J.T. Barrett apologizes for ‘selfish act’ that led to Ohio State QB’s suspension
J.T. Barrett was back in the lineup for the Ohio State Buckeyes after serving a one-game suspension for an OVI citation and he was very remorseful after the game.
The Ohio State Buckeyes looked to earn some style points in the eyes of the College Football Playoff committee with a big win over Illinois on Saturday, but they had to settle for a ho-hum 28-3 win in the first game back for quarterback J.T. Barrett.
Barrett missed last week’s game against Minnesota after he was cited for operating a vehicle under the influence and Urban Meyer suspended him and took away his summer financial aid. Barrett also had to pay a court ordered fine and his license is suspended 180 days.
After the game that saw Barrett go 15-of-23 passing for 150 yards, one touchdown, one interception and another 74 yards and a score touchdowns on 16 carries the redshirt sophomore quarterback was extremely remorseful and offered an apology for his actions.
“What I have to say about that,” Barrett said, via the Cleveland Plain Dealer, “is I am truly sorry for my actions. I know that the main thing about it is I wasn’t thinking really about my position here at Ohio State. I faced the consequences and that’s going to be a long-term thing I’m going to deal with.
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“I’m moving forward. Like I said, I extremely apologize to Buckeye Nation. I never want to hurt Ohio State (with) what it’s done for me as a person and also as a player. It was just a selfish act and that’s it.”
It was a selfish act and that’s it as Barrett said.
The most important thing here isn’t what the punishment was that Meyer dished out or whether Barrett should remain a team captain, something former Ohio State linebacker Chris Spielman questioned during the broadcast on ABC, but that Barrett has learned from his selfish act and hopefully won’t ever do it again.
Barrett and Ohio State host Michigan State next Saturday.