It was only the second quarter and no one takes their starters out that early in a game even in blow outs. Blaming the coach is asinine. My son had a career ending injury playing college football many years ago and the last thing we/he did was blame the fricken coach. It was heartbreaking, but it happens. However, Players want to play. That is how competitors are wired. Football is a violent sport and sadly these things happen. The only thing that pisses me off more than these type of comments is the liberal scumbags who want to ban the sport.
Tua had no business playing in the game. They would have stomped
Miss State playing with a third string quarterback handing the ball off. Tua was 3 weeks out from having ankle surgery. His status was questionable before the game. Of course he wanted to play. That’s when Saban should have stepped in and said “with the Iron Bowl Bowl in two weeks and both your ankles wrapped we need you at 100% to beat Auburn.” End of story.
As it stands now Tua is out for the year and might never play in the NFL. Even if he’s drafted his value has plummeted as quarterback. It’s that bad. Bama’s defense is not what it used to be and Jones is not good enough to beat them. Of course I want them to win. Don’t be surprised if Oregon replaces them tomorrow as the 5th seeded team. Then In addition to Tua’s season being over Alabama’s for all intents and purposes will also be over. Unless Saban has a chance at playing for the title he loses interest and so will the players.