Ohio State football | J.T. Barrett prepares for pivotal final season

Bill Rabinowitz The Columbus Dispatch @brdispatch J.T. Barrett has the clicker in his hand and a notebook in front of him as play after play is projected on the large screen in the Ohio State quarterback room. It is Tuesday, and Ohio State’s season-opener against Indiana is 44 days away. But already the quarterback is getting a jump on his final season as a Buckeye. He is analyzing the 2016 Hoosiers defense against Ohio State when the Buckeyes are in an “empty” formation — Barrett alone in the backfield. On one play, he second-guesses himself for throwing to a tightly covered receiver when another had more space on the other side of the field. On another, he believes he did the right thing when he took off running for a short gain rather than forcing a throw. After each play, he notes Hoosiers’ tendencies and jots them down. Already, this has…

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