CLOSE Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide This is not the 11th-best team in the nation. And that did not seem like a quarterback disadvantaged by damaged ribs. But this is Ohio State, and that was Justin Fields. And now the Buckeyes are headed to the national championship game against Alabama on Jan. 11 after shocking No. 2 Clemson in the Sugar Bowl national semifinal, 49-28. Fields, Ohio State’s quarterback, ripped the Tigers for six touchdown passes Friday in the Sugar Bowl, including four after he sustained a hard hit to his right-side ribs near the end of the second quarter at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The blow came courtesy of Clemson linebacker James Skalski, who was ejected right afterward for targeting Fields with his helmet. Fields even had to temporarily leave the game because of it and grimaced in pain the rest of the night. “My ribs were killing…
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