Important Medical Imagery Goes Here.With the optimism exhibited by the lynchpin of Ohio State's 2010 national title hunt aspirations and the statements surrounding the procedure seeming to confirm the lack of any real severity to the injury, it's unlikely Pryor will miss so much as the Buckeyes' spring game in April. That being said, even relatively non-intrusive arthroscopic surgery such as this can hardly be dismissed so easily when the player in question is of the kind of importance of Pryor.
Athletic Advisor has more on the nature of the injury:The PCL is most often injured by a blow to the front of the tibia. Most PCL injuries are a result of falling on the shin or the front of the shins being struck by an automobile dashboard during a wreck. This causes the tibia to move posteriorly, stretching or tearing the PCL. In the athletic arena, a PCL tear is usually the result of a hyperextension injury. For example, a football running back hit low from the front while being tackled from behind, the foot sticks in the turf as the forces of the tacklers cause the knee to hyperextend.The situation outlined at the end of the paragraph happened pretty much verbatim in the New Mexico State game and could very easily represent the origin of the injury. But even with the procedure behind #2, the Buckeye QB may not be in the clear quite yet.
The knee experts at Athletic Advisor go on to emphasize that the after surgery rehab is often more critical than the procedure itself:
Rehab after a PCL reconstruction is more important to a positive outcome than the surgery to repair the injured ligament. If the athlete does not regain strength, motion, and functional abilities the repair will be compromised.
With a crack staff of some of the top level physical rehabilitation specialists in their fields at his disposal, if Pryor shows even 50% of the dedication he was widely said to in preparation for the Rose Bowl, any worries over his long term prognosis can likely subside.
Speaking of the magician formerly known around these parts as LiC, TP's growth and development is profiled by LawBuckeye over at The Rivalry, Esq. LB has the breakdown on Pryor's maturity as a pocket passer, the highlights of his ascension in Pasadena, and what needs to take place in order for TP to lead a phoenix-like-resurrection for the entire program in Glendale next January.
Pairing a year older, year better Pryor with arguably the most talented line Jim Tressel and Jim Bollman have ever had the privilege to coach and dreams of Tostitos flavored immortality begin to become a reality. With an extra year of experience getting added on at both ends of that equation, it's not difficult to see why the earliest version of Vegas' "Top 25" has the Buckeyes slotted at #2. Alabama unsurprisingly comes in just ahead as 7/2 favorites to repeat, with Oregon, Boise State, Nebraska (um?), and yours truly's way too premature dark horse (for finishing as national runner up's, of course) Virginia Tech just behind.
It's not like he robbed you.MoC's now served 3.5 years of his 7-year sentence and just last week became eligible for early release on good behavior. Clarett's Delaware attorney stated his client was "a rehabilitated offender, who is poised to make a positive and productive return to society." Regardless of your stance on the mistakes made by the controversial tailback, the movement had to start somewhere. Now's your chance to get in on the ground floor. What better place than here? What better time than now?
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Clarrett and Troy Smith in a Brown's uniform on the same filed..... things that make you go hmmm.....
Everyone deserves a second chance, especially a kid. It's easy to judge sitting in front of a keyboard, but I'll bet none of us have had the pressure that Mo Beast had in those few years. FREE MAURICE!!
Please don't wish that on 2 of our favorite Buckeyes. Mo has been locked down long enough.
It would have been nice to see Mo play in NFL, not to mention his sophomore year in college might have produced back to back national titles.
He put the pressure on himself though, he wanted out way to early. I'm a Mo fan, but he did it to himself.
Yeah, MC13 was too self-absorbed and listened to the wrong people and just became a total idiot. Hopefully he has turned things around
I look at MC and think about what could have been. If he just does what all the other kids do...you know, go to class for free, work out, and play football. If he does that, OSU probably goes back to back national titles. He probably gets drafted in the 1st round after his junior year and he's a multimillionaire right now.
Maurice is one of the biggest examples of how selfishness can destroy a team and a person. I hope he turns his life around, but I don't think he needs any more publicity.
Yeah, if OSU had any type of running game in 2003 I don't see any way that we would have lost to Wisky or those weasels up north. Tress could be undefeated about those vermin...
I propose we all eat Tostitos on gameday this upcoming season, a la Mike Doss. It worked out pretty well for him in 2002. I know the MNC is the ultimate goal but this year probably more than any other will be the toughest Big10 wise to roll thru. I'm already jonesin for football and it's only February. God help us all
If he's truly learned his lesson and has been doing the right thing in prison, then I hope they let him go. The problem with his was, there were plenty of good influences around him. Jim Brown and Lebron were always talking to the guy, even though Lebron was just jumping on the stage. If anyone is a perfect example though, Lebron was. He came from a similar background, had a shady mother and others around her, but drew from good influences and turned out to do well for himself. He was smart enough to realize what he had to do go to get where he is. Mo however, didn't have the insight or intelligence that Lebron was able to show.
I hope he turns his life around, but I don't feel sorry for him at all.
Personally, I prefer RELEASE THE BEAST to FREE MAURICE.
Part of the problem, though, was MC seeing Lebron have it all without having to go to college. He thought it unfair that he would have to delay his gratification for three years. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but that's the way the system is and you can go along with it and be rewarded in a few years, while getting a free college education and enjoying winning a whole bunch with your college teammates, or you can be a me-first person and try to have it all now. Nevermind that that road is littered with problems and poor advisors.
The best advisors would have been Coach Tressel, Coach Spencer, and Coach McDaniels, had he chosen to listen to them. Sadly, he did not.
To an extent I agree, but his problems started even before that. He was grumbling early on. When the team wouldn't let him go home for a friend's funeral he started up. Then he did the ESPN the magazine article that was pretty self serving. It was clear he though he was a special exception. Don't get me wrong, I'll take all the crap he brought with him for the end result that season, but in the end he listened to the not so positive people in his life. He may have saw that Lebron had it all and didn't have to go to college, but that was a circumstance he was allowed in the sport he played.
After all that though, the guy still had a chance to make something of himself. He could've kept in shape, he could've played football still. Didn't the Broncos signe him? Then of course no one forced him to rob people either. All of this that happened later on, happened while he still had guys like Jim Brown going to bat for him. I honestly think coach Tressel even was still willing to help him out and advise him.
Bullet proof vests for everyone!
Alcoholism played a major role, obviously. I'm sure that started long before OSU.
Besides, you can't really know what a person is going through until you walk in their shoes. I'm sure having a good friend murdered brings a great deal of pain and we don't know what other traumatic events he went through in his life.
All in all, he didn't have the tools to cope with everyday life in his shoes. I hope he gets it together and makes a good life for himself whether that includes football or not.
I feel like any OSU player who contributed to a national championship is entitled to one "get out of jail free card" in the state of Ohio. Its not like he killed anybody (**cough OJ Simpson cough**).
and vodka! get your goose on, bitches!
Why not
"RELEASE THE BEAST,
FREE MAURICE"
In one shirt?
He should've transferred to USC and got paid to play.