Jeremiyah Love's knee injury is casting doubt on his availability for Notre Dame's upcoming games. Will he be healthy enough to play against Penn State in the Orange Bowl?
Since Notre Dame 's season finale win in Los Angeles against USC on November 30, star running back Jeremiyah Love hasn't been quite right. He still dazzled with a 98-yard touchdown run in the first round of the College Football Playoff game against Indiana, while also battling a cold, but it was clear to see he was still not feeling quite right.
Fast-forward to Notre Dame's Sugar Bowl game against Georgia on January 2 and Love still was not feeling like himself after it appeared he tweaked the knee yet again during the win. This forced him into a brace on the sidelines and him to leave the field limping after the win and left fans questioning his availability for the Orange Bowl matchup with Penn State and potentially beyond.He didn’t sit out any reps, but he took them all with the 2nd team and wore a fairly significant brace on his knee. He fiddled with that quite a bit.'s Tyler Horka, you can see the the brace on Love's right knee and the fairly noticeable limp. This has led to the debate online as to whether it truly makes sense for Notre Dame to put Love on the field against Penn State on January 9 in the Orange Bowl if he any less than 90% healthy. Of course, in a perfect world, Notre Dame wants its best players to be out on the field helping it win and move on to the national championship game, I totally get that. However, the injury bug has bitten Notre Dame over, and over, and over again, yet, it keeps winning. Much of the success can be attributed to the star tailback making game-changing plays, but can Notre Dame realistically get past Penn State and try to get Love healthy for the national championship game against the winner of Ohio State vs. Texas?There's no counting chickens before they hatch, but is it worth it to trot out Love if he is only at 50-60%? There are almost two weeks between the Orange Bowl and the CFP National Championship - the star of the attack at 75% or better might be a must to win it al
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