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More Reps As A Starter Allow J.T. Barrett to Focus on Finer Points of Ohio State Offense

J.T. Barrett saw the safety take two steps toward the line of scrimmage, knew he had single coverage and motioned Dontre Wilson into the backfield for extra protection after shouting a few words of direction to his offensive line.

He took the snap and had all day to throw. K.J. Hill blew past Bowling Green's safety and Barrett fired a rope that the redshirt freshman wide receiver easily turned into six points.

It looked easy, because well, it was.

"He was like 'slow down, slow down, let's do this. Boom,'" right guard Billy Price said. "And we just changed one thing.