Every year, Ohio State strength sensei Mickey Marotti concludes winter workouts with the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
An easy Marotti workout is an oxymoron, but players feel a particular dread about the massacre. Here's defensive lineman Bobby Landers on Thursday:
And here's what he retweeted later in the day:
So that's the level of pain induced by Marotti. In 2015, I ran a headline informing the public nobody died at the workout. Unfortunately, I can't write that truthfully at this moment.
Normally by the lunch hour, we have a flood of tweets from players like Landers' above. But as it stands, there is only evidence four Buckeyes survived the grueling workouts.
Freshman quarterback Tate Martell:
Redshirt junior offensive lineman Demetrius Knox, who gave an inside glimpse at the legal disclaimer handed out by Marotti:
Junior wide receiver Johnnie Dixon:
And finally, redshirt sophomore offensive lineman Branden Bowen:
Sure, maybe Marotti wore them out to the point where a few flicks of the thumbs weren't worth the energy. He also could've massacred them. Only time will tell, but for now we have to stick to the facts.