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TexMexMom · 06-19-2009

I wanted to clear up some of the misconception about Arian. I keep reading and hearing how a knee surgery after his junior year kept him from performing. This is simply not true.

Arian had a torn meniscus repair on his left knee after his freshman year. Minor surgery. He also had a shoulder repaired that same year. He's had not one problem with the knee or shoulder since. His sophomore year was hampered somewhat by a high ankle sprain that lasted longer than it should've because he kept rushing it. After his junior year, they repaired the meniscus in his right knee...another minor surgery. It had no bearing on his senior year at all. He received a deep thigh bruise that he couldn't play on the week before the Wyoming game. This hit was so brutal that three weeks later, when I saw it, the inside of his thigh was still black and blue literally from his groin to his knee. It was ugly.

At UT in 2008, there were significant problems with the new coaching staff and the new system they were trying to run. It was complicated and difficult to teach, especially to the OL, and they never got acclimated the entire season. As the season wore on, most of the players were trying still to make it work but a myriad of problems that I don't think anyone saw coming totally destroyed what they were trying to do. It was a long and difficult season and everyone was strapped for carries, production, etc. Arian was returning from a 1000+ yd season, Lucas Taylor, the WR, was returning from a 1000+ yd season, the OL had allowed only four sacks the entire season in '07. And then it all fell apart. Arian started the season rushing for an average of 7.1 ypc. By the fourth game, his carries were cut in half. Against Georgia, he got the ball THREE times the whole game. Lucas Taylor finished with 332 receiving yards, nearly a third of the previous year. The OL gave up 25 sacks. It was ugly.

This had more to do with the dive in production, not any injuries. Arian's played through injuries all his career. Both torn meniscus injuries happened at the beginning of the season, but he played all the way through it both times. The shoulder kept falling out of place so we wore the brace all season as well. The other one was troublesome too but they were able to restrengthen the tendons and muscles around that joint to the point where he has no issues with it now. That credit belongs to the UT trainers who did wonders with that issue.

Just to set the record straight.

06-19-2009	#26
TexMexMom Rookie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Albuquerque, NM Age: 50 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	Re: Running back depth chart I wanted to clear up some of the misconception about Arian. I keep reading and hearing how a knee surgery after his junior year kept him from performing. This is simply not true. Arian had a torn meniscus repair on his left knee after his freshman year. Minor surgery. He also had a shoulder repaired that same year. He's had not one problem with the knee or shoulder since. His sophomore year was hampered somewhat by a high ankle sprain that lasted longer than it should've because he kept rushing it. After his junior year, they repaired the meniscus in his right knee...another minor surgery. It had no bearing on his senior year at all. He received a deep thigh bruise that he couldn't play on the week before the Wyoming game. This hit was so brutal that three weeks later, when I saw it, the inside of his thigh was still black and blue literally from his groin to his knee. It was ugly. At UT in 2008, there were significant problems with the new coaching staff and the new system they were trying to run. It was complicated and difficult to teach, especially to the OL, and they never got acclimated the entire season. As the season wore on, most of the players were trying still to make it work but a myriad of problems that I don't think anyone saw coming totally destroyed what they were trying to do. It was a long and difficult season and everyone was strapped for carries, production, etc. Arian was returning from a 1000+ yd season, Lucas Taylor, the WR, was returning from a 1000+ yd season, the OL had allowed only four sacks the entire season in '07. And then it all fell apart. Arian started the season rushing for an average of 7.1 ypc. By the fourth game, his carries were cut in half. Against Georgia, he got the ball THREE times the whole game. Lucas Taylor finished with 332 receiving yards, nearly a third of the previous year. The OL gave up 25 sacks. It was ugly. This had more to do with the dive in production, not any injuries. Arian's played through injuries all his career. Both torn meniscus injuries happened at the beginning of the season, but he played all the way through it both times. The shoulder kept falling out of place so we wore the brace all season as well. The other one was troublesome too but they were able to restrengthen the tendons and muscles around that joint to the point where he has no issues with it now. That credit belongs to the UT trainers who did wonders with that issue. Just to set the record straight.