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Michigan WR Manningham out? Carr staying mum

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Fourth-ranked Michigan may be without its most dynamic receiver at Happy Valley against Penn State on Saturday night.
At his weekly news conference Monday, Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr refused to confirm radio reports that Mario Manningham, who has eight touchdown receptions in his last four games, is injured and will not participate in the team's Big Ten Conference matchup against Penn State.
ESPN's Joe Schad reports Manningham suffered a knee injury in last week's game against Michigan State.
"Is he going to play?" Carr said. "Well, we'll have to see."
A sophomore, Manningham apparently got hurt in the Wolverines' 31-13 win over Michigan State on Saturday, when he had three catches -- two for touchdowns -- for 75 yards.
"I don't have any comment on Mario," Carr said. "I'm sure you understand, because I don't know everything there is to know. ... So, at some point I will."
A native of Warren, Ohio, Manningham was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week in consecutive weeks last month after combining for 250 yards and five TDs in victories over Notre Dame and Wisconsin. He has 24 catches for 527 yards and nine TDs for the Wolverines (6-0).
If Manningham cannot go, junior Adrian Arrington, who has 12 catches for 195 yards and three scores this season, and little-used freshman Greg Matthews likely will see more deep balls, with Steve Breaston remaining the primary target for short passes.
 
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NCAA notes: Michigan might be without Manningham vs. Penn State

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. ? Michigan could be without its top offensive threat when it visits Penn State this weekend.
Wide receiver Mario Manningham, who leads the fourth-ranked Wolverines (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) and the conference with 527 yards and nine touchdowns, is questionable for Saturday's game against the Nittany Lions (4-2, 2-1).
Manningham appeared to injure his knee during Michigan's 31-13 victory over Michigan State on Saturday. On Monday, Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr wouldn't confirm whether Manningham had been injured.
"I don't have any comment on Mario," Carr said. "I'm sure you understand, because I don't know everything there is to know. At some point, I will."
He did, however, say that if Manningham can't be on the field, freshmen Greg Mathews will be counted on to make plays.
"I think Greg Mathews has really done a great job up to this part of the season, and we feel confident in his ability from the first game," Carr said. "That's why we played him early. I think we anticipated at some point that his role would increase."
The game will be the 12th meeting between the schools, with Michigan holding an 8-3 series advantage. The last time the Wolverines played at Beaver Stadium was five years ago in a game they won 20-0.
Michigan handed the Nittany Lions their only loss a year ago when Pennsylvania native Chad Henne threw a scoring pass to Manningham in the end zone as time expired in Ann Arbor. Carr, 7-2 lifetime against Penn State, said Beaver Stadium is a tough place to win.
"I'm very impressed with this Penn State team," Carr said. "They have more speed at the skill positions than anybody we've played this year. Offensively they give you a lot of problems and they are equally as good defensively. We have to go back on the road and play our best game."
 
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ESPN.com

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Fourth-ranked Michigan will likely be without its most dynamic receiver at Happy Valley against Penn State on Saturday night, and he could miss much more time than that.

The Detroit News, citing sources close to the situation, reported on Monday that Mario Manningham is expected to undergo arthroscopic surgery Tuesday morning to repair a partially torn meniscus in his knee. The paper also said Manningham may have a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in the knee.

At his weekly news conference Monday, Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr refused to confirm radio reports that the sophomore, who leads the nation with nine touchdown receptions, is injured and will not participate in the team's Big Ten Conference matchup against Penn State.

"Is he going to play?" Carr said. "Well, we'll have to see."

ESPN's Joe Schad reports Manningham suffered the knee injury in last week's 31-13 win over Michigan State when he had three catches, two touchdowns and 75 receiving yards.

"I don't have any comment on Mario," Carr said. "I'm sure you understand, because I don't know everything there is to know. ... So, at some point I will."

A native of Warren, Ohio, Manningham was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week in consecutive weeks last month after combining for 250 yards and five TDs in victories over Notre Dame and Wisconsin. He has 24 catches for 527 yards and nine TDs for the Wolverines (6-0).

If Manningham cannot go, junior Adrian Arrington, who has 12 catches for 195 yards and three scores this season, and little-used freshman Greg Matthews likely will see more deep balls, with Steve Breaston remaining the primary target for short passes.

Information from SportsTicker was used in this report.
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Det News article:

Manningham faces surgery

Michigan's standout receiver might miss several games after injuring knee vs. Michigan State.

Angelique S. Chengelis / The Detroit News

ANN ARBOR -- Michigan's standout sophomore receiver Mario Manningham was expected to undergo arthroscopic surgery this morning to repair a partial torn meniscus and a possible partial tear of a medial collateral ligament in a knee, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Manningham was injured in last Saturday's Michigan State victory. He left the field with 3:22 remaining in the third quarter and did not return. He was later seen icing the knee.

He is expected to miss several weeks, beginning, obviously, with Saturday's prime-time game at Penn State.

