(WVLT) -- Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton suffered a concussion during Monday night's loss to UCLA, according to GoVolsXtra.com.
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"I'm fine," Crompton told reporters after practice Wednesday, ""A little sore, nothing too bad. I'm ready to go."
Crompton and the Vols have an extra week to nurse their physical and emotional wounds following the surprising 27-24 overtime loss to the Bruins. The Sept. 13 game versus the Blazers is their home opener.
TRUTH=He got the concussion from running into Foster in the backfield. No Joke. He played the entire rest of the game with the concussion. Sheds a little light on the game result.
I hope we use UAB as a good offensive tune-up game. If we can get it rolling I'll feel a lot better about our chances against better competition. If we flub it against them like we did about UCLA, well, the season is effectively over.
I'm sure if something happens to Crompton that Stephens' hold on the QB spot will be tenuous. I'd expect both guys to get a chance to prove themselves.
Concussions can be a tricky thing. They can linger and give concentration problems for weeks to follow. I don't know the extent of the concussion, but once you get one the next ones come easier. I think that Crompton will be ok, but I dont see him taking any chance at getting hit before the UAB game.
kind of pisses me off, that these guys are so unaware of this concussion, and then we find it out 3 days later. If he had a concussion I would have been fine running the spread with G-GUN and foster in the back