[NU Sports] No speculation on Sutton's injury?

[Jonathan Hodges]

In Fitz's Monday press conference, he refused to speak about the specifics
of Sutton's leg injury, but he said that Tyrell will start and play against
Iowa this Saturday (articles in the Trib, Sun Times, and Daily Herald this
morning all confirm that).  The only limitation may be in practice this
week.

Here are the quotes from Fitz on Tyrell:

"After talking to our athletic training staff this morning, I fully expect
that Tyrell Sutton will play. What limited capacity he'll have in practice,
we'll figure out through the week. But we're excited for his return. He has
a leg injury that I think might slow him down early in the week but we fully
anticipate him playing Saturday."

"After talking to Tyrell I'm confident he's going to play on Saturday. I'm
not going to be very specific but he has a leg injury that won't hold him
back in the game."

Later on, Peterman added that he also thought Sutton was doing well and will
definitely play.

Regarding CJ, Fitz confirmed that he is fine (after spraining some fingers
early in the game against Ohio) and will start and play.

The only disappointing injury news is that Brewer will be out after further
evaluation and Mattes will likely not play, although Fitz said that his
rehab progress is very good.  (Fortunately, Taylor has been playing well and
should do a good job at tackle while he is out with Belding/Bartels in at
guard).

No word on Simmons, though, who didn't play last week after sustaining an
ankle injury against SIU.  His contributions on special teams definitely
help and his absence has forced younger guys onto the field (i.e. Matthews,
who was fielding kickoffs last week).

Jonathan

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Roy Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>wrote:

> It looked like he got his left leg slightly rolled on by the tackler, which
> can
> stress the knee. He had tried to push off that leg, but it appeared that
> the
> tackler had his right leg already wrapped up, so he couldn't step out of
> the
> tackle.
>
> I suspect that with the game "in hand," and not wishing to risk further
> injury
> (CJ had already hurt his hand), they just figured to let him sit the rest
> of the
> game.
>
> IMHO a smart move. Anyone hearing anything more dire?
>
> rsl
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