[CardinalSagehen]

The word from someone in the know is that he has a *HIGH* ankle sprain, which typically has a 3-6 week timetable. He was never going to play against OSU, but I can't fault Shaw for keeping that secret until gamete to keep Oregon St on their toes. Washington St will be just about 3 weeks from the injury so I'd say there's a slight chance he'll be out there.

That sounds credible and bums me out.  Every injury is different, but the last time we saw him in a walking boot was at the open scrimmage in 2016 (I looked it up - 8/18/16).  He proceeded to skip the KSU game on 9/2 but carried the ball 11 times for 51 yards against SC on 9/17. 

Once the boot comes off, it seems like he’ll need at least another week to regain strength and flexibility in the joint.  (Disclaimer - I’m not a physician.)  So an astute question for Shaw tomorrow would be whether the boot is off yet, even though he probably wouldn’t answer it. 

Average humans are expected to recover from high ankle sprains in 3-6 weeks, but among D1 football players, the average recovery is shorter according to this study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497944/. 

It says that the mean time to return to unrestricted play is 15.5 days +/- 9.5 days.  But it’s worse (19.6 days average) if he has something called an “intraosseous membrane tear”.  I also read somewhere that NFL players miss an average of 2.5 games with high ankle sprains. 

In any case, without knowing the severity, Love seems questionable for WSU and probable for UW.  I have no data but the general averages are probably less misleading than whatever Shaw will offer to the media tomorrow. 

[CardinalSagehen]

The word from someone in the know is that he has a *HIGH* ankle sprain, which typically has a 3-6 week timetable. He was never going to play against OSU, but I can't fault Shaw for keeping that secret until gamete to keep Oregon St on their toes. Washington St will be just about 3 weeks from the injury so I'd say there's a slight chance he'll be out there.

That sounds credible and bums me out.  Every injury is different, but the last time we saw him in a walking boot was at the open scrimmage in 2016 (I looked it up - 8/18/16).  He proceeded to skip the KSU game on 9/2 but carried the ball 11 times for 51 yards against SC on 9/17. 

Once the boot comes off, it seems like he’ll need at least another week to regain strength and flexibility in the joint.  (Disclaimer - I’m not a physician.)  So an astute question for Shaw tomorrow would be whether the boot is off yet, even though he probably wouldn’t answer it. 

Average humans are expected to recover from high ankle sprains in 3-6 weeks, but among D1 football players, the average recovery is shorter according to this study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497944/. 

It says that the mean time to return to unrestricted play is 15.5 days +/- 9.5 days.  But it’s worse (19.6 days average) if he has something called an “intraosseous membrane tear”.  I also read somewhere that NFL players miss an average of 2.5 games with high ankle sprains. 

In any case, without knowing the severity, Love seems questionable for WSU and probable for UW.  I have no data but the general averages are probably less misleading than whatever Shaw will offer to the media tomorrow.