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daddyphatsacs
Let the cards fall...
Bummer.....
I hate to see someone that young with heart problems, the bones will heal. Best wishes to them.
I hate to see someone that young with heart problems, the bones will heal. Best wishes to them.
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CleveBucks
Serenity now
Supposedly he didn't actually break the ankle, it's just a bad sprain.
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COLLEGES: Two U-M linemen suffer injuries
August 17, 2006
BY MARK SNYDER
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
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Justin Boren, left, could miss weeks, while an injury could threaten Mike Kolodziej's career.
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<!-- BODY TEXT --> <!--ARTICLE BODY TEXT--> Less than two weeks into the preseason, the Michigan football team is facing setbacks.
In practice Saturday, freshman offensive lineman Justin Boren injured his ankle in what his father, Mike, called "a freak accident."
"Basically he did sprain his ankle -- it's the same as a sprained ankle," Mike Boren, who played football at U-M from 1980-83, said Wednesday. "He's doing what he can do. I don't know how long he'll be out, but he did not break his ankle."
Mike Boren said another player fell on Justin's lower leg and injured the fibula. The situation sounds similar to junior tackle Jake Long, who missed the first seven games last year after another lineman fell on his lower leg.
"He's not in a cast and he's not going to have surgery," Mike Boren said. "It could be three weeks, who knows? But it's nothing that serious."
Boren, who is 6-feet-4 and 305 pounds from Pickerington, Ohio, is a true freshman who enrolled in January hoping to be able to compete for playing time this fall. Linemen are traditionally redshirted their first year.
"It just brought back the highs and lows for me," Mike Boren said.
Boren's injury might not be the only adversity on the line.
Senior offensive tackle Mike Kolodziej, who has battled numerous injuries during his career and was competing for a starting right tackle spot, also may be in doubt for the fall.
His mother, Cindy, would not discuss her son's condition other than to say it might compromise his career.
U-M players are unavailable for comment during camp, and coach Lloyd Carr has a policy of not discussing injuries publicly.
COLLEGES: Two U-M linemen suffer injuries
August 17, 2006
BY MARK SNYDER
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
<!-- SIDEBAR PHOTOS AND FACT BOXES --> <!-- ARTICLE SIDEBAR --> <!--MAIN PHOTO-->
Justin Boren, left, could miss weeks, while an injury could threaten Mike Kolodziej's career.
<!--THEME LINKS--> <!--RELATED ARTICLE LINKS--> <!--RELATED EXTERNAL LINKS--> <!--PHOTO GALLERY LINKS--> <!--MAIN FACTS BOX--> <!--ADDITIONAL FACTS-->
<!-- BODY TEXT --> <!--ARTICLE BODY TEXT--> Less than two weeks into the preseason, the Michigan football team is facing setbacks.
In practice Saturday, freshman offensive lineman Justin Boren injured his ankle in what his father, Mike, called "a freak accident."
"Basically he did sprain his ankle -- it's the same as a sprained ankle," Mike Boren, who played football at U-M from 1980-83, said Wednesday. "He's doing what he can do. I don't know how long he'll be out, but he did not break his ankle."
Mike Boren said another player fell on Justin's lower leg and injured the fibula. The situation sounds similar to junior tackle Jake Long, who missed the first seven games last year after another lineman fell on his lower leg.
"He's not in a cast and he's not going to have surgery," Mike Boren said. "It could be three weeks, who knows? But it's nothing that serious."
Boren, who is 6-feet-4 and 305 pounds from Pickerington, Ohio, is a true freshman who enrolled in January hoping to be able to compete for playing time this fall. Linemen are traditionally redshirted their first year.
"It just brought back the highs and lows for me," Mike Boren said.
Boren's injury might not be the only adversity on the line.
Senior offensive tackle Mike Kolodziej, who has battled numerous injuries during his career and was competing for a starting right tackle spot, also may be in doubt for the fall.
His mother, Cindy, would not discuss her son's condition other than to say it might compromise his career.
U-M players are unavailable for comment during camp, and coach Lloyd Carr has a policy of not discussing injuries publicly.
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CleveBucks
Serenity now
Sounds like one of their tight ends, possibly Massey, separated a shoulder.
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Both Boren and Kolodziej have been cleared to play, according to a co-worker of mine who is a big Michigan fan and reads up on this stuff daily.
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Tbuck
Junior
You can tell your friend to look again:
See bold text under "Still Sidelined" below
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Carr picks cornerback
U-M sophomore joins standout Hall
August 29, 2006
BY MARK SNYDER
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
With so many returning starters -- eight on defense, six on offense and four on special teams -- Michigan's lineup has looked solid for months. Of the few holes that remained, most were to be filled by players who saw significant time as reserves last year.
