Ellington to Play for Ga. State

[appstate77]

Reminds me of Richie playing in the 05 Natty Game. I do not recall the extent of his injury; may not have been as bad. However remember the effect it had on the team. Elliott may be trying to play a similar hand.

[/\PP ST/\TE GRAD 09]

I guarantee you this means nothing to the team. They were going to bring it defensively regardless. Not worries at all.

[AppStFan1]

Either the kid is going to play with an ACL tear, not be very good, and risk injuring himself further; or the team was lying about him having a torn ACL, and they’re a bunch of punks.

Either way, App is going to beat the brakes off of them.

Originally it was said to be a sprained right knee. Even playing on a knee sprain from just last weekend is not a smart move. We need to hit him early and keep it up. This tells me either the injury is not as bad as said to be or they have no backup and are desperate. Take Ellington out early and let's find out how good the backup is.

[dtrain4prez]

Bring it on. If he truly has a torn ACL, he won't be effective and will be replaced before the 2nd quarter.

[AppDad2020]

He may start but I’m sure we will see their backup get quite a few snaps.

[The Rock]

Losing a lot of respect for Elliott. Something tells me the injury isn’t as bad as it has been made out to be, and that this was a decoy to get an advantage.
Either that, or they are taking an incredibly dumb risk. Something tells me it is the former.

[BUTCH1991]

On the other hand, Ellington is a SR, probably not NFL material, and he simply doesn't want it to end like this and feels like he needs to give it a shot.

[appstate24]

Hate to say this, but not surprised at all. Elliot’s has been a snake towards App since he went to GSU. I’m willing to bet Ellington tweaked his knee last week, nothing more. This smells just like Elliot’s punk recruiting “tactics” from when Satt was here. Hope we destroy these clowns. GO APPS!!

[The Rock]

On the other hand, Ellington is a SR, probably not NFL material, and he simply doesn't want it to end like this and feels like he needs to give it a shot.

Not like this is the last game of the season. They are bowl eligible with 2 weeks left to go. If he is truly hurt, why risk a true season ending injury when a week off could get him back to 100% for the rest of the games?

[hotrod2001]

Elliott should probably turn on the TV to the Bama/Miss State game and see what happens when you put your already-injured QB in a game. Tua's getting carted off with a hip injury now.

[Yosefus]

He is a competitor, coaching intrigue or player motivation. It is what it is. Hope the guy/coach not risking the kid permanent damage. Looking forward to tonight. Wish I could be there.

[AppStFan1]

Hate to say this, but not surprised at all. Elliot’s has been a snake towards App since he went to GSU. I’m willing to bet Ellington tweaked his knee last week, nothing more. This smells just like Elliot’s punk recruiting “tactics” from when Satt was here. Hope we destroy these clowns. GO APPS!!

A lot of it is that he is upset for making some bad decisions. He went from turning down App because he thought he would be the next HC at South Carolina to now being at Georgia State. If it were not for him being so close with Charlie Cobb he would have landed as an OL coach in the SBC or in SEC. I want to take it to any coach who played at App that coaches against us but I especially want to take it to Shawn. He has shown some dirty tactics in recruiting that you would expect he would not do when it came to recruiting against us. I hope we beat him by 30-40 today.

[Saint3333]

My take is they don’t have faith in the backup.

[appaneer1984]

He always looks like a leprechaun whose pot of gold was stolen

[biggie]

Could maybe understand if he was a pure pocket passer. If he can’t run that takes away half of their game.

[falcoapp]

Who is their Doctor? The Dr. from Any Given Sunday?

[appbio91]

Didn’t work out well for Boobie

[asu66]

Not a good idea.

Been there, done that as a teen. Perfectly awful decision. I'd suffered permanent damage to both legs before I was 20.

[Cro-Magnon App]

The issue is not our concern. The docs, trainers, coaches and the kid can decide to play or not. We can't control who they play. Only they know the true situation. We got to play well regardless. It's their baby, let them rock it.

[MAD Doctor]