Oh dear.
Bomani Jones at 850 the Buzz has reported on their blog that an MRI on TJ Yates injured ankle revealed a fracture and Yates himself text messaged a teammate saying he was done for the season.
UNC has offered nothing official on this latest news other than Deputy Director of Athletic Communications Kevin Best confirming to 850 that Yates did have an MRI but nothing beyond that. Earlier in the day, Butch Davis was in full stonewall mode when it came to Yates condition saying he was “receiving treatment.” I speculated he may have been playing coy but if this report proves accurate he was really waiting to see what the MRI said. You might recall that during the game, X-rays were said to be negative but small fractures are sometimes only picked up by the more sensitive MRI.
Anyway, based on what we saw from Mike Paulus against VT, this would be a huge blow to a team that despite the loss, still had a chance at a very good season.
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Am I allowed to cuss in this comment section?
I’d rather you not but feel free to use all the punctuation symbols in succession to make your point.
Well then. If this is true…
$#*%! @#&^$))#$^@#)_#$(@#*@#$(*@#$)#$(*^$@#&&^$^#@^%^@#(*&!’;';*&#@!??><{}:<.,/.,’;@#(*&#$^&(@*#&’;.,//.!!!!!!!!!!!
To paraphrase the movie “A Christmas Story”
“And when Mike heard the news he wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Jordan Lake.”
Any chance Mike Paulus can have a sit down with Quentin Thomas?
hey if this is true i haven’t been this bummed since the kansas loss
That which doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. Damn, I hope our defense gets stronger and stronger each game. They’ll have to carry us this season.
My head hurts……
Isn’t Sexton still on the team? Interesting that Davis put someone in who had never taken a snap, versus someone who at least had game experience, albeit not that succesful. Easy to second guess though on my part.
Sad face. I’m going to be doing a lot more drinking at the pre-game tailgates the rest of this season. I guess this is what I get for starting to dream about a birthday trip to Tampa. I would almost rather Cam Sexton based on what I saw Saturday from Paulus, though I will happily embrace him if he proves me wrong.
54 days, 5 hours and 20 minutes until 4 p.m., Nov. 15.
The Motrin are kicking in. I think Paulus deserves another shot. The more I think about it the less upset I am, at least as far as Paulus goes. He must have had a ton of pressure on him and my biggest problem with him is he just wasn’t ready. His job is to be mentally ready to back-up T.J., no matter when or for how long. Obviously he has the skill, he has been a team leader (although not for over a year) and knows what it takes to win. Maybe with a week of preparation it will be a “different ballgame”.
54 days huh? That seems like an eternity.
Wilf,
I hope you’re right. My problem is, if he’s so good, I think he would have made more of a showing in the offseason. He’s been given plenty of opportunity so far to prove himself to Butch and hasn’t done anything with it. But, who knows? Maybe he’s one of those guys that’s just a “gamer” and shows up big in situations that matter.