COLUMBUS Sports can be so strange sometimes. And bittersweet, too. The Ohio State Buckeyes’ run for the roses was clinched by a 26-year-old backup kicker who was a professional soccer player until his body couldn’t take the physical abuse of the game anymore. So now Devin Barclay is a college football player. Makes perfect sense, right? Barclay’s 39-yard field goal in overtime gave Ohio State a 27-24 victory over Iowa, and so much more. The kick clinched at least a share of a fifth consecutive Big Ten Conference championship for the Buckeyes, who can win the title outright next week in Ann Arbor, Mich., against their biggest rival. It also clinched a berth in the Rose Bowl for Ohio State (9-2, 6-1 Big Ten) for the first time since the 1996 season, when Joe Germaine led the Buckeyes to a last-minute 20-17 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils. “It’s unbelievable. I’m speechless,” said Barclay, a native of Annapolis, Md.