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Cameron Rising’s week-to-week health status has officially become *a thing* — which is even a stretch to begin with. Anything “official” regarding the Utah quarterback’s availability should come with a disclaimer.
Believe at your own risk.
The amount of speculation, innuendo, projection and (increasing) annoyance from fans surrounding Rising’s health status deserves its own pregame show.
Will he play? Won’t he? Street clothes or dressed out? Forget Waldo, where’s Cam? Now let’s take this commercial break to catch our breath.
In case you missed him — and at some point you probably have — Rising is Utah’s 25-year-old fire-starter in his seventh season of eligibility who is Utah’s best player. He led the Utes to consecutive Pac-12 titles and back-to-back Rose Bowl appearances. But the last time we saw him complete an entire season was 2021.
Nothing wrong with that. Injuries happen. Rising played hurt in 2022 and was eventually knocked out in the final game of that season in the Rose Bowl against Penn State with a shredded knee. He next surfaced 606 days later in the 2024 season opener … but was injured again a week later against Baylor. More on that below.
What has emerged amid the weekly Rising Watch sits between typical injury reporting cageyness at best and conspiracy at worst. Someone, somewhere should have been more forthright.
Whatever it was, it certainly wasn’t normal, even in a sport that sometimes makes a game of charades out of injury information.
It has gotten so weird that Utah message board geniuses suddenly have meaningful perspective.
From utefan2:
“Time to move on from an injury-prone starter.
Yes. Thank you for your heart and grit, but I believe at this point he’s doing more harm than good.
Cam went all…
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Author : Dennis Dodd
Publish date : 2024-10-01 16:20:21
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