Spring practice nears, so winter workouts continue to ramp up.
For the first time this year, Ohio State's players went through mat drills on Friday. For the uninitiated, those are strenuous early-morning workouts featuring plenty of competition between guys on the Woody Hayes Athletic Center practice field that have gone on for many years.
Given the reaction on social media, strength and conditioning coach Mickey Marotti didn't make it easy on them. Not at all.
The Players
No kiddin, holy sh*t https://t.co/PChuEjXebP
— Jantzen Dunn (@JantzenDunn) February 26, 2021
Ready or not, here we come #GoBuckeyes #Fight pic.twitter.com/4AAkl3q3MQ
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) February 26, 2021
Matt drills chose violence this morning ...
— dontMessWithOcho (@Javontae_JB) February 26, 2021
No one ever said it would be easy...@Ty_Hami1ton #GoBuckeyes #Fight pic.twitter.com/uW8hhq2tD4
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) February 26, 2021
Im still out of breath
— TreVeyon Henderson (@TreVeyonH4) February 26, 2021
Quote of the day: Choose violence before it chooses you (on the field of course) https://t.co/Fsr8FtlN8w
— Teradja Mitchell (@teeraaw__) February 26, 2021
The freshmen got a taste of that mat drill life this morning #GoBuckeyes #Fight pic.twitter.com/kxjc68LTP5
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) February 26, 2021
Workin.... pic.twitter.com/D9GWRXOaks
— Jantzen Dunn (@JantzenDunn) February 26, 2021
First day of Matt Drills complete
— Zenuae Michalski (@ZenuaeM) February 26, 2021
The Alumni
Big mat drills!! https://t.co/QEvf4Acpu7
— Johnnie L. Dixon III (@YoungKing_JD5) February 26, 2021
The Athletic Director
And so it beginsFight! #GoBuckeyes pic.twitter.com/hyeY4cGJPX
— Gene Smith (@OSU_AD) February 26, 2021
The Coaches
Freshmen are going to sleep good tonight https://t.co/5068Mr8Tja
— Mark Pantoni (@markpantoni) February 26, 2021
Great Class - Proud of these Men!!#BuckeyeFutureRemainsBright https://t.co/ijyzkNiRf9
— Kevin Wilson (@OSUCoachKDub) February 26, 2021
@emeka_egbuka with the Dub! #Buckeyes https://t.co/6JPsetFvSk
— Brian Hartline (@brianhartline) February 26, 2021
