Dan Persa's "Pimp Walk" May Keep Him Out Of Season Opener Vs. Boston College
by Brian Favat on Aug 30, 2011 7:46 AM EDT
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On Monday during Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald's press conference, Fitz announced that there was a chance that Persa won't be starting Saturday against the Eagles, adding that the NU QB still needs to be cleared by the team's medical personnel.
"We feel confident and we'll see how things go this week," Fitzgerald said. "He's going to do everything in his power to get healthy and get ready to play. If he's ready to go, he'll start. If he's not, he won't. Earth shattering statement right there."
Here is Sippin' On Purple's reaction:
"First off, this is just so not fun it's unbelievable. I know NU is only doing what it can - hyping up its best player while dealing with an extremely difficult to heal from injury that makes his status unknowable - but it's so tough to get excited when his medical status is flapping around uncontrollably. Waiting for football season is one agonizingly difficult process, waiting for it while simultaneously not knowing about whether your starting QB can play is just sadism at its finest."
Backup quarterback Kain Colter is reportedly splitting snaps with the first team.
Now before you go and get your hopes up, Fitz was very vague when it came to making a final decision on Persa, saying that "the decision will be made prior to game day" and we'll all "find out when the ball goes in the air." When asked whether there was any question Persa wouldn't be cleared by the medical staff for Saturday's game, Fitz added, "Not from my standpoint but I don't make that decision."
Basically, you need a Little Orphan Annie secret decoder ring to figure out what the heck Fitz is saying. And so we wait, clinging to every Teddy Greenstein tweet and article in the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune on the status of Persa's Achilles injury. At this point, your guess is as good as mine on whether the Heisman hopeful will start on Saturday.
And as you wait, the only advice we can give you is this. BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR O V A L T I N E.
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Smoke and Mirrors IMO
"An offensive lineman from BC comes with a guaranteed pedigree stamp" - Wash. Post
Purple Kool-Aid
here is the true believer view from Sippin Sumpthin Purple
Persa will play vs. BC. He’ll play 90+% of the plays, sitting for some designed Wildcat stuff for Colter, and hopefully for the kneel downs at the end of the game with the Cats up 2 TDs. He’ll throw for 230+ yards, rush for 20-40 yards (yep — rush), and throw for 2-3 TDs and no INTs. He will do this because he is Dan Persa, because he is #PersaStrong, and because none of this noise/concern about his injury has anything to do with the one true reality — he is practicing. And if he was hurt, he would not be practicing
Don’t you see. Coach Fitzy is just messing with our heads. Person will paly and dominate becuase he is a SUper Hero. Yes, that is why, so live with it
Fitz Head Games
I’m a huge NU fan, but it’s one of my least favorite things about Fitz. He does not want to make it any easier for opposing coaches to game plan so he will lie (or put nicely, engage in misinformation) about health and players before games. I don’t know what Persa’s status is. No one does except for Fitz and Persa (and a few others), but one thing is clear, the last place to find out what his status is would be by listening to Fitz.
by jabawacefti on Aug 30, 2011 10:21 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
If Persa is less tha 90% he shouldnt l
by DCash on Aug 30, 2011 10:13 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
... shouldnt play
Kuechly and/or KPL will end his career
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