Capitalizing on Lane Kiffin’s abrupt departure from UT one week ago today, everyone’s favorite UT B-Baller/Rapper, Renaldo Woolridge/Swiperboy, has turned lemonade into YouTube gold. Only four days old, Never Leave You Like Kiffin has already received 56,966 views.
According to Swiperboy, that’s enough views for the song to currently rank #4 in views on YouTube. I can’t confirm that, but I can say that we certainly enjoy his rhymes. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, enjoy:
Meet the Vols new walk-on kicker, Devin Mathis:
Now that we’re midway into the 2009 SEC Football Season, it is time to do a round-up and analysis of the SEC Head Football Coaches on Twitter. As others have mentioned before, this 2009 football season is the first UT Football season on Twitter. The micro-blogging service has gotten enough mainstream adoption by sports fans and coaches to merit “sports + Twitter” as an emerging phenomena.
With regards to SEC Football, the head coaches are no different than many other celebrities who have taken to “tweeting.” Twitter allows coaches (and perhaps any ghost writers who tweet for them) to energize their fanbase and take control of this easy-to-use online presence. A look at the Twitter stats of the head coaches will give us some insight into the Who’s Who of SEC Head Football Coaches on Twitter:
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Old Skool Tweet for UT vs South Carolina
This week’s old skool “tweet” for UT vs. South Carolina courtesy of the Witt HomeCenter on Weisgarber Road.
Witt Home Center - Old Skool Tweet for UT v AL
To the best of our knowledge, the Witt Home Center on Weisgarber Road isn’t on Twitter; however, if they were, we would definitely “ReTweet” their weekly “Go Vols” themed messages posted each week during the football season.