Ohio State coach Urban Meyer hasn’t made a final decision on his starting quarterback and isn’t ruling out playing both stars in the Buckeyes’ season opener. J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones have been battling in training camp to determine the No. 1 quarterback to lead the defending national champions. The Buckeyes open the 2015 season at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., next Monday night. “We’ll announce the starter when the first guy takes the snap,” Meyer said during his Monday news conference. “It’s still very close, both guys are performing very well. “If it was different skill sets, we probably would (need to decide), but they’re not. If you look at J.T.’s game plan when he was our quarterback and Cardale’s, it was very similar. There’s a chance they’ll both play, as well, so that hasn’t really (been a factor) with our mindset with a game plan on offense.” Barrett and Jones said recently that they are opposed to a rotating system to run the Buckeyes’ spread attack. Barrett was named Ohio State’s starting quarterback about a week before the 2014 season began after Braxton Miller was declared out for the year with a shoulder injury…
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