The helmet-to-helmet hit Notre Dame starting quarterback Everett Golson sustained late in Saturday's win resulted in a concussion, though it would seem to be a very mild one based on his coach's prognosis.

Coach Brian Kelly said during his Sunday teleconference that his quarterback was a bit symptomatic the day after Notre Dame's win against Stanford but will undergo more tests Monday and is expected to be cleared Tuesday.

"We really can't do anything with him physically until all the symptoms have been cleared, and then there's the cognitive testing that has to take place," Kelly said. "So our general protocol is we expect him tomorrow to be able to pass his cog test. If he does that, then we begin light exercise.

"If there's no reoccurrence of any headaches then we clear him. If he doesn't get cleared on Tuesday then we repeat the process and we continue with it.

"So the only thing that would be at risk here is if he's not cleared for Tuesday, then he loses a lot of rep work on Tuesday. It doesn't mean that he couldn't still be a starter for us if he practices Wednesday and Thursday."