This is an enormous loss for the fourth-ranked and unbeaten Wolverines. Manningham emerged as Michigan's go-to receiver and leads the Big Ten in receiving yards, averaging 87.8 yards, total receiving yards (527), and he leads the country in receiving touchdowns with nine.

During Monday's weekly news conference, Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said at the time he was unclear on Manningham's status.

"I don't have any comment on Mario," Carr said. "I'm sure you understand, because I don't know everything there is to know. At some point, I will."

Medical evidence shows the medial collateral ligament (MCL) is the most frequently injured ligament. These types of injuries are extremely common in football.

Manningham's absence leaves open the door for Adrian Arrington, who has played particularly well the last three games, and for senior Steve Breaston. Freshman Greg Mathews and fifth-year senior Carl Tabb could be factors.

Breaston did not appear too concerned on Monday when asked how the Wolverines would respond to not having Manningham available.

"I really feel that our receivers are prepared for any situation," Breaston said. "He's scored a lot, he's a great part of our offense, but I'm not worried."

Clearly, though, Manningham is their deep threat. Manningham, a two-time Big Ten offensive-player-of-the-week honoree, has scored eight touchdowns in the last four games.

"(Our) confidence level changes," Breaston said, when asked what Manningham brings to the field. "He brings the big play. Whenever you can score a quick strike downfield, that's good for any team. He's been doing that all year.

"He does bring that to the table, but I think we're explosive a lot more than just him. That's one of our weapons, but I'm not really worried."

Carr is confident the depth at receiver will be enough no matter what the circumstances.

"I think Greg Mathews has really done a great job up to this part of the season, and we feel confident in his ability from the first game," Carr said. "That's why we played him early. I think we anticipated at some point that his role would increase. I'm hoping that Carl Tabb, who has been nursing an injury throughout training camp he's close to 100 percent."

Injury update

Tight end Tyler Ecker has missed the last two games because of an injury to his right ankle suffered on the first play of the Minnesota game. He was on crutches Saturday for the MSU game.

"Tyler told me on Friday that he expected to play this week, but I do not have a report yet," Carr said.

No redshirts for frosh

Freshmen Justin Boren and Carlos Brown , who enrolled early at Michigan and participated in spring drills, opted to not take redshirt seasons this year.

Boren, out earlier in the season because of an ankle injury, played against MSU and is listed third string on the depth chart at left guard.

"It was not an easy decision," Carr said. "We just feel like he's in a position on that depth chart where he will get enough opportunity to play to make this a valuable year for him."

Burning the clock

Michigan leads the nation in time of possession, averaging 34:15 a game.

"I think the time of possession is an outcome of playing the game totally, so I think it's important," Carr said. "I mean, I don't know anybody who would not like to have the ball more than their opponent, because if you have it more than your opponent, in most cases, you have got a good chance to win."

The Wolverines held the ball a season-high 37:39 at Minnesota.
 
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Michigan leads the nation in time of possession, averaging 34:15 a game.
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Now this really concerns me. Now that the Vulvarines have shown they're good enough to take over the TOP lead from the previous leader, it's time to start sweating bullets.

Who was last week's leader in TOP, you ask?

Temple.

I shit you not.

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BB73;629873; said:
Now this really concerns me. Now that the Vulvarines have shown they're good enough to take over the TOP lead from the previous leader, it's time to start sweating bullets.

Who was last week's leader in TOP, you ask?

Temple.

I shit you not.

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It is nice to know that you wouldn't shit your favorite turd(s).
 
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ant80;629867; said:
Does anyone know how long is the recovery time for such a surgery?
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I tore my lateral meniscus playing football in high school, I had surgery and it took me over a month to recover. I had it scoped, pretty routine surgery for the most part. It took a couple of months to fully recover from the surgery. His may be a bit different, but if it was anything like mine he'll be out a least a month.

I wouldn't imagine that he'll be 100 or even 90% by the OSU game at this point.
 
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The MCL is a different story. I had a friend partially tear his MCL and Meniscus and he was out for about 2 months. The MCL takes a while longer to heal than the Meniscus. Plus he would have to build strength back up and confidence in the knee. I doubt he plays against us, and if he does it won't anywhere close to 100%
 
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indian4;629897; said:
The MCL is a different story. I had a friend partially tear his MCL and Meniscus and he was out for about 2 months. The MCL takes a while longer to heal than the Meniscus. Plus he would have to build strength back up and confidence in the knee. I doubt he plays against us, and if he does it won't anywhere close to 100%
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I think you are right--the key here is the alleged MCL injury. If memory serves me correctly, both Clarett and Whitner had their knees scoped during the season and both knees healed within a week or two.

In any event, this is a big time loss for Michigan. Manningham has been playing as well as anyone in the country this season.
 
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Dryden;629982; said:
Only because Temple allowed their opponents to score so fast that Temple's offense always got the ball right back. :tongue2:
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Why do I envision Temple gets the ball, gets a couple of first downs on like 6 plays, and the OC turns to the HC and says "OK coach, we're going to score now, right?" and the HC says "That's exactly...what they're EXPECTING us to do..."
 
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