Tuesday night Houston played Marshall on ESPN. Like you, I didn’t much care about the result of the game.
I care even less after seeing this gruesome injury. The HOUSTON CHRONICLE has the sad details after the jump, along with video.
Cougar wideout Patrick Edwards was the person on the receiving end of a horrific, yet preventable leg injury. (MOVE THE TROLLEY DUMBA$$.)
Edwards, just a freshman from Hearne, TX, was having a nice season, especially for a first-year player, when he ran into a cart behind the end zone.
The Chronicle reports:
Edwards, running out of the end zone as he tried to track down a long pass from Blake Joseph, ran into a band equipment cart that for reasons that remain unclear were parked just beyond the out-of-bounds line. The impact, captured by ESPN’s cameras, caused a compound fracture of Edwards’ right leg.
Cougars’ coach Kevin Sumlin said that while he had “his opinions” on the subject, he would offer no comment on such a dangerous situation. University of Houston athletics director Dave Maggard said he will pursue the subject with Marshall officials.
“It was duly noted and I think we’ll save the conversation for another day,” Maggard said. “I don’t think there is any question that it is a problem. We all noticed it, and we want to find out why something like that would occur. It was a serious injury, no question about it.”
The injuries cast a pall over what had already been a gloomy evening.
Not much you can do if you’re Houston at this point. Edwards, on the other hand, is likely to be lawyered-up in short order.
1:25 am on October 29th, 2008
Marshall's looking square at a 7-figure payout on that one. OUCH.
1:31 am on October 29th, 2008
Did the DB push him or was he grabbing him?
1:36 am on October 29th, 2008
Was Edwards a Split End?
1:45 am on October 29th, 2008
It's amazing how his leg shattered like that. The way it gave. My god, poor kid.
2:18 am on October 29th, 2008
The DB didn’t come close to him. He tried to jump over Edwards at the end.
3:11 am on October 29th, 2008
Houston, we have a problem.
3:15 am on October 29th, 2008
Paging Joe Theismann.
11:27 am on October 29th, 2008
When Coach Sumlin told Patrick to break a leg, he didn't think he would take him so seriously.
11:28 am on October 29th, 2008
This isn't going to be made into another Matthew McConaughey movie, is it?
11:31 am on October 29th, 2008
I realize ESPN is desperate for Tuesday night ratings, but this kind of violence is a bit too much.
11:32 am on October 29th, 2008
Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow!
11:42 am on October 29th, 2008
Ironic that this poor guy was taken off on a cart after being taken out by a cart.
11:53 am on October 29th, 2008
Greg Oden seems like a sissy in comparison.
12:13 pm on October 29th, 2008
I've heard of breakneck speed, but break-shin speed?
12:26 pm on October 29th, 2008
We Are…MarshAAAAAAARRRGGGHHH!
12:30 pm on October 29th, 2008
Why were the carts there in the first place? Did the band have to make some halftime milk deliveries?
12:33 pm on October 29th, 2008
Wow, that's something else. Marshall is now wearing green helmets instead of their usual white.
Oh, and the leg break thing, too.
12:40 pm on October 29th, 2008
What a way to end a season.
12:47 pm on October 29th, 2008
Damn! I feel sorry for that poor kid. That's one nasty leg snap.
1:01 pm on October 29th, 2008
FYI, Marshall beat Houston 37-23.
1:05 pm on October 29th, 2008
Would this be considered breaking news?
1:12 pm on October 29th, 2008
Oh, snap!
1:18 pm on October 29th, 2008
Time to get better shinguards.
1:32 pm on October 29th, 2008
Bet hes a good break dancer.
6:05 pm on October 29th, 2008
Playing the Thundering Herd has turned into a thundering hurt.
6:42 pm on October 29th, 2008
Gloomy evening? Not for the Marshall fans.
6:54 pm on October 29th, 2008
I'm not going to be able to walk for a good 10 minutes after seeing that.
2:29 am on October 30th, 2008
Oh, boy is Marshall screwwwwwwwed!