Alabama hit hard by injuries
TOP-RANKED ALABAMA has lost wide receiver DeAndrew White and running back Dee Hart for the season. "The MRI indicated that both Dee and DeAndrew sustained knee injuries that will require surgery and they will be out for the year" coach Nick Saban said in a statement.
TOP-RANKED ALABAMA has lost wide receiver DeAndrew White and running back Dee Hart for the season.
"The MRI indicated that both Dee and DeAndrew sustained knee injuries that will require surgery and they will be out for the year" coach Nick Saban said in a statement.
It was not clear which knees the players hurt.
White, a redshirt sophomore, has eight catches for 105 yards and two touchdowns. He was hurt on the Crimson Tide's first drive against Mississippi on Saturday.
Hart, a redshirt freshman, was injured after fielding a fourth-quarter punt. He was a top recruit in 2011 but was sidelined last season after a knee injury during the summer. That leaves Eddie Lacy and freshmen T.J. Yeldon and Kenyan Drake as the only scholarship backs.
Receiver Chris Black (shoulder), running back Jalston Fowler (knee) and reserve safety Jarrick Williams (knee) are also expected to be out for the season with injuries.
Noteworthy *
Ohio State senior running back Jordan Hall has a partial tear of the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and is doubtful for this week's home game against Nebraska, coach Urban Meyer said Monday. Hall was injured in Saturday's win against Michigan State.
In other news, Meyer said he believes Ohio State has sent a tape to the Big Ten office that appears to show a Michigan State player gouging at the eyes of Buckeyes defensive lineman Johnathan Hankins. The short clip appears to show the Spartans' Jack Allen or a teammate trying to thrust a gloved hand inside Hankins' facemask. At the same time, Hankins is trying to get his fingers inside Allen's facemask. Meyer was asked about the video during his weekly news conference.
* Police in Columbus, Ohio, said 1960s Ohio State football star Jim Stillwagon has been charged in a shooting after a road-rage incident that spanned about 14 miles.
Officers say the college football Hall of Famer fired a handgun at a pickup truck driver while riding a motorcycle Sunday north of Columbus. They said the vehicles then pulled into a parking area in Delaware and Stillwagon struck the other driver with the gun, causing it to fire a bullet that grazed the man's head. Stillwagon, 63, was jailed on a felonious assault charge, with bond set at $350,000.
* Clemson receiver Sammy Watkins, who sat out Saturday's win over Boston College due to an abdominal virus, is expected to play this week. Watkins returned to practice in preparation for Saturday, when the No. 15 Tigers visit Georgia Tech.