EAST LANSING, Mich. We should be used to this by now, should have seen it coming from all David Savard Jersey that history over all those years past.November arrives and the unexpected happens.The games are bigger, the margin for error smaller and every play every snap can change the course of the season. Even one that looked empty.MORE: | | | | It is here where we reintroduce to the college football world. September suddenly feels like forever ago.This is a young team, Ohio State coach said, that is playing at an extremely high level right now.And might be playing better than anyone in the country.As big as this season-changing 49-37 rout of Michigan State is, its what has begun to unfold in yet another November that has Ohio State thinking big again.College Football Playoff big. Heisman Trophy big.This is what happens when the calendar flips to November and and . When the pre sure of playing in November is so great, the unreal and unexpected happens.BENDER: Like Ohio State reemerging in the national title chase. Like J.T. Barrett making a Heisman statement.I hear people say were too young, Ohio State tailback Ezekiel Elliott said. Its all in our hands now. All we have to do is win each week. We proved were ready for the big stage..No matter how bad that September lo s to Virginia Tech looks.You say forget Ohio State, the lo s to a Virginia Tech team getting worse by the week trumps all. I say embrace the reality of the hottest team in the game.You say Ohio State hasnt played anyone. I say who in the world wants to play the Buckeyes; who wants to try to find a way to stop Barrett and knock heads with a coach who does big games as good or better than anyone in the game?Know this much about Meyer: he James Neal Jersey s constantly critiquing his team and his staff, and always looking for flaws. Minutes after this thumping he could barely contain the exuberance.He was downright giddy.DID YOU SEE? | | His team just made one of the best defenses in the nation look utterly unprepared. His redshirt freshman quarterback, the one who struggled against Virginia Tech and had everyone wondering in September what bad happens next, is playing as well as Thomas Hickey Jersey Mariotaor Winston or any other quarterback in the game.Were playing with confidence right now, Barrett said. Thats so big for this team. When youre confident in your preparation, it plays out (on the field).No one on this young team five of its first six touchdowns were scored by freshmen or sophomores is more confident, more prepared, than the one guy who looked lost in Week 2.Since that lo s to Virginia Tech, Barrett has accounted for 30 touchdowns and is running Meyers spread option offense as well or better than Josh Harris or Alex Smith or Tim Tebow or you better believe it Braxton Miller. You dont roll into Spartan Stadium, where No. 8 Michigan State hadnt lost since November 2012, where it prides itself on playing more physical than the other guy, and push around the Spartans like no one has over the last two seasons.This statement game, this payback from last years lo s in the Big Ten Championship Game that kept the Buckeyes from playing for it all, now leaves us with this reality: Meyer finally has Ohio State playing like an SEC team.He finally has this program taking big road games, games that dictate seasons, and sucking the very life from it all. You want CFP impre sive? Heres CFP impre sive:Ohio State beat Michigan State dismantled the Spartans in a game that meant everything much worse and with much more significance than Oregon did in September. That game is the Ducks biggest win of the season and it pales in comparison to this one.That game was Marcus Mariotas early statement in the Heisman Trophy race. This game was Barretts statement as the Nicolas Beaudin Jersey games next great player and Ohio States as the team you better believe still has legs.The team that was shell-shocked after an injury to (then) star quarterback Braxton Miller; that looked unhinged against Virginia Tech, now looks like a team that can beat anyone in the game.When were playing to our capability, we think were as good as anyone, said Ohio State center Jacoby Boren.Complain all you want about Ohio States schedule, its not as big a deal as you think. The foundation of the new postseason, the baseline of the 12-member selection committee, is to find the four best teams by all means nece sary.That includes head-to-head victories and comparative victories and conference championships and the nebulous eye test. It is here where Jordan Eberle Jersey Ohio State can easily squeeze itself into one of those four coveted spots.It might take more crazy in November, but at this point, would anything surprise you?A lot went into this, Meyer said. But we cant exhale now.Especially when youre playing better than anyone in the country.