This Week in Twitter: Harry Miller Receives Support for His Retirement, Jim Knowles Retires the “Bullet,” and E.J. Liddell vs. Cocktail Sauce

By George Eisner on March 12, 2022 at 5:01 pm
Harry Miller walks off the field.
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This Week in Twitter is a look at some of the week's best and most entertaining tweets from Buckeyeland and beyond.

Spring is in the air across Columbus and Twitter this week, perhaps nowhere more obvious than at Ohio State's spring football practices that kicked off this past Tuesday.

In the early stages of spring camp, Jim Knowles has already made quite an impression on the Buckeye players, coaches, media, and fans. Perhaps his most head-turning comment for Ohio State devotees this week was when he declared the free safety in his defense would now be referred to as "the adjustor," while the boundary safety that was previously called “bullet” is now called “bandit.”

Knowles spoke at length about his responsibility as a coach to not only create lessons that stick, but also appeal to a generation of players that craves logic in each of their assignments.

Another major comment came when Ryan Day declared former top 100 recruit and two-time Academic All-Big Ten wide receiver is finally going to be in a position to contribute to the offense this season. Babb has battled various injuries throughout his college career, including two knee-related setbacks.

Meanwhile, as the NFL Draft draws closer, Chris Olave continues to impress professional football folks across the shield — even without an official 40 yard dash in the 4.2 range.

Also this week, the inaugural USFL Supplemental Draft took place, with a few former Buckeyes seeing selections in the third round — including TE Marcus Baugh and OL Matthew Burrell Jr.

Former Buckeye Luke Fickell had an interesting interview on the The Andy Staples Show this week in which he touched on a variety of subjects across college football.

But perhaps none of Fickell's statements were as significant as declaring that he and Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel would defeat "all comers" in a Head Coach Royal Rumble wrestling match. Fickell was undefeated during his final three seasons as a wrestler in high school.

However, the biggest story on Twitter across the Ohio State sports universe this week was far and away the outpouring of support from all corners of Buckeye nation to support Harry Miller's decision to retire from football.

After serving as the team's starting center during the 2020 season, Miller made the difficult but brave decision to tell Ryan Day about the demons he was battling earlier in 2021 and throughout the previous campaign.

Miller's courageous decision touched many not only throughout the Ohio State athletics community, but the entire university as well.

One of the key initiatives during Ryan Day's tenure as Ohio State head coach has been an increased focus on the attention and preservation of mental health. After speaking at length about its importance on one of last season's most touching College GameDay segments, Day coincided Miller's retirement with an appearance at NFL Network Toledo/Wistert's announcement that the organization would begin a new initiative for mental health awareness.

Day and his staff also officially locked in the return of the Coach's Clinic after its brief hiatus due to the pandemic.

Meanwhile, a certain khaki commander appears to have restarted his team's annual goofy offseason trips — although it appears the Wolverines will remain in-state this time around.

Ohio State's basketball team may have flailed out of the Big Ten Tournament early, but E.J. Liddell had a good time in Indianapolis sampling some fiery cocktail sauce from the region. However, he did not attempt to try the infamous St. Elmo's sauce.

In professional Buckeye hooper news, D'Angelo Russell got to make a young fan's dream come true this week with an in-person meet and great.

Looking to learn more about the history of Ohio State Olympians not named Jesse Owens? This week, the OSU Archives account created a comprehensive guide exploring the performance of the most-decorated Buckeyes across various events.

Finally, check out Ohio State Men's Gymnastics coach Rustam Sharipov — a native of Ukraine — and his take on the evolving war in Europe.

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