Casey Thompson Injury

[wildcat_husker]

He must have given up Jackin Off for Lent and then let loose Sunday morning. Had to wrap his hand after he obliterated his meat. Happens all the time

Fun fact, I did this back in the day and it brought about my first wet dream.

 

[Pipe Line]

Fun fact, I did this back in the day and it brought about my first wet dream.

I was legitimately scared when I had my first one because I didn't know what happened or what it was and thought something was wrong. I'll never forget it

 

[Alum-Ni]

This is a really hard question to answer, because it really depends on how you want to do it. How do you set it up, cov/uncov rules, do you use a count method, do you teach tracks, if you're teaching zone, I'm guessing you'll have an inside and outside variation, what are your aim points. That's why people major it in it.

But to me personally, it's not hard. We run 4-5 run schemes in a year. Our primary schemes are Tight Zone, Power/Counter (Same scheme in my world), and Pin and Pull. Then we run a super dumbed down wide zone (reckless reach). Tight Zone is the most intricate and has the most variation, rules, calls, etc. But once you load their toolbox, it's fool proof and players can really adjust on the fly. To me, it's not hard. But I'm bored and have kids testing today, so I'll hammer out how we do it.

#1 - Center ID. We used to do a count, threw it out. There are a couple ways of counting in zone, It's really good for ID overloads and when to push the count, but I've found at the HS, it's a waste of time and just confuses.
- Our center IDs Point or Box. That's it. Point in 4 down, he's uncovered, finds the PSLB. If it's odd, he's covered, It's Box.

#2 - After the ID, we make our calls and the guys upfront know to execute their "scan" Basically meaning, Is my call side gap open or closed, do I have a head up defender, is my backside gap open or closed. They will have one of those 3 scenarios, every single play. That's what sets our double teams in our Tight Zone. For us, it's a vertical push/displacement scheme. We're trying to hit frontside A to backside B.

#3 - OL make their calls starting with the frontside echoing to the backside to set their doubles, Ted or Todd, Gut, Cage, A, B, C then how we want our pod to block it. We use the same verbiage across our schemes as our doubles apply to our gap scheme stuff as well and our half-slide pass pro.

#4 - The basics of it are this, If I have a man in my call side gap or head up, I've got a base block and I may get help if communicated. My tech doesn't really change. If I have a man in my backside gap, I'm helping my backside teammate to the LB I probably have in my call side gap and/or head up.

#5 - We have a few basic calls, our base call is wedge 90 - technique for our vertical double, near knees to crotch. We also have jack and hip, both techs for executing a gallop and violent flipper/shiver to knock the DL into a gap. Then we have our fold (Fred) call where we will execute a pin technique with one OL, and quick skip pull by the backside OL of the call.

That's how we teach our Tight Zone at the high school level. Our Wide zone is stupid simple. We try to rip reach our gap with reckless abandon and at all costs.

Here's a couple screen shots of our TZ from our OL playbook I've used for several years

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Looking at this reminds me how little I actually know football.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Looking at this reminds me how little I actually know football.

Same

 

[Toe]

Though no one knew just how severely he was injured until Los Angeles-based hand surgeon Steven Shin performed the procedure in April — shortly after Nebraska’s spring ball slate wrapped up.

Once Shin — who repaired Drew Brees’ right thumb and Russell Wilson’s right middle finger — got a look inside Thompson’s hand, it was obvious that Thompson wasn’t just dealing with a lingering sprain with gnarly bruising.

Thompson sustained damage to both major ligaments that stabilize the thumb joint: the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) and the radial collateral ligament (RCL).

In layman's terms?

"I basically tore and strained all the ligaments and muscles and everything in my hand," Thompson said.

For context, Brees couldn’t even grip a football after he tore his UCL, let alone throw one, so the fact that Thompson continued to play — regardless of his accuracy — is bananas.

Continued to play, and went on to lead the Big 12 in TDs.

Amie Just: The severity of Husker QB's Thompson's thumb injury, and why surgery was 'definitely needed'

"I basically tore and strained all the ligaments and muscles and everything in my hand," says Thompson, who says offseason surgery made him feel normal again.

huskerextra.com

 

[CornFed Gregger]

Continued to play, and went on to lead the Big 12 in TDs.

Amie Just: The severity of Husker QB's Thompson's thumb injury, and why surgery was 'definitely needed'

"I basically tore and strained all the ligaments and muscles and everything in my hand," says Thompson, who says offseason surgery made him feel normal again.

huskerextra.com

Hopefully we can catch a break for once while Adrian & Big Tone go down in flames