Blue roundup: After yet another concussion, should Austin Collie call it a career?
Former BYU star Austin Collie has been a hot topic of conversation nationally this week after he sustained yet another concussion.
Some pundits have asked if the Indianapolis Colts wide receiver should retire from the game. Gregg Doyel of cbssports.com talked to Collie's father, Scott, who is also a former BYU receiver that dealt with serious injuries.
"The son is the story, but Scott Collie is the prism through which I wanted to see it. He's a former receiver himself — he caught passes from Steve Young at BYU, then played four years in the Canadian Football League — but above all else he's a father. He's the father, specifically, of an NFL player who has suffered three concussions in 21 months," Doyel writes. "This was a delicate phone conversation, as you can imagine. Part of me wanted to know how Scott Collie had handled the news of his son's latest concussion. But part of me wanted to know, had to know, if Austin wanted to keep playing — and whether the father would allow it. We'll let Scott Collie answer that last question first. 'He's going to keep playing — so long as the Colts will have him,' Scott told me. 'I don't know what 26-year-old is going to listen to his dad. I can advise. I can't tell him to stop.'"
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@chris b
I generally ignore you and seldom reply to you but I'm going to reply now and you should take this to heart as I am doing this respectfully.
Criticizing BYU's practices of having firesides and devotionals is More..
Did Christy B really just lump Utah in with the national powers because they have won "multiple" BCS games? I guess two counts as multiple, but it hardly makes Utah a national power. That's the best laugh I've had in quite a while. More..
If anyone thinks Collie should keep playing, read about Wayne Chrebet (my favorite former wide receiver), who played a number of years with the NY Jets. Due to concussions, every day is a struggle now. Despite having some seriously excited More..