Trent Richardson had already been counting down the days to the 2011 football season. As much as he respected Mark Ingram and as much as he learned from Alabama’s only Heisman Trophy winner, Richardson was like any other running back. He yearned to be “the man,” to carry it 20 or 25 times a game and see just where he could take the Crimson Tide in what may well be his final season at the Capstone. On April 27 of this year, Richardson’s perspective on football and what it means to play the sport that he loves so dearly changed in a way that he still has a hard time describing. Read more: http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/23099/tide-richardson-playing-for-a-lot-of-people
