Updated Sep 25, 2015 at 12:11p ET COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State coach Urban Meyer made it clear that Cardale Jones is still his starting quarterback despite two consecutive shaky starts. ”He’s the guy,” Meyer said. ”Unless he doesn’t perform well.” College football’s most interesting quarterback competition continues Saturday when the top-ranked Buckeyes face Western Michigan. Jones was relieved in the second quarter of last week’s tense victory against Northern Illinois by J.T. Barrett, the sophomore who led the Buckeyes to an 11-1 record last season before breaking his right ankle. Barrett wasn’t effective either and Ohio State (3-0) managed just one offensive touchdown in the 20-13 win. After the Northern Illinois game, Meyer called the offense ”discombobulated.” On Wednesday, he described it as being ”in a funk.” Not exactly a vote of confidence for the whole unit. ”We’re not controlling the line of scrimmage and when we do, we’re not perimeter blocking like we normally do,” Meyer said. It’s most noticeable when Ohio State feeds the ball to running back Ezekiel Elliott. Since scoring on an 80-yard run on his first carry of the season against Virginia Tech he has 251 yards on 60 rushes, a below-average 4.1 average. Although he had only 11 runs vs. …
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