CLOSE USA TODAY Sports’ Mackenzie Salmon breaks down the path to Alabama’s dynamic national championship run. USA TODAY Sometimes wincing in pain and sometimes looking just fine, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields overcame a painful hip pointer injury Monday to keep his team in a shootout of sorts before halftime against Alabama. But it wasn’t nearly enough. The Buckeyes soon buckled under Alabama’s dominant offense, rendering Fields largely irrelevant in a 52-24 loss at the College Football Playoff national championship game in Miami Gardens, Florida. Fields completed 17 of 33 passes for 194 yards and one touchdown, just 10 days after sustaining such a hard hit to his side against Clemson that many wondered whether he had broken his ribs. Fields’ father told ESPN before the game Monday at Hard Rock Stadium that his son was diagnosed with a hip pointer. “For him to go out there and play today really shows his…
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