Jayden Epps diagnosed with concussion

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illini80

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That must have been a serious collision/fall. As we know too well, you don’t mess around with a concussion. One serious enough to put him in the hospital would likely end his season I would think. I know they follow protocols, but I wouldn’t chance it.
 
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TheFlyinHawaiian

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BashCtIllini said:
What exactly are they doing in practice that is causing concussions? I can't remember ever hearing of a player getting a concussion before Curbelo. Now we've heard of 3 in 2 years. One which made a huge impact on a guys career and another that sent someone to the hospital.
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Wasn't Shannon's concussion from the Penn St. game not practice?
 
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blife

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WTH is going on. I jump on for the first time today and feel like this is a bad early April fool prank. 1 in concussion protocol and 1 caffeine rehab? You really can't make this stuff up. Hope everyone is better soon and back on the court.
 
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Snoopy

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Point-Illinois said:
Ayo in 2021.
Curbelo and Kofi last year.
Shannon and Epps this year.

Is this just a bad string of luck? Are we the only ones that report them??
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Speculation on my part, that due to the accusations of the Beckman era, Illinois athletics is possibly more sensitive to proactive injury handling than other schools. This is a good thing regardless of why.
 
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aaeismacgychel

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Ransom Stoddard said:
concussions are taken a lot more seriously now. I'm pretty sure guys used to walk around with concussions and not even know it.
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Pretty much this. As an athlete who had multiple concussions myself, it was called "getting your bell rung" or "seeing stars" and you sat for a few minutes getting your bearings then expected to go right back out there. You knew something wasn't right when walking around, and even moreso when you were running, but you didn't really recognize the long-term seriousness of it. You thought it was more a short term condition until it wasn't. Sitting people is important as typically single concussions lead to no long term effects so long as you allow yourself appropriate time to recover, but having multiple concussions in a short period of time is basically playing russian roulette with a 2 or 3 bullet chamber.
 
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SactownIllini

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aaeismacgychel said:
Pretty much this. As an athlete who had multiple concussions myself, it was called "getting your bell rung" or "seeing stars" and you sat for a few minutes getting your bearings then expected to go right back out there. You knew something wasn't right when walking around, and even moreso when you were running, but you didn't really recognize the long-term seriousness of it. You thought it was more a short term condition until it wasn't. Sitting people is important as typically single concussions lead to no long term effects so long as you allow yourself appropriate time to recover, but having multiple concussions in a short period of time is basically playing russian roulette with a 2 or 3 bullet chamber.
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I had a pretty serious fall and concussion playing basketball where I slipped and hit the back of my head on the concrete. I won't go into details, but it was scary as hell and definitely had symptoms for a few days. I had a far worse one in a car accident where the effects were bad for 4-5 days and lingered for a year but only really when I drank alcohol. Sounds like Jayden's might have been more of a scare like mine and agree that he needs to be in a dark place on the mend...unlike what I did...a lot of immediate traveling.
 
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pruman91

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aaeismacgychel said:
Pretty much this. As an athlete who had multiple concussions myself, it was called "getting your bell rung" or "seeing stars" and you sat for a few minutes getting your bearings then expected to go right back out there. You knew something wasn't right when walking around, and even moreso when you were running, but you didn't really recognize the long-term seriousness of it. You thought it was more a short term condition until it wasn't. Sitting people is important as typically single concussions lead to no long term effects so long as you allow yourself appropriate time to recover, but having multiple concussions in a short period of time is basically playing russian roulette with a 2 or 3 bullet chamber.
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I got my bell rung a lot of times playing football in the mid to late 60's....go take five and a salt tablet and some water and get back out there.
Manhood back then was judged by how long you were out...
 
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Maybe for practice time? 🤷🏼‍♂️
 

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skyIdub

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pruman91 said:
I got my bell rung a lot of times playing football in the mid to late 60's....go take five and a salt tablet and some water and get back out there.
Manhood back then was judged by how long you were out...
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I thought the 60's were prime "rub some dirt on it" treatment times?
 
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InDaAZ

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Is it just me, or are we the most concussed team in the country the past few years?

You can’t spell “concussion” without “cuss,” which I’m tempted to do now! 🤬

All the best to Jayden - hoping for a speedy recovery for the young man…
 
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