re: Thoughts on Bowl Game

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Bo had a completely different surgery. It was an Expermential surgery, in which his arm may never be the same as it was when he first got to om.

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From what I have read, I wouldn't necessarily qualify his surgery as "experimental." To me, "experimental" would suggest that it had never been performed at all - or at least on very few people. But it first approved in the U.S. in 2011. The surgeon who performed the surgery seemed pretty confident in the procedure. Here is a [link=( https://www.umc.edu/News_and_Publications/Centerview/2013-01-28-00_State-of-the-art_device_helps_Ole_Miss_QB_heal_from_shoulder_separation_surgery.aspx)]link[/link] to an article about it.

Personally, I don't know anything about his shoulder beyond what I have read. I'm open to being educated, if you wouldn't mind elaborating on what makes Bo's shoulder surgery "experimental," and why his shoulder may never fully heal. Is there a problem with the way his collarbone healed, or is it related to some connective tissue?

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I would say any new, unconventional surgery is "experimental."

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That's a fair statement. It just seems like that the only thing that is unconventional about the surgery is the method used to stabilize the clavicle. I'm not part of the medical community, so the idea that a surgeon would choose to regularly apply a procedure that could be classified as "experimental" is foreign to me. I'm not surprised that surgeons would adopt relatively new methods, because nothing would progress if they didn't. It just seems counterintuitive that such a procedure would be considered experimental when it has been approved for use. I understand your point, though.