he thought he could make it after he felt it go south in his first TD run, but it progressively felt worse.  I think he was encouraging them that he should come back out, rather than the coaches pushing him to do it.

No idea what happened here with the U.  It might also be that lisfranc injuries (the severity anyway) are hard to get a sense of until a bit more walking and time.  Maybe that explains both situations, I don't know.