The biggest exception was at the cornerback spot opposite potential All-America Leon Hall.
After three weeks of camp, redshirt sophomore Charles Stewart earned the spot, coach Lloyd Carr said Monday.
Stewart, a 6-feet-1, 196-pounder out of Farmington Hills Harrison, has a size advantage over competitors Brandon Harrison, Johnny Sears and Morgan Trent, which could help him be more physical and better in run support.
"He had a very good spring, and he has competed hard," Carr said. "Charles is one of those guys who really loves the game. When you watch him, those are the things you see. He makes mistakes -- he's learned to move on after he makes mistakes.
"He did an excellent job a year ago on special teams, and anytime a guy plays special teams, you find out first of all on special teams if a guy's tough, if he's aggressive, if he enjoys that kind of role. Normally, if he does, it's an excellent omen for what he can do in other parts of the game."
Those traits were apparent to Hall even in spring practice, when he was also paying attention to see who was going to replace last year's starter, Grant Mason.
"He put himself a little bit above the group, and it happened in the fall," Hall said. "He's been really consistent over there, and he understands the defense more, which helps him a lot. He's a real aggressive player. That combination of being aggressive and knowing what he has to do is the combination that put him above the rest."
Stewart played in 10 games last season, mostly on special teams. He finished with four tackles and one pass defended.
THE LINEUP: The depth chart for the first week has only had a few surprises. As Carr said, Alex Mitchell will start at right guard and Rueben Riley will be at right tackle. Chris Graham grabbed the third linebacker position, edging Prescott Burgess, whom Carr said likely would be the first substitute in a game. Graham, Shawn Crable and David Harris are listed as the linebackers.
The punter battle remains tight between Ross Ryan and Zoltan Mesko, and former tailback Alijah Bradley appears as a flanker.
Carr said Bradley, who played quite a bit near the end of last season because of running back injuries, would get on the field only at flanker because of the depth at running back.
STILL SIDELINED: Despite what offensive tackle Mike Kolodziej said at Saturday's fan day about being ready to play, Carr said Monday that Kolodziej would not play this year.
"Mike Kolodziej, his season is over," Carr said. "Early in camp we had a problem. In his best interest, Mike is not going to play this fall."
Carr would not address the specific problem, only saying "it's been ongoing."
There were no other injuries of consequence, he said.
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Link: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/SPORTS06/608290400/1054
BTW - Boren won't be back for a few weeks either from what I heard on the radio, but the article doesn't address that. He'll probably redshirt anyway.
See bold text under "Still Sidelined" below
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Carr picks cornerback
U-M sophomore joins standout Hall
August 29, 2006
BY MARK SNYDER
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
With so many returning starters -- eight on defense, six on offense and four on special teams -- Michigan's lineup has looked solid for months. Of the few holes that remained, most were to be filled by players who saw significant time as reserves last year.
The biggest exception was at the cornerback spot opposite potential All-America Leon Hall.
After three weeks of camp, redshirt sophomore Charles Stewart earned the spot, coach Lloyd Carr said Monday.
Stewart, a 6-feet-1, 196-pounder out of Farmington Hills Harrison, has a size advantage over competitors Brandon Harrison, Johnny Sears and Morgan Trent, which could help him be more physical and better in run support.
"He had a very good spring, and he has competed hard," Carr said. "Charles is one of those guys who really loves the game. When you watch him, those are the things you see. He makes mistakes -- he's learned to move on after he makes mistakes.
"He did an excellent job a year ago on special teams, and anytime a guy plays special teams, you find out first of all on special teams if a guy's tough, if he's aggressive, if he enjoys that kind of role. Normally, if he does, it's an excellent omen for what he can do in other parts of the game."
Those traits were apparent to Hall even in spring practice, when he was also paying attention to see who was going to replace last year's starter, Grant Mason.
"He put himself a little bit above the group, and it happened in the fall," Hall said. "He's been really consistent over there, and he understands the defense more, which helps him a lot. He's a real aggressive player. That combination of being aggressive and knowing what he has to do is the combination that put him above the rest."
Stewart played in 10 games last season, mostly on special teams. He finished with four tackles and one pass defended.
THE LINEUP: The depth chart for the first week has only had a few surprises. As Carr said, Alex Mitchell will start at right guard and Rueben Riley will be at right tackle. Chris Graham grabbed the third linebacker position, edging Prescott Burgess, whom Carr said likely would be the first substitute in a game. Graham, Shawn Crable and David Harris are listed as the linebackers.
