re: Make Tebow and Meyer pay for their stupidity

Dr's say he's fine. Last year Andrew Hatch suffered a concussion against Auburn.

Hatch was held out of the game the next weekend, but he returned to practice on Tuesday, 10 days after his concussion (the exact timeframe Tebow sat out) and Miles had this to say....

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"Andrew Hatch looked great," Miles said. "With the time off, his arm was awfully fresh. We'll still play two quarterbacks."

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Hatch played in the next game, vs. Florida. Granted there was an off-week before the Florida game, but he was back with the team.

I believe Hatch received solid medical advice and treatment from a very good staff at LSU. And, he showed no ill effects. I am equally confident Tebow got good advice and treatment. Neither staff is stupid.

Here's to a good hard hitting game, with all players leaving healthy

Good to see there aren't any more crazies on this board than any others.

Y'all have a good game!

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Last year Andrew Hatch suffered a concussion against Auburn.

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I know what you're saying, but apples and oranges. Hatch immediately got up and got himself off the field. He stayed at the stadium for the rest of the game. He didn't yak his guts up. Everyone knows Tebow's situation. His concussion was much worse.

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I have no problems whatsoever with him getting knocked the f*ck out again tonight.

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Pardon my aging azz (or not, as you wish), but I have a problem with any young student athlete, from LSU or any other school getting seriously injured on the field insomuch as I never like to see it ... but FB is a violent sport and it inevitably happens to FB players at all levels, despite all precautions.

As to whether we think Tim will play tonight or not: nope, we don't. Why would UF and UM want to cue Chavis in to home in and game plan on just one QB when he can leave LSU's DC preparing for two? (Although Chavis has been around FB plenty long enough to know what the odds of Tebow playing or not tonight are and to game plan according ... it's the fans - who aren't docs - and media who have all the angst and fun speculating one way or the other!)

But to assume if Tim does play tonight it must be ill-advised medically is even stupider than your post. No one, least of all UM and Tim's family, not to mention the liability of UF and its consulting physician and the world class consulting docs from the facility not far from us up here who flew down to UF.

No d*mn doctor at any major 1A program is going to send a young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury out to play unless he's been fully vetted to. If Tebow has, he and his family have been made aware of the risks any FB player who has suffered a severe concussion may encounter if another should unfortunately occur tonight or within the next few weeks.

Sports neurologists have as superior understanding of this type of sports brain injury as it is ever possible to have where the brain is concerned. Once you've cleared all the tests back to baseline and been honest about your symptoms (and I believe this competitive young man, no matter how much he yearns to play, will be as honest as he can with his HC and docs), the player and his family decide to play again as soon as cleared, to wait a while longer, or to never play again based on the possibility of future concussions and subsequent brain damage.

It would, however, come as a real surprise to my hubby if Tebow takes the field to play tonight, for sure based on his knowledge and admitted conservative medical views where traumatic brain injuries are concerned ... but, then, he's seen the end result of too many of them caused by all kinds of accidental injuries throughout the years.

Once cleared medically, in the end it's a decision facing every athlete and his family on the heels of this type of injury.

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so if another doctor's wife makes a claim, rather than an actual doctor that has both dealt with personally and worked on players having concussions says its silly to have him back this early, you believe a doctor's wife. Why? because she supports your side of the argument.

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Like hell I do, read my previous post.

His "wife" might just work in medical research at the same hospital her husband does ... but you wouldn't know that would you?

Geez, you d*mn MD's really do get ensnared with that god complex, don't you?


Hell no, my hubby doesn't believe as a neurosurgeon that Tebow is going to play tonight, but you're so busy lording your MD over posters here, you spouted off before reading my post previous to this one, eh?

Carry on, doc, carry on. But one thing is for sure, eh? Neither you, nor me, nor my hubby want to see this young man take the field tonight for his own safety's safe, right?

Plus, you and me and my hubby d*mn sure want LSU to beat the crap out of UF, right?

I'll leave it with you at that.

HomesickLadyTiger, I believe you, myself, and your husband seem to have the same opinion. We are both conservative when it comes such injuries because we know the potential negative effects that come from them. I don't think the doctors are going to be clearing him when they don't feel he's ready, but at the same time, they can be swayed to make a decision that is like the following, "While I don't recommend he play overall, the risk is low that he will get any further damage or suffer due to second impact today." Real easy to just want to hear the risk is low, but if its even 5%, as a conservative physician and the potential consequences, I don't believe its worth it.

I wish the best for Timmy if he does play, but I hope they blitz the hell out of him and knock him to the ground. It's his choice, and there will be consequences, but I hope that LSU doesn't hold back. That is my point in this entire thread.

I never insulted you, but my point was that this Gator fan threw away my medical opinion because it disagreed with his, and agreed with yours agreed with his. Plain and simple. Trust me, researchers are the life blood of medicine.

I, like your husband, simply feel that this is stupid and to risk injury, even if cleared is irresponsible and sets a bad example. I also hate that decisions like this may affect the game by altering how officials call it with regards to a single player.

I did until you decided to turn this into a Knight fight for your beloved Timmy's name.

Here is to a good game Panhandle Gator!

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The Dr's are not relying exclusively on him to report symptoms and, if you think a football coach is going to influence their medical opinions, you're mistaken.

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I thought GeauxBob said he personally witnessed influence