Thursday, November 17, 2011

Vols still taking Bray’s status ‘day-to-day’

The quarterback said Wednesday that he’s “always going to want to play” if the decision is left up to him, but acknowledged “it’s up to coaches” to pull the trigger on his availability. On that front, the head coach gave no indication which direction he may or may not be leaning when it comes to Bray and Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt.

“We limited his reps a little bit, especially early in practice so he could kind of manage it through the rest of the deal,” Derek Dooley said. “We’ll see. We just have to take it day-to-day, no real difference from yesterday.”

Bray has missed the past five games — the Vols are 1-4 during that span — since suffering the injury in an Oct. 8 loss to Georgia. Matt Simms started the first two games after Bray was sidelined, but was subsequently replaced by true freshman Justin Worley.

Worley would again get the start if Bray is unable to go against the Commodores.

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