LOOK: Ohio State, Texas staffers engaged in Twitter war over recruits
Texas and Ohio State are two of the nation’s top programs when it comes to landing recruits, along with SEC powers like Alabama and Georgia.
However, even the best of the best sometimes lower themselves into the mud and fight dirty. That was the case this week, as Texas director of recruiting Bryan Carrington, former Ohio State WR Brian Hartline and current Ohio State assistant WR coach Keenan Bailey engaged in a petty Twitter war.
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As you can see in the tweet below from Carrington, he claimed all the best players in Texas go to the Longhorns:
The Best Players In The State Of Texas Come To Texas!🤘🏾#NuffSaid🗣#ThisIsTexas 🐂 #NoAttachments🤷🏾♂️
— Bʀʏᴀɴ Cᴀʀʀɪɴɢᴛᴏɴ🤫 (@BCarringtonUT) March 23, 2018
That prompted Hartline to join in, which then elicited a response from Carrington about what Ohio State players felt about former Buckeyes offensive coordinator Tom Herman, who is now Texas’s coach:
This Sounds Even Better! 🤭🤷🏾♂️ pic.twitter.com/y5rENh6fYA
— Bʀʏᴀɴ Cᴀʀʀɪɴɢᴛᴏɴ🤫 (@BCarringtonUT) March 24, 2018
Then, Bailey got into the game, tweeting a picture of a trio of current Buckeyes — JK Dobbins, Baron Browning and Jeffery Okudah — all of whom were 5-star players from the state of Texas:
🤔🤷🏼♂️😴 Am I missing something, Hart?
@Jkdobbins22 @jokudah_ @baronbrwnng pic.twitter.com/mFxFjisulI— Keenan Bailey (@CoachKeeOSU) March 24, 2018
That’s when Carrington pulled out the big guns, bashing Ohio State for not producing elite receivers and chastising Bailey for wanting to come to Texas:
Yea, Not Having A 1,000 Yard WR Since 2002 Is Pretty Big Right? 🤷🏾♂️ https://t.co/LYEovdwS6L
— Bʀʏᴀɴ Cᴀʀʀɪɴɢᴛᴏɴ🤫 (@BCarringtonUT) March 24, 2018
How You Gone Throw Shade At Texas When You Wanted To Be Here @CoachKeeOSU? 🤭 Don’t Make Me Pull Them Receipts! Just Stay In Your Lane, Cut Up Film & 🤫❗️ #EverybodyCantBeALonghorn 🤷🏾♂️#NotSoLoyalToTheBuckeyesAreWe😯
— Bʀʏᴀɴ Cᴀʀʀɪɴɢᴛᴏɴ🤫 (@BCarringtonUT) March 24, 2018
Per FootballScoop.com, the beef likely started over 4-star Texas WR Garrett Wilson, who is considering both the Longhorns and the Buckeyes.