Updated NOV 15, 2014 4:30p ET MINNEAPOLIS — J.T. Barrett threw for three touchdowns and ran for an Ohio State quarterback-record 189 yards and another score, helping the eighth-ranked Buckeyes overcome three turnovers and wintry weather to beat No. 25 Minnesota 31-24 on Saturday afternoon. Barrett completed 15 of 25 passes for 200 yards and one interception, another stellar performance for the freshman following last week’s rout of Michigan State. Barrett’s rushing total topped Braxton Miller’s 186 yards against Nebraska on Oct. 6, 2012, and Ohio State stayed on track in pursuit of a place in the College Football Playoff. Jalin Marshall had 107 total yards for the Buckeyes (9-1, 6-0 Big Ten), but he lost two fumbles to give the Gophers (7-3, 4-2) a chance to come back. David Cobb ran 27 times for 145 yards and three touchdowns, but Minnesota didn’t quite do enough to avoid a 37th loss in 39 games against Ohio State since 1966. Briean Boddy-Calhoun forced two turnovers for the Gophers in the coldest kickoff, 15 degrees, in six seasons at TCF Bank Stadium. The lowest temperature in more than a half-century for a Buckeyes game featured snowflakes collecting on coach Urban Meyer’s uncovered head on the sideline. Whether in wintry or summer-like conditions, though, Ohio State has the fastest team in the Big Ten. The 12th-ranked Spartans and their otherwise-dominant defense learned that lesson last week. On third-and-1 on the second possession for the Buckeyes, Barrett kept the ball on a read-option play and burst through the line into a wide-open secondary for an 86-yard run, the longest by an Ohio State quarterback. Minutes later, on third-and-7, Barrett slide-stepped to his left to elude the rush and put an off(equals)balance throw in stride for Marshall sprinting across the middle as safety Cedric Thompson dived to break up the pass and missed. Marshall turned up the field for the 57-yard untouched score. …
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