Every once in a while, based on merit, we will add another player to our highly influential yet totally imaginary Social Media All-Star Team. Today’s addition to the galaxy: Mike Bennett, Ohio State, whose credentials should speak for themselves:
Moral of my nap, don't go to sleep that hungry. I woke up from a delicious dinner and was trying to eat my pillow… Weird—
MIKE BENNETT (@mike63bennett) May 13, 2013
Don’t laugh.
I don’t know why they call it a hash tag I call it a number sign #makesnosense—
Will Muschamp (@CoachWMuschamp) May 09, 2013
No, seriously, don’t, because as much as Muschamp doesn’t get why it’s called a hashtag, he understands the properties of a good hashtag better than some of his assistants.
Les Miles wants you to help him get to 110,000 Twitter followers. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
By Zac Ellis
A coach’s success on social media doesn’t always translate to success on the field, but some coaches are definitely winning the popularity contest on Twitter.
TulsaWorld.com ranked college football’s most followed coaches as of this morning, and the list might not look exactly as you’d expect. You can check out the complete rankings by clicking on the link above, but we’ve corralled some of the best tweets from the top-five most-followed coaches. As you can see, these guys are definitely worth a follow:
The NCAA has suspended the recruiting rule allowing for unlimited phone calls and texts to prospects. (AP)
By Zac Ellis
The NCAA Division I Board of Directors suspended the rule allowing unlimited phone calls and text messages to recruits, the organization announced on Thursday.
After receiving more than 75 requests to override the measure, the Board opted to reverse the rule, which was originally adopted in January. The Board instead supported a recommendation that “all the recruiting concepts under review be examined as a group to develop a model that considers how the changes would work together.”
“We are supportive of moving as aggressively as possible while still studying the issues with due diligence,” said Board of Directors chair Nathan Hatch, president at Wake Forest University. “It’s important to make sure all the pieces of the recruiting model work together to make the most effective change in the culture.”
MANDEL: Recruiting deregulation fiasco underscores deeper NCAA disconnect
Earlier this week, Oklahoma State announced the #AskGundy social media initiative, which has Mike Gundy answering several questions on a wide range of topics each day via his Twitter account. This is the internet, and we knew right away what this was made for:
mike gundy will update his precise age every day just for you okstate.com/sports/m-footb…—
Holly (@Nastinchka) April 29, 2013
Today, the message got through. Today, we have our answer.
.@edsbs Gender: Male. Current Age: 45 #AskGundy—
Mike Gundy (@CoachGundy) May 02, 2013
By Zac Ellis
Today’s news sure to raise some eyebrows comes courtesy of the NCAA, as it so often does. According to Jordan Moore, the director of social media for the USC athletic department, the NCAA has nixed the use of Twitter hashtags on college football fields.
Social media police: The NCAA has banned hashtags on college football fields.—
Jordan Moore (@MooreSports) May 01, 2013
As has become our custom, we will now break down Florida’s latest social media recruiting imagery:
A new horse has been entered into the #derby #comeplaywrforthejoker http://t.co/IIL9WiHadI—
Joker Phillips (@jokerphillips) May 01, 2013
Assessments:
• How have we, as a nation, gotten this far into Twitter’s lifespan without seeing a horse with a hashtag for a name?
• When we get a Derby horse we’re naming it Retweets Do Not Equal Enhorsements
• If Jeff Driskel is so tall, why couldn’t he see where he was aiming in the Sugar Bowl?
We don’t cover the draft here for the same reason we don’t cover recruiting, but dissecting this year’s No. 1 overall pick is right in our wheelhouse, because #MACTION.
I'm a Kansas City Chief and it feels amazing! I'm speechless right now but also so blessed! Feels good to be number one!!!—
Eric Fisher (@Big_Fish79) April 26, 2013
#MACtion lives on a Thursday night! Eric Fisher drafted number one.—
Jacob Corrigan (@Jacob_Corrigan) April 26, 2013
CHIEFFEWAS—
Chris Driver (@Jerkwheatery) April 26, 2013
#DRAFTMACTION #DRAFTMACTION #DRAFTMACTION #DRAFTMACTION #DRAFTMACTION #DRAFTMACTION #DRAFTMACTION #DRAFTMACTION #DRAFTMACTION #DRAFTMACTION—
Holly Anderson (@HollyAnderson) April 26, 2013
Only Gators Get Out Alive #comeplaywrforthejoker http://t.co/TrmcSwzaei—
Joker Phillips (@jokerphillips) April 25, 2013
Couple questions:
Oregon starts football program Twitter account, incepts itself:
Here we go. Welcome to the official Oregon football twitter account #WTD http://t.co/hSWH3CoiKZ—
Oregon Football (@WinTheDay) April 23, 2013
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