Ohio State Football: Top Takeaways from 2015 Fall Camp

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Anytime you’re the defending national champion, you can expect an extra amount of attention to be paid to anything you do—especially in today’s day and age of 24/7 coverage.

For Ohio State, however, the past three weeks have truly been unlike anything else in college football.

From an unprecedented quarterback competition to the most talked-about position change in college football to unexpected question marks arising throughout, the Buckeyes’ fall camp has contained no shortage of storylines in Columbus.

But with only seven days standing between Ohio State and its highly anticipated season opener with Virginia Tech, game week is finally here for the Buckeyes as they set out to defend the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at the top takeaways from Ohio State’s 2015 fall camp.

Oh Captain, My Captain?

With the Buckeyes entrenched in a rare quarterback competition between two candidates overqualified to be in such a situation, Urban Meyer has insisted that he won’t name a starter between J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones in advance of his team’s matchup with the Hokies.

But a clue as to who Ohio State’s starting signal-caller will be may have come on Friday with the announcement of the Buckeyes’ captains, which included Barrett as one of the team’s six selections:

Barrett—and not Jones—being named a captain is not necessarily a dead giveaway that the…

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