Why does everyone think Dak is injured?

[BrunswickDawg]

How jealous are we that you are married to a massage therapist. What a life

Keep in mind too, my front door is 15 minutes from pristine beach on the Atlantic Ocean..... (not that I am rubbing it in or anything).

[CadaverDawg]

He is clearly injured. All it takes is to watch our offensive gameplan for the first several drives last Saturday to understand that. No QB runs, Dak limping around, offense sputtering. They finally decided he HAD to run or we were in big trouble, so they forced it some. But, even then he didn't look 100% or nearly as explosive as he is at 100%. I'm not sure why you are questioning the fact that he is clearly nowhere near 100%.

And he needs to sit this weekend, period. Spend the next 10 days with the trainers to get ready for Bama.

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[HoopsDawg]

He did limp down the field early in the game. I get that, but I think he was hit late on that play. I'm just saying that the way he acted after the TD pass, indicates to me that, if Dak is injured, it is very very minor.

You don't wear a boot for 4 days straight if you are healthy.

[Goat Holder]

What a perfect example of a thread full of people who have no clue what's going on. It starts with you ShotgunDawg. Might want to quit posting, you'll look like an ever bigger moron Saturday.

First of all, I present this (and this is without taking into account true inside information):

Why does everyone think Dak is injured?

He did limp down the field early in the game. I get that,....

Two comments from the same guy, in the same thread.

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

It's obvious that something isn't right with him, but he's been in the boot all year. Everyone was concerned earlier in the year that he may miss a game eventually, but he's hung in there. I wouldn't be surprised if it came out after the season that he was playing with a micro fracture or something like that, which would only lead to his legend even more...

[ShotgunDawg]

What a perfect example of a thread full of people who have no clue what's going on. It starts with you ShotgunDawg. Might want to quit posting, you'll look like an ever bigger moron Saturday.

First of all, I present this (and this is without taking into account true inside information):





Two comments from the same guy, in the same thread.

Do you have a spare tire I can borrow?

[MarketingBully01]

He is clearly injured. All it takes is to watch our offensive gameplan for the first several drives last Saturday to understand that. No QB runs, Dak limping around, offense sputtering. They finally decided he HAD to run or we were in big trouble, so they forced it some. But, even then he didn't look 100% or nearly as explosive as he is at 100%. I'm not sure why you are questioning the fact that he is clearly nowhere near 100%.

And he needs to sit this weekend, period. Spend the next 10 days with the trainers to get ready for Bama.

This is pure bull shit logic. Dan had the same game plan vs Southern Miss. How many runs did Dak have against Southern Miss?..he didn't start running until the second half of the UAB game basically. You can't go by Dan's gameplan at all. He has been really focusing on having Dak as a pocket passer almost the full year. Dak didn't start limping in that game until Flowers sorry ass hands to the faced late hit him. Watch the game again.....

[State82]

The fourth and short that we failed to get was definitely not vintage Dak either. Something's amiss but one thing's for sure. We won't know what it is any time soon.

[ShotgunDawg]

What a perfect example of a thread full of people who have no clue what's going on. It starts with you ShotgunDawg. Might want to quit posting, you'll look like an ever bigger moron Saturday.

First of all, I present this (and this is without taking into account true inside information):





Two comments from the same guy, in the same thread.

By the way, I love when people who know nothing talk about everything they know. I also feel for people that never question anything in life and just go along with the crowd.

Dak is likely sore, but, as you can clearly see from the video I posted, this isn't some season threatening or catastrophic injury.

[Goat Holder]

By the way, I love when people who know nothing talk about everything they know. I also feel for people that never question anything in life and just go along with the crowd.

Again, just stop posting on this subject. It won't end well for your interweb self esteem.

[ShotgunDawg]

Again, just stop posting on this subject. It won't end well for your interweb self esteem.

OK

[blacklistedbully]

Speaking from a former athlete's perspective, it is not at all unusual to be injured, yet be able to jump up like Dak did to celebrate. The pain is still there, it's just that you can put it out of your mind at times. Also, once you get running, often the pain is felt less. Often the pain is felt more when you're going slow, or just getting moving.

Take walking versus sprinting. Your muscle use is a little different walking, or initiating a run than it is once you've got yourself moving at speed. I suspect it has a lot to do with inertia. There's less muscle resistance at speed, especially "fast-twitch" muscle fibers.

