Does anyone know whether manningham will be playing this saturday?

[Riz]

Of course I loved this line and took it early at -6.5........Now I hear that manningham hurt his knee late in the game saturday against the spartans......Anyone hear anything regarding his status against penn st? If he's out I'm a little nervous

[TMAC951]

From the looks of this he will not play.. I will give my buddy that is a Michigan Alum a call later today and see what he has heard up there..

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Fourth-ranked Michigan will likely be without its most dynamic receiver at Happy Valley against Penn State on Saturday night, and he could miss much more time than that.

The Detroit News, citing sources close to the situation, reported on Monday that Mario Manningham is expected to undergo arthroscopic surgery Tuesday morning to repair a partially torn meniscus in his knee. The paper also said Manningham may have a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in the knee.

At his weekly news conference Monday, Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr refused to confirm radio reports that the sophomore, who leads the nation with nine touchdown receptions, is injured and will not participate in the team's Big Ten Conference matchup against Penn State.

"Is he going to play?" Carr said. "Well, we'll have to see."

ESPN's Joe Schad reports Manningham suffered the knee injury in last week's 31-13 win over Michigan State when he had three catches, two touchdowns and 75 receiving yards.

"I don't have any comment on Mario," Carr said. "I'm sure you understand, because I don't know everything there is to know. ... So, at some point I will."

A native of Warren, Ohio, Manningham was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week in consecutive weeks last month after combining for 250 yards and five TDs in victories over Notre Dame and Wisconsin. He has 24 catches for 527 yards and nine TDs for the Wolverines (6-0).

If Manningham cannot go, junior Adrian Arrington, who has 12 catches for 195 yards and three scores this season, and little-used freshman Greg Matthews likely will see more deep balls, with Steve Breaston remaining the primary target for short passes.

Information from SportsTicker was used in this report.

[aplous]

Hes out....dont worry, they got plenty of weapons at WR, and Joe Pa's team cant get out of its own way.

[Dead Presidents]

Out 2 weeks

:eek: :crazyeye:

[Riz]

guys should I hedge my bet and throw money on the penn st side? I took michigan at -6.5 for 500 but im thinking i should put 500 on penn st because manningham being out has me nervous

[weazel079]

guys should I hedge my bet and throw money on the penn st side? I took michigan at -6.5 for 500 but im thinking i should put 500 on penn st because manningham being out has me nervous

your call only. If you hedge you will lose about 45 bucks.

[ULikeApples]

Maybe try and wait to see if it goes up and you can get it at 7 or 7.5 Then at least you'd not be gauranteed to lose $.

I really don't think he is that much of a difference maker though. It doesn't take much to beat ND's secondary and they have other nice WR options as well.

[MRhotPICKS]

Manningham just reported as out for this weeks game due to surgery...

[shorty3830]

Riz

I am a die hard michigan fan and to say this injury doesnt matter is beyond me. 20 times a game, he is running that deep pattern which opens it up for hart, frees those short passes up for breaston and allows arrington to run free.

i think it is a major problem........maybe the defense is good enough that it wont matter but michigan is not the same team without manningham, no way

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[MRhotPICKS]

I totally agre... I love the Big Blue... this in jury will definately have an effect on the offense...