Bad news about Newsome...

[GoBlue_since1985]

Michigan won a hard fought, 14-7 game against Wisconsin, but the Wolverines likely lost sophomore left tackle Grant Newsome for a significant amount of time. Newsome left the game in the second quarter with a knee injury when a defender cut him low at the knees, and though he refused to be taken off on a cart, the injury appears as bad as feared.

“It doesn’t look good. He was blocking on the edge and what he told me was he got cut right at his knee,” head coach Jim Harbaugh said. “I don’t know if it was a helmet or what it was, but I think a surgical procedure will be needed.”

Redshirt sophomore Juwann Bushell-Beatty replaced him and drew two penalties for lining up too far from the line, putting too many players in the backfield. He also struggled at times in pass protection.

Michigan has also worked true freshman Ben Bredeson at left tackle, and he could be a candidate going forward.

Former Michigan offensive lineman Doug Skene called the play “part of football.”

“That’s what defensive backs are taught to do,” Skene said. “They’re taught to go cut the offensive lineman, not injure … but it happens.”

There’s no timetable for Newsome’s return.

This really sucks, but Bredeson could probably step in and cover for him better then Bushell-Beatty.

 

[JP2Blue]

Hard to believe in this day and age that a DB can come up and legally cut the OLineman.

 

[GoBlue_since1985]

Hard to believe in this day and age that a DB can come up and legally cut the OLineman.

Yeah, and when they slowed down the replay of the injury, it didn't look good. His leg bent the wrong way.

 

[alfadriver]

Hard to believe in this day and age that a DB can come up and legally cut the OLineman.

If a few more linesmen are injured this season like that, I would not be shocked to see a rule change.

If a block like that leads to surgery, that's a good argument to make that kind of action not legal. Like leading with the head, clothslining, etc.

 

[wolverines74]

Hard to believe in this day and age that a DB can come up and legally cut the OLineman.

NCAA is nuts. hey worry about certain things and other things like CUTTING they care not. Either do the job to protect or let it go. As an ex coach I[m against cutting at all levels and it ends careers and yet the Biggy's see nothing wrong. They'll sit a kid for 5 to 10 days FOR A CONCUSSION AND YET LET A KID END HIS CAREER OR BE OUT A SEASON BCAUSE OF cutting! go FIGURE. GBGB"74

 

[GoBlue_since1985]

NCAA is nuts. hey worry about certain things and other things like CUTTING they care not. Either do the job to protect or let it go. As an ex coach I[m against cutting at all levels and it ends careers and yet the Biggy's see nothing wrong. They'll sit a kid for 5 to 10 days FOR A CONCUSSION AND YET LET A KID END HIS CAREER OR BE OUT A SEASON BCAUSE OF cutting! go FIGURE. GBGB"74

Exactly.
And the referees are getting worse with their calls. I dunno if any of you saw the targetting call during the CMU vs WMU game. They called targeting, and then reversed the call. And it was clearly targeting! The player for WMU that got hit, stood up, walked a few feet and then collapsed for christ sake. And they reverse the call. Smh.