All Eyes of the Football World on Tua After Horrific Injury

Terrible news out of college football Saturday as Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a serious injury against Mississippi State.

Breaking News: Tua Tagovailoa is out for the season with a dislocated hip with a posterior wall fracture, a person with knowledge of the situation tells me.

— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) November 16, 2019

This is a similar injury to the one suffered by Bo Jackson which due to related complications ended his athletic career.

Alabama was leading 35-7 and Tua was set to lead the two-minute offense right before halftime.

Nick Saban on the decision to play Tua Tagovailoa. pic.twitter.com/5dmeCHJn5F

— Alabama Crimson Tide | AL.com (@aldotcomTide) November 16, 2019

Starters will typically finish the first half even in a game of this margin, Tua being on the field at that point in the game is not an unusual circumstance.

Yet reaction to how Nick Saban kept Tagovailoa in the game seems unfavorable.

This is NOT a good look for Nick Saban at all. Tua beat down, couldn’t get off the field on his own power.

You’re up by 28 in the second quarter!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/O1dzdDmsKF

— Emmanuel Acho (@thEMANacho) November 16, 2019

Tua just returned from ankle surgery and gutted out a tough performance against Joe Burrow and LSU.

On a razor thin recovery timetable.

Hopefully this transcendent athlete can make a full recovery from this latest setback.

His injury shifts the college and NFL landscapes significantly, which seems insignificant at the moment.

Yet the business of collegiate athletics continues to profit, Nick Saban makes millions of dollars a year.

While Tua’s professional football future and the financial positioning of his early career is possibly altered.

With only a few months until the NFL Draft the injury to Tagovailoa will certainly shift speculation on his draft position.

Fans of the Miami Dolphins are certainly watching this story closely.

because even with durability issues, he’s still the most talented QB in the 2020 class IMO. no one can argue his health is a red flag and he needs to defy all odds to ever be the same. but tua tagovailoa is a special talent. this injury doesn’t change that. again, IMO https://t.co/xZCUsz25qH

— josh houtz (@houtz) November 16, 2019

Tua is the kind of player the organization has been searching for to fill the two decade void at quarterback.

Now Miami Dolphins fans must wait and hope for the best, and if Tua is who we hope him to be.

Then, perhaps this story has a triumphant turn.

All we can do now is wait.

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