Oregon Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota suffered a head injury during Saturday's game against the Pac-12 rival Arizona Wildcats.
Rob Moseley of GoDucks.com noted that Mariota was groggy as he left the field after throwing his second interception of the game:
Marcus Mariota is VERY groggy as he leaves the field. Adds injury to insult after another interception.
— Rob Moseley (@DuckFootball) November 23, 2013
CSNNW.com's Aaron Fentress added this:
“I don’t know (how he is). He was fine when I was talking to him eye-to-eye,” Helfrich said about Mariota, who was struck in the head late.
— Aaron J. Fentress (@AaronJFentress) November 24, 2013 Not long ago, Oregon looked like a national championship contender, and Mariota appeared to be the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy.
Now, the Ducks are about to suffer their second loss in three games, as their superstar sophomore signal-caller has suffered a sprained MCL and now another injury in the process.
He hadn't thrown an interception before Saturday's contest on the road at Tuscon's Arizona Stadium, although his first giveaway necessitated an amazing tip drill from the Wildcats secondary:
It took this miraculous INT to stop Marcus Mariota's streak of 353 passes without an INT. #UOvsAZ --> http://t.co/lGQXQ8oX3U
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 23, 2013
If Oregon doesn't have him for the regular-season finale against Oregon State, it will be interesting to see how the team's high-octane offense operates under the command of a different leader.
Mariota's mobility has returned, but he will have to make sure his head is right before he takes to the gridiron again.
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