The Colts asked for a little college football civility, and two former Buckeyes wanted none of it.
J.T. Tuimoloau and Caden Curry, who spent a couple of seasons together at Ohio State and are now with the Indianapolis Colts, were part of a social media bit asking players to say something nice about their college rivals.
Most of the group gave the assignment a shot. Tuimoloau and Curry didn’t even bother.
They simply kept walking.
The moment landed exactly the way you’d expect from two Ohio State guys asked to compliment Michigan. The Colts posted the video on September 4, 2026, and Tuimoloau and Curry appear around the 1:15 mark, near the end, without offering a word.
That kind of silence says plenty in a rivalry that has been fueled by dislike for more than 100 years. The Buckeyes and Wolverines remain one of the sport’s signature feuds, and the bad blood was on full display when Ohio State “spanked TTUN last season.”
It also fits the backdrop of the way both players came up in Columbus. Tuimoloau and Curry took on TTUN during the height of what the source describes as “their cheating scandal,” calling it “the worst in modern college football history.” So when asked to find something positive to say, they chose the simplest answer: nothing at all.
The Colts don’t have any Michigan players on the roster, so there was no counterpunch in the video. But the reaction from Tuimoloau and Curry would hardly have surprised anyone who knows the rivalry. The source even notes that these two programs will keep hating each other for a long time, regardless of what Kyle Whittingham thinks about the whole thing.
For now, both former Buckeyes should get to watch Ohio State’s opener in peace. They’re expected to be tuned in when the Buckeyes face Ball State in Week 1, since the NFL doesn’t begin until next weekend, unless practice gets in the way.
Ohio State already has the upper hand from last season’s 27-9 win, a game that helped the Buckeyes reclaim the mental edge. Ryan Day, according to the source, now knows what it feels like to beat Michigan with his own players, and that’s expected to matter again when The Game arrives in November.
As for the season ahead, the source is clear on the immediate outlook: Ohio State should beat the Cardinals in Week 1, and TTUN likely will get past Western Michigan. But Week 2 is where things get interesting. Ohio State has Texas’ number, while TTUN could be staring at its first loss in a season that might end with four or five defeats.
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