John Kampf: Ohio State figures out how to run two-quarterback system

COLUMBUS — There’s one sure way to keep a question from being asked day after day and week after week. Find the right answer. Ohio State-Maryland photo gallery It took coach Urban Meyer six weeks to do it, but it appears the Ohio State head coach has found an answer to the question of how to make a two-quarterback system work. Advertisement In a 49-28 win over visiting Maryland on Oct. 10, reserve J.T. Barrett took over the offense when Ohio State reached the red zone. Starter Cardale Jones ran the show the rest of the game. The plan worked, with Jones throwing for 291 yards and two touchdowns, and Barrett running for three touchdowns and guiding the Buckeyes to a 5-for-5 touchdown performance in the red zone. The answer — or at least the sheer possibility of an answer — to the lingering quarterback conundrum didn’t come a moment too soon for Meyer, who all but breathed a sigh of relief this plan worked. At least for a week. “The attention to this thing,” Meyer said, exhaling deeply, of the incessant quarterbacking questions. “I’m exhausted from it. …

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