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The saddest – and perhaps the most defining moment – of the college football season so far might have come late in the second quarter of a blowout in Starkville, Mississippi.
Alabama led 35-7 when Tua Tagovailoa, chased by a pair of Mississippi State defenders, went to the ground hard with what appears to be a severe hip injury.
While the extent of the injury wasn’t initially known, it appeared very serious. ESPN’s Molly McGrath reported hearing Alabama’s All-American quarterback “screaming in pain.” He was carted off the field. Taken from the stadium by ambulance.