Urban Meyer questions why Ohio State’s former five-star QB never saw the field aga…
Ohio State · Oregon · OhioLuke Fahey, the true freshman starting in place of the injured Julian Sayin, played the whole game. Urban Meyer took up the question on Monday's episode of The Triple Option, the show the former Ohio State coach hosts with Mark Ingram II and Rob Stone.
Fahey was making his second career start. "I thought [Luke Fahey] played OK against USC.
There were some misfires and he just looks a little out of place against Oregon," Meyer said . Fahey finished 36 of 50 for 360 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
Ohio State led 14-0 after one quarter, then watched Oregon score 38 straight points . "Quarterback is the one position where there's only one thing that matters, and that's get as much playing time as possible.
KEY POINTS
- Urban Meyer questions why Ohio State’s former five-star QB never saw the field against Oregon.
- The Ohio State Buckeyes trailed the Oregon Ducks by as many as 24 points in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 41-28 loss at Ohio Stadium, and the former five-star quarterback on their sideline stayed there.
- Urban Meyer, here leading Ohio State on the field in a 2016 game, coached the Buckeyes to an 83-9 record in seven seasons.
- Both of Fahey's touchdown passes came in the fourth quarter, after the game was settled, and Ohio State became the first Buckeyes team since October 1992 to lose back-to-back games to unranked opponents.