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Danmel

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15. It was gruesome

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Sun Mar 31, 2013, 05:57 PM

Mar 2013

Like watching Joe Theisman's leg snap for those of us old enough to remember that. Poor Kid.

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I wish I could un-watch that b-ball injury. [View all] tridim Mar 2013 OP

No idea what you're talking about here. Le Taz Hot Mar 2013 #1

It was too brutal to even describe tridim Mar 2013 #5

u of Louisville player Ware in NCAA game JohnnyLib2 Mar 2013 #7

Here: Not for squeamish. Hissyspit Mar 2013 #25

I walked away from the TV immediately LittleBlue Mar 2013 #2

Awful. Team and crowd and announcer reaction is stunning. * JohnnyLib2 Mar 2013 #3

Compound fractures make me queasy. I'm still nauseated. Butterbean Mar 2013 #4

Amazing many report little pain from that type of injury at first. NutmegYankee Mar 2013 #40

Well bless endorphins, then. Yikes. n/t Butterbean Mar 2013 #50

not my experience. Horrific pain cali Mar 2013 #54

OUCH! NutmegYankee Mar 2013 #56

no. I was running down the stairs and slipped cali Mar 2013 #58

oh, god, I slipped on a carpeted stair a while back and landed so hard it dislodged my CTyankee Mar 2013 #60

That sucks. NutmegYankee Mar 2013 #62

How quickly and unexpected horrible accidents can occur. My wife and a daughter have suffered indepat Mar 2013 #74

I believe it Skittles Mar 2013 #66

I missed it and they aren't showing the replay, so it must have been bad. brewens Mar 2013 #6

Read in box below... Butterbean Mar 2013 #10

Yikes! I had one happen right in front of me playing high school football. brewens Mar 2013 #18

It must have just been a freak thing YarnAddict Mar 2013 #42

That's exactly what I said to my husband. Butterbean Mar 2013 #49

It looked like it was just a bad landing. NutmegYankee Mar 2013 #51

Thats true in the sense that there were no external forces. undeterred Mar 2013 #59

agree. NutmegYankee Mar 2013 #61

I do too. nclib Mar 2013 #8

I wasn't paying close attention Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #9

Broken leg? undeterred Mar 2013 #11

ok i haven't seen it, give me an idea arely staircase Mar 2013 #12

close Go Vols Mar 2013 #22

well they don't close in on it undeterred Mar 2013 #24

That's bad. enlightenment Mar 2013 #33

I once cracked a rib just reaching for something at a weird angle Warpy Mar 2013 #34

Let's cut to the chase nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #52

Or a previous stress injury in the game. Hissyspit Mar 2013 #77

When I was in high school, one of our football players broke his hip in a game. proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #65

Theismann's injury wasn't immediately obvious during the play. sweetloukillbot Mar 2013 #37

Yeah, worse. n/t YarnAddict Mar 2013 #44

THAT I remember and will forever. nt babylonsister Mar 2013 #55

this on Twitter ? steve2470 Mar 2013 #13

Where's the link? HipChick Mar 2013 #14

WARNING!!! GRAPHIC!!! Jamastiene Mar 2013 #48

It was gruesome Danmel Mar 2013 #15

Almost as bad as the Joe Thiesmann injury in the mid 1980's. madinmaryland Mar 2013 #16

I think this one was worse :-( n/t YarnAddict Mar 2013 #38

Pirates catcher Kendall breaks ankle. bluedigger Mar 2013 #69

My Facebook feed just erupted with traumatized NCAA b-ball fans freaking out. WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #17

Yep... I Almost Threw Up... WillyT Mar 2013 #19

It was nauseating to watch mcar Mar 2013 #20

My 12 year-old is watching the game but didn't see the injury... SidDithers Mar 2013 #21

They showed the replay only once. Hissyspit Mar 2013 #29

Benchmark moment in the evolution of Broadcast Television today and many won't even notice it. TeamPooka Mar 2013 #31

Kudos to CBS mcar Mar 2013 #35

I had to turn the Redskins game off after Taylor broke Theismann's leg. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2013 #39

I just watched the clip and I'm amazed at the restraint the network showed sweetloukillbot Mar 2013 #46

Well, Hissyspit Mar 2013 #79

I am having flashbacks of that LT hit on Theisman. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #23

No appetite left for dinner after that. NutmegYankee Mar 2013 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Mar 2013 #27

Reminds me of Alabama football player Tyrone Prothro's leg break. House of Roberts Mar 2013 #28

OMG- I'm trying to unsee it and I can't... ms liberty Mar 2013 #30

Junior high school undeterred Mar 2013 #36

That was a classy thing to do. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #43

Damn. bluedigger Mar 2013 #32

I've had two complete ACL tears and can't watch reruns of injuries. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2013 #41

Gro-tesque! nt PCIntern Mar 2013 #45

It looks aweful, but he will be fixed in no time. nt darkangel218 Mar 2013 #47

that depends. If it's a segmental fracture and it looks like it could be cali Mar 2013 #57

My guess is: Brigid Mar 2013 #53

Maybe. AngryOldDem Mar 2013 #78

We were at a family Easter party libodem Mar 2013 #63

Bone 6 inches out of his leg, according to Pitino LittleBlue Mar 2013 #64

is there a way to describe what happened without watching it ? JI7 Mar 2013 #67

Its upthread. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #68

ok, i hope the news doesn't show this without warning, i wont be watching it JI7 Mar 2013 #75

Post #10 does it undeterred Mar 2013 #70

To describe it NutmegYankee Mar 2013 #73

i was told this happened to someone when i was a kid JI7 Mar 2013 #81

I don't want to see it. Joe Thiesman, Moises Alou... SidDithers Mar 2013 #71

I feel sick just thinking about it. I can't watch. Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #72

I can't imagine what he was going through. AngryOldDem Mar 2013 #76

Our troops have to see stuff worse than this all around them in combat. undeterred Mar 2013 #80

Funny, we just had that exact conversation nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #82

I was dumb enough to watch the video. johnp3907 Mar 2013 #83

Napoleon McCallums leg break on MNF rppper Mar 2013 #84