LeBron James, the prodigal son of Akron, Ohio, was on the Ohio State Buckeyes' sideline when they delivered a championship to Ohio in the inaugural College Football Playoff championship game. It didn't matter to LeBron that he was due to potentially return the next day for the Cavaliers after a knee injury. There was no way he was going to miss the Buckeyes' championship.
As James helped deliver the first professional championship to Northeast Ohio since the Cleveland Browns' 1964 NFL championship, many current and former Buckeyes reacted on Twitter on Sunday night.
Before the confetti dropped, Urban Meyer was locked in:
A very intense @OSUCoachMeyer watching intense game 7. Shirt on, game on. #GoCavs #Allin pic.twitter.com/q6WmHzqICo
- Shelley Meyer (@spinnershells) June 20, 2016
Cardale Jones was emotional after the final buzzer:
Unless you are from Cleveland, Ohio, you truly don't understand how much this win means for the city.
- Cardale Jones (@CJ12_) June 20, 2016
Thank you @CAVS for bringing so much joy & light back to my city that's been overshadowed with some much heartache & darkness.
- Cardale Jones (@CJ12_) June 20, 2016
Ezekiel Elliott shouts out to the haters:
How much longer we gonna be Lebron haters though?
- Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) June 20, 2016
Ted Ginn Jr. is proud:
U know where I'm from Cleveland
- Ted Ginn Jr (@TedGinnJr_19) June 9, 2016
James Laurinaitis needed caps lock to express his excitement:
CONGRATS CLEVELAND THE DROUGHT IS OVER!!!!
- James Laurinaitis (@JLaurinaitis55) June 20, 2016
Devin Smith, too:
DONT EVER TALK ABOUT LEBRON JAMES GREATNESS. HE THE BEST IN THE WORLD PERIOD!!!!!
- Devin Smith (@dsmithosu) June 20, 2016
Tyvis Powell teared up:
This win got grown men hugging and crying. I ain't cried in a minute, but it got me tearing up. I ain't gone let me drop though
- Tyvis Powell (@1Tyvis) June 20, 2016
Taylor Decker wants a statue:
So when they building the statue of Lebron?
- Taylor Decker (@TDeck68) June 20, 2016
Joey Bosa wasn't as impressed:
Yeah the Cavs won but did you see thrones ...
- Joey Bosa (@jbbigbear) June 20, 2016
A Hall of Famer weighs in:
Congrats @KingJames #TheLand216 https://t.co/AQILGcPVQR via @youtube
- Cris Carter (@criscarter80) June 20, 2016
ESPN's own Kirk Herbstreit:
So happy for @KingJames the @cavs and the fans of Cleveland!! Been a long wait---Congrats!!! #Champions
- Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) June 20, 2016
OSU athletic director Gene Smith:
Congrats @cavs
Another �� in O-H-I-O! #ALLin216 https://t.co/ex8zPZHiWu- gene smith (@OSU_AD) June 20, 2016
Torrance Gibson declares LeBron as the GOAT:
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- Torrance Gibson 6⃣ (@quick_tg6) June 20, 2016
Beanie Wells agrees:
Lebron is the Greatest of ALL TIME!!!!!
- Beanie Wells (@BeanieWells26) June 20, 2016
And Carlos Hyde:
@KingJames ��
- Carlos Hyde (@elguapo) June 20, 2016
Mike Bennett brings up a good point:
Did Michael Jordan bring a title to Cleveland? ��
- Mike Bennett (@mike96bennett) June 20, 2016
Eli Apple applauds:
Cavs deserved it congrats to Lebron ��������
- Eli Apple (@EliApple13) June 20, 2016
OSU basketball weighed in, too:
Congrats to @KingJames and the @cavs - Making the Great State of Ohio Proud pic.twitter.com/6jWBKVLbEI
- OSU BASKETBALL (@OhioStateHoops) June 20, 2016
What a series! #nbaFinals #game7
- Mike Conley (@mconley11) June 20, 2016
Shout-out to Cleveland fans who, like my wife, wish their dad/grandpa/etc. was here on Father's Day to see Cleveland finally win one.
- Mark Titus (@clubtrillion) June 20, 2016
Current hoops center David Bell:
THANK YOU GOD ���� #LOVEMYCITYTODEATH CLEVELAND ���������� #216
- 1000 (@db_trey5) June 20, 2016
The morning after:
My favorite part of the series BY FAR was waking up today to see what memes the Internet would bring, it didn't disappoint ���� #Cleveland
- Malcolm Jenkins (@MalcolmJenkins) June 20, 2016