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07:50 PM ET 03.08 | The Alabama Crimson Tide repeated as National Champions in January but things apparently weren't as easy as they appeared. Despite Rolling Tide all the way to a title, Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron played the last six games of the college football season, including the SEC and National Championship games, with a rib injury. "I had three ribs come out of place," McCarron told ESPN.com earlier this week. "They kept popping in and out of place, the one at the top, and it was just a nagging pain the whole time." McCarron said that he suffered the injury all the way back on October 27 in a game against Mississippi State, which explains why he looked so mortal against the LSU Tigers and Texas A&M Aggies. The game after suffering the rib injury, McCarron struggled through much of Alabama's game against LSU before leading them back to win. The following game, things didn't go as swimmingly as the Tide dropped their first and only game of the season in a loss to Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M.

A.J. McCarron, Getty Images/Streeter Lecka

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March 8, 2013 11:42 PM ET

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March 9, 2013 08:13 AM ET

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Colt, are you listening?

Spaceman Spiff

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March 9, 2013 09:26 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:13 AM ET 03.09 by Spaceman Spiff

Colt, are you listening?

Not that I am anywhere near being a TU apologist, but I think Colt's injury was more severe on that day than AJ's was at any time....numb arm that won't throw the football will trump sore ribs..

BackRoads

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March 9, 2013 10:07 AM ET

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This article makes it sound like McCarron was the first college player, to play with injuries!!!

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March 9, 2013 12:30 PM ET

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Originally posted 10:07 AM ET 03.09 by The Oldtimer

This article makes it sound like McCarron was the first college player, to play with injuries!!!

Always underrated, Craig Krenzel QB tOSU Buckeyes 2001 National Champions, played with a myriad of injuries the whole season!

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March 9, 2013 01:57 PM ET

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Originally posted 12:30 PM ET 03.09 by PAPA ROCKS

Always underrated, Craig Krenzel QB tOSU Buckeyes 2001 National Champions, played with a myriad of injuries the whole season!

Yes you are correct and many more great college football players, past and present, play/played with injuries!!!

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March 9, 2013 03:42 PM ET

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Originally posted 09:26 AM ET 03.09 by BackRoads

Not that I am anywhere near being a TU apologist, but I think Colt's injury was more severe on that day than AJ's was at any time....numb arm that won't throw the football will trump sore ribs..

I was wearing my Longhorn T-Shrit when I stopped in Junction TX for gas. The convenience store clerk left the register and followed me around the store, talking trash about Colt chickening out etc. What an idiot! Youth is wasted on the young.