LSU quarterback Joe Burrow snatched the Heisman Trophy spotlight with his performance in Saturday’s 46-41 victory at Alabama.
What about the other guy?
Crimson Tide counterpart Tua Tagovailoa, the Heisman runner-up last season, may have lost out on college football’s top individual award with a first-quarter fumble and a second-quarter interception that helped dig a 33-13 halftime hole for Alabama against the Tigers. Tagovailoa did his best to atone for those mistakes during the second half and finished 21-of-40 passing for 418 yards and four touchdowns.
The 6-foot-1, 218-pound Tagovailoa was playing in his first game since suffering a high-ankle sprain against Tennessee on Oct. 19 and undergoing a procedure the next day.
“He’s a little sore, as to be expected,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said during his weekly news conference Monday. “We did all the medical research that you could do on him to find out if he did any damage or hurt himself in any way shape or form, and he did not. We’ll manage the soreness, and we may give him the day off today and sort of start him back tomorrow a little bit.