COLUMBUS, Ohio — J.T. Barrett's 2016 debut started the way you would have thought it would—with a touchdown pass.
It just happened to be thrown to the wrong team.
Fortunately for Ohio State, the Buckeyes' quarterback had a school-record seven more scores left in his pocket.
If there were any questions left about whether the final two games of Barrett's otherwise up-and-down 2015 campaign were an aberration, the junior signal-caller put them to rest on Saturday with a 379-yard, seven-total touchdown showing in Ohio State's season-opening 77-10 blowout of Bowling Green. All afternoon, Barrett looked like the player who shattered records as a freshman, before slumping as a sophomore, ultimately bouncing back to end last season with impressive outings in wins over Michigan and Notre Dame.