It was the type of collision that was scary, one that you can hear in the very top row of a stadium.

And yet, all those involved in such a hit in last Saturday's Mississippi State-LSU game were lucid enough afterward to talk about the three-person train wreck involving Mississippi State running back Jerious Norwood (the hittee), LSU linebacker Kenneth Hollis (the hitter) and LSU safety Jessie Daniels (a hitter and a hittee).

Norwood had just caught a screen pass and was at the end of a 19-yard run, stretching toward midfield with Daniels wrapped around his legs from behind. That's when Hollis came steaming across the field and hit Norwood with a helmet-to-helmet blow (no penalty was called) that became a helmet-to-helmet-to-helmet blow when Norwood's helmet popped back and hit Daniels.

"I don't think he (Norwood) or Jessie ever even saw me," Hollis said.

The result: Norwood was knocked out, and Daniels had a cut above his gums after the blow knocked out his mouthpiece and caused his chinstrap to fly off.

"The first thing I remember was getting in the ambulance, and that got my attention," Norwood said. "I was out cold."

Daniels got up with blood pouring out of his mouth, and started looking for his mouthpiece. His teammates thought he was knocked silly.

To Hollis's credit, he didn't jump up and celebrate the hit. He realized right away that Norwood wasn't moving and Daniels wasn't much better.

"I don't want to kill no one," Hollis said. "I was concerned about both of them. I don't want to hurt no one that bad. I was glad when they got up."

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