Then, the season must be over until he returns.
That's preposterous.
AJ is key in games against Texas State type opponents. We needed him stabilize everything in offense. Losing him right away to start off a new season is a lunch to the gut. We didn't have time to recover and the weakness of our other RBs was exposed as we saw with the Irons fumble. I never felt like our offense was capable once AJ went to the locker room. (Also didn't help that Smith was injured too. Ugh)
That said, with a week of game planning I feel it'll go better with just Brown and Irons in there.