Forget the polls that put Michigan as the Big Ten favorite and part of the upcoming four-team national championship playoff.J.T. Barrett knows better.He’s the Ohio State quarterback and he understands, as well as anyone, where Buckeyes aspirations are. “I don’t think that the expectations are lower this year,” Barrett said. “I don’t think that’s fair to the people who came through Ohio State before, not only for the legends but the fans.”Do you want us to tell the fans, ‘Yeah, we lost some guys. I don’t know about that Big Ten championship.’ They’d look at you crazy.”Barrett is not crazy. Neither is coach Urban Meyer. There is rebuilding to do, but when you have a Heisman Trophy contending quarterback in Barrett combined with Meyer’s 50-4 Buckeye record that includes a national championship, well, there’s a reason why a select Big Ten media panel picked Ohio State to win the conference, and it’s not because of sentimentality.Let’s start with Barrett, who has embraced a leadership role as never before.“When you’re not on the field you need to be in the film room,” he said. “When you’re a quarterback, you really never shut it off. I take that with me.“I feel I…
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