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J.T. Barrett, Braxton Miller make BTN’s All Decade Team

The Big Ten Network is continuing through its journey of identifying Big Ten All-Decade Teams for both hoops and football, and it’s nearly coming to an end. Ohio State has been well represented in both basketball, and now football. The latest …

The Big Ten Network is continuing through its journey of identifying Big Ten All-Decade Teams for both hoops and football, and it’s nearly coming to an end. Ohio State has been well represented in both basketball, and now football.

The latest announcement resulted in former Ohio State quarterbacks both being included on the All-Decade Team. Quarterback J.T. Barrett was named the QB of the Decade, and Braxton Miller received the All-Purpose Player of the Decade.

When it comes to Barrett, he rewrote so many Big Ten career quarterback records that it’s hard to count how many he now holds. He took over for an injured Braxton Miller during 2014 and never really looked back, aside from a blip in 2015 when he and Cardale Jones split time through half of the season. He wasn’t flashy, but he was the consummate leader and great distributor of the ball who had the ability to get tough yards on the ground. He was named the Big Ten’s Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year three times (2014, 2016, and 2017), and won the Chicago Tribune’s Silver Football for best player in the conference in 2016.

Miller was another dynamic player under center, but he was forced to switch to wide receiver during his senior year in 2015 because of an injury to his throwing shoulder. He was twice the Big Ten’s MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, and Griese-Brees QB of the Year. He could make a two-yard gain exciting, and still owns the most famous spin move in the history of college football.

Well done by both of these talented guys.

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Buckeye Battle Cry series: Best Ohio State football player to wear jersey No. 5

We’re continuing with our jersey series. The guys debate on which Ohio State player was the best to wear the number five.

We’ve been going through a series of debating what Ohio State football player is the best to wear specific jersey numbers. We started with jersey No. 1, moved on to jersey No. 2, continued with jersey No. 3, touched on jersey No. 4, and now we are on jersey No. 5,

We’re doing this because we know you’re bored of looking at every square inch of your home. We’re all getting a little stir crazy from being cooped up due to the measures put in place to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, and there are only so many classic games I can dial-up and watch.

In the long, illustrious history of Ohio State football, there is sure to be some disagreement, but that only makes it more fun. We might just sling some mud at each other, but it’s all being done virtually like everything else.

We will continue to go as high as makes sense, or until we win an all-expenses-paid trip to the grocery store to get toilet paper.

Mark, you know the drill …

Next … Mark’s thoughts

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Ohio State football’s ten most memorable plays of the decade

There are a ton of memorable plays over the last decade of Ohio State football, but we’ve picked out the ten we believe stand out.

There’s a slew of big-time games over the last decade for a program like Ohio State. With all the high-stakes on the line seemingly every year for one of the best programs of all time, that means there’s plenty of memorable plays that define every year.

Take that out further, and you can rewind on the entire decade that just passed and remember where you were when certain moments took place that defined the period from 2000-2019. From the tail-end of the Jim Tressel era, to the year in purgatory under Luke Fickell, through the dominant run of Urban Meyer at the helm, to the ushering in of the Ryan Day tenure, there’s plays that will live on in the hearts of Buckeye fans, coaches, and players during this time.

Here’s our stab at the ten most memorable plays of the decade that just flashed by us as we now embark on a new ten-year period.

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WATCH: All 3 Ohio State national title QBs Miller, Barrett, Jones deliver Chipotle

The three quarterbacks are back together again. This time Braxton Miller, J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones are delivering Chipotle together.

This might make you laugh. Chipotle is offering up free delivery during the bowl season in Columbus, and it has some special delivery guys to brave the cold and traffic to knock on the door of hungry Buckeye fans.

Braxton Miller, J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones are all teaming up to deliver Chipotle to select fans. But the promo video put together for it is a pretty good one.

If we flash back to the 2014 season, Braxton Miller was supposed to be the starter but injured his shoulder. In came J.T. Barrett and all he did was launch a Heisman trophy campaign before he got injured in the Michigan game. So, — you know the story well — Cardale Jones stepped in and led Ohio State to the Big Ten Championship, a semifinal win over Alabama in the College Football Playoff, and then the national title game against Oregon.

Three quarterbacks, all with a part in a storybook season.

Each went on his own way, but now they are back together. As the promo goes, Braxton Miller “might show up at your door.” And “if he needs a backup, I got him,” says Barrett. Lastly “If they both need a backup, I got it covered,” Jones says.

Click on the below and watch the three champions get the gang back together again for “bowl season.”

WATCH: Former Ohio State star Braxton Miller in Buckeye themed Coca-Cola Christmas commercial

Former Ohio State star Braxton Miller shared a Coca-Cola Christmas commercial, but with a Buckeye flavor.

‘Tis the season.

We always get some interesting videos and moments around this time of year — it being Christmas and all. And we are no doubt seeing some of those things making the rounds now.

On that note, a new Coca-Cola commercial has just been shared, and it features former Ohio State quarterback and wide-receiver Braxton Miller. You know the human highlight-reel well. He might be the most dynamic playmaker to ever suit up for Ohio State under center. He could make a guy miss in a telephone booth as they say, and make a SportsCenter highlight out of a 3-yard run.

His NFL career didn’t quite play out like he wanted, but it’s still great to see his face as an Ohio State ambassador in the commercial that’s no doubt geared towards Buckeye fans.

Click on the below and enjoy. You’ll hear a Christmas classic with a scarlet and gray spin (pun intended).