This Week in Twitter: The Ohio State Buckeyes at the NFL Draft, Paris Johnson Jr. Will Have Zero Drip on the Cardinals and School is Almost Out

By 11W Staff on April 29, 2023 at 11:35 am
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This Week in Twitter is a look at some of the week's best tweets from Buckeye Nation and beyond.

Over the past seven days, the NFL draft has dominated the social media side of sports. Naturally, that is where we must start our deep dive. In case you missed it – but how could you call yourself an Ohio State fan if you did? –  C.J. Stroud, Paris Johnson Jr. and Jaxon Smith-Njigba came off the board in the first 20 picks.

You can visit our 2023 NFL Draft Central or read the many stories we've written to dive deeper into those individual selections and collective Round 1 events. Alternatively, you could read two tweets from Ohio State graduate assistant James Laurinaitis. He sums up the first round well.

In the third round, Zach Harrison was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons with the No. 75 overall pick. Laurinaitis' tweets could not sum up his draft moment, but it was special, nonetheless. The final four rounds of the NFL draft will start at noon on Saturday.

Before we move on from draft tweets, there are a few more to address.

First, the Cardinals showed off Johnson with Arizona's road jersey after he was picked. We must ask this question: Is Johnson holding the Cardinals' real jersey or their practice jersey? We know it's the former, we wish it were the latter. 

At least Johnson will have no drip as he protects former Oklahoma quarterback, 2018 Heisman Trophy winner and 2019 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Kyler Murray.

Second, many wondered what happened to Stroud's suit at the draft as it had several spotted areas clash with its navy base. "It looks like he spilled bleach on it," some said. "I think a bird pooped on him," others noted.

But no, that's just how the suit looked.

For those that did not like Stroud's attire, he had a different suit for his arrival in Houston on Friday. It featured scarlet, gray, black and white – you know, classic Ohio State colors.

Third and finally (for the draft section, at least), JSN showed off his Seahawks jersey along with fellow Seattle first-round pick Devon Witherspoon of Illinois. It's a shame we never saw those players compete over the past few years. Bring back the Illibuck.

OK, draft-schmaft. Let's move on to some other topics. How about Ohio State men's basketball? The Buckeyes offered a warm welcome to Minnesota transfer Jamison Battle and Baylor transfer Dale Bonner this week.

Also, one more draft-related tweet – one more, we swear! – Ohio State basketball media team member Joe Gemma, a friend of Eleven Warriors, had an oopsie on Thursday when he accidentally used the @OhioStateHoops account to repost this Jon Bois tweet.

Luckily, he recognized his mistake and quickly removed the tweet from Ohio State's timeline. But don't think we didn't notice, Joe! For what it's worth, Joe did apologize for the repost on his timeline later.

Our next tweet features the top 25 rankings for several Ohio State Olympic sports. We update our readers with recaps and storylines of the school's non-revenue programs each week in our "Around the Oval" article.

And finally, Ohio State students will graduate next weekend, which means new beginnings are in store for thousands upon thousands of Buckeye alums. We wish them the best wherever they go and whatever they do.

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