2015 was an incredible year in Twitter, and the departures of Cardale Jones, Tyvis Powell, Ezekiel Elliott, Darron Lee, Michael Thomas, and Joey Bosa will surely be felt by Buckeye Twitter this year. There really is no underselling how great those guys were/are at Twitter. They made my job so easy.
With them gone, who will fill the void for this season? Will younger talent step up, or is it up to the older guys to lead by example? Time will tell, but I put together an incredibly scientific list of the football team's Top-5 Tweeters heading into the 2016 season.
T5: Demario McCall
(This Top-5 is so scientific it has six names on it)
Demario McCall needed to be on this list. Here's the thing, McCall did not make this list because his tweets are that particularly exceptional, but because he himself is such an exceptional human being that it sometimes oozes into his Twitter account through his retweets.
Here are a few examples of his greatness.
@CoachTonyAlford you missed out coach! #ChefRio pic.twitter.com/9cnYJoSh7Q
— Tote Nation tOSU (@ToteNation) June 23, 2016
Dinner and pool for #ToteNation tonight! @CoachKMBailey v. @mikeweberjr and @DemarioMccall v. Ke'Von. Who you got?? pic.twitter.com/NzSlsV2qtA
— Tote Nation tOSU (@ToteNation) June 23, 2016
Happiest birthday wishes to my BFF that's doin big things. Thanks for letting me live w u part time. Love u kiddo pic.twitter.com/PF7Wtv01uv
— HAILEY B (@Hayyyberroteran) July 17, 2016
Damn bro hit campus & starting that new chapter.It's time to grind and make history. Congratulations love you #OSU pic.twitter.com/gYOGqjPOTK
— Darius. (@TrulyTheMan_) June 5, 2016
Why, yes. He is in a tuxedo standing out the top of a sunroof holding a brick of cash to his ear like a cellphone.
Let this be an open plea for Demario McCall to be more active on Twitter. Buckeye Nation The world needs it.
T5. Sean Nuernberger
Sean Nuernberger cracks the top-5, and it's well deserved. He probably has Cameron Johnston to thank for this, as he's the subject of roughly 57 percent of his jokes.
I end every night the same way: laying in bed watching videos of people fighting on Facebook
— Sean Nuernberger (@Sean4Heisman1) June 28, 2016
#Buckeyes welcome our new quarterback @Cam_Johnston ! Ready to put in work with him this offseason!! #0for1 pic.twitter.com/D6sPEH7Wu6
— Sean Nuernberger (@Sean4Heisman1) January 19, 2016
The fact that @Cam_Johnston is playing Cricket on his iPad #weirdguy
— Sean Nuernberger (@Sean4Heisman1) April 10, 2015
Thank you Twitter for getting me to 6000 followers. At this pace, I will reach a million followers when I'm like 102 #lifegoals
— Sean Nuernberger (@Sean4Heisman1) June 30, 2016
Walk outside my apartment, open my car door and someones dog they are walking comes sprinting and jumps into my car #thisisawkward
— Sean Nuernberger (@Sean4Heisman1) July 16, 2016
4. Mike Weber
This is one that I cannot really provide much evidence for because he deletes most of his gems after a few hours (shades of Darron Lee), but you're going to have to trust me. He's going to be a valuable contributor out of the backfield this year, and he'll be at least equally valuable to your Twitter feed.
Here are a few survivors of his Tweet purge:
@DDDazey @CJ12_ listen here mrs puff
— Mike Weber (@mikeweberjr) November 5, 2015
@JoeyMcBuckets3 @1Tyvis and you probably missed that lay up in your avi
— Mike Weber (@mikeweberjr) April 30, 2016
When you pass the conditioning test pic.twitter.com/SPh4ckA2SB
— Mike Weber (@mikeweberjr) July 28, 2016
Why do I get the roommate that snores the loudest on the team every year ..I need answers @CoachTonyAlford
— Mike Weber (@mikeweberjr) August 7, 2016
Wonder how black they gone have @CJ12_ on madden
— Mike Weber (@mikeweberjr) February 19, 2016
@EzekielElliott pic.twitter.com/iI9K6kexqT
— Mike Weber (@mikeweberjr) April 25, 2016
3. Johnnie Dixon
Johnnie Dixon comes in at No. 3 and is consistently one of the most active and humorous guys on Twitter. He's incredibly blunt and is not afraid to call out or roast his teammates in front of his followers. On occasion, he drops an absolute gem of a Tweet as well.
It's mandatory I put out at least one good tweet a week for @11W I must stay consistent week to week lol
— Johnnie L. Dixon III (@YoungKing_JD5) June 17, 2016
This panini maker has to be the best bowl gift ever
— Johnnie L. Dixon III (@YoungKing_JD5) February 3, 2016
Uncle nipple head https://t.co/hGBGNH75Ps
— Johnnie L. Dixon III (@YoungKing_JD5) March 27, 2016
(In response to Warren Ball's shaved head).
