NEW ORLEANS, La. — His ribs ached. Or at least it looked like they ached. They should ache. Did you see the hit? The hit. Clemson linebacker James Skalski barreled his helmet into Justin Fields’s right side like a submarine torpedo into the broadside of a navy vessel. He sat crumpled on the ground. A few players later, he was back on that same turf, his own offensive lineman peeling him from it. He clutched his right side. It had to be hard to breathe, right? To inhale. To exhale. Forget about throwing a football. Forget about twisting and turning, running or even jogging. It hurt. It had to. Russell Costanza/USA TODAY Sports But here was Fields, clearly aching, hurting badly, throwing missiles and dropping dimes, carving through one of the nation’s best defensive units and leading his Ohio State team to a rollicking 49–28 win over Clemson in the…
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