Tyson Gentry (official thread)

[tedginn05]

Originally Posted by ant80

I believe that must be 410 W. 10th Avenue, not Street.

Just checked, it is.

I'm sure it won't be too hard for jwins to change it.

[strohs]

The lack of any news about Tyson's condition is like a dark cloud over the buckeye-nation.
I understand and respect the parents and Tyson's right to privacy, but I really wish there some updates released on his condition...

Best of luck Tyson, we are all hoping for the best!

[jwinslow]

Originally Posted by tedginn05

Just checked, it is.

I'm sure it won't be too hard for jwins to change it.

nope, the change has been made. Make sure to refresh the image in your browser if it still reads 'street'...

[osugrad21]

DDN

4/19

Prognosis for OSU's Gentry still unknown

Tressel won't discuss severity of injury; says sophomore is getting best care possible.

By Doug Harris
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS | Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said stricken player Tyson Gentry had a successful second surgery Monday for a neck injury he suffered in practice.
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<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> The sophomore walk-on from Sandusky was tackled on a pass pattern Friday. Linebacker Marcus Freeman told the Dayton Daily News on Friday that Gentry had no feeling from his shoulders down as he was taken to OSU Medical Center.
Tressel, meeting the media for the first time since the incident, wouldn't discuss the severity of Gentry's injuries.
"That would be totally inappropriate," he said. "Obviously, the severity of it is different than taking someone off in a cart with an ankle (injury). I think everyone knows that."
Tressel has made repeated visits to see Gentry, but players have been asked to stay away because he is at risk for infection.
"He and his family certainly appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers," Tressel said. "It's a day-by-day process, and he's in the best hands he could possibly be in at Ohio State Medical Center."
Tressel wouldn't speculate on a prognosis, saying, "You want to keep optimism, but you want to keep it in check."
"It's tough just seeing what happened," backup quarterback Todd Boeckman said. "You don't want to see a player go down like that. We're definitely feeling for him — our whole team is."
Tressel said fans can send cards and letters to Gentry at OSU Medical Center, 410 W. 10th Ave., Columbus, Ohio, 43210.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

4/19/06

OSU FOOTBALL

Gentry’s prognosis unclear; practice resumes

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Tim May and Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Ohio State football player Tyson Gentry’s prognosis remained unclear yesterday as he underwent a second surgery on his injured spine in OSU Medical Center.

Two sources close to the situation said Gentry, a third-year receiver/punter, suffered a shattered cervical vertebra when he fell to the ground after being hit by defensive back Kurt Coleman during a scrimmage Friday in Ohio Stadium.

In such cases, the sources said, it is not uncommon to have an initial surgery to remove bone fragments from the spinal cord and a second surgery to stabilize the spine.

Gentry’s first surgery was Friday. His condition has not been released by the hospital, per the wishes of his family. The two sources said there is no definitive prognosis at this point.

"They’re going to keep his visitors to a minimum right now because they said it could take anywhere from seven days to seven weeks to kind of get that process to know what’s going to actually happen," sophomore quarterback Todd Boeckman said.

The Buckeyes returned to the practice field yesterday for the first time since Gentry’s injury. The 6-foot-2, 165-pound Gentry, a walk-on from Sandusky Perkins, was in their thoughts.

"If he doesn’t know by now, everybody out here, all 100-plus guys, are behind him," starting quarterback Troy Smith said. "We just want him to recover as well and as fast and as soon as possible.

"That was rough, though, watching that."

Assistant coach Joe Daniels agreed.

"And it wasn’t like an amazing hit, it wasn’t a cruncher, you know, how you’ve seen some of those," Daniels said. "I’m not sure that it wasn’t the ground (that caused the injury). ... It was awkward, the way he went down. ... They called it no catch, but the kid took two steps. It could be anybody, anywhere."

Tressel has visited several times with Gentry and his family, including his father, Bob Gentry, a scholarship football player at OSU for a couple of years in the mid-1970s before moving on. Tressel declined to comment on those visits.

Tyson Gentry’s plight, though, reinforced the given that any time players put on helmets and pads and go at each other, anything can happen.
"It’s an amazing reminder of that," Tressel said. "I think it does make you pause. But it’s a difficult situation."

It led Daniels to seek out his son, walk-on fullback Matt Daniels, soon after Gentry was taken off the field.

"That’s my kid; I want him close to me," Joe Daniels said. "It gets you. It’s tough."

OSU fullback Brandon Schnittker, originally from Perkins and a friend of Gentry, spent some time with the injured player and his family, including his father and his mother, Gloria, plus his two older sisters, Natalie, a former high jumper at Ohio State, and Ashley, who was a senior on Capital University’s best-ever women’s volleyball team this past fall.

"They’re working through it, they’re handling it, they’re doing what they can," Schnittker said. "I didn’t get a chance to talk to him too long, but I let him know I’m going to be here for him, anything that he needs."

Schnittker had no doubts why Tyson Gentry has pursued football, even as a walk-on.

"He is the kind of kid who loves to compete, and is very athletic, and has always tried to be the best at what he does; he was a great high school athlete," Schnittker said. "He’s a kid who wants to be out there, who understands what Ohio State is all about, understands what playing football means at Ohio State. He was just out there playing the game he loves, and he doesn’t deserve it."

It’s the freaky part of the sport, of which all are aware.

"It does make you think about it, but I’m guessing for every player, just like myself, the sheer love for the sport, for the game, keeps you going and keeps you playing," Smith said. "You work hard in the off-season to try to prevent things like that, but sometimes it’s just a fluke thing that happens."

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[osugrad21]

Dispatch

4/19

Tressel learned long ago how to cope with tragedy
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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Last Friday was the second time in his career that Ohio State coach Jim Tressel watched one of his players crumple to the ground and lay motionless.
Seeing the way his former boss handled that first tragedy, more than 30 years ago, has helped Tressel lead his somber Buckeyes through the difficult experience that began when punter/receiver Tyson Gentry suffered a serious neck injury in practice.
Gentry, a third-year player from Sandusky, remains in OSU Medical Center, recovering from two surgeries on his spine. He is said to be in good spirits, but his prognosis is uncertain.
On Sept. 6, 1975, Tressel was a graduate assistant at the University of Akron, coaching in his first game, against Marshall. Zips tight end Chris Angeloff had just trotted off the field on a change of possession when he collapsed. Doctors worked on Angeloff but could not revive him. It was determined that he suffered a massive heart attack.
On Monday, Tressel recalled that experience as &q