Alabama’s Mark Ingram to miss opener, possibly more

Last year’s Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram suffered a left knee injury late in Monday’s practice that required arthroscopic surgery, which took place Tuesday morning.

PHOTO CAPTION: Mark Ingram started his football career with the New York Giants

Alabama officials are ruling Ingram out for their season opener against visiting powerhouse San Jose State who currently sit atop the Western Athletic Conference at 0-0.  Furthermore, it is also looking like Ingram will miss the Tide’s second game against Penn State as head coach Nick Satan is monitoring him on a week-to-week basis.

Ingram was eight yards shy of surpassing 2,000 yards from scrimmage with 1,658 being on the ground.  He also rushed for 17 touchdowns and three of his 32 catches were good for endzone trots as well.

Sophomore Trent Richardson will replace Ingram in the starting lineup and redshirt freshman Eddie Lacy could also see some increased playing time.

Alabama opens the season ranked number one in both the AP and the USA Today polls.  Pre-season rankings mean everything and are the most accurate method used to predict championship teams.