to have AP back for a bowl game. That would be fantastic. I feel so bad for D Mack…

Thanks for letting us know njkroes. You rock!

I would think a fracture is better than a high ankle sprain, unless it was compound.

rehab that thing 25 hours a day.

he will be. Rehabbing those things is 1/4 repair and 3/4 desire.

Keep your fingers crossed that the former goes smoothly.

Did you personally talk to the doctor and look at the x-ray?

He’ll be back in the street having a thriller dance-off before we know it…..I hope

*(No doctors were consulted before this comment)

that would be HUGE for us.

i broke my tibia a couple of years ago and had arthroscopic surgery to insert two screws into the bone just below the knee. the day after the surgery they took x-rays to make sure the fragments were positioned correctly. as i was leaving the office, i asked the doctor when i could start rehab. he asked me what i was doing for the next couple of hours. i told him i was going to lunch.

the point is that rehab can commence almost immediately after surgery. although i couldn’t put any weight on the leg for six weeks, i was strapped to an exercise bike for hours at a time in order to keep the muscles in that leg from becoming atrophic.

i imagine a collegiate athlete would have a shorter turn-around time from a similar injury and i would bet all the incentive austin needs is the possibility of playing in a bcs bowl. i sure would like to see him lead the team out of the locker room at the fiesta bowl.