The 50 Best Tweeters in College Football

Whether you want a solid stream of information regarding college football or instead you would simply like to be entertained by somebody associated with college football, Twitter has it all.

Yes, follow the little blue bird button and prepare to be brought up to date, suitably amused and ultimately dumped on with a deluge of data presented in a brief yet very digestible form.

Though there are literally thousands of tweeters who have a decidedly college football focus, the following slideshow offers up the 50 best tweeters in college football.

None are the same but all will no doubt enhance your enjoyment of the greatest team sport in the US of A.

Bruce Feldman

Twitter Handle: @BFeldmanCBS

CBS’ Bruce Feldman’s tweets are newsy, informative, and sometimes capture a college football angle you may have overlooked.

Chris Huston

Twitter Handle: @Heismanpundit

Huston runs the website www.Heismanpundit.com which is arguably the most accurate Heisman blog out there.

It’s not only useful to follow Huston during Heisman season but a full year’s worth of his tweets put you in another informational stratosphere.

Matt Barkley

Twitter Handle: @MattBarkley

USC’s heir apparent to the title-seeking QB throne is none other than Matt Barkley who can also be found on Twitter.

Barkley’s Twitter page is subtitled with the following self-description, “I play quarterback, but that doesn’t define me...” which is a testimony to what his tweets are all about.

Dan Wetzel

Twitter Handle: @DanWetzel

Wetzel writes for Yahoo Sports and has a serious aversion for the BCS.  He is witty and plugged in which makes him a natural for tweets and a delight to follow.

Brian Kelly

Twitter Handle: @CoachBrianKelly

Notre Dame’s head football coach Brian Kelly offers a front office/sideline perspective in his tweeting, providing follower’s with a unique opportunity to see Irish football from the other side of the glass.

Andy Staples

Twitter Handle: @Andy_Staples

Staples covers college football and recruiting for SI.com and his tweets are as entertaining as they are informative.

Ted Miller

Twitter Handle: @ESPN_Pac12blog

For an entertaining take on all things Pac-12 football check out Ted Miller’s tweets.

Miller runs ESPN.com’s Pac-12 blog and has a good handle on how to mix pertinent information with good fun.

AJ Francis

Twitter Handle: @The_Franchyze

Francis is a NT at Maryland who will play his senior season in 2012.  The 6’4”, 295 pound product of Severn, MD may not always tweet directly about college football but prepare yourself to be amused either way.

Nicole Auerbach

Twitter Handle: @nicoleauerbach

Auerbach covers college sports for USAToday.com, and though she is phenomenal from a basketball standpoint she’s also a good source for your national college football needs.

This girl is obviously passionate about what she does and her tweets highlight “out of the box” aspects of what she covers in a sometimes humorous tone.

Bryan Fischer

Twitter Handle: @BryanDFisher

Fischer covers college football recruiting for CBSSports.com and his tweets combine to make a good source for up to the moment recruiting information.

Les Miles

Twitter Handle: @LSUCoachMiles

The highly entertaining LSU coach Les Miles may not tweet a bunch in the offseason, but he’s gracious and informative when he logs into the blue bird social network.

Aaron Murray

Twitter Handle: @aaronmurray11

Georgia QB Aarron Murray’s Twitter account is subtitled “Loving life at UGA!” And you have to think he’ll be loving it even more if he and the Bulldogs can live up to their top billing in 2012.

If Georgia runs the tables then following Murray’s tweets might amount to reading the blurbs of the next Heisman trophy winner.

 

Pete Thamel

Twitter Handle: @PeteThamelNYT

Thamel covers college sports for the New York Times and is one of the most followable guys on our blue bird list.

Thamel definitely doesn’t serve up the “same old, same old” from a tweet standpoint and where else can you find a tweeter that will offer up the following observation at the end of Tuesday night’s Northwestern vs. Michigan basketball game?

“Michigan up 58-49 in OT with 2 min. left. Northwestern fans ensconced in collective fatalism.”

Ensconced in collective fatalism?

Awesome.

Chris Low and Edward Aschoff

Twitter Handle: @ESPN_SEC

Chris Low is the guy behind ESPN.com’s SEC blog and he does an excellent job of covering what is, at present, the most dominant league in the land.

Low’s tweets are short and sweet which lets you pick and choose what are interested in hearing more about.

Dan Mullen

Twitter Handle: @CoachDanMullen

Nice guy Dan Mullen, who heads up Mississippi State’s football program, is equally nice on Twitter where he tweets early and often.

E.J. Manuel

Twitter Handle: @EJManuel3

Florida State’s EJ Manuel could be in the Heisman mix in 2012 if the Seminoles can take the next step as a championship caliber team.

