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Alright, let me tell ya ’bout this injured Marshall player, ya hear? It’s a real shame, a real shame. Don’t rightly know what happened, but they say he got hurt. Injured, they call it. Like when your cow gets a limp, or you twist your ankle steppin’ in a gopher hole. Same kinda thing, I reckon.
This poor fella, name of Metcalf, they say. Can’t play no more, not for a while at least. He’s on that Thundering Herd team, you know, the football fellas. Big strong boys, runnin’ and thumpin’ into each other like a bunch of angry bulls. Well, somethin’ happened, and now Metcalf’s gotta sit on the sidelines. Must be borin’ as heck for him.
I heard tell there was some kinda… what they call it…scuffle? Yeah, a scuffle. Like when the chickens fight over a piece of corn, only bigger, I guess. With people. And this stadium worker fella was involved too. Don’t know the whole story, mind you. Folks gossip so much, hard to tell what’s true and what ain’t. But seems like maybe somethin’ happened there, and maybe Metcalf got hurt in it. Or maybe it was somethin’ else entirely. Who knows?
- They say it’s an “undisclosed injury.” That just means they ain’t tellin’ nobody what happened. Maybe it’s somethin’ embarrassing, like he tripped over his own feet. Wouldn’t be the first time, I betcha. These big fellas, they ain’t always the most graceful.
- Or maybe it’s somethin’ serious. Like a busted leg, or a bad knee. That’d be real bad. Hard to play football with a bum leg, let me tell ya. Gotta run and jump and whatnot. Can’t do that with a leg all twisted up.
Now, this Ewers fella, he got hurt too. Different team, though. Texas team, I think. Hurt his ankle, they said. Happens all the time in them football games. All that runnin’ and jumpin’ and crashin’ into each other. Bound to get somebody hurt sooner or later. It’s just like when Billy fell outta the hayloft last summer. Took him weeks to get back on his feet.
It ain’t right, though. These boys, they play their hearts out, and then they get hurt. And for what? A bunch of folks cheerin’ and yellin’? Seems kinda silly when you think about it. But then again, folks like their entertainment, I guess. Just like how they like watchin’ the rooster fights down at the county fair.
I hope Metcalf gets better soon. And that Ewers fella too. Nobody likes bein’ hurt. It ain’t no fun sittin’ around when you wanna be out there doin’ things. Speakin’ of doin’ things, I gotta go feed them chickens. Them noisy critters never stop squawkin’.
Anyways, back to this football stuff. They say Metcalf’s gonna miss some games. That’s a shame. For him and for the team. But that’s just how it is sometimes. Life ain’t always fair, ya know? You just gotta pick yourself up and keep on goin’. Just like when that big storm blew down my barn last year, had to rebuild the whole darn thing by myself mostly, ‘cause old man Johnson was too busy complaining about his bad back. But you know what? I got it done. That’s how we do things ‘round here.
So, there you have it. That’s all I know ’bout this injured Marshall player. Not much, I reckon. But it’s somethin’. And now you know too. You go on now, and have yourself a good day. And don’t go gettin’ yourself injured playin’ no football.
Tags: [Marshall Thundering Herd, College Football, Injury, Metcalf, Ewers, Football Injury, Sports News]
