Would Maason Smith had gotten injured on grass?

Probably not on a chewable.

It was a really freak thing. All he did was jump and celebrate. Doubt grass/turf would matter. I could see if he his cleat got caught or something, but it was a freakish injury. Praying for a 100% recovery.

Wouldn’t it have gone at some point anyway? It wasn’t really anything catastrophic he did to the knee so it seems like it would have tore at some point regardless

100% inaccurate

There is a lot involved in the mechanism of injury for tearing an ACL in non-contact situations. The science behind the modern turf shoe "cleat" is all designed to maintain as much surface contact with the turf until the last possible second of the next movement. So if a player plants his leg into the turf its gonna stay there until they lift their leg up and out.

So its not the turf but the shoe as well.

Impossible to know

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Maybe another reason to avoid these neutral site games in domed environments.

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As much as I love these neutral site games are fading out for LSU here soon, this is not one of the reasons I am behind it. Injuries can happen anywhere, ask Myles Brennan

I was thinking about this too. Develop some laparoscopic procedure where they replace your acl with a new acl made from a medical grade rubber.

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could see if he his cleat got caught or something,

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but that's most likely what happened, he jumped and prob a little forwards so his feet had to push back a little and his cleat prob did catch in the turf, on grass its a lot less forgiving and he might've just took a chunk of grass out of the ground but turf won't budge

The guy landed slightly off balance. That's all there was too it. Turf, grass, wood floor, sand - none of that would have made a difference.

They used to have a flag football game at the Pro Bowl. It was discontinued after a guy completely wrecked his knee on the beach.

It was simply a freak accident - like Brennan breaking his arm doing something he's probably done dozens of times before.

There are video compilations out there with literally a 100 guys getting hurt “celebrating”. You would think they’d figure out that it isn’t worth the risk. I cringe every time I see a lineman lift a WR or RB in the air after a TD. Linemen jumping up in the air celebrating a big play seems just as stupid. As a coach, I’d beg my guys to play smart and try to avoid the silly, self-inflicted, injuries.