IIRC, it was a compound fracture, too.

Yeah, that was the stomach churning part. Leg not supposed to bend that way. Unlike Tony C., Emmett's orbital bone is fine, so it shouldn't affect his vision. But yeah, hard white speroids and head-bones do not go well together.

I am pretty sure I saw the Theismann leg break live. It was obvious from the screen that something was badly bad. Legs are not supposed to bend in the middle of the thigh. It wasn't gory - I recall the shot being a distance one - but it gave a sick ooky feeling.

Also, because I'm about six years old I find it really funny that Joe Theismann broke his thigh live on national tv. Good thing he wasn't Joe Headman, or Joe Cervicalvertebraman.

Oooh, poor Emmett. I hope everything heals quickly and with minimal pain.

And I'm sorry about Frankenbudda's neighborhood asshat infestation.

Also, because I'm about six years old I find it really funny that Joe Theismann broke his thigh live on national tv.

I have always thought it a crying shame that Joe Theismann didn't win the Heisman trophy. (He came in second to Jim Plunkett.)

Much healing-ma to poor Emmett.

Kristin are you around still? Can you pop on AIM?

Morning, folks.

I've seen the Theismann injury too many damn times and plenty of awful career-ending knee and ankle stuff watching soccer.

Mend-ma to Emmitt. When I was reading of his injury, it reminded me of when I was 8, playing box lacrosse and I took an india rubber lacrosse ball in the eye from about 10 feet away. No fracture thankfully, but they had to put stitches in my eye. (ew) Emmitt is a trooper, he'll be back chucking the old horsehide around before you know it.

Kat, I'm teaching but can pop on briefly. Kids are taking a quiz. Just a sec.

little league baseball injuries seem to have the potential to be the most horrific somehow:

When I did my first-aid recert, the instructor told us a story about how her nephew was hit in the eye with baseball thrown from the outfield as he was pulling into second after a fairly decent run on a bunt... Apparently the pressure/angle of the hit caused his eyeball to pop out of his head, though it remained attached and his reaction was one of flight, so the eye was all bobbing up and down as he ran, and she admitted to actually having had to tackle him in order to apply first aid *insert the whole paper cup stabilize eye injury lecture here*

My reaction, being tired and sick and in a fistaid class, was, of course, to wonder what it must have looked like through the one eye spinning all over the place.

(oh, his vision was fine after. They stabilized the eye soon enough so that there weren't any long term effects).

As horrible as the Theismann one was there was a footie player in England by the name of Busst who had a worse break

Warning: Nasty picture in the link.