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Notes on a trip to the Super Bowl.

When he's not talking about Vince Young, ESPN analyst and former NFL fullback Merril Hoge spends a lot of his time talking about concussions, which drove him out of football in 1994.

I spoke with Hoge Thursday at ESPN's Super Bowl compound in Scottsdale, and he said that he still, 13 years after walking away from the game, has the telltale post-concussion symptoms of sensitivity to light and headaches, but that it's nowhere near as bad as it was when he left the game, and that overall he feels thankful that he's still mentally healthy at age 43.

Hoge said that he only suffered a handful of concussions as a player, but that the real problem isn't the total number of concussions, it's the severity, and it's players suffering second concussions before having time to heal from their first. And Hoge has taken an active role in the NFL's efforts to prevent concussions.

"Are we doing enough? Probably not. But we're getting there," Hoge said.

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