More injuries hit Hawks
Charlie Kautz - The Daily Iowan
Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: Sports
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If Kirk Ferentz doesn't have his Halloween costume picked out for today's trick-or-treating in Iowa City, he could certainly consider dressing up as a doctor.
With the number of injury and health-related questions the head coach answered at his press conference Tuesday, Ferentz is gaining plenty of firsthand experience in what has been almost a second profession this season.
Haunted by a handful of concussions, contusions, and other key setbacks, the Hawkeyes might be without two more defensive starters Saturday at Northwestern - senior defensive back Adam Shada (ankle) and linebacker Mike Klinkenborg (fractured hand).
Only five days after Ferentz announced that sophomore tight end Tony Moeaki would miss the rest of the season to remain eligible for a medical redshirt, he was again was forced to assess the team's mounting list of injuries.
"I think it's just some years are different from others," Ferentz said. "We were having injuries early in the year. I mean, Tony Moeaki is a great illustration. That's just bad luck.
"… It seems like we're getting a lot of - it's our year for those, I guess. Hopefully we've run the course and gotten it out of the way."
While Ferentz called the ankle sprain Shada suffered against Michigan State "significant," he indicated that Klinkenborg still has an outside chance to suit up against the Wildcats.
"I think [Klinkenborg] has a good chance," Ferentz said. "Obviously, it just happened on [Oct. 27], so he went back in the game, he was cleared to play, but it's painful, as you might imagine. He'll be [wearing a] cast this week, but they'll modify the cast Thursday.
"Can he play effectively? That will be the question that remains to be seen."
Suffering separate minor injuries in week nine, senior tailbacks Albert Young and Damian Sims (ankle) are both expected to play Saturday, Ferentz said. Other good news came in the case of defensive end Ken Iwebema, who sat out last week with the aftereffects of a concussion suffered against Purdue.
With the number of injury and health-related questions the head coach answered at his press conference Tuesday, Ferentz is gaining plenty of firsthand experience in what has been almost a second profession this season.
Haunted by a handful of concussions, contusions, and other key setbacks, the Hawkeyes might be without two more defensive starters Saturday at Northwestern - senior defensive back Adam Shada (ankle) and linebacker Mike Klinkenborg (fractured hand).
Only five days after Ferentz announced that sophomore tight end Tony Moeaki would miss the rest of the season to remain eligible for a medical redshirt, he was again was forced to assess the team's mounting list of injuries.
"I think it's just some years are different from others," Ferentz said. "We were having injuries early in the year. I mean, Tony Moeaki is a great illustration. That's just bad luck.
"… It seems like we're getting a lot of - it's our year for those, I guess. Hopefully we've run the course and gotten it out of the way."
While Ferentz called the ankle sprain Shada suffered against Michigan State "significant," he indicated that Klinkenborg still has an outside chance to suit up against the Wildcats.
"I think [Klinkenborg] has a good chance," Ferentz said. "Obviously, it just happened on [Oct. 27], so he went back in the game, he was cleared to play, but it's painful, as you might imagine. He'll be [wearing a] cast this week, but they'll modify the cast Thursday.
"Can he play effectively? That will be the question that remains to be seen."
Suffering separate minor injuries in week nine, senior tailbacks Albert Young and Damian Sims (ankle) are both expected to play Saturday, Ferentz said. Other good news came in the case of defensive end Ken Iwebema, who sat out last week with the aftereffects of a concussion suffered against Purdue.
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