re: Why is everyone still so weird about players faking injuries during hurry up?

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Faking an injury to slow it down should be a delay of game penalty. The problem is figuring out who is faking and who is cramping up/actually hurt. I think the best indicator they can use is someone who is walking around after a play then falls down. That's almost always faking it to slow down pace.

Either that or say if someone comes out with injury on defense they are not allowed back in until change of possession.

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Your first sentence is most important, and, again, I think what should be paramount is player health. It is the thing that matters most long-term for the sport.

That said, I went back and watched the replay of the two incidents that we had with UGA on Saturday night.

1. Owusu-Koramoah was definitely hurt. He had gotten knocked silly on the play before he actually went down then spent the next play just fort of wandering around aimlessly before Gilman noticed him and told him to get down. He actually underwent concussion protocol.

2. On Bilal, I am not so sure. I think that one was probably gamesmanship.