Barrett is a fourth-year junior. He has one season of eligibility remaining. He has not said whether he is returning but was asked about his decision after the game.
“My main focus was to focus on this year,” Barrett said. “I didn't really give it that much thought, but it will be really hard for me to walk away when we just lost 31-0.”
All the worries about the passing game proved warranted as the Buckeyes struggled from start to finish.
“We will become a good passing team, we will,” Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said. “Next year.”
Ohio State converted 3 of 14 third downs and were 0 of 2 on fourth down. They punted seven times.
“(Clemson) did a good job being disruptive, the D-line did,” Barrett said. “There were times I could have done a better job getting the ball out, as far as seeing my reads faster. We just didn't execute really on offense. It wasn't really like we were surprised by the looks that we had. I think we prepared really hard, and coaches did everything they could as far as like throwing us the different looks that we thought we were going to get, and we just didn't execute it anywhere on offense, really.”
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