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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The injury bug hit Michigan football hard on Saturday night when it took on Indiana. While there have been some big injuries throughout the year — from Ronnie Bell in the season opener to Trevor Keegan and Zak Zinter missing some time to Erick All and Donovan Edwards not playing on Saturday — several more key players went out against the Hoosiers.
Collectively, Jim Harbaugh is confident that the team will return healthier this next week when it travels to Penn State.
“Get some guys healthier next week and go about having good days,” Harbaugh said. “Good days will be the goal now as we go down the stretch. Good day of meetings, good day of practice, and then go play the game.”
The big injury on Saturday was to Blake Corum, who left the game and the sidelines and returned in street clothes and in a walking boot.
Harbaugh says that he’s not sure the extent of his injury, but he doesn’t imagine that it’s anything serious at this juncture.
“We’ll see. After the game, talked to him for a little bit,” Harbaugh said. “I don’t know how — I don’t think it’s serious, I don’t know if it’s mild. But it’s somewhere less than serious — we’ll see.”
But he wasn’t the only one.
Gemon Green, Andrel Anthony and A.J. Henning also left the game in the second half with injuries and did not return. But Harbaugh feels like there’s a good chance that they’ll also be back next week.
“Yeah, there were a couple guys that were out this game that I think we’ll get back, get healthier next week,” Harbaugh said. “Just do a good job of putting good day on top of good day as we get ready for Penn State.
“I’m hopeful! I don’t know for sure. If they can heal like the Green brothers do — both those Green brothers, Gemon and German Green, I’ve been with them for four years now, and nobody I’ve ever seen in football heals quicker than the Green brothers. It’s amazing, it’s amazing. So, hopefully — I know the Greens will! I’m confident of that!”
As for the quarterback position, Harbaugh notes that Cade McNamara did somewhat re-aggravate the injury he sustained at Michigan State — though it appears there’s more to it than that.
Cade went in and out of the game intermittently, particularly in the second half, which meant more playing time for true freshman J.J. McCarthy.
“Cade was working through something,” Harbaugh said. “Tough as can be, gotta give Cade a lot of credit, he’s a tough guy. But yeah, stay prayed up and healed up.”
Michigan will try to heal up before it takes on Penn State at noon EST in Happy Valley.
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