COLUMBUS, Ohio — “The infamous tweet.”
That’s what you probably know about Cardale Jones—a 2012 social media miscue that made its way into college textbooks and has yet to have left the lexicon of the average college football fan.
It’s also the work of Ohio State’s new starting quarterback, the Buckeyes’ last hope at landing a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain’t come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS.
Those were the words that first introduced Jones to the college football world, which immediately went viral and earned the then-true freshman a suspension for Ohio State’s prime-time matchup with Nebraska two seasons ago. As Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer explained at the time, the distraction of Jones simply wasn’t worth what Jones was contributing to the team.
“We’re getting ready to play a big-time game in a great stadium and I get a bunch of text messages and phone calls about, ‘Did you hear?'” Meyer said at the time. “So we suspended him immediately for the game. It was a very ignorant comment.”
Whether it’s fair or not, that moment of immaturity has defined Jones’ college career. But thanks to J.T. Barrett’s ill-timed season-ending injury and the Buckeyes’ inclusion in the playoff hunt, it will no longer have to, as it will be Jones who leads Ohio State into next weekend’s Big Ten Championship game.
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