COLUMBUS, Ohio — Did the most fractious, contentious, momentous presidential election in a generation get in the way of your football game? It’s a ridiculous premise, the idea of life interfering with Ohio State football, but it’s the kind of thing that comes up when you exist in a sporting bubble like the one at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. To paraphrase the saying, life is what happens while you’re planning for Maryland as 28-point favorites. Urban Meyer was kidding when fielding this election question Monday. “Election for?” Meyer asked. For the President of the United States. Focused, right? “Beat Maryland,” Meyer said. Saturday will remain the biggest day of the Buckeyes’ week, but quarterback J.T. Barrett, for one, will have time to vote Tuesday, thanks to a canceled class, he said, and the fact that he proudly took the time to switch his registration to Ohio. In a swing state that has been populated by visiting politicians and bombarded with political ads, about 100 young men of diverse backgrounds and hometowns who aren’t only football players will have that chance, many for the first time. They are focused, but they are as equally aware and curious. And they are…
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