COLUMBUS, Ohio — Of all of the words that Urban Meyer has spoken about Ohio State’s once-unprecedented quarterback competition this offseason, perhaps the most telling came a few weeks back during an interview with the Columbus Dispatch.
“I feel a tremendous obligation—me personally as the head coach at Ohio State—to Braxton Miller and his family. Absolutely,” Meyer told the Dispatch’s Tim May. “I think obligation is a key word. Absolutely I have an obligation to Braxton’s family. I also have an obligation to J.T. Barrett and his family, and to Cardale Jones.”
While the Buckeyes head coach declined to define what exactly he meant by “obligation,” it’s probably a safe assumption that some sort of playing time would be attached. For Miller, it turns out that will be met in the form of a position change, with the two-time Big Ten MVP’s announcement that he’ll be moving from quarterback to wide receiver in the 2015 season.
And with that, the most talked-about position battle in all of college football shrunk from three players to two. But even with Miller out of the picture as far as playing quarterback is concerned, that still leaves Meyer with an obligation to two players for one position, with the start of fall camp a mere two weeks away.
So how will the three-time national champion head coach manage to make good on doing right by his two remaining competing signal-callers?
The answer appears much clearer than…
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