COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State football team gathered around Urban Meyer on a high school field in Scottsdale, Ariz., with the Fiesta Bowl still a few days away. Meyer wanted to hammer home the point of practicing with a purpose on that late December afternoon, and he used a strange player to highlight his message. Malik Barrow, a freshman defensive tackle who came to Ohio State in the middle of a his recovery from a knee injury and didn’t play at all last season because of it, was the subject of Meyer’s ire. In not so many words — and with some colorful language — Meyer told Barrow in front of the entire team that he didn’t practice well the day before. How Barrow practiced was seemingly of little consequence to the Buckeyes’ preparations for the College Football Playoff. But the fact that Meyer singled him out was a…
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