Super Bowl 2012: 5 Twitter Accounts You Have to Follow

Twitter is changing the way in which we watch sports, or even anything on television. When something notable happens, we have the ability to instantly get a pulse of what the general public and industry experts think about what is happening. 

Let's say Hakeem Nicks catches a big touchdown pass, and you want to know how that happened. If you are following the right people, you can get to-the-minute analysis of the play and instant fan reaction to what happened. Saw a funny commercial? You can see if everyone else thought it was funny, or if you just have a weird sense of humor. 

Here are five accounts you must follow while watching Super Bowl XLVI.

Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell)

The Super Bowl is more than just a football game; it is one of the biggest days in the American advertising industry. With all of the incredible amount of money to be made on America's biggest day on television, who better to follow than sports business guru Darren Rovell of CNBC?

Rovell gives great insight into what goes on behind the scenes in the business of sports, sharing fun facts an quirky stories about sports business that are interesting and give you a somewhat new perspective. 

For example, in this tweet, he suggests that Eli Manning is significantly more marketable than his counterpart, Tom Brady.

Fake Mike Francesa @MikeFrancesaNY

One of the legendary radio broadcasters of our time, Mike Francesa, also happens to be a very easy personality to poke fun at. This fake account is practically a transcript of Mike's show, "Mike's On", except it is written as Francesa speaks in his thick New York accent. 

Now that the Giants are in the Super Bowl, Mike will have a lot to say on his self-proclaimed No. 1 show with his "hard-hittin analysis".

If you have ever listened to Mike, I recommend this follow for the long-term. If you don't listen to Mike's show, there is no need to: just follow this account for all of the highlights. 

Alen Dumonjic (@dumonjic_alen)

There are a lot of great and insightful writers here at Bleacher Report, but for live analysis, Dumonjic is one of the best. 

If you are a true football nerd and want to get into the nitty-gritty details of the game, then give this man a follow. Or, if you don't know anything about the game, impress friends at your Super Bowl party by reading his tweets out loud. 

Doug Farrar (@SC_Doug Farrar)

Another good football guy, Doug is the man in charge of the "Shutdown Corner" of Yahoo! Sports. Doug likes to take things a step further with his analysis rather than rehash  the same old stories, going deep into match-ups and concepts. 

He also does a great weekly podcast with the great Greg Cosell of NFL Films that gives listeners awesome football nuggets that you really can't get anywhere else. 

He does not actually look like Jimi Hendrix, but it is his Twitter avatar nonetheless.

Ian R. Rapoport (@RapSheet)

Of all of the beat writers of these two teams, Ian Rapoport is my favorite follow. Covering the Patriots for the Boston Herald, Rapoport gives a lot of good tidbits about a team that can be tough to write for, and he does it with a pretty good sense of humor. 

In my book, if you can make a living writing interesting content from the bland experience that is a Bill Belichick press conference, you're worth a follow.