How did Mark Ingram hurt his knee?”
Alabama sophomore running back Mark Ingram has had a brilliant night, rushing for a career-high 150 yards, but he just gave the Tide Nation a huge scare. He limped off the field with an injury to his left knee and had it wrapped in ice by the Alabama medical staff. ATLANTA — Mark Ingram was looking frustrated, so a former Alabama great running back stepped in to help. Ingram had gained only 14 yards on five carries in the first quarter. Shaun Alexander, a former NFL MVP, could see the frustration on Ingram’s face from the sideline and whispered some advice to him, one great running back to possibly another. “If you take care of that second quarter,” Alexander said he told Ingram, “your fourth quarter will be really special.” Was it ever. Ingram ran for 81 yards and scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, capping a career-high, 150-yard rushing night in No. 5 Alabama’s 34-24 victory Saturday night over No. 7 Virginia Tech at the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. The performance earned Ing