When you catch bae talking to another dude pic.twitter.com/q43Kg6feTJ
— Johnnie L. Dixon III (@YoungKing_JD5) June 30, 2016
Lol man I love cch J pic.twitter.com/MzjYfYY6Ok
— Johnnie L. Dixon III (@YoungKing_JD5) April 25, 2016
How you wake up when you're a BUCKEYE pic.twitter.com/UhloYw1uDj
— Johnnie L. Dixon III (@YoungKing_JD5) April 22, 2016
2. Stephen Collier
Stephen Collier is by far the most consistent good-tweeter on the team, so much so that when I put together the Tweets From Around Campus articles for over a year, his account was always the first one I looked to.
He's always funny, but he rarely goes out of his way to make a joke. It's an everyday sort of humor, and I appreciate that.
#OSUtips make sure you knit in the middle of class like this girl. pic.twitter.com/FVg3JafyQC
— Stephen Collier (@S13Collier) July 9, 2015
Yeah you fine but what's that's credit score looking like boo?
— Stephen Collier (@S13Collier) June 29, 2016
Today at my internship I learned a valuable tool pic.twitter.com/nspd9aAGMM
— Stephen Collier (@S13Collier) July 13, 2016
Like someone told me this was okay pic.twitter.com/QDE8S8CCgL
— Stephen Collier (@S13Collier) July 8, 2015
Straight flames pic.twitter.com/9ZSzUUx7py
— Stephen Collier (@S13Collier) January 18, 2016
Currently pic.twitter.com/XHl02NMQ0n
— Stephen Collier (@S13Collier) January 10, 2016
Sliding in DMs is basically asking to get screenshotted and put in a group message somewhere lol
— Stephen Collier (@S13Collier) May 2, 2016
Forgot to wish @CJ12_ happy birthday. Congrats on turning 36 big man.
— Stephen Collier (@S13Collier) September 30, 2015
Stephen has been so good for so long it actually pained me to award the top spot to somebody else, but it really was earned.
1. Liam McCullough
Redshirt freshman Longsnapper Liam McCullough takes the crown this year, and he knows he has big shoes to fill.
New Year's Resolution: have a Twitter game as strong as @CJ12_ 's
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) January 1, 2016
Having Twitter game as strong as Cardale Jones is like being the next Braxton Miller – it's something to aspire to, but it's just not going to happen. Dolo is absolutely one of a kind, and is in my mind the unquestioned king of Twitter. He had May fools, the hospital NCAA Football beatdown, the Ronda Rousey fling, the Joakim Noah feud and the time he forced a #HotTake artist to delete his account.
Nobody is topping that, so let's not try to compare. Instead, we'll appreciate what we have, because it's all absolutely fantastic:
@11W switching my major to Twitter https://t.co/2QIi303uYg
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) April 29, 2016
When you get all your playing time in the first half cause mom says you have to be in bed by 8:30 pic.twitter.com/hn6Xwl9JGl
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) January 14, 2016
Family behind me in Costco:
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) April 10, 2016
Kid- "daddy does that guy play for the Buckeyes?"
Dad- "haha no jack he probably just bought an OSU sweatshirt"
When you show up to the Woody and nobody told you it was picture day pic.twitter.com/JP60o2tsHo
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) July 21, 2016
When your girlfriend starts eating cheesecake from the side of the slice and not the front pic.twitter.com/GjaBtozhcy
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) June 26, 2016
When @YoungKing_JD5 says your haircut makes you look like one of the Beatles pic.twitter.com/RGdt2e222B
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) May 5, 2016
Math TA just used the words "squozen" and "squozed"... pic.twitter.com/m9MM6Xf04c
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) January 19, 2016
Watching football with my teammates:
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) June 29, 2016
Them-the QB needs to release the ball on that 7 route sooner to put it over the coverage
Me-great snap
Gentle reminder on my wrist just in time for camp pic.twitter.com/VimrCjrtGh
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) August 5, 2016
@CJ12_ where you at? #49Gauge pic.twitter.com/p6laMWxEoo
— Liam McCullough (@LiamMcCullough2) June 30, 2016
Here's to many more good Tweets in the future.
Honorable Mentions
This list could have been a top-10, but numbers 5-10 would have been too close to call. Instead, here is an honorable mention list in no particular order.
Brady Taylor
"How are winter workouts going?" pic.twitter.com/X9CsCKYLBh
Brady Taylor (@beTaylor79) February 23, 2016
Jalyn Holmes
If a girl can beat me n Mortal Kombat she getting wifed with the quickness
QBKILLA (@JayHolmes_) August 26, 2015
Jamarco Jones
Man I don't care where I'm at I always run from bees
— Jamarco Jones (@jjones_74) April 15, 2015
Joe Burger
Hey can we borrow your camera guy? @cfada29 and I were gonna go boating this weekend, thanks bro https://t.co/BLzF4yDUFU
— Joe Burger (@jburgs37) July 12, 2016
Sam Hubbard
When you find out that you really do love country music after all .. pic.twitter.com/CstTu9Xnwy
— samwise (@Sam_Hubbard_) June 21, 2015
Michael Jordan
When it starts to rain while you're in class and you just wore flip flops
— Jamarco Jones (@jjones_74) April 6, 2016