I don’t know about you, but I have a rough enough time getting out of bed some days if I slept funny and my back is a little achy. Back injuries are nothing to mess around with, or so you would think. Despite being listed as day-to-day with two cracked bones in his spine, Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty says he thinks he will be playing again this weekend when Baylor takes on Northwestern State.
“That’s my goal towards the rest of the week,” Petty said, according to The Dallas Morning News. “You can’t do anything worse to it, so if it’s bearable, I’ll do it.”
Well, you could do something worse to the back, no? Petty does not seem too concerned.
“It’s like a pinkie,” Petty said. “You can’t do much except just brace it up and wait for it to heal. Football is football, you have pain. Might as well get rewarded for it.”
Well, that’s one way to look at it, I guess.
Baylor head coach Art Briles has said backup Seth Russell will direct the offense if Petty is not available. With Northwestern State as the opponent this weekend, it might be wise to go easy on Petty this week and give him the week off. Baylor will still put up 50 points, or at least they should with or without Petty under center.