Manuel is a frequent tweeter who covers a wide range of topical matters.

Phil Steele

Twitter Handle: @philsteele042

Phil Steele might be the greatest stat wizard in all of college football.  Yes, Steele offers up more numbers than a bingo parlor and his tweets are a great way to keep up with the delicious onslaught of figures.

Kiehl Frazier

Twitter Handle: @KiehlFrazier

Auburn’s young QB Frazier might have the best tag line atop his Twitter account than anyone on our fine list.

“We will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.”

Now who doesn’t want this kid to be their college QB?

Follow Kiehl Frazier for updates, insight and yes…inspiration.

Holly Anderson

Twitter Handle: @SIHolly

Holly Anderson heads up the SI.com college football blog and is witty and has a unique approach to what may at first seem like vanilla mainstream stories.

 

Lane Kiffin

Twitter Handle: @Lane_Kiffin

Given the fact that current USC head coach Lane Kiffin has traditionally made statements deemed newsworthy due to their flammability he’s a natural to follow on Twitter.

Tajh Boyd

Twitter Handle: @TajhB10

Clemson’s on field leader QB Tajh Boyd tweets frequently enough for you to get the impression that he’s a great kid who you would be proud to have on your college football team.

Boyd’s junior season at Clemson in 2012 should be intriguing and therefore he should be a tweeter to watch from August onwards.

Adam Rittenberg/Brian Bennett

Twitter Handle: @ESPN_BigTen

Rittenberg and Bennett maintain a steady flow of information regarding their Big Ten blog on ESPN.com. and their tweets are similarly valuable.

 If you are a Big Ten fan or a national enthusiast who can’t get enough information this is one to follow.

Jerry Palm

Twitter Handle: @jppalm

Palm works with CBSsports.com and also runs and owns two excellent sites www.CollegeRPI.com and www.CollegeBCS.com.

Palm is a numbers guy who is all over the BCS formula and has a great handle on what’s possible within the confines of BCS matriculation.

 

Bo Pelini

Twitter Handle: @BoPelini

As intense as Bo Pelini is on the sidelines his tweets are similarly all business and therefore provide a great place for Nebraska fans to find out what’s up with Big Red.

 

 

 

Blake Bell

Twitter Handle: @B_Bell10

If you want to get a jump on following a guy who is literally just months away from exploding onto the national college football scene now is the time to leap on the Blake Bell bandwagon.

Bell is a 6’6”, 245 pound incoming sophomore at Oklahoma who might be the Sooners’ next great QB.

 

 

Andrea Adelson

Twitter Handle: @ESPN_bigeast

Adelson heads up ESPN.com’s shrinking Big East blog which is due to get a big boost in 2013.

Adelson is well versed on all things college football and is very interactive with her tweeting.

Mike London

Twitter Handle: @CoachMikeLondon

Virginia’s head coach Mike London might be a great guy to follow on Twitter in the coming seasons as he has the Cavaliers on the verge of a football renaissance.

Bleacher Report

Twitter Handle: @BR_CFB

Yes, this one is a bit of a homer (like that time I picked Texas Tech to win it all…) but it’s hard to argue that Bleacher Report isn’t among the best tweeters in college football.

Just like the content you’ll find on the site, B/R’s tweets are informative, entertaining and ultimately offer a unique approach to sometimes what is otherwise a vanilla topic.

Stewart Mandel

Twitter Handle: @slmandel

Mandel is another SI.com college football writer who is very accessible and informative.

Gunner Kiel

Twitter Handle: @GunnerKiel

Notre Dame’s incoming freshman QB Gunner Kiel might be a fascinating guy to follow via Twitter as spring practice gives way to summer and then fall.

How soon Kiel gets the rock in South Bend is an unknown but you have to figure that his tweets could be intriguing along the way.

Pat Fitzgerald

Twitter Handle: @coachfitz51

If you think you can’t like and respect Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald anymore than you already do, check out his Twitter account where he mixes inspirational quotes with support for a wide array of nobleness.

As a bonus, Fitzgerald tweets more often than other coaches so you get more bang for your blue bird buck by following the purple cat.

Adam Kramer

Twitter Handle: @KegsnEggs

Kramer is wildly funny and besides operating his blog (www.kegsneggsblog.com) he’s recently been named the Lead College Football Writer for the Bleacher Report.

This guy should be rated E for entertaining.

Sammy Watkins

Twitter Handle: @SammyWatkins7

If what you want is a bunch of tweets on a daily basis covering a wide array of subject matter (including a look into what it’s like to be a collegiate athlete) Clemson’s speedy Sammy Watkins is the one to follow.

