How awesome is it that in just a couple of days we’ve gone from this:
to this?:
Etheridge met with the media Tuesday, three days after he was wheeled off the field after a scary injury against Ole Miss in Jordan-Hare Stadium. Etheridge, his head and neck immobilized in a harness, said he felt blessed he could walk …
“I’m feeling pretty good,” he said.
“I have to give a head’s up to all the fans and everyone who have been praying because it’s been a miracle. I’m just blessed to be able to walk again.”
He said he’s optimistic about playing again.
“We got some pretty good results from the MRI, X-rays and CAT scan. It looks like I’ll be able to play again,” Etheridge said.
There’s more from Jay Tate here and Andy Bitter here; the injury was a cracked fifth vertebra and torn ligaments in the neck. Etheridge (and his mother) gave credit to Rodney Scott for the damage not being worse, saying “If he would have moved, I wouldn’t be here today. I’d still be laying on the hospital bed.”
But the best part (well, aside from the part where he’s walking and has a shot at even playing football again) is this:
Etheridge said he probably wouldn’t be at Saturday’s game against Furman because the doctors said he should rest.
“I will definitely be at the Iron Bowl,” he said.
I said that win or lose, whether last Saturday was a good day or not depended on Etheridge’s recovery. Win or lose, if Zac Etheridge walks onto Pat Dye Field, we already know that is going to be a damn good day.
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awesome. sucks to lose our best DB, but i’m glad the kid is up and walking. i just hope he can come back because he’s got an NFL future.
I am SO thankful that Zac is on the mend and hopeful that he will play again! Rodney Scott is AUsome too! I thought it quite amazing that the young man lay immobile under Zac for 10 minutes or more until he was moved off the field.
Funny, isn’t it? The amount of press time given to Brandon Spikes and his brand of ‘sportsmanship’ and how little outside the Auburn/Ole Miss community that Rodney Scott and Zac have been mentioned?
You’d think the above would be more meaningful and ‘newsworthy’.
All in all, War Damn Eagle to Rodney Scott and Zac’s amazing rebound.
Sullivan013
There’s alot more good in the world than bad.
The mass media chooses to show the bad, and the public gobbles it up. I prefer the good anytime. Not my head in the sand, just accentuate the positive, you know?
War Eagle Zac, and Mr. Scott!