The punter battle remains tight between Ross Ryan and Zoltan Mesko, and former tailback Alijah Bradley appears as a flanker.
Carr said Bradley, who played quite a bit near the end of last season because of running back injuries, would get on the field only at flanker because of the depth at running back.
STILL SIDELINED: Despite what offensive tackle Mike Kolodziej said at Saturday's fan day about being ready to play, Carr said Monday that Kolodziej would not play this year.
"Mike Kolodziej, his season is over," Carr said. "Early in camp we had a problem. In his best interest, Mike is not going to play this fall."
Carr would not address the specific problem, only saying "it's been ongoing."
There were no other injuries of consequence, he said.
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Link: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/SPORTS06/608290400/1054
BTW - Boren won't be back for a few weeks either from what I heard on the radio, but the article doesn't address that. He'll probably redshirt anyway.
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He said they were "cleared to play", as in medically. This appears to be Carr's decision, and not that of the medical staff.
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Tbuck
Junior
According to Kolodziej's mom, your friend is wrong. See the bold print from the Ann Arbor paper(http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/aanews/football/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1156862503273050.xml&coll=2):
Kolodziej follows doctors' orders
Tackle ends his career prematurely as causes of symptoms remain a mystery
Tuesday, August 29, 2006BY JOHN HEUSER
News Sports Reporter
University of Michigan offensive lineman Mike Kolodziej's football career has ended, following a reoccurrence of medical symptoms that kept him off the field for six games in 2005.
"It's devastating in a way for him,'' Kolodziej's mother Cindy said Monday. "But we can't take any chances.''
Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said earlier in the day that Kolodziej, a fifth-year senior, would not play because of what he called "an ongoing thing.'' Cindy Kolodziej said the decision was made after an incident in which her son slurred his words and felt numbness during the first week of training camp earlier this month.
At that time, Mike Kolodziej was hospitalized overnight at the University of Michigan medical center for observation.
Although the symptoms quickly disappeared, doctors remained concerned that they still hadn't found the underlying cause, similar to a year ago when Mike Kolodziej suffered similar paralysis and underwent a battery of medical tests.
The 6-foot-7-inch, 307-pound Kolodziej was competing for the starting right tackle job this fall before being sidelined by what his mother said was, "just a freaky-type thing. He wasn't hurt at practice, there wasn't any type of warning or anything.''
"Not knowing why it occurred, the doctors seemed to feel it was in his best interests not to let him out on the field,'' Cindy Kolodziej added. "He's accepted it like a grown up. He understands.''
Stewart to start
In one of the most intense competitions of training camp, redshirt sophomore Charles Stewart won the starting right cornerback job over the more-experienced Morgan Trent.
"Charles is an excellent tackler, a physical guy, and in the boundary he's the kind of run-support guy we need,'' Carr said.
Kolodziej follows doctors' orders
Tackle ends his career prematurely as causes of symptoms remain a mystery
Tuesday, August 29, 2006BY JOHN HEUSER
News Sports Reporter
University of Michigan offensive lineman Mike Kolodziej's football career has ended, following a reoccurrence of medical symptoms that kept him off the field for six games in 2005.
"It's devastating in a way for him,'' Kolodziej's mother Cindy said Monday. "But we can't take any chances.''
Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said earlier in the day that Kolodziej, a fifth-year senior, would not play because of what he called "an ongoing thing.'' Cindy Kolodziej said the decision was made after an incident in which her son slurred his words and felt numbness during the first week of training camp earlier this month.
At that time, Mike Kolodziej was hospitalized overnight at the University of Michigan medical center for observation.
Although the symptoms quickly disappeared, doctors remained concerned that they still hadn't found the underlying cause, similar to a year ago when Mike Kolodziej suffered similar paralysis and underwent a battery of medical tests.
The 6-foot-7-inch, 307-pound Kolodziej was competing for the starting right tackle job this fall before being sidelined by what his mother said was, "just a freaky-type thing. He wasn't hurt at practice, there wasn't any type of warning or anything.''
"Not knowing why it occurred, the doctors seemed to feel it was in his best interests not to let him out on the field,'' Cindy Kolodziej added. "He's accepted it like a grown up. He understands.''
Stewart to start
In one of the most intense competitions of training camp, redshirt sophomore Charles Stewart won the starting right cornerback job over the more-experienced Morgan Trent.
"Charles is an excellent tackler, a physical guy, and in the boundary he's the kind of run-support guy we need,'' Carr said.
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OSUsushichic
Fired up! Ready to go!
Mili, tell your coworker he's full of $hit. Just like every other scUM fan! 
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