Erick Smith

Twitter Handle: @erick_smith Smith runs the Campus Rivalry blog at USAToday.com and does a bang up job of covering college football nationally. Smith’s tweets are as good as you're going to find if you’re looking for a source to stay updated from a broad perspective.

Randy Edsall

Twitter Handle: @RandyEdsall

Maryland’s second year head coach Randy Edsall actually tweets some fairly pertinent and interesting information in his well-used Twitter platform.

Perhaps if we pay close attention to his feed we can find out what happened with the Terps uniforms in 2011.

Case McCoy

Twitter Handle: @CaseMcCoy6

Texas’ on-and-off again QB’s tweets should heat up this spring and fall as McCoy the younger begins another uphill battle to be the Longhorns starting QB.

Heather Dinich

Twitter Handle: @ESPN_ACC

Dinich is ESPN’s ACC blogger and her tweets are an excellent “quick hits” format for her full blog which is always jam-packed with good information.

Tyrann Mathieu

Twitter Handle: @TM7_Era

The Honey Badger’s Twitter page is subtitled, “Baller, Artist, Actor, Student (LSU)” which does no justice to what he does to opposing offenses in the fall.

This is pure entertainment and when the season rolls around it ought to be even better.

Southern Sports Tonight

Twitter Handle: @SSTRadio

Southern Sports Tonight is a radio program hosted by Scott McKinney based out of Florida and mainly covers southern college football.

SST’s tweets are a good mix of timely SEC and ACC college football updates with a healthy dose of humor worked in.

This is a great one to follow for some regional flavor from a source that keeps its finger on the pulse.

 

 

Mike Leach

Twitter Handle: @Coach_Leach

After famously banning Texas Tech players from tweeting back in 2009, Mike Leach has a twitter account in his new role as the head man at Washington State.

Knowing Leach his tweets are bound to be off the wall and entertaining especially as the Cougars start playing ball in the spread out, scary offensive scheme that should have Pac-12 foes sleepless.

 

FBS Schedules

Twitter Handle:  @FBSchedules

Your definitive source for NFL and FBS scheduling www.fbsschedules.com offers a wealth of information and its tweets keep you in the know.

Collin Klein

Twitter Handle: @ckleincat7

QB Collin Klein from Kansas State may not surprise anyone in 2012 (unless he takes home the Heisman) but here’s a kid to follow in the upcoming months as the pressure cooker turns up on a guy and a team who is no longer operating under the radar.

Joe Schad

Twitter Handle: @schadjoe

Perhaps one of the most plugged in college football reporters in the nation, Joe Schad has the advantage of ESPN’s stroke and a real passion for the game. Schad’s tweets are among the most informative from a national perspective of any on this list.  

Denard Robinson

Twitter Handle: @DenardX

Michigan’s super talented QB Denard Robinson shows real maturity in his recent tweets.  2012 may be a special year to follow both the Wolverines and Robinson.

Pete Roussel

Twitter Handle: @coachingsearch

Roussel runs the excellent web site www.coachingsearch.com which is jam packed with updates on coaching changes on a minute to minute basis.

Eugene Geno Smith

Twitter Handle: @onetwo_GS

West Virginia’s QB Geno Smith is another guy who could be at the Heisman ceremony in Dec. 2012 and his tweets are voluminous, cover a wide range of topics and come game time could be highly intriguing.

Will Muschamp

Twitter Handle: @CoachWMuschamp

Florida’s second year head man Will Muschamp actually offers up some fairly informative tweets including timing for walk-on try-outs, recruiting and some team photos.

Muschamp’s tweet volume took a hit last season but he seems to be back up and running this month which leads followers to hope he’ll be doling out more Gator bits in the future.

Montee Ball

Twitter Handle: @M_Ball28

Last season’s leading rusher and shoe-in to be on this season’s early Heisman short list, Wisconsin’s Montee Ball tweets respectfully and may provide another angle to what could be an intriguing 2012 in Madison.

Willie Taggart

Twitter Handle: @CoachTaggart

Willie Taggart led Western Kentucky to a 7-5 record in 2011 which may not seem extraordinary until you consider that the Hilltoppers previously won only two football games since joining the FBS ranks in 2009.

Taggart is a WKU alum and fired up about Hilltopper football; his tweets are a great insight to what is an entry level FBS program on the rise.

David Ubben

Twitter Handle: @ESPN_Big12

Ubben’s tweets provide the serious Big 12 fan with a wealth of knowledge that is drawn from the font of ESPN.

Ubben compiles ESPN.com’s Big 12 blog and is worth following on a daily basis.