Bob McGinn is reporting on the Journal Sentinel's Badgers Blog that Jack Ikegwuonu blew out his knee in a training exercise and won't be able to play in 2008. Per McGinn's style, several anonymous sources are quoted in brutal fashion, including this:
"He's screwed now," an executive in personnel for an NFL team said. "He wasn't going to be that high of a pick, anyway. Fourth round. "I blame the agent for talking the kid into coming out. Stupid. Because he wasn't a first-day player."
Ouch. I didn't know that Ike had signed with Drew Rosenhaus, might be a good choice for a guy on the mend. What is it with Badger cornerbacks and knee injuries nowadays? Somewhere, Nate Odomes probably just blew out his knee shoveling the snow.This sucks. The anonymous guy's comments regardless, he had a chance to be a first day pick and play next year. Now he faces a big uphill battle to make a roster in 2009 and beyond. If you voted for Ike in that poll to the right, you might want to reconsider going forward.
-Thanks to Toohey for pointing out that today is the birthday of Mr. Andrew Bernard, aka actor Ed Helms. "When the hell is this strike going to end?" Tim writes. I hear you, man. Thursday blogging just isn't the same thanks to to acronymed groups battling over Internet money.
