agreed but there is a cost benefit analysis of a guy that keeps getting hurt and sprains dont heal quickly, feels like the safer and higher probability on a short turnaround is that livers is out
ill be shocked if he does play
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I agree. I honestly donāt think Livers goes tonight but it would sure be nice if he did
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I mean, I think itās clear that the injury isnāt very serious. Thereās a wide range of outcomes on ankle sprains and itās completely reasonable to be fine after a couple days. Particularly since they put him back into the actual game he got injured in!
Hell, game-time decision generally means āthe player gives it a go and sees how they feel in warm-ups and then they make the decisionā. Livers already let us know how he felt two days ago.
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A sprained ankle always feels better right after it happens than it will in the days after. While you still have your shoe on and/or can get it taped up, you can probably feel okay. Itās in the hours and days after the sprain that it really swells and stiffens and the pain kicks in. Speaking from personal experience. I say this to suggest that Isaiah coming back in on Saturday may not mean as much as we want it to.
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That is true. But I think Reegs is right in reading into Isaiahās comments. They were much much more positive than anything we got on his other injuries. And the replay showed it didnāt seem to be a bad sprain by any means.
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Exhibit A= Charles Matthews playing against MSU after spraining his ankle then not playing for 2 weeks
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At least based on the replay, Matthews ankle injury appeared to be much worse than Livers injury. Ankle injuries have a wide range of severity. Iāve tweaked my ankle and had a really bad ankle sprain. Tweaks I missed no time from practice or games and my bad ankle sprain I could hardly walk for more than a month. I donāt think what happened in Matthews case has anything to do with Livers. Every situation is unique.
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Kahn reporting heās in sweats and a boot. May be Brandon Johns time
Wow. As I said earlier, I guess Iām shocked.
Iām sure it has happened before but good lord. Missing games in three different stretches for three different injuries seems like the worst luck of all time.
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I guess if it actually does matter in the committee room how different we are with and without Livers we might as well rest him and not risk putting another game with him in the loss column.
That aināt good
I donāt think the fact that it is a high-ankle sprain tells you that much. Obviously high-ankle sprains can be more significant but we donāt really know the severity and the timeline can vary pretty significantly.
Quinnās Athletic article indicates that Liversā injury is a high ankle sprain. Quinn confirmed this on Twitter
I dont have any doubt someone may have told him that but if I had to guess that person misspoke. High ankle sprains are really bad, he would have not been back in that game or participated in practice if he had a true high ankle sprain.
I donāt know a thing about the human body, but going from āallowed back into a 20 point gameā to āactually bad enough to sit 2 weeksā gives me whiplash.
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Sure, but I donāt think someone could reasonably come back from a Grade 1 High-Ankle sprain in less than a week. Even in their lowest form it seems like it takes a little while for a High-Ankle to recover. Just a more finicky ligamentā¦ Iām thinking @goblue8 is right and BQās source misspoke or is just wrong.