ESPN.com · Sep 15, 2016
Prepping for Oklahoma, Tom Herman was on speed dial for Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The call was already on J.T. Barrett's schedule. This time, though, the topic of conversation promised to be a little different.
The Ohio State quarterback always makes time on Monday nights to check in with his old position coach, but usually he's just checking up on Tom Herman's family and how his life is going down in Houston. With the Cougars barely two weeks removed from playing Barrett's opponent on Saturday night at Oklahoma, though, the discussion at least for one evening was inevitably going to shift to football -- especially since Herman just beat the Sooners.