COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Cardale Jones realizes many people weren’t even aware he was still playing football. It had been five years between big games – a state championship game as a junior in high school to the Big Ten title game Dec. 6 – and the only time people heard of him was because of an infamous tweet where he said going to class was pointless as a football player. ”If people forgot, I don’t have a problem with that,” Ohio State’s latest replacement quarterback said Thursday. ”My teammates and my coaches knew that I was capable when ready. So it was good I got to show everyone.” With a breakthrough game in the 59-0 rout of Wisconsin two weeks ago, Jones has suddenly reappeared. Jones was an overlooked third-string quarterback just four months ago. Now the third-year sophomore is the central figure in a Buckeyes’ offense heading into the national semifinal game against Alabama at the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. No one has ever doubted Jones’ big arm and big talent. But there have been a lot of questions about his intangibles. He provided a lot of answers with three TD throws in his first collegiate start against Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game. Jones was asked how he can prove it wasn’t all just a fluke. ”(I’ll) just prepare better than I did before,” he said. ”That’s basically it…
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