I was up on Tightwad for the game. Hearing the stadium fall so silent was extremely eerie. I have never heard a stadium, Cal or otherwise, be so quiet. We knew it was bad when we saw the team huddling around him. I’m just glad to hear he is ok. I hope he makes a speedy recovery and doesn’t get too eager to get back on the field that he risks his health.

I wonder if there is any way we can pass along our messages to Jahvid and his family. He’s such a great guy, and he should know that every Golden Bear is behind him 100%. He means so much more to our family than just his football abilities.

Tough to see “man down” in any circumstance. I hope he’s OK.

Glad to hear it’s probably nothing too serious, though you always worry about lingering effects with injuries like this.

In any case, the game became a lot less important in the grand scheme of things. Thoughts and prayers to Jahvid and his family.

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I was so relieved to hear Best can move his limbs and he’s doing okay. Okay as in, not dead or paralyzed. All I saw at first was someone getting loaded onto a stretcher while I was at dinner with some friends, and then when we got back to the car and put the game on the radio, I heard it was Best. I just saw the play when he fell, and when he came down I swear I thought he was dead. He was stiff and that shocked look on his face…it turned my stomach.

 I think he’s an amazing player and person. All I want is for him to recover. Football is great, but he needs to focus on his health right now.

What a relief that it sounds like Jahvid will be OK. After watching the medics bring in the stretchers, and the crowd remaining silent for 15 minutes, I could only imagine worst. There were no replays in the stadium and with limited cell service, we were left to wonder about Jahvid’s condition for the rest of the game. It’s one thing to witness something like that on TV happening to another team; it’s another experience entirely to witness it firsthand only a few hundred feet away from you. As I was leaving the stadium and finally got the update that it was “only” a concussion, it was an incredible relief, and frankly, that news alone made the day’s events feel like a victory.

Not sure if anyone else on the east side noticed, but while Jahvid was laying motionless on the field there was a shooting-star/meteorite/fireball that came down in the sky to the southwest. Obviously a total coincidence, but an interesting one nonetheless.

Thank God Jahvid will be okay for the most part. That was really scary there for a while. Two concussions in such a short time span are incredibly worrisome overall. My hopes and prayers are with him…

I almost cried during the game. Jahvid is such a great guy, and I want him to succeed and do as well as possible. It was terrifying to see him fly that high and fall that hard. I just want him to be healthy.

That’s good to hear.

I finally had a chance to see the reply this morning, and what troubles me is the OSU defender, Collins not just pushing Best higher into the air, but also INTO the end zone, not trying to knock him back into the field of play.
IMHO, it appears he’s hurling Jahvid towards the sidelines, but Best has already crossed the goalline and his actions seem superfluous at that point. I’ll agree that the entire sequence is one long continuation, but I’m hoping someone here will tell me that Collins wasn’t trying to deliberately hurt Jahvid.
I had memories of what the Oregon O-line did to Daryl Skaugstad’s knees years ago…

A Beaver fan, but we were all Best fans last night.

Here’s hoping Jahvid makes a full recovery. No one likes to see an injury. We’re pulling for him all the way out in SEC country too.