COLUMBUS, Ohio -- J.T. Barrett was always an Urban Meyer kind of guy and an Urban Meyer kind of quarterback. Now he's back to starting in an Urban Meyer kind of offense.
Meyer announced Tuesday that the fifth-place finisher in the 2014 Heisman Trophy balloting will make his first start of the 2015 season in Ohio State's eighth game at Rutgers on Saturday night. This is Meyer winding up back where many thought he would have started the season after taking a pothole-filled path that never tripped up the Buckeyes, at least in the loss column.
You get a vibe now that this is what those around the program want, especially after the way the offense, relying almost exclusively on the legs of Barrett and Ezekiel Elliott, moved in the second half against Penn State.