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

You can absolutely bleed from a bone fracture. I've experienced it first hand.

No clue if his thumb is broken or not but I don't believe having surgery would rule out a potential break or fracture. If he plays against Michigan State it probably wasn't a fracture, but I'll believe it when I see it. 

On your thumb!?!?! Nahhh. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,802]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

Depending on the severity of the fracture, it's a 3-6 week recovery. 

Yeah, exactly. lol 

Clearly this isn't that. He's "auto-out" against MSU if that thing is broken. 

[AH1971 1,396]

1 minute ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Yeah, exactly. lol 

Clearly this isn't that. He's "auto-out" against MSU if that thing is broken. 

I would be shocked if we see him before Ohio State.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,802]

Just now, AH1971 said:

I would be shocked if we see him before Ohio State.

Then it was a broken thumb and they've been lying to us. If it's a removed thumbnail, which seems the most likely by MOI, I think he plays next week (assuming he can grip the ball in the weather).. if not Michigan. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,802]

Truly had no clue we had a second bye week lol 

Nov 16th we're off. 

[AH1971 1,396]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Then it was a broken thumb and they've been lying to us. If it's a removed thumbnail, which seems the most likely by MOI, I think he plays next week (assuming he can grip the ball in the weather).. if not Michigan. 

Who has been lying to us? I haven't seen anyone give a specific diagnosis other than he suffered a generic "thumb injury". The only thing I've seen publicly is that he had successful surgery yesterday and the early prognosis is better than expected ie a possible return against Michigan State.

[AH1971 1,396]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Truly had no clue we had a second bye week lol 

Nov 16th we're off. 

Yes which could potentially end up being huge. 

[DoctorP 855]

He’s not staying in for another drive or to throw a Hail Mary if he fractured his thumb. It’s probably a nail bed repair, which is surgical. Hopefully he’s back by MSU

[AH1971 1,396]

6 minutes ago, DoctorP said:

He’s not staying in for another drive or to throw a Hail Mary if he fractured his thumb. It’s probably a nail bed repair, which is surgical. Hopefully he’s back by MSU

Raiders Aidan O'Connell finished his series last Sunday with a broken thumb that was just surgically repaired and completed two passes before being pulled.  

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,802]

9 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Who has been lying to us? I haven't seen anyone give a specific diagnosis other than he suffered a generic "thumb injury". The only thing I've seen publicly is that he had successful surgery yesterday and the early prognosis is better than expected ie a possible return against Michigan State.

Well... there you go. If it were surgery to fix a BROKEN BONE.... he would have ZERO shot to play at MSU. None. 

[tyappleg 2,924]

8 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Who has been lying to us? I haven't seen anyone give a specific diagnosis other than he suffered a generic "thumb injury". The only thing I've seen publicly is that he had successful surgery yesterday and the early prognosis is better than expected ie a possible return against Michigan State.

They wouldn't say he could be back for Michigan State if his recovery was 3-6 weeks...

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,802]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

Raiders Aidan O'Connell finished his series last Sunday with a broken thumb that was just surgically repaired and completed two passes before being pulled.  

And they said he's out for multiple weeks. 

[AH1971 1,396]

1 minute ago, tyappleg said:

They wouldn't say he could be back for Michigan State if his recovery was 3-6 weeks...

Who is they? The only thing IU has said publicly in regards to Rourke's injury is that he's out indefinitely. 

[AH1971 1,396]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

And they said he's out for multiple weeks. 

I never said he wasn't out multiple weeks, just responding to the idea that you couldn't throw or continue playing with a broken thumb. Swelling doesn't set in immediately.