COLUMBUS, Ohio — J.T. Barrett has accomplished everything he could ever want at Ohio State Buckeyes . With an asterisk. The redshirt junior’s career checks all the boxes. Become Ohio State’s starting quarterback? Yup. Become the Big Ten’s best quarterback? He was named that twice. Win a Big Ten title? That too. Compete for a Heisman Trophy? Check. (He was fifth in the 2014 voting.). Win a national championship? Yeah, well about that … Barrett has the ring from the 2014 natty but not the experience of playing in the game. Two years ago seems like 22 when Barrett reflects back to 2014. A broken ankle that day against Michigan Wolverines ended his season but in a weird way jump-started Ohio State’s run. The Buckeyes kept on rolling without him that day, over the next month and into 2015 winning the first College Football Playoff. Ultimately, Barrett was a champion,…
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