At least that's my opinion.

[NewTweederEndzoneDance]

This is pure bull shit logic. Dan had the same game plan vs Southern Miss. How many runs did Dak have against Southern Miss?..he didn't start running until the second half of the UAB game basically. You can't go by Dan's gameplan at all. He has been really focusing on having Dak as a pocket passer almost the full year. Dak didn't start limping in that game until Flowers sorry ass hands to the faced late hit him. Watch the game again.....

Really? How about I use my eyes and watch the UK game where I saw that he got banged up in the second half, then watch the first quarter of the Arky game where he still looked banged up and we went super conservative as a result, and perhaps I can just do the math. You know, sometimes 2 + 2, really does just equal 4. Occam's Razor and all...

Also, I wasn't aware that Arkansas and USM/UAB were on the same level. Thanks for that bit of knowledge; I can now successfully hold my own in conversations at work and the bar without looking like a fool! Dak is not 100%, and I don't know why it's such a big deal to admit that. He clearly got hurt against UK, and I can remember the hit he took that started him limping in that game and had me thinking "oh no". And yes, we went super conservative to start the game, but it was because he is not 100%. Do you really think we are going to mess around with a decent SEC team otherwise? Absolutely not! If he was 100%, we'd have come out guns blazing, built a lead and THEN let him work on his "pocket passer game". Nowhere am I saying that our star QB has a catastrophic injury that will derail our season, either. Get him some rest and further treatment and hopefully he will be 100% by Bama.

[Thick]

He's hurt....period. Last week's Tuesday's practice was not good at all. DAK was hurting, and the practices got a little better for him as the week progressed, but he's hurting for sure.

[ShotgunDawg]

Speaking from a former athlete's perspective, it is not at all unusual to be injured, yet be able to jump up like Dak did to celebrate. The pain is still there, it's just that you can put it out of your mind at times. Also, once you get running, often the pain is felt less. Often the pain is felt more when you're going slow, or just getting moving.

Take walking versus sprinting. Your muscle use is a little different walking, or initiating a run than it is once you've got yourself moving at speed. I suspect it has a lot to do with inertia. There's less muscle resistance at speed, especially "fast-twitch" muscle fibers.

At least that's my opinion.

Good post. Again, I'm not making any claims. It just caught my eye while watching the replay and thought it would be a good discussion.

I could be completely wrong, but I kinda of get the feeling the some posters want Dak to be dinged up so that they can create an excuse for some of his mistakes the last few games. Personally, I'd rather him be healthy, because I know we will need a healthy Dak in Tuscaloosa, and the healthier he is now, the more likely he will be healthy in Tuscaloosa.

I'm probably wrong though.

[HoopsDawg]

I could be completely wrong, but I kinda of get the feeling the some posters want Dak to be dinged up so that they can create an excuse for some of his mistakes the last few games. Personally, I'd rather him be healthy, because I know we will need a healthy Dak in Tuscaloosa, and the healthier he is now, the more likely he will be healthy in Tuscaloosa.

I'm probably wrong though.

Wow, that is an unbelievable statement. You must have taken stupid pills this morning.

[ShotgunDawg]

Wow, that is an unbelievable statement. You must have taken stupid pills this morning.

Don't get defensive

[MarketingBully01]

Speaking from a former athlete's perspective, it is not at all unusual to be injured, yet be able to jump up like Dak did to celebrate. The pain is still there, it's just that you can put it out of your mind at times. Also, once you get running, often the pain is felt less. Often the pain is felt more when you're going slow, or just getting moving.

Take walking versus sprinting. Your muscle use is a little different walking, or initiating a run than it is once you've got yourself moving at speed. I suspect it has a lot to do with inertia. There's less muscle resistance at speed, especially "fast-twitch" muscle fibers.

At least that's my opinion.

My point is that you can't go by Dan Mullen's play calling. I think that the Kentucky game was overblown as far as how injured he was. I think the illegal hit by Flowers was bad too. Hey, yes he is dinged up but who isn't at this time. Personally, he should only play one quarter vs UTM to get a few stats then rest for Bama but I think people are making a bigger deal about his injury then there needs to be. Just my opinion as well.

[Goat Holder]

I could be completely wrong............I'm probably wrong though.

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[mstatefan91]

Again, just stop posting on this subject. It won't end well for your interweb self esteem.

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