Jarrell Root: the real story

When news of Jarrell Root's knee injury broke, there was hardly any detail. We knew that he would miss spring ball, and we knew that he would need arthroscopic surgery. Other than that? Who knows!

Well, we wanted answers. And with no one around to provide any, we had to make up our own. Here are some possibilities for how Root got injured:

• Running the "Q" offense
• Being too awesome
• Ryan Winterswyk's jealous rage
• Andrew Woodruff sitting on him
• The real team being more physical than the scout team
• Hypochondriasis
• A clever ploy to get Shea McClellin more playing time

Personally, we like the idea of him being too awesome for his knee. Besides, we hear that awesomeness is a great healing salve. Take care, Jarrell. We'll see you in the fall.

DE Jarrell Root out for spring

News from Boise State's spring practice isn't good for one of the Broncos' promising young players. Defensive end Jarrell Root will miss the remainder of spring ball with a knee injury.

Fortunately, the knee will just need arthroscopic surgery, and Root will be back in time for the fall. We'll have more on Root's injury later in the day.

Root won't go for rest of spring [Press-Tribune]
Root out for spring [Idaho Statesman]
Root lives to fight another day [Fight Fight BSU]

David Shields to have surgery

This, from the Idaho Statesman:

Boise State senior linebacker David Shields will have another shoulder surgery this month and miss spring ball, Petersen said. It's unclear when Shields, who has started for parts of the past two seasons, will be ready to play.

This news appeared at the bottom of the recruiting story in yesterday's paper. It is interesting that there are so many good linebacker recruits in this class. Perhaps the team is expecting Shields to have a slow recovery.

Signed, sealed, delivered [Idaho Statesman]