Official Injured in Motor City Bowl

[Ed Hickland]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

...Only injury I've ever sustained as a white hat was from winding the clock too hard...

Was that a digital clock!?

[umpirebob71]

If you go into a game worrying about getting hurt, you probably will. I work the middle, but I don't think about it. I just keep focused.

[Texas Aggie]

I attribute my luck to a rigorous year round workout that includes cycling both stationary and outdoor, intense weight lifting, aerobics program of heavy bag and step aerobics, Stairmaster workouts and stretching.

There is NO substitute for conditioning. I've struggled with Achilles tendinitis issues for years -- including in my 20s when I started. After starting a fairly intense running program, I've had virtually no Achilles issues during football and basketball season. Obviously, its difficult to condition yourself to sustain getting taken out, but the better condition you are in, the faster you will recover from heavy soreness. I got leg whipped twice this year (a little too cocky in staying close in the R position) and what bruises there were literally healed within hours (24-30) rather than days.

[insatty]

On the on-side kick late in the fourth quarter, the Referee was covering B's restraining line, and made the call that B recovered the kick. In a six-in-the-box mechanic for a seven-man crew, R covers B's goal line. So was the BJ replaced, or did the crew go to six-man mechanics? And in six-man mechanics, who covers B's goal line in an onside-kick situation?

[TXMike]

7 man mechanics The injured B was replaced by the alternate who was an R and had that shirt The R you saw was the replacement for the B

[Brett]

If you're this worried (not that you don't have good reason to be), I'd look into getting some good STD insurance. You should be able to get an annual policy for less than you could earn in a single day working youth football.