Bill Rabinowitz The Columbus Dispatch @brdispatch They don’t have intersquad scrimmages in college football. But some games serve as one. Thanks, UNLV, for your time, and enjoy your $1.3 million check for showing up. No. 10 Ohio State’s 54-21 victory over the sacrificial Rebels in front of 106,187 sun-baked fans at Ohio Stadium will be a footnote in this season. But the Buckeyes used UNLV as fodder to 1) work on their passing game and give backups playing time — mission accomplished; and 2) get their pass defense some work — well … J.T. Barrett threw for five touchdowns in less than two quarters of work as Ohio State took a 37-0 lead. He completed 12 of 17 for 209 yards. Dwayne Haskins took over and was 15 of 23 for 228 yards and two touchdowns. In all, Ohio State threw for 474 yards, breaking the school record set in…
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