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Buckeye Class of '03 is down to its last 'brick'
Friday, August 31, 2007
By
Todd Porter
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER
COLUMBUS Tucked inside a ballroom in the Hyatt Regency in downtown Chicago, Kirk Barton looked out of place. Balllrooms and 300-pounders don't exactly conjure images of Fred Astaire.
Barton, Ohio State's 310-pound right tackle, was a few feet from Head Coach Jim Tressel and worlds away from Perry High School.
Three weeks ago during the Big Ten's media day, Barton sat at a circular table and politely answered questions - the obvious, the dumb and the legitimate - from all sorts of reporters. At times, he looked alone.
Maybe he feels that way.
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