COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the sake of competition and courtesy, Ohio State football coach Ryan Day kept his quarterback competition open through the first two weeks of preseason camp. Any serious speculation ended shortly after the NCAA granted Georgia transfer Justin Fields immediate eligibility in February. And Day made the decision official at his Monday press conference at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. Fields, a dual-threat quarterback ranked No. 2 overall in the 24/7 Sports composite for the 2018 class, will start the Buckeyes’ Aug. 31 season opener at home against Florida Atlantic. His high-upside talent in a quarterback room with limited game-day experience made him the presumptive choice as starter months ago. Fields had, perhaps only in Day’s public pronouncements, competed with Kentucky graduate transfer Gunnar Hoak for the starting job over the opening two weeks of preseason camp. Hoak now assumes the primary backup spot with the (for…
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