Big Ten Twitter Pic - Check out this Cake!

This twitter picture comes from Penn State assistant coach Jay Paterno (@JayPaterno)

"Check out this cake the Penn State bakery whipped up for our recruiting dinner. Fantastic!"

Bowl Tweets

It's bowl season, so that means it's time for the final round of tweets around the Big Ten...

Penn State assistant Jay Paterno:

"I can't help but wonder: if Joe Paterno coached at LSU would their cheer for him be "When I say JeauxPa, you say Terneaux"."

"Congrats to Daryll Clark on winning the Silver Football-Big 10 MVP-the 3rd PSU QB to win since PSU joined in 1993 more than any school"

"The Capital One Bowl will be a showcase of the greatest tailgaters on the planet--Penn State & LSU fans. Can you put kielbasa in gumbo?"

Northwestern Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald:

"Get your tickets for the Outback Bowl http://tinyurl.com/yge49ca - let's fill up Raymond James Stadium with Purple! GO CATS!"

"Our staff is starting to game-plan for the Outback Bowl today [Dec. 7] - we have a LOT of work to do between now and January 1st! GO CATS!"

Penn State Assistant Tom Bradley:

"This afternoon and tonight [Dec. 5] is all about recruiting...we have a great group of players and people on campus this weekend"

The Latest Big Ten Tweets

Coaches should have more time to tweet now that their regular season's are over. Let's see who's tweeting around the Big Ten...

PSU Assistant Tom Bradley: "Nows its time to get on the road this afternoon and start recruiting"

"Wow that third quarter was awesome [Saturday]. It was a great way to end up and hopefully we can get a BCS bid"

PSU Assistant Jay Paterno: "Congrats to Penn State's 6 First Team All Big-Ten Selections. Daryll Clark becomes the First Two-Time 1st Team All Big 10 QB Since Drew Brees"

"On the road for a whirlwind day of recruiting"

Post-Game Tweets from none other than Pat Fitzgerald, among others

Here I am, sitting in the library, contemplating whether I should do American Short Story homework or do a little blogging (Is this even a legitimate question?)

To make a long story short, here I am, and here are some post-game tweets from today and yesterday for y'all.

Pat Fitzgerald:
1)"'Cats win!! It was so great to sing our fight song again! GO CATS!"
2) "'Cats fans - Thank you for all the support! We're back in the office and preparing for Miami! GO CATS!"
3) "BEARS WIN! Another great game by former 'Cat Nick Roach- keep it rolling! GO CATS!"
4) "It's great to see former 'Cats Luis Castillo and Trai Essex playing against each other tonight in the Steelers vs Chargers Game. GO CATS!"

Indiana RB Bryan Payton
1) "Well...That game sucked"

*Tell us how you really feel Bryan...*

PSU Assistant Jay Paterno:
1) "Happy with our performance. A big step back from last weekend. Guys played hard & had fun. Got to see Doc to beat this flu."

2) "After watching the video a 2nd time what Joe says is true: You're never as good as you think you are when you win. I am still happy though."

PSU Assisntant Tom Bradley:
1) "The players really played hard yesterday.We made our mistakes but they stayed after them and tackled well.Our offense took it to them !"

Pre-Game Tweets plus some Big Recruiting News

Time for some pre-game tweets to give you readers some insight into whats going on around the Big Ten...

Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema: " Here at the team hotel and the guys were focused in our team meetings. We are excited to be the first Big Ten game in the new stadium...."

Penn State assistant Jay Paterno: "Red Grange scored 6TDs-5 TD runs & 1 TD pass in Oct 1924 at Illinois' Memorial Stadium-In '05 M Rob matched it with 4 TD passes & 2 TD runs

Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald: "Just wrapped up our pre-game walk-thru. Getting a quick lunch and then heading to West Lafayette to take on the Boilermakers! GO CATS!"

In other news, the Iowa Hawkeyes landed one of the top recruits in the country today.

A.J. Derby (below) of Iowa City High School in Iowa City, IA verbally committed to the Hawkeyes today.

The 6-4, 218-pound QB received offers from Alabama, Florida, Florida State, and Michigan, among others.

According to Rivals.com, Derby is rated as the 16th best QB in the country and the 174th best overall player in the U.S.

Photo Credit: Rivals.com

Post-Game and Monday Morning Tweets

Sorry for not posting much over the past couple days, it is going to be a really busy week for me. But I will do my best to post as much as possible this week.

So here's another exciting installment of TWEETS AROUND THE BIG TEN!

Penn State Assistant Coach Tom Bradley (@TomBradleyGOPSF): "Big Ten opener ...Iowa is one tough,physical group"

Penn State Assistant Coach Jay Paterno (@JayPaterno): "@cbfowler says that ESPN Gameday is definitely coming to Penn State for this week. Big Game...everyone wear White for the Whitehouse Game!"

Northwestern Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald (@CoachFitz51): "Congrats to QB Mike Kafka for being Big Ten Co-Player of the Week! He completed 35 of 42 passes for 390 Yards. Way to go! GO CATS!"

Wisconsin Head Coach Bret Bielema (@BretBielema): "Sunday was a good work day. We were able to get through the game health and get our d-lineman back for Big 10 play as well. Good week ahead."

My Sports reporting and Writing professor Dave Schwartz posted this link on his twitter page, its from BigElevenfootball.com. It's what they think Big Ten Coaches are tweeting about
http://www.bigelevenfootball.com/archives/297

That's all for now. It's off to class, and off to the library for some much needed studying...

A couple of Big Ten tweets from today

I know I'm breaking with my normal routine a little bit, but there were a couple of good Big Ten tweets today that I thought I'd share.

Pat Fitzgerald (@CoachFitz51): "Practicing indoors with crowd noise to simulate the HOT & HOSTILE Carrier Dome we'll face in Syracuse!"

Also from Pat Fitzgerald today: "The difference between a dream and wishful thinking is what you're doing now. Practice today what you want to be tomorrow."

And again from Coach Fitzgerald: "We had one of our hardest and most intense practices of the year today--it was GREAT! GO CATS!"

*Pat Fitzgerald appears to be the Big Ten coach with the most tweets at 283

(Fitzgerald Photo Credit: espn.com)

Indiana Running Back Bryan Payton (@bdpayton) on this week's opponent, Akron: "What the hell is a Zip?"

*Here's what a Zip is

Jay Paterno (@JayPaterno): "Tuesday night...good practice, watching practice video & hearing the Blue Band practicing right outside Lasch Building."

We've even got a tweet from Rich Rod today (@UM_CoachRod): "Just met Army Command Sergeant Major Martin Mieras of the Wolverines Battalion. Thanks to all that serve and protect our Country!"

The Second Installment of Tweets around the Big Ten

It's time for the more SWEEEET TWEEEETS. Our second installment is the postgame tweets from a couple of coaches and players...enjoy

Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald (@coachfitz51): "CATS WIN! Glad to be 2-0!"

Penn State assistant coach Tom Bradley (@TomBradleyGOPSF): "Good win today.Sean Lee had another great game.Start on Temple tomorrow very early in am"

Indiana RB Bryan Payton (@bdpayton): "we earned an AWESOME WIN today! This win will make us even closer and pay off as the season goes on."

Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema (@BretBielema): "Was a great enviroment in the Camp today. Was very proud of the way our guys battled through a tough week... Like the attitude of this team"

Penn State assistant Jay Paterno (@JayPaterno): "Happy to be 2-0...but not satisfied. Still some things to tighten up before next week"