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QB Cardale '12 Gauge' Jones (B1G Champion, National Champion)

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pnuts34 said:
So outside of starting previous games, there's no difference. As neither can read defenses and have only been used on trick plays or wildcat formations. Neither has thrown a pass this year and is a running threat in the red zone and is only required to throw the ball a short distance
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Huh? Did you just brush aside 3 years of starting at QB in division 1 football? Outside of that minor detail, sure. The reason we haven't seen braxton throw is either due to his inability to do so or saving his ability to do so for a more important game. If he can throw, it will be him doing it over Marshall every single day. If it's just a trick play, then yea it could be Marshall. But if you're talking about a full time redzone QB for the Minnesota game then I wouldn't use Marshall. Unless braxton just can't throw or they are that confident in not needing him and are saving him for msu and beyond for a trick/surprise factor.
 
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UpNorth_Buckeye said:
Huh? Did you just brush aside 3 years of starting at QB in division 1 football? Outside of that minor detail, sure. The reason we haven't seen braxton throw is either due to his inability to do so or saving his ability to do so for a more important game. If he can throw, it will be him doing it over Marshall every single day. If it's just a trick play, then yea it could be Marshall. But if you're talking about a full time redzone QB for the Minnesota game then I wouldn't use Marshall. Unless braxton just can't throw or they are that confident in not needing him and are saving him for msu and beyond for a trick/surprise factor.
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http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...h-reporters-to-talk-jt-barrett-ohio-state-and
  • The coaching staff is "having conversation" about moving to Braxton Miller to quarterback in the red zone with Barrett out and Cardale Jones as the starter.
  • As of right now, Braxton Miller is Ohio State's backup quarterback with Barrett's suspension, Meyer said: "There's no question he's our No. 2 quarterback."
  • Every game, Ohio State has a package for Miller at quarterback: "He can throw. Is he ready to throw? That's what we're going to work on this week."
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URBAN MEYER, OHIO STATE EXPECT CARDALE JONES TO PLAY WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY SATURDAY AGAINST MINNESOTA

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For Cardale Jones' next opportunity to start at quarterback for Ohio State, things are pretty simple to his head coach.

"I would imagine, I have not talked to him about this, but I would imagine as a competitor and he wants to play that this is a shot to be the starting quarterback," Urban Meyer said Wednesday of Jones. "You are at Ohio State. We'll worry about next week, next week."

Next week, Ohio State takes a trip west to pay a visit to Illinois, and J.T. Barrett's one-game suspension for an OVI citation is set to be lifted.

This Saturday against Minnesota, however, the responsibility is solely on the immense shoulders of Jones. The redshirt junior has another opportunity to state his case for the permanent starting job with his performance in an 8 p.m. kickoff with the Golden Gophers.

"I'm sure he'll take advantage of his opportunity," starting right guard Pat Elflein said. "You got to."
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Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...ones-to-play-with-a-sense-of-urgency-saturday
 
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I have a gut feeling Cardale comes out and excels when he is called upon. Sure he was starting at the beginning of the season but with JT suspended I think he comes in and does great tonight much closer to the 2014 we saw Cardale when we needed him to do well.
 
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Cardale's Last Chance

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Betting on oneself has become a common trend in sports today. And why not? Major athletes should have a lot of confidence, that’s part of what has gotten them to where he or she is on an athletic stage.

The most famous recent example of this is likely Baltimore Ravens’ Joe Flacco. The quarterback entered the 2012 NFL season with one year remaining on his contract and didn’t like the offers the Ravens were giving him. He bet he could outperform those offers and he did, leading Baltimore to the Super Bowl and winning the game’s MVP honors.

What does Flacco and his current $120,600,000 contract have to do with Ohio State? Cardale Jones has also bet on himself.

Last January, after leading the Buckeyes on a three-game postseason run that will likely never be repeated, Jones was eligible to declare for the NFL Draft. He had just those three starts under his belt, but many experts believe that was enough to get him on a professional roster with a second or third-round grade.

At a press conference at his high school, Jones chose to return to Ohio State, saying that getting his education was more important than leaving for the NFL.

"After three games, it was out of the question," Jones said of going pro. "A first-round draft pick means nothing to me without my education."

Jones gambled on the fact that he would return to the Buckeyes, be named the starter over the incumbent J.T. Barrett, and would replicate his three-game performance from the Buckeyes’ national championship run.

The quarterback was right. He was named the starter, but his performances have not been replicated.

Seven games into his first season as the starter, head coach Urban Meyer benched Jones in favor of Barrett. For whatever reason, the offense wasn’t clicking under Jones and according to Meyer, Barrett “earned the right to start.”

That could have been the end for Jones, who probably did more harm to his draft grade by returning, but the story is not over yet. With the suspension to Barrett due to an OVI citation last weekend, Jones will have another chance to prove himself.

A last chance.

“I would imagine as a competitor and a guy that wants to play, this is a shot to be the starting quarterback because you are at Ohio State and we’ll worry about next week next week,” Meyer said of Jones this week. “He’s human and he’s a competitor so I would imagine that that’s what he’s doing, but we all know there’s one way to do that: Play well, win the game.”

Entire article: http://theozone.net/Ohio-State/Football/2015/News/Cardales-Last-Chance
 
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