Jones became the poster boy for what not to do as a professional athlete when it comes to social media and gave us all a good laugh. However everything change for Jones when OSU took on Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game. The Buckeyes, who already had a highly successful season after losing their starting quarterback Braxton Miller in the preseason, where defeating the Michigan Wolverines when their second string quarterback TJ Barrett broke his leg. The injury to Barrett was seemingly the nail in the coffin to many when it came to the Buckeyes' chance at making the College Football Playoff and playing for a National Championship. However has it always seems to happen, sports provided the ultimate medium for reality TV. Jones stepped into the game and didn't just play okay or well, but helped in the ushering of a 59-0 dismantling of Wisconsin, the 13th ranked team in the nation. Jones went from the butt of a joke to the MVP of the Big Ten Championship and vaulted OSU into the College Football Playoff jumping Big Twelve Conference powerhouses Baylor and TCU. It's the ultimate redemption story and sets up for quite the dynamic as the inaugural College Football Playoff gets underway this year.
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