By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
It might have been the hardest hit Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron absorbed all night.

AJ McCarron passed for 208 yards and two touchdowns and No. 1 Alabama reached the end zone on its first three possessions in a 38-7 victory over No. 13 Mississippi State on Saturday night.
The NFL lockout hasn't affected an emerging friendship between Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan and rookie receiver Julio Jones.