Meanwhile Michael Brewer has undergone successful surgery on his broken left collarbone Tuesday afternoon at Montgomery Regional Hospital.
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That Buckeyes team won a national championship past year with its third-string quarterback, Cardale Jones, who started against the Hokies on Monday.
“I don’t see a ceiling”, Meyer said of Miller’s potential as a receiver/H-back, “because he has turned into an elite worker”. When someone asked the odd question of what Elliott thought the suspended defensive end Joey Bosa might be doing back in Columbus, Elliott came forth with an unexpected answer. “That’s going to be the challenge for our staff in a short week”.
That journey continues in the home opener on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network) in Ohio Stadium against Hawaii, which opened last week with a 28-20 win over Colorado in Honolulu.
Motley, a 6-foot-3, 221-pound junior from Christiansburg, will have to make a lot of adjustments, as will offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler.
Involved in plenty of Ohio State’s offense in their first game in the season, one that will be on the college football highlight reel for all of 2015 was Miller’s incredible, video game-like, spin move that led to a 53-yard, momentum-shifting touchdown.
“It’s bad”, coach Urban Meyer said tonight after the Buckeyes’ first practice for the Rainbow Warriors. You can’t think that any one player will feel a huge load in any of those games.
“It was very close. We’ve got to go on to next week”.
The Buckeyes didn’t harm their No. 1 ranking. The last trophy recipient from Ohio State was quarterback Troy Smith in 2006. With Miller being out for an entire season, it’s easy to forget what a playmaker he is with the football in his hands. However, the loss of quarterback Michael Brewer certainly did change things for Virginia Tech. He began: “I think that everybody genuinely likes being around each other”. No stage is too big. I guess that goes without saying. We’ll see.
“It was a hostile environment, definitely one of the top environments I ever played in”, Jones said, though he added that he has only started four games. “Now, someone has a chance to be the guy”. Said Perry of Miller, “You really appreciate and respect the realness of the moment”. “We put ourselves in a unique situation as a team, with me and J.T., just because of our talent and because how our team, you know, rolls when each of us has been used”.
Brewer was taken to the locker room to be examined and returned to the sideline with his left arm in a sling. We found a way in the second quarter to exploit them. And he clearly plans to have a good time with his new gig. Optimism in the face of a daunting challenge is part of the moving-on process, in Shane’s opinion. Miller decided during the summer to move to the H-back/wide receiver position rather than risk reinsuring his right shoulder, and the fifth-year senior reminded everyone on Monday night just how talented he is.
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Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said, “They’re a great football team”. He’s down, we all have to step up. Going into Monday’s Virginia Tech game, Jones’ odds were 12-to-1. “We all have different ways of dealing with things”, coach James Franklin said.
