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February 4, 2025
Columbus, Ohio – After a string of notable departures from the 2024 national championship-winning team—including defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, and nearly twenty key impact players from the roster—Ohio State finally got some good news on Monday when it learned that the team’s water boy intends to return for the 2025 season.
“Let’s run it back,” Bobby Mullins, Associate Assistant Manager of Hydration Dispersal tweeted early Tuesday morning, punctuating the statement with a water droplet emoji and a nut emoji.
“With this many defections, we’ll take what we can get,” said Ryan Day said during Monday afternoon’s media availability.
“He was one of those guys that drew a lot of interest from other programs, even got a couple of conversations going at the next level. But we sat down and had a long talk with him about his future, and really tried to figure out where he wanted to be. At the end of the day, his heart was still here in Columbus, and we’re thankful for that,” Day said.
“Bobby is just one of those lunch pail guys who puts his head down and goes to work, every single day. This team wouldn’t have been able to put together the run it did without Bobby being so dialed in, so we consider this to be a key piece of the 2025 repeat effort,” Day said.
What about both coordinators and all the lost roster depth? Day played those matters closer to the vest.
“First thing first is hydration. We’ve always said that, if you don’t have a water-first football philosophy, you don’t have a chance. So, we’re going to take it one day at a time, and build from what we have,” Day said before concluding the press conference.
