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Had a bad feeling about the game so did other things. Found out the awful truth when I came home. The stats said one carry for Taylor for one yard. Did he take a hard hit? Any info during or after the game? I am sure playing Michigan State would mean a lot to him
 

Clairemont Gopher said:
Had a bad feeling about the game so did other things. Found out the awful truth when I came home. The stats said one carry for Taylor for one yard. Did he take a hard hit? Any info during or after the game? I am sure playing Michigan State would mean a lot to him
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Didn’t look like he took a hard hit, played 3 plays and was done. I have a feeling the hamstring got tweaked this week in practice.
 





DT is a difference maker when on the field but he is also unreliable from a health standpoint and that sucks.

Tough call in terms of what to do with a guy like DT in this new paying players era. Healthy he is worth a lot but when resources are limited you can't afford to blow a ton on someone who isn't on the field.
 

MNVCGUY said:
DT is a difference maker when on the field but he is also unreliable from a health standpoint and that sucks.

Tough call in terms of what to do with a guy like DT in this new paying players era. Healthy he is worth a lot but when resources are limited you can't afford to blow a ton on someone who isn't on the field
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He's had one big game out of 8. We can't afford to pay for that. Maybe Alabama can.
 

Problem is we've missed on all the other RBs or had early injuries. Would need freshman RB to be good to let him walk but certainly doesn't have the draft stock he had coming into season
 

howeda7 said:
He's had one big game out of 8. We can't afford to pay for that. Maybe Alabama can.
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He had around 175 rushing/receiving yards against Buffalo and his receiving against Purdue was one of the few things working against Purdue along with the Nebraska game. So he has been big in 3 games this year....but obviously 3 out of 8 games is not a good percentage at all.

Very frustrating situation. We need him but can't rely on him.
 




Not that there was any doubt, but PJ confirmed it post-game, insomuch that he ever "confirms" anything having to do with injuries.

Darius Taylor had the first carry and then nothing after. Was that an injury or a game situation?​

PJ Fleck: Yeah, the medical staff will take care of all that, and I'll do everything I can to update you as we go along.
 





GopherPete said:
Honestly we'd probably be better served putting money towards the OL. We've had O-lines in the last 5 years where even the 5th and 6th string RB can run for 100. We need to get back to that level of OL play.
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Upgraded O-line is a big reason Indiana has had the astounding turnaround.
They have one of the best in the country, after picking up transfers from Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Colorado, and Ohio St
 

Stuff said:
I'm excited to see what Xavier Ford can do. He is only a true Freshman, but ran for nearly 3500 yards his senior year at his Louisiana high school and 8500 yards his entire high school career.
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Don’t know why we don’t play him.
 

GopherPete said:
Honestly we'd probably be better served putting money towards the OL. We've had O-lines in the last 5 years where even the 5th and 6th string RB can run for 100. We need to get back to that level of OL play.
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Well said... this is the worst OL I can remember ever. We need changes in player and or coaching. I don't care who is running the ball behind this line they are going nowhere.
 

MNVCGUY said:
DT is a difference maker when on the field but he is also unreliable from a health standpoint and that sucks.

Tough call in terms of what to do with a guy like DT in this new paying players era. Healthy he is worth a lot but when resources are limited you can't afford to blow a ton on someone who isn't on the field.
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At this point, I think we should do what we had to do in 2021 after so many of our running backs were injured: pull the redshirts from the two freshman (Ford and Washington) who played yesterday and have a rotation of Ijeboi, Davis, Ford, and Washington. While I don't think any of these freshmen is like 2021's Bucky Irving, they look like they might be able to be modestly productive. Unfortunately, we don't have an offensive line like we had in 2021.
 

Whoever is responsible for making sure the players stretch properly is responsible for this. We've had way too many players out with soft tissue injuries. DT has basically had the same injury every time he's been hurt.
 

dbrad29 said:
Whoever is responsible for making sure the players stretch properly is responsible for this. We've had way too many players out with soft tissue injuries. DT has basically had the same injury every time he's been hurt.
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I’m sure he’s been stretched more than any athlete in America. It’s not that simple and on top of that shit just sometimes happens. What we can’t afford to do is pay him much NIL. It’s a precious resource and if he can’t stay on the field it’s wasted with him.
 

Gopherchase said:
I’m sure he’s been stretched more than any athlete in America. It’s not that simple and on top of that shit just sometimes happens. What we can’t afford to do is pay him much NIL. It’s a precious resource and if he can’t stay on the field it’s wasted with him.
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You're right but it's way deeper than a good stretch. Because he's had this issue multiple times the unfortunate part is it's going to keep happening unless he takes care of his body. It's certain muscles that has to be worked on daily for the rest of his playing career in order to prevent it from happening again. He cannot solely rely on the medical staff for prevention.
 


One drive probably means he's out the rest of the year. I don't expect him back, but if he is, I'll be happy. The bigger issue is we need better depth at running back.
 

dbrad29 said:
Whoever is responsible for making sure the players stretch properly is responsible for this. We've had way too many players out with soft tissue injuries. DT has basically had the same injury every time he's been hurt.
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Or he's just the Gopher version of Royce Lewis/Byron Buxton. Some guys just aren't durable.
 

Word said:
Or he's just the Gopher version of Royce Lewis/Byron Buxton. Some guys just aren't durable.
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Odd that Buxton finally had the year we had expected for so long at an "advanced" age. Lewis was relatively healthy but still had a bad year.
 


GopherTheJugular said:
Dude was probably 3 seconds late logging into one of his online classes and so now he's in Peej's dog house?

Watch him portal out to a real college football program, not some wannabe joke of one.
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Well seeing as we were by far his best offer, I'm not too worried about other teams breaking the bank to get him. I have no clue how good he is and we need the depth, but its not like we stole him from the SEC.
 

GopherTheJugular said:
Dude was probably 3 seconds late logging into one of his online classes and so now he's in Peej's dog house?

Watch him portal out.
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Terrible that a coach would set expectations. How dare he. And 99.99 percent chance that wasn't the reason.

Kill had a large doghouse btw so it's not like it isn't a thing that almost every coach has anyway.
 

Sparlimb said:
Well seeing as we were by far his best offer, I'm not too worried about other teams breaking the bank to get him. I have no clue how good he is and we need the depth, but its not like we stole him from the SEC.
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Don't feed the trolls
 

dbrad29 said:
You're right but it's way deeper than a good stretch. Because he's had this issue multiple times the unfortunate part is it's going to keep happening unless he takes care of his body. It's certain muscles that has to be worked on daily for the rest of his playing career in order to prevent it from happening again. He cannot solely rely on the medical staff for prevention.
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Based on what metric do you think extra stretching can help prevent injuries? What makes you think there is actually truth to that? Players get a great warm up and stretch every time they take the field, practice or game. What makes you think he needs more stretching? Soft tissue injuries likely have way more to do with what goes on in the weight room than from stretching.
 

DEGopherfan said:
Don’t know why we don’t play him.
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I suspect that Fleck figured that the true freshmen (Ford and Washington) wouldn't get much playing time so they should be redshirted. That probably was the right idea at the beginning of the season.

He played both of them against Iowa. That was their second game. He may decide to pull the redshirts from one or both of them.
 

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