Saturday’s
football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the South Carolina Gamecocks
was rocking along with all the energy and passion you expect from a game in Williams-Brice
Stadium. In the second quarter, though, the festive atmosphere changed in the
blink of an eye to something much more serious.
Gamecock
All-American running back Marcus Lattimore took a hand-off to the left of the
line and cut up field. Two Tennessee defenders hit him at the same time, one at
the shoulder and the other on his leg. Lattimore’s knee gave way as though it
had been snapped in two and he collapsed onto the field like a rag doll.
