This comes as no real shock to most of us….Safety Kurt Coleman was suspended today by the Big Ten for a late/over-aggressive hit against Illinois on Saturday afternoon.
He will miss the Indiana game as a result, and Anderson Russell will get the start opposite Jermale Hines. We have depth in the secondary, so this doesn’t hurt as much as it could. Plus, I’m not worried too much about Indiana hurting us with their offense (that 33 they put up was against the 2009 Michigan defense, which might actually be worse than the 2008 Michigan defense, if possible).
The Big Ten is indeed cracking down on hits like Coleman’s, and this is further proof. When it happened, many of us in the live chat discussed the possible suspension. So here it is.
Yes, it’s disappointing to our secondary, but we knew the B10 would be acting like this over plays that merit punishment. Suck it up, play harder in his absence, and don’t turn into the WATBs that occupy TTUN, who howled like wounded puppies over their suspended player from the week before.
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