Bowling Green stunned Ohio State at the start when Brandon Harris intercepted Barrett’s second pass of the game in the flat and returned it 63 yards for a touchdown that gave the Falcons a 7-0 lead less than three minutes into the game.
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By the time they get home, their players and coaches will have spent about 40 hours in airplanes to travel almost 20,000 miles for the first two games in Australia and MI.
The key, he said, is “just getting it out of my hands as fast as I can and getting it to our playmakers and be able to fly around, kind of like we did back in 2014”. The OSU Buckeyes are looking to sort out their quarterback situation, after having lost significant QB talent to the National Football League in the offseason, even as the have one eye on winning the Big Ten. The first game of the season is like waking up on Christmas morning and knowing you have a nice, big gift to unwrap.
The Buckeyes must replace 80% of the wide receiver unit’s passing game production, in Michael Thomas, Jalin Marshall and Braxton Miller, but there is a large contingent of talented players waiting to display their skills this season.
Ohio State held Bowling Green (0-1) to 244 total yards. Tight ends will be Marcus Baugh and true frosh A.J. Alexander will see time, too.
“That was an incredible experience to be a part of”, Brown said. They’re going to come here ready to play, and we know that.
Barrett engineered a four-play, 72-yard drive that took just 1:39 off the first-quarter clock and punctuated it with a 47-yard touchdown pass to freshman wide receiver K.J. Hill. Even though he wasn’t even considered a starter a week before the season, Barrett finished fifth in the Heisman voting at the end of the season. “It’s been a good camp with good people to work with”. Along the way, though, the injury taught him an important lesson. I will just watch and hope for a good game, and let the cards fall where they may. “Luckily, it wasn’t long-term, but I saw how football can be taken away from you”. He had two interceptions, just like the spring game this past April. Playing for coach Meyer and the time we had is probably my highest achievement, including going to the NFL. Eight receivers had catches while six different players scored touchdowns. And that process might not even have that much to do with Samuel. “If past year I had been anxious about when I’m going to get in and having to do this or that, and then I don’t perform when I go in, that makes me look bad. At this rate, I am there”.
Other than that, nearly everything went Ohio State’s way.
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“Well, it’s one game”, said Buckeye boss Urban Meyer. For instance, Meyer thinks all three of the backs (Weber, Samuel and Wilson) will see numerous carries. “I worked really hard over the summer with coach Mick (strength coach Mickey Marotti) and the leaders on this team, and the results show”. He would for sure have been the starter. The kid that played for us a year ago, I can’t remember his name, probably would have pulled through a couple more. “My expectations are really good”. You’ve seen them around campus: normal cars tricked out to look like an Ohio State collectors dream.
