Inside the exhausted, overwhelmed and exultant Ohio State locker room Saturday night, a hundred or so Buckeyes had not yet started to digest the last four hours of unforgettable football. Players and coaches danced and hollered and found ways to burn off the leftover adrenaline from a dramatic comeback victory they were all still trying to process. Hoarse-voiced offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson introduced “our man and your leader” J.T. Barrett to lend his perspective.
The veteran leader fresh off a prove-you-wrong performance for the ages addressed his teammates with all the gusto of a metronome.
“This is what it’s all about,” he said, plain and calm.