COLUMBUS — The Ohio State football team opened preseason camp Monday with a coin flip.
Inside the quarterbacks’ meeting room, assistant coach Tim Beck asked Cardale Jones to declare heads or tails. The winning quarterback — Jones or J.T. Barrett — would take the first snap with the Buckeyes’ first-team offense, and any charges of favoritism would be neatly avoided.
Jones called heads and the quarter landed face up.
Practice could begin. The circus was under way.
With players dressed in helmets and shorts — the first day in full pads is Friday — the Buckeyes set off on their most compelling camp in program history.
As if Ohio State defending a national title was not enough, the day also featured the first act of its ultra-hyped quarterback race and its former two-time Big Ten MVP unveiling a new position and number. Braxton Miller emerged on the Buckeyes’ outdoor practice fields wearing not his old No. 5 but No. 1, as if to herald a new start as he shifts from quarterback to receiver.
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