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"

Tweets from Around the Big Ten

Howdy everyone. Now that I've mentally recovered from Iowa's loss to Northwestern, it's once again time for some more tweeting from around the Big Ten.

From Northwestern Coach Pat Fitzgerald: "CATS WIN!! Thanks to all the NU students and fans who made it to the game! GO CATS!!"

Purdue Coach Danny Hope: "Great job Joey Elliott, just named Big 10 Offensive Player of the Week! Finished 28-39 for 367 yards and 3 TD's in HUGE win over Michigan!!"

Indiana running back Bryan Payton (right): "It kills me how fans boo when they can't do anything close to what we do on the field every day...They should check themselves"

(Photo credit: heraldtimesonline.com)

Scott Chipman, Big Ten Assistant Commissioner of Communications: "Congrats to NU football on being named the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week after their win over IOWA"

Big Ten Tweets

Time for some more tweets. Sorry that I haven't been able to blog quite as much lately. Its been a busy time with stories for the Daily Iowan and schoolwork.
But I digress, lets check out some tweets...

Penn State assistant Tom Bradley: "Players took care of business on Saturday.Minnesota brings in a heck of an offense this week.Tough to prepare for.Wow Eric Decker can play!"

Indiana RB Bryan Payton: "I apologize for our performance tonight. We're gonna get things fixed"

Northwestern Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald: "CATS WIN!! The game ball goes to Northwestern's newly inaugurated President Morton Shapiro! GO CATS!"

Purdue head coach Danny Hope: "Purdue University is now the 87th ranked university in the WORLD, moving up 12 spots from last year. Boiler Up!"

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

Tweet, Tweet, Tweet

Time to take a look at some of the Tweets around the Big Ten...

Penn State assistant coach Tom Bradley: "Tough day...we need to get everyone focused on our next test Illinois.No time to feel sorry. Juice,Benn and co.can make for a long afternoon"

*Could this tweet mean the Nittany Lions are in store for a potential letdown against the Illini?

Indiana RB Bryan Payton: "its gettin cool outside...time to break out my array of jackets"

*It was quite cold today. I had to get my jacket out of the closet at well.

Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald: "These kids and their families are a true inspiration to our Team! http://cbs2chicago.com/spec..."


Minnesota head coach Tim Brewster: "Gopher Nation you guys were awesome in Chicago!! Lets get ready to make some serious noise on Saturday! See you at 9:00am!! Go Gophers!"

A Bonus Tweet from Indiana head basketball coach Tom Crean, regarding the crucial dual-posseision/interception call in the IU-Michigan game: "Like Ray Bentley just said" Justice was not served." That was wrong. Our guys had earned the right to get this win."

*I have to agree with Coach Crean on this one, I really think the Hoosiers got hosed on that call. They deserved a chance to make the comeback and the refs took it away from them.

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"