This injury to Rex better be minor. Like you guys said, our guys have the worst luck and are always targets for cheap shots. We have so few players at these caste positions that it just hurts that much worse when they get hurt.
This could really hurt his run for the Heisman. I hope he can play next week. Damn this sucks.
Go Huskers.
I am pretty sure I heard the announcers say that Pelini said at half time it wasn't that serious, just being extra cautious so he is healthy for future games. They have an entire month before they play big 10 opponents, which is what they need Burkhead for, that little guy Abdullah isn't going to cut it. That gives him 8 games to make an impression against tough opponents. At this point I am not worried about the Heisman, I just want him to be healthy enough to return to form so he has a better chance on draft day. I am sure he can crack 1k if he comes back for big 10 play, it would be 9 games with a bowl game, plus the yards he has now.
I am not saying Go Huskers though, I am rooting for their runningbacks to get stuffed every single carry while Burkhead is out so they don't do more of a timeshare when he is back and haters can't say that there was no drop off while he was gone. With Martinez playing like this they don't need a strong running game anyway, it will probably be more important as the schedule gets tougher. He had 221 touches the last 8 games of last year.
a grade 1 mcl sprain is said to be 2 weeks recovery at the most, grade 2 is 4 weeks, when he walked off the field it didn't look that bad. He might wear a brace like Gerhart did his final season to be extra cautious.
here is something I read that made me remain optomistic.
"The University of California at San Francisco reports that a grade one injury to your MCL
can take as little as a few days to a couple of weeks to repair. A grade two tear can take up to four weeks to heal and a grade three tear can take up to eight weeks. In some grade three cases, your ACL may be damaged and require even longer recovery time."
Since it didn't look that bad it is probably a grade 1.