The Gray team defeated the Scarlet team, 28-17, in Ohio State’s annual spring football game in front of a record-breaking crowd at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
One year after setting the national spring game attendance record with 99,391 fans at the Horseshoe, OSU upped the ante Saturday with 100,189 fans on hand to witness the exhibition, according to Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports.
That prompted head coach Urban Meyer to show his gratitude on Twitter:
Junior quarterback J.T. Barrett entered the game with all eyes on him, but he struggled with two interceptions for the Scarlet team, while freshman Joe Burrow put up 196 yards and three scores through the air for the Gray squad.
As seen in this GIF courtesy of Ohio State Buckeyes on Twitter, the players were pumped and ready to play after a long offseason:
That included Meyer, who entered the contest with a positive outlook, as evidenced by this video via Ohio State on BTN:
Emotions ran high prior to the start of the game, as a moment of silence was held for late Ohio State and New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith, as seen in this video provided by Big Ten Network:
Eric Seger of Eleven Warriors offered a look at the helmet decals Buckeyes players wore in memory of Smith:
After being mired in a quarterback controversy with Cardale Jones and Braxton Miller over the previous couple seasons, Barrett stepped onto the field as the unquestioned starter Saturday and got his spring off to…
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