Strap in: Baby Buckeyes to get baptism vs. BG

Ohio State guard Billy Price, hoisting Curtis Samuel after a touchdown last season against Western Michigan, is one of only three returning starters on offense for the Buckeyes.(Photo: Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports) COLUMBUS – Billy Price has started 28 consecutive games for the Ohio State Buckeyes  — or 28 more than any of the three new starters joining him on the offensive line for Saturday’s noon season opener against Bowling Green. So his two words of advice Monday for fellow guard Michael Jordan, a true freshman, could also apply to tackles Jamarco Jones and Isaiah Prince and, really, any of the other 13 fresh faces sprinkled throughout the football team’s starting lineup: Strap in. “And get ready to take media questions all the time,” Price, a fourth-year junior captain, said with a laugh. “You’re going to be under a lot of scrutiny. It’s part of being here at Ohio State. Don’t let the outside world start rolling too fast that you can’t control it.” During his first weekly press luncheon of the season, coach Urban Meyer would only say he’s “close” to naming his starting lineup and that, as of 11:45 a.m. Monday, Jordan, Jones and Prince would be joining Price and senior center/co-captain Pat…

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