J.T. Barrett took over control of the offense for the first time all season and was everything fans could have wished for. And what a start it was.
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Upon committing to the Buckeyes, Jones already had plans to grayshirt and not enroll full-time at Ohio State until the 2012 session rolled around. If I were not prepared for the game, I’d feel a little pressure. Now there was 1 thing I really didn’t like and I’ll get to that later. Well there was a lot of good.
Barrett has now overtaken Jones to reclaim the job.
The spark that OSU coach Urban Meyer was looking for after replacing redshirt junior Cardale Jones in favor of redshirt sophomore J.T. Barrett materialized from the opening whistle on Saturday. On the next possession, Barrett engineered a quick 76-yard, four-play drive that ended when wide receiver Curtis Samuel ran past the Rutgers’ secondary and caught a 30-yard strike from Barrett.Barrett tossed a one-yard pass to H-back Jalin Marshall with 4:34 left in the third. Rutgers never had a chance. It only got worse for the Scarlet Knights, Ohio State taking a 21-0 lead into halftime, playing like the team many predicted could repeat as national champions. The Scarlet Knights had just two more drives end in Ohio State territory the rest of the night.
Ohio State was 3-of-6 on third-down conversions under Barrett. Rutgers offense is good.
“The expectation level is to be the best defense, the best offense, the best kicking game”.
Braxton Miller made an astonishing catch Saturday vs. the Scarlet Knights. But a strong second-half performance of 127 yards on 10 carries resuscitated the streak, extending it to a nation-leading 13 games. Like past year, Ohio State has allowed a few rushing yards, but not very many points. However, Ohio State will be quite an upgrade from the Hoosiers. But nearly everybody else I talked to was friendly, enthusiastic, and generous.
First, our defense to start games.
Despite the lopsided outcome, Rutgers-Ohio State earned a 3.3 overnight rating, which was the top-rated college football game in prime time.
The countdown is on to what could be the Atlantic Coast Conference game of the year on November 7: No. 9 Florida State at No. 6 Clemson, with both teams undefeated.
“He is the prototype dual-threat quarterback, and he puts a tremendous amount of stress on your defense whenever he has the football”, Rutgers coach Kyle Flood said. Rutgers is 3-3, 1-2 on the season. The prime time, nationally televised game was exactly what Rutgers hoped for when it joined the Big Ten a couple years ago. They want to play too, they want to show what they can do.
Rutgers travels to Wisconsin to play in one of college atmosphere’s most intimidating road environments at noon Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.
All offseason and then throughout the first seven weeks of the season, one quarterback couldn’t exist without a comparison to the other. Classless, in my opinion. “I think it’s just a matter of continuing to compete and it’s not easy to do”. Holy cow, did you see the end of this game? They rolled Penn State, 38-10, last week, and carried confidence in bulk to Exit 9 on the Jersey Turnpike. And there was Elliott bursting through a hole the width of the nearby Raritan River for a 55-yard score, clinching his 13th straight 100-yard rushing game. This was no different, but the ending, wow, what an ending. Mayfield added an economical 15-of-22 passing for 212 yards with two touchdowns and a pick.
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Utah plummets to No. 11, after losing at USC, 42-24.
