CLOSE SportsPulse: Ohio State’s stunning dismantling of Clemson will have major implications for the National Championship as well as the NFL Draft. USA TODAY In the time it takes to read this column, the Ohio State football medical staff saved the Buckeyes’ season and made quarterback Justin Fields a ton of money. That’s one way to look at it, and some do. Timothy Kremchek, medical director for the Cincinnati Reds and several college athletic teams, thinks Ohio State team doctor Jim Borchers and his staff deserve kudos for the way they handled the injury to Fields, who left last Friday’s Sugar Bowl against Clemson after getting hit in the ribs during the second quarter. The quarterback returned one play later to throw a touchdown to Chris Olave and remained in the game to lead Ohio State to a 49-28 win. “Rather than saying they rushed Fields back into the game,…
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