I think it’s just a violent sport with a near 100% injury rate. If you’re playing, you will be injured at some point during the season. That doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to miss time, but you’re all but guaranteed to get dinged up. There’s no foolproof method of conditioning that’s right for every person every time.
There's a huge difference in how many players are bulked up from the weight room vs the 1990's and earlier. Looking at DJ from Asheville, NC (I haven't seen him in person), he appears as a physical specimen. If there's excess poundage, I'm not seeing it. Tebow was about the same size, yet I never heard anyone say Tebow was too heavy. There are freak accidents that happen sometimes, and Mertz tearing an ACL at UcheaT is an example.
This is another excellent podcast segment about Florida football at the 33:45 mark with Urban Meyer, Dan Thompson, and Nick de la Torre. Watch this from the beginning if you follow Gators basketball. Be sure to listen to this until the very end, as Nick shares some juicy stuff about the last scrimmage. https://www.youtube.com/live/TikHKXfXwJQ?si=cgjoM1TOGS2sBH-W
Don’t have 40 minutes to watch right now, but if you want to share the cliff notes of the juicy stuff, your Gator brethren would be highly appreciative To be honest, at this late stage before we start the season, what I most want to know is the health status of DJ and the Wilsons… I know they are dinged up now, but what exactly are their malodies and when can we expect them to be full go?
