I do remember someone mentioning an ankle on the broadcast. I just don’t see how it could be an ACL issue since they let him run off the field. Also, Kurtis is gonna have to realize when to just give up on a busted play like that. He’s not like Nathan. He’s gotta remember his arm is what kills defenses, not his feet.

This is baffling to me.
It’s not a concussion.
Timmy says it’s not his knee.
Rourke wanted to play.
I understand protecting a player, but based on what we know, this feels like an overreaction by Albin perhaps to not at least give him a series to see how Rourke felt? This is a bit baffling.

My guess is broken rib(s). Remember how secretive the coaches were when Nathan had a ribcage injury?

I expect he'll sit this week.

Since teams in the NCAA don’t have to disclose injuries of their players, it appeared to me that Albin was being cryptic in a clumsy way.

With the way Rourke ran off the field, who knows what happened? He seemed kinda gimpy, but all football players do that frequently during the season. The knee of the SDSU player hit Rourke’s helmet/neck in such an awkward way I wonder if it wasn’t some kind of stinger? I liked the call of Albin playing it safe seeing as how this game isn’t a huge deal in the grand scheme of things.

But yeah, Harris is an awful decision maker. It’s time to see what Navarro has.

He wasn't at full strength, took a hard fall onto his knee while ducking a sack. Precautions. The ones they didn't take BEFORE the game.

Let's just hope Navarro is ready to go for LIU.

Perhaps a slight concussion or not able to determine if it was a slight concussion on the sidelines. I agree that it was prudent to pull him based on the expectation of what Harris could do. Obviously in hindsight Harris was unable to deal with the SDSU pressure and made a few poor decisions.
Th fact that Rourke hasn't played in quite a while may have factored in to the decision.
I have to admit it was exciting to see KR out there again.What an arm!!

The main focus should be getting him healthy for MAC play. OOC games are important for getting down the timing with receivers and on handoffs to RBs, and for needing fewer MAC wins to get to bowl eligibility. Winning the MAC East is top priority, and we;ll need 5+ MAC wins to get there. As well as the D played yesterday, we should easily beat LIU without Kurtis, so it probably wouldn't hurt to hold him out Saturday if the xrays show something odd. No sense in putting him in harm's way for a game we should easily win.

Trevor, I am disappointed you didn't take the chance to revive the Obsessive injury watch thread for this discussion.

The play on the injury looked so harmless to me, then he ran off the field. I would think their fears and hesitation are rooted in the healing knee. All I know is his absence almost certainly cost us a win, but I understand the eyes are on the MAC above all else.

Can we all admit that this has been handled poorly? I'm fine if they decided not to put Rourke back in the game for precautionary measures but Albin needs to do better with the media.

To say he's not concerned about the injury following the game downplays the situation and makes it look like Rourke could've returned. I understand he doesn't want to reveal his injury but it'd be nice to know if it was Albin's call or the medical staff.

If he just said the staff didn't think he should go back in, we move on and accept it. Instead, we're hearing about Rourke being mad about not going in and he's seemingly on track to be back this week, not getting any x-rays when that was brought up as a possibility two days ago.

All of this could've been a non-story if the team got their story straight.

And for those that say the only thing that matters is MAC play, I strongly disagree. This is a super talented roster that has a chance for a 10-win season and a MAC Title. They just lost a 50/50 game in which they outplayed their opponent and probably would've cruised with Kurtis. Seasons like this don't come along often in which you return a MAC Player of the Year quarterback. You don't squander wins if you don't need to.

So like I said earlier, I get playing it safe but I'm still disappointed regardless.

This seems bizarre but I don't expect Albin to say "Rourke is our meal ticket and I need to make a bowl game." That would be so refreshing to hear.

If you are a die-hard and/or lifelong Bobcat Fan, you have watched these kinds of early season games many times. A head-scratcher in so many ways. Lopsided official crew missing calls right in front of their eyes, seams in on FG miss, mysterious Rourke injury, 3 int's from Harris,etc.

Can't go back. On to the Sharks.

100% in agreement. I've been shouting this for years, primarily on the basketball board of BA. While winning the MAC East and the MACC is nice, it doesn't earn national recognition for Ohio like going 12-0 (or close to it) with wins against teams like SDSU and ISU.

Exactly. This was a primetime game on national TV against a recognizable name. Miami has two MAC championships post-Roethlisberger but never does squat in the non conference. Whose program would you rather have in that time: ours or theirs? It's beating Pitt at home, beating Penn State that engages the fan base. Western Michigan doesn't pack Ford Field if they're 9-3.