Well, I shouldn’t say that they NEED to prove me wrong because if Aaron Opelt’s still hurt come gameday, I don’t want to see him aggravate his throwing shoulder.

But here’s the deal.  We’d be straight-up ignorant if we took Toledo head coach Tim Beckman at his word that his starting quarterback is “probable” for this Saturday’s game against Northern Illinois.  Is it just a bruise like they say?  Maybe.  I do believe the part where they say that nothing’s broken and that nothing’s torn.

College coaches don’t need to give out the real injury information to the public, so they don’t.  Remember a few years ago when Toledo was preparing for a nationally-televised game at Fresno State?  Tom Amstutz did NOT want Fresno to realize that Bruce Gradkowski was hurt as badly as he was.  Amstutz didn’t want to give Fresno the chance to prepare for Clint Cochran.  Of course, he told the media that it was a day-by-day thing, that pretty much things were fine, and it sounded like things were normal in Rocket land.  Of course, that was NOT the case. (more…)