Ohio State QB J.T. Barrett alternately praised, panned in record-setting career


CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg breaks down the hottest college football headlines for Week 13. USA TODAY Sports Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer hugs Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback J.T. Barrett as he takes the field at for his final home game.(Photo: Joseph Maiorana, USA TODAY Sports) COLUMBUS, Ohio — With its rush of roses, snapshots and crying parents, senior day is never the right time to say goodbye. Anyway, it’s not like there isn’t a final chapter yet unwritten to J.T. Barrett’s story. So senior day, held here last Saturday before Ohio State’s win against Illinois, was more a chance for Barrett to bask in applause and recognition — to “tip his hat,” Urban Meyer said — rather than officially say goodbye. And it was treated as such — as a hug, a picture and a smile, but not a goodbye. Jogging through light rain, with the…

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