Morehouse reporting Nielsen out for year

[JonDMiller]

http://www.hawkeyenation.com/football/nielsen-done-for-season

 

[dsmhawkluva]

Hello Buzz Kill Tuesday! Geez, hopefully hunter and tarp will be a decent go for saturday, even with pass crazy of Indiana and NW we should be able to score at will against Indiana, NW has a better defense and given fitzgerald's god given ability to scheme agaisnt iowa, this certainly gives that game some added question marks..... glad this IU game is first and with these next 2 weeks will give some very added value to the new backs.....

although have to commend them for their initial work against MSU.

 

[tweeterhawk]

Tough break for Tyler. Let us hope for a full and speedy recovery.

 

[OUTofTOWNHAWK]

How did he get hurt?

 

[BQuastU]

So by my calculations, Iowa's top 4 linebackers (all three starters and first backup) are out, with the possibility of 2 (Hunter, Tarpinian) returning.

 

[homerHAWKeye777]

Sad news for Nielsen. I wish him a speedy recovery. He seems like a pretty good kid.

 

[tweeterhawk]

I don't even want to raise the question of whether he'll ever play football again. Those injuries can be dicey.

 

[DodgerHawki]

How did he get hurt?

First occurred on the shot that knocked Denard Robinson out of the game a few weeks ago, I believe.

 

[HawksDoc]

He has a vertebral fracture. I am not sure of the exact nature of fracture.