Michigan edge rusher Mike Morris injured, limps to tent in 4th quarter vs. Nebraska
With a win against Nebraska already seemingly in hand, the next hope for Michigan was keeping everyone healthy — lest it become a pyrrhic victory. Up 31-3 against the Cornhuskers, the Wolverines forced a fourth down but the stadium fell silent when edge rusher Mike Morris stayed down.
After receiving medical attention from the trainers, Morris got up and jogged off, according to the broadcast — it happened during a commercial break — before limping down the sideline to the injury tent.
As Michigan began the next offensive series, the broadcast repeatedly showed Morris limping around.
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While it doesn’t appear to be anything too serious for Morris, it’s safe to guess his night is done with the Wolverines leading by four touchdowns.
In a rare occurrence, Nebraska OC Mark Whipple got injured vs. Michigan
Whipple went down hard while on the sideline during Saturday’s contest against Michigan. The unfortunate incident happened when the Cornhuskers’ defense drove Wolverines wide receiver A.J Henning out of bounds. Unfortunately, Whipple was too close to the collision and ended up being collateral damage in the process.
ESPN sideline reporter Quint Kessenich provided an update following the scary collision involving the Cornhuskers’ coordinator.
“Coach Whipple is conscious,” Kessenich said. “He looks like he’s in pain, he’s actually rolling up and now he’s about to sit up, so that’s a good sign. He fell down on the turf and perhaps hit his head some way. But he never lost consciousness and now he’s struggling to stand up.”
He provided another update later in the half.
“Mark Whipple on the Nebraska sideline,” Kessenich said, “offensive coordinator who took a hit about five minutes ago, attended to. The medical staff actually looked at his left knee and he then reached and grabbed for the headset, because there was almost a changeover in possession, as if he were going to call the game. He put the headset on and now has stood up. You see he’s getting support here and it looks like the medical staff has got a good hold of him, so they’re not letting him walk around. But Coach seems eager to get back involved in this game. All signs, visually, down here are positive, in terms of Coach Whipple’s health.”
On3’s Justin Rudolph and Riley Gates contributed to this report