Bama's Meadows exits after violent hit at Mizzou

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Alabama wide receiver Derek Meadows appeared to beryllium knocked unconscious by a convulsive deed from Missouri information Marvin Burks Jr. connected Saturday, resulting successful a scary concern successful the archetypal 4th astatine Memorial Stadium.

Meadows had leaped to drawback a walk from Crimson Tide backmost Ty Simpson erstwhile Burks, ranging to his left, delivered a large shoulder-to-shoulder blow. Meadows deed the turf and laic motionless, his close limb bent astatine an awkward angle, arsenic respective members of the Crimson Tide coaching unit rushed from the sideline to situation him.

Quiet fell implicit the stadium, and it took respective minutes earlier they sat Meadows up, and respective much earlier they helped him locomotion disconnected the field. Burks was flagged for targeting connected the play, and the punishment was upheld aft the officials reviewed it.

Meadows, a freshman from Las Vegas, has yet to drawback a walk successful a crippled this season.

Meanwhile, Alabama moving backmost Jam Miller besides near the crippled aboriginal successful the 4th fourth aft taking a hard deed adjacent the sideline. He walked to the locker country with the assistance of trainers.

The crippled betwixt No. 8 Crimson Tide and No. 14 Missouri marks the archetypal successful Columbia betwixt 2 AP top-15 teams since Sept. 29, 1979, erstwhile the Tigers mislaid to Texas. Alabama has not mislaid to Missouri since 1975.