OSU’s Jones busy on Twitter

Associated Press

COLUMBUS

Cardale Jones, the quarterback who came out of nowhere to lead Ohio State to the national championship in January, has had a busy 24 hours posting tweets.

First he cheered on his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the NBA playoffs Wednesday night. During a timeout, he and several Ohio State teammates were introduced at Quicken Loans Arena and Jones told the crowd that he wanted LeBron James and his teammates to bring “another championship to Ohio.”

While Jones was speaking on the arena microphone, Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah reportedly could be seen saying, “You ain’t in the SEC.”

Uh, those are fighting words for the Buckeyes, who have heard a lot of putdowns over the years because they play in the Big Ten, which at least before the Buckeyes’ title run was often perceived to be inferior to the Southeastern Conference with Alabama, Auburn, Florida and others.

Noah, by the way, went to Florida.

Told of the insult, Jones tweeted that Noah should “watch yo mouth before I give you these hands chump.”

He also vowed that he would be at Noah’s “neck the rest of the series for that comment.”

One of Jones’ Ohio State teammates even posted a humorous “tale of the tape” comparing Noah and Jones as boxing adversaries, along the lines of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao or any prizefight, including a doctored photo of Jones wearing boxing gloves.

Noah, however, insisted he had no idea who Jones was until Thursday morning, when he heard about the Tweets. And when asked if he made a comment about not being in the SEC, Noah responded, “I didn’t know who he was. I wish him nothing but the best.”

Noah also sidestepped a question about getting spit on by a fan as he left the court after the game. A video showed him pushing a spectator in the arm on the way into the tunnel. But it was not clear if the man spit on Noah.

“I was just saying hello,” Noah said.

On Thursday, Jones tweeted his disappointment that the Cleveland Indians have not asked him to throw out a first pitch, as Buckeyes tailback Ezekiel Elliott recently did at a game for his hometown St. Louis Cardinals and coach Urban Meyer, a Cincinnati native, did at a Reds home game.

“I’m just saying (at)Indians (at)EzekielElliott thinks his hometown loves him more than my hometown loves me because he throw out the first pitch,” Jones tweeted.

The Indians quickly replied, “Let’s make it happen!”

So now it appears the senior-to-be will get his wish to take the mound for his favorite team.