I just wish that Prothro could have finished out the season. Not from a "we had injuries and that cost us games" standpoint...But because he deserved it. He's an unbelievable player and an even better person. I just hope he has a full recovery and rehabs that knee to full strength. Look for Darby to have a really good year next year. He just keeps getting better year after year and the Oline HAS to get nothing but better. I think that he will have a really good game in the Cotton Bowl.
Of course that goes both ways though. If they tout us as being one of the most talented teams ever, then we're pretty much doomed to infamy because we will never (no team would unless you're USC) live up to anyone's expectations. However, on the other hand, if we beat UT, pound App State a little bit more (they're the 1-AA NC by the way!) and if we beat Arkansas a little more handily and finally, not get our asses handed to us by UGA--wow that list got a little longer than anticipated--then we'd be sitting pretty right now with tons of accolades. The media (unfairly?) puts college players on a pedestal and said players' stocks fall heavily when they don't produce like they ''should." It seems just a little unfair to me. :grin: It is the very reason why I think that the Heisman award is no more important than such awards as the Nagurski or the Biletnikoff awards.
I wanted to go get some stats to back up your point about Jackson. The problem is he gets no credit in the stats for having over half of his punts downed inside the 20. Considering how close some of our games were, that is a huge stat, but the SEC doesn't list it. Then again, the SEC thinks Mario Stevenson is our PAT kicker, so I guess I might have to look somewhere else. http://www.secsports.com/new/sports/fbc/05stats/confldrs.htm#conf.wi2 GEAUX TIGERS
I broke my leg the same exact way (I also have a rod and 2 screws in there) but on the basketball court. Same break, same place...His leg will heal fine, it's the knee that I am worried about. I did 25 visits of rehab and learned to walk all over again. My knee bothers me the most now. I can still run, jump, and play ball but I would be lying if I said it didn't bother me some. The reason for this is that after all the time in the hospital and the cast, your leg is gone. After 1 week, in my frist visit of rehab, they sat me down on the edge of a table, with my leg hanging, and asked me to raise my leg using my knee. I couldn't move it as much as 1 inch. From my knee down I felt paralyzed. My calf went to nothing and i had to rebuild my whole leg when I started walking again--and my knee and ankle was the main focus of the rehab. That was something that I will never forget. I even still think about it when I play ball. It's a mental thing too...He has to put it out of his head when he plays again--and get his knee to full strength.
Try seeing it happen in person--to yourself. I felt his pain that day...Literally. :thumb: The break itself didn't hurt as bad as you'd think. I grabbed my knee because I thought I had torn a knee ligament. I heard the POP and felt a sharp pain in my whole leg. I was wrong. When I saw it I kinda freaked for a second. After they had me stable, I was asking if I "made the shot" and for someone to "go grab me some milk, because evidently I needed it". The real pain came after surgery. I was MISERABLE for the 4 day stay in the hospital!.........At least it was during March Madness!
I think coaching had something to do with the lack of offensive players being on the list. Skyler Green was under utilized all season. A game breaker of his talent should at least get the ball 5-8 times a game besides kickoffs. Line him up in the backfield as a RB and cause mismatches with LBs and Safeties. Something to get the ball in his hands.
