Husker Players Banned From Twitter - Shocking? NO!

by Jon Johnston on Dec 14, 2011 5:42 PM CST in 2011 Nebraska Huskers Football

He was tweeting while doing this. Seriously, you know he was.

You knew it had to happen sooner or later, but apparently Bo Pelini has finally banned Husker players from using twitter. Brandon Kinnie told Unsportsmanlike Conduct that there will be no more twitter usage in the coming weeks.

I don't find this all that shocking. With Mike Caputo's status up in the air, the end of the semster and the holidays approaching (read: lots more drankin' goin' on), the last thing this team needs is anything silly showing up on the social service.

It's too bad, though. Twitter provided a connection to players such as Yoshi Hardrick, Will Compton and Alfonzo Dennard, that didn't exist otherwise.

Perhaps the good news is that the service won't be overloaded as often now that Kinnie can no longer access it. At last count, Kinnie had generated just under 22,000 tweets and gained around 7,500 followers.

The bad news is - what will Kinnie do without his newfound addiction?

Maybe he's gonna have to go all Frank Rossitano on us, start wearing trucker hats with a crapload of different phrases. Or maybe they'll just make signs. Carry 'em around, change 'em constantly. I used to do that, back in the day. Went through a lot of whiteboard markers.

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Surprised this didn't happen a year or two ago.

by Cheeseandcorn on Dec 14, 2011 6:00 PM CST reply actions

Glad to see this

Really surprised it didn’t happen sooner, especially given the amount of hate and abuse the players were subjected to on twitter following the losses this year. Watching them try to respond to it all was painful.

Just seemed like twitter had become a massive distraction to the team all season long.

by dRockAZ on Dec 14, 2011 6:07 PM CST reply actions