Since I was at the game, I don't know if the top-notch SEC announcing crew mentioned what was happening behind the bench every time Javon Pickett came out of the game. Or if Coach Martin mentioned it post-game.
Our seats are right in line with the end of the bench. It appeared that Javon would come out of the game about every 5 minutes or so, come behind the bench and stretch with the strength and conditioning coach. They had a special pad that he would kneel on. In the second half, a manager would be ready with a heating pad (or hot towels maybe) to put on his lower back while he was out of the game. It didn't appear that they wanted him to sit on the bench at all.
He really gutted out this game despite the injury from Wednesday night. All of the young kids played hard tonight. Such a gut-wrenching loss.
Our seats are right in line with the end of the bench. It appeared that Javon would come out of the game about every 5 minutes or so, come behind the bench and stretch with the strength and conditioning coach. They had a special pad that he would kneel on. In the second half, a manager would be ready with a heating pad (or hot towels maybe) to put on his lower back while he was out of the game. It didn't appear that they wanted him to sit on the bench at all.
He really gutted out this game despite the injury from Wednesday night. All of the young kids played hard tonight. Such a gut-wrenching loss.
