Top 10 Twitter Accounts To Follow If You Want to Be a College Football Insider

In today's technological age, we can be much better sports fans. 

Instead of waiting for the newspaper to come out in the morning and hoping that we can read about our favorite teams, we can look up scores and stats in real time. 

Now, with twitter becoming more popular, we can even follow certain people to make us feel like true sports insiders. 

With that in mind, here are the 10 accounts to follow if you want to feel like a true college football insider. 

(Note: All stats are through Jan. 9, 2011)

Andy Staples: @Andy_Staples

The writer from Sports Illustrated is a specialist in college football and recruiting. 

He has 14,186 followers, follows 897 people and has tweeted 9,604 times. 

Andy Staples provides inside information, opinions and article links with his tweets, most of which occur with little time in between them. 

AP Top 25: @AP_Top25

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This isn't just one specific person, but instead the account sends out tweets with links and information to all sorts of college football material. 

The info is generally original while the links are to articles written primarily by members of the Associated Press. 

AP Top 25's account has 15,168 followers, follows 1,689 people and has written 8,085 tweets. 

Bleacher Report: @BR_CFB

This is one that you absolutely must follow. Not that I'm biased or anything. 

Bleacher Report's college football account provides interesting tidbits and links to the best college football content featured on this site. 

The articles are always timely and relevant and provide interesting takes on the top stories. 

This account has 1,460 followers, follows 17 people, and has sent out 5,894 tweets. 

College Football Talk: @CFTalk

If you've ever heard of NBC's Pro Football Talk, this is the same thing but geared towards the collegiate level. 

Information abounds from this account. Both links and witty tweets fill up the feed.

College Football Talk has 7,708 followers, follows 553 accounts, and has tweeted 10,670 times. 

Matt Hinton: @DrSaturday

Matt Hinton, or Dr. Saturday as he likes to be called on Twitter, is a college football expert who calls Austin, Texas, the home of the Texas Longhorns, his home as well. 

He also writes for Yahoo! Sports and is not a fan of the BCS system. 

Hinton has 6,617 followers, follows 292 people and has tweeted 5,206 times. 

Pat Forde: @espn4d

Pat Forde is one of ESPN's premier college football writers and is a man who you absolutely must follow on Twitter. 

Just trust me. 

Forde has 50,323 followers, follows 1,159 people on his own and has tweeted 7,144 times. 

Heisman News: @HeismanNews

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While it sounds like this account focuses solely on the Heisman Trophy, that is a gross underexaggeration. 

Heisman News covers everything that is in any way related to college football. 

All of their tweets provide links to the best sports articles around the Internet. 

Heisman News has 1,507 followers, follows another 1,638 and has tweeted 4,083 times. 

Matt Humphrey: @NCAAFootballMan

Matt Humphrey writes for the Orlando Sentinel and calls himself a "college football maven."

Since a maven is someone who collects every tiny bit of information they can possibly get their hands on and has to do with a certain subject, Humphrey is one to follow. 

He occasionally peppers in some other sports, but college football is by far the biggest draw. 

Humphrey has 1,709 followers, follows 1,107 and has written 5,057 tweets. 

Joe Schad: @SchadJoe

ESPN's Joe Schad is one of those writers who seems to be truly addicted to tweeting. 

Scad has insider information on many breaking stories and doesn't hesitate to share his viewpoint on anything related to college football. 

He has 46,237 followers, follows 762 people and has tweeted 4,727 times. 

Stewart Mandel: @SLMandel

Stewart Mandel is one of Sports Illustrated's premier college football analysts and writers. 

When a guy has written a book on college football and works for one of the greatest sports magazines of our time, you should probably follow him on Twitter. Especially since he's quite active. 

Mandel has 27,596 followers, follows 166 people and has tweeted 7,282 times.