COLUMBUS, Ohio — They weren't entirely sure what the halftime skills competition would entail. But Cardale Jones was sure he knew how it would go.
"It doesn't matter what it is," he said. "I'm gonna kick their —"
J.T. Barrett interrupted, shaking his head. "His confidence," Barrett said, "is how he hides his fear."
They both laughed. And as two-thirds of the most intriguing quarterback race of the college football offseason sat down together Friday for lunch in the Ohio State players' lounge at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, the conversation was frictionless, and at times even frivolous.