Tweets of the Week: 8/15/2012

By Will T. - Posted on 15 August 2012

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 The London Olympics have unfortunately finally come to a close, and with it marks the end of an unbelievable fortnight for Twitter. As many have mentioned, the "Twitter Olympics" fully lived up to its nickname. But with the end of the Olympics, comes the beginning of football, and boy did some stories set the Twittersphere on its side this week. 

 

For ESPN, the end of the Olympics meant it was time to ramp up their ZOMG IT'S TIM TEBOW coverage to ludicrous levels. They've had reporters at the Jets training camp for crying out loud. Just pure absurdity. Their level of obsession with Tim Tebow is baffling - I honestly cannot figure out the basis of their obsession, or why they felt the need to point out Tim Tebow's 25th birthday to the world. At any rate, in case you missed it, check out @AwfulAnnouncing's feed from yesterday. His rant about 24/7 Tebowmania on ESPN was nothing short of outstanding.

 

In case you've been living under a rock lately, there's a fairly sordid academic scandal happening up the road from me at the University of North Carolina. To cut to the chase, a bizarre incident happened over the weekend where a member of the North Carolina State message board PackPride.com uncovered that UNC had a copy of former player Julius Peppers' academic transcript just sitting on their public server, which to me seems like a horrible violation of FERPA. To make matters worse for UNC, Peppers' transcript showed that he took a number of independent study classes in the African American studies department - the same department that was recently found to have been conducting fake classes that enrolled several football players. I'll be touching on this story in greater detail on Friday here on IHJJR, but needless to say this scandal has lit Twitter on fire, even being picked up by national columnists like @GreggDoyelCBS, who absolutely eviscerated UNC in his latest column.

 

Moving on, the Dwight Howard saga has FINALLY ended, and not a moment too soon. The Magic literally gave up Howard to the Lakers in a four team trade that included Denver and Philadelphia for an assortment of players and draft picks that more or less puts them on the same level as the Charlotte LOLCats. As @BobbyBigWheel points out below, attendance at the Magic-Bobcats game should be legendarily terrible.

 

Other quick hits that had you talking this past week on Twitter:

 

  • Chad Johnson was arrested for headbutting his now soon to be ex-wife Evelyn Lozada after a heated argument ensued over a receipt for a box of condoms. Johnson was subsequently cut by the Dolphins, and VH-1 cancelled his reality show. Is this the last we've seen of Chad Johnson in the NFL?
     
  • Virginia Tech unveiled some of the most horrific football helmets ever for their upcoming whiteout game. Check the tweet from @THEKEYPLAY below for the pic. There's not even a joke necessary here - the helmets speak for themselves.
     
  • Tyrann Mathieu has been kicked off of LSU's football team for a repeated violation of team rules, but there's brewing rumors that he hasn't been declared permanently ineligible. Keep an eye on this story for now.
     
  • Apparently Auburn fans waive something called a "Chiz rag" at football games. Again, no joke is necessary here. Seriously y'all - did no one think that name through? (Thanks to @Mengus22, a tremendous follow on Twitter if you aren't following him, for posting the picture).
     
  • Finally, it appears that @JoseCanseco has completely lost his mind. There are days where you can show me a tweet from @Horse_ebooks and tell me it was actually Canseco that wrote it and I wouldn't be shocked in the slightest. Check out Canseco's latest bizarre rant below, where he claims he has figured out the art of time travel.

 

That's a wrap for this edition of the IHJJR Tweets of the Week! Got a nomination? Send me (@thrillis4) a tweet/DM with the hashtag #IHJJRTweetsOfTheWeek. Enjoy everybody!

 

 

 

Will blogs about all things college football for IHJJR. He is also frequently found on Twitter, with thoughts covering most all sports, pop culture and totally random trivia.

 

Follow Will on Twitter: @thrillis4


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