OU RB Roy Finch has hairline fracture in ankle

by jtesooner on Aug 25, 2010 7:30 PM CDT in Football

Coach Stoops announced Wednesday afternoon that talented freshman RB Roy Finch has a hairline fracture in his ankle. The injury was initially thought to be simply a sprain, but now that the fracture has been found Finch could potentially miss up to two months. Stoops said he still expects Finch to play this season despite the injury, but I can't help but think that is just wishful thinking. What would be the point of Finch missing up to the entire first half of the season and not redshirting? I have to think this is just Bob delaying the inevitable and trying to keep the kid's spirit up by not simply declaring him out this season. Now he could easily prove me wrong by playing him this year, after all Finch had drawn absolute raves from nearly every player throughout the summer. There really is no bright side to this other than the fact that RB is probably the one position OU could afford an injury.

Regardless if he plays or not, this is incredibly disappointing news considering how well Finch had apparently been doing this summer. Not to mention, considering all the injury issues OU had last season this (along with Austin Box's back injury) is certainly not the way Sooner fans wanted to start the season.

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There really is no bright side to this other than the fact that RB is probably the one position OU could afford an injury.

man, don’t jinx yourselves. you do know who your starting RB is right? mister “i’m shooting for 2,000 yards”

by Displaced Longhorn on Aug 25, 2010 8:47 PM CDT reply actions

Well

In all fairness, your RB’s are hoping for only half that amount.

by KratosWasASooner on Aug 25, 2010 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Well aware

And while it would certainly suck to lose Demarco (especially because he’s a 5th year senior who came back), I feel if the line plays up to their ability I’d be more than comfortable with any of our other options at RB. Calhoun and J.Miller are both capable, Clay was just as highly touted as Finch, and Musil ran it well in the spring game.

"We call him The Hammer." - Bob Stoops on Ronnell Lewis

by jtesooner on Aug 26, 2010 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions

DeMarco

Reading in the newspaper & watching theESPN Big 12 preview would be a great education for horn fans down on DeMarco. You realize his numbers (YPG, YD per carry, TDs, all purpose, etc) are all higher than Peterson’s through 3 seasons. They even have missed an almost identical amount of games. He also has better numbers than Billy Sims through 3 years. They too have nearly identical injury seasons. If someone dared to question why a horn who had similar numbers to Earl Campbell or even Cedric “not sober” Benson wasnt being respected or touted as the next Heisman winner, the bitching & whining wouldnt stop. Here is to hoping he can have a complete season…… BOOMER

by OU JJ on Aug 26, 2010 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs