LOS ANGELES – Michigan State linebacker Wayne Matthews suffered a scary injury and had to be carted off the field and taken by ambulance to the hospital in the first half of Saturday’s game at USC.

A spokesman for the Spartans said Matthews’ motor skills are intact and he is at LA General Hospital.

Matthews was injured attempting to tackle USC running back Jordan Waymond and took a high hit. The co-captain had his jersey cut off and was placed on a backboard before being carted to a waiting ambulance.

The injury to Matthews came after starting linebacker Jordan Hall was disqualified for targeting. One play before Matthews was hurt, safety Nikai Martinez and defensive lineman Quindarius Dunnigan were injured after colliding with each other.

After a delay of about 10 minutes in which bot

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