FWIW Paige on sidelines without brace

[CajunHusky]

I don't think there was a lesson to learn. Geno has said that the injury didn't occur at that moment in the ND game that it must have happened at some other point.

I think at the time of this statement this was conjecture and not authoritative. What I have read is that a tibial plateau fracture is characterized by intense pain when putting any weight at all on the leg. The hyperextension followed by a few steps and then falling down in agony would be consistent with that symptom.

The same article said that the bone if set properly and without any weight bearing for the appropriate period of time will heal stronger than before in a relatively short period. The challenge is preventing atrophy and rehabilitation.