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I remember people getting all up in arms when Bosa said he was leaving OSU to focus on the NFL. I never understood the criticism because he wasn't saving himself and skipping out on his team, he was injured.
He addresses this in a letter he wrote to OSU fans, etc. I've copied an excerpt where he addresses the situation:
Before I say goodbye, though, I want to give a little background here — and talk about why I’m writing this letter right now instead of getting ready for the Rose Bowl. On one hand, it’s pretty simple: My season is over. I suffered a season-ending injury on September 15th against TCU. I knew right away that it was serious. I’d been trying to push through groin and abdomen issues since training camp, and the pain that I was feeling made it obvious that I’d re-aggravated those injuries and then some.
But even still, right? There’s serious, and then there’s season-ending. And not even in my worst idea of how bad I was injured did I think that my entire SEASON was at risk — or that my Ohio State career was FINISHED, right then and there, on the field at AT&T.
I remember sitting in Coach Johnson’s office after finding out that I’d need bilateral abdominal surgery. And man, we just started getting tears in our eyes….. because we knew what that type of surgery could mean. We knew it could mean I’d never play another snap in 2018. We knew it could mean the playoffs, Rose Bowl, Michigan game — off the table.
Most of all, though, we knew it could mean that my time as a Buckeye football player was over.
And when my surgeon confirmed all of that the following week….. what can I even say here, you know? I was CRUSHED.
I was just crushed. End of story.
here's the entire link if interested:
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/nick-bosa-ohio-state-buckeyes
He addresses this in a letter he wrote to OSU fans, etc. I've copied an excerpt where he addresses the situation:
Before I say goodbye, though, I want to give a little background here — and talk about why I’m writing this letter right now instead of getting ready for the Rose Bowl. On one hand, it’s pretty simple: My season is over. I suffered a season-ending injury on September 15th against TCU. I knew right away that it was serious. I’d been trying to push through groin and abdomen issues since training camp, and the pain that I was feeling made it obvious that I’d re-aggravated those injuries and then some.
But even still, right? There’s serious, and then there’s season-ending. And not even in my worst idea of how bad I was injured did I think that my entire SEASON was at risk — or that my Ohio State career was FINISHED, right then and there, on the field at AT&T.
I remember sitting in Coach Johnson’s office after finding out that I’d need bilateral abdominal surgery. And man, we just started getting tears in our eyes….. because we knew what that type of surgery could mean. We knew it could mean I’d never play another snap in 2018. We knew it could mean the playoffs, Rose Bowl, Michigan game — off the table.
Most of all, though, we knew it could mean that my time as a Buckeye football player was over.
And when my surgeon confirmed all of that the following week….. what can I even say here, you know? I was CRUSHED.
I was just crushed. End of story.
here's the entire link if interested:
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/nick-bosa-ohio-state-buckeyes
