Cardale Jones will remain Ohio State’s starting quarterback after Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer confirmed Wednesday the junior will retain top billing in the offense, per Ben Axelrod of Bleacher Report.
Meyer certainly left the door open for another switch, however.
“(Jones) is the guy. Unless he doesn’t perform well,” he said, per Axelrod.
Doug Lesmerises of Northeast Ohio Media Group believes Meyer made the right decision:
While it feels like Jones’ grip on the starting job has been slipping of late, ESPN’s Joe Schad indicated the coaching staff wasn’t going to make the decision to remove him this early into the season:
Jones and J.T. Barrett have been engaged in quite the battle ever since the national championship. Jones got the nod at the beginning of the season and has started in each of OSU’s three games to start the 2015 season.
In those three games, he is 26-of-46 for 334 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions so far, which is a drop from the 742 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions he had through the Buckeyes’ final three games of the 2014 season.
Granted, Barrett hasn’t performed much better, throwing for 193 yards, two touchdowns and one pick on 20-of-35 passing. He’s averaging nearly two fewer yards per attempt (5.51) than Jones (7.26).
During Wednesday’s press conference, Meyer was quick to ensure Jones didn’t receive the majority of the blame for Ohio State’s somewhat sluggish start, telling reporters, “It’s the offense…
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