COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football lineman Nicholas Petit-Frere watched the quarterbacks he will protect as they battled during preseason camp under adverse conditions. Practices washed out by rain. Others which roasted under high suns with heat indexes surpassing 100 degrees. When the weather did not make the quarterbacks uncomfortable, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day did his best to rattle the three players competing to start Thursday’s season opener at Minnesota. As those weeks unfolded, Petit-Frere saw C.J. Stroud break through and seize the moment. “There are just certain guys that rise to the cream of the crop and come through in those big moments and inspire the team to keep pushing through, and C.J. did that almost every single time,” Petit-Frere said. “Those are the kind of moments we see from him that show that type of leadership, and his personality to persevere though anything that happens.” When Stroud leads…
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