Climer: Twitter shortens gap between players, fans

The sports world is all a-twitter with Twitter. The social networking application is taking over — 140 characters at a time.

Just ask Tennessee football Coach Lane Kiffin. He's a recent Twitter recruit, creating an account and posting regularly so he can share his thoughts on all things orange.

At 5:45 last Saturday morning, Kiffin gave a brief shout-out to his 1,508 followers. Yes, Kiffin likes to share his "tweets" with his peeps.

Continue reading at The Tennessean.

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belayvol writes:

Wonder if he has loper infestation like we do around here? Claiming the top spot in another story before it is polluted by lizards.

pdhuff#552644 writes:

Twitter is not big in the hills around the spread.

We just finally got rid of dial-up.

Vay_Owe_Ale_Ace writes:

Oh, look, new articles posted on GVX this morning! Let's see, there's a link to the CFTP Wes Rucker column, oh! And there's a link to a CFTP Mark Wiedmer article, and there's a link to CFTP David Climer's story!! Wow! Look at all these Tennessee sports articles not written by Strange/Griffin/Hooker/Adams/(any other Knoxville sports reporter), and not published by KNS! The only thing missing is an article from the Tennessean.

Good job, keep up the link work. Next we can change the name of the site from GoVolsXtra to WePostLinksToYourArticlesXtra.

GVX = WPLTYAX

londonvol writes:

NS has to sell newspapers every day so they want us to buy them to read sports news.
It's $$$$$$$$$$$

volhallathunder writes:

Top story on ESPN this morning:

Wide receivers Percy Harvin and Brandon Tate tested positive for marijuana

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft09...

TommyJack writes:

Don't know how to tweet. Do you have to have an account? Lost in the 90's. lol

BigOrangeJeff writes:

in response to Vay_Owe_Ale_Ace:

Oh, look, new articles posted on GVX this morning! Let's see, there's a link to the CFTP Wes Rucker column, oh! And there's a link to a CFTP Mark Wiedmer article, and there's a link to CFTP David Climer's story!! Wow! Look at all these Tennessee sports articles not written by Strange/Griffin/Hooker/Adams/(any other Knoxville sports reporter), and not published by KNS! The only thing missing is an article from the Tennessean.

Good job, keep up the link work. Next we can change the name of the site from GoVolsXtra to WePostLinksToYourArticlesXtra.

GVX = WPLTYAX

Psst... Hey Vay.... Climer writes for The Tennessean

Vay_Owe_Ale_Ace writes:

See, I knew something was missing =) Thanks for the catch; I missed the obvious.

murrayvol writes:

in response to TommyJack:

Don't know how to tweet. Do you have to have an account? Lost in the 90's. lol

Surely you remember the old Lauren Bacall line to Bogie in To Have and Have Not.

Lost in the 40's.

tnmantravel#531151 writes:

in response to Vay_Owe_Ale_Ace:

Oh, look, new articles posted on GVX this morning! Let's see, there's a link to the CFTP Wes Rucker column, oh! And there's a link to a CFTP Mark Wiedmer article, and there's a link to CFTP David Climer's story!! Wow! Look at all these Tennessee sports articles not written by Strange/Griffin/Hooker/Adams/(any other Knoxville sports reporter), and not published by KNS! The only thing missing is an article from the Tennessean.

Good job, keep up the link work. Next we can change the name of the site from GoVolsXtra to WePostLinksToYourArticlesXtra.

GVX = WPLTYAX

what bigorangejeff said

geez....maybe you should subscribe to Kiffin's tweeter and become one of his
tweetering twits.......

TommyJack writes:

in response to murrayvol:

Surely you remember the old Lauren Bacall line to Bogie in To Have and Have Not.

Lost in the 40's.

I do. And don't call me Surely.

Colliervol writes:

in response to hiresanders:

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I don't have a clue about twitter and could care less but I do know a twit when I see one.

Vol43 writes:

in response to hiresanders:

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where have you been you sack of s$$t?

belayvol writes:

in response to Colliervol:

I don't have a clue about twitter and could care less but I do know a twit when I see one.

We have a winnah!

BigOrangeVol writes:

CR@P!!! The main reason that many of us from Middle Tn are here in the first place is to get away from Climer and his evil spawn mongoloid idiot offspring at The Tennessean!

KNS, PLEASE - no more Climer!!!

Vay_Owe_Ale_Ace writes:

Lane Kiffin told me yesterday they were having a luncheon for all of the administrative assistants since it was, of course, Administrative Professional's Day. I know this because of Twitter. If not for twitter, I might not have known about this VERY integral part of Coach K's day.

Also, there is a "fake" Ed Orgeron twitter account and yesterday the update was "Yelled at Kiffin. Called him a pu**y."

Good stuff.

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