COLUMBUS, Ohio — As Ohio State’s offensive linemen debated workloads and coaches inquired about J.T. Barrett’s whereabouts, Sean Nuernberger dutifully filled his wheelbarrow and made the trek to Buckeye Grove. At this point, the Ohio State kicker knows the drill. While the Buckeyes’ annual spring game is a mere exhibition, its consequences for the Ohio State roster are real. Every spring, the losing team of the Buckeyes’ spring game is tasked with landscaping Buckeye Grove. Specialists, however, have no rooting interest. As members of both the Scarlet and Gray squads, they know they’ll be mulching, no matter what. “This is my fourth time now,” Nuernberger said standing just outside Buckeye Grove last month. “Specialists lose no matter what.” For the fourth-year junior, a morning’s worth of wheelbarrow pushing followed a strong showing in the spring game just a few days earlier. Connecting two of his three field goal attempts — makes of 42 and 33 yards —…
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