COLUMBUS, Ohio — A drafty storage hallway on the third floor of Ohio State’s football facility serves as a game day pathway between the Ohio State locker room and the media area. There’s cracked white paint, eight tables leaning against a wall and more than a dozen folding chairs stacked one on top of another. On Saturday evening after No. 2 Ohio State’s improbable 30–27 double-overtime victory over No. 3 Michigan, quarterback J.T. Barrett and coach Urban Meyer crossed paths there. They locked in a long embrace that melted into a hearty laugh, immediately recalling the tensest moment of a day full of them. On a fourth-and-one play in double overtime with Ohio State trailing by a field goal, Barrett lunged forward awkwardly on a quarterback keeper and officials spotted the ball generously, just far enough to signal for a first down. “They told me on the headset, ‘They’re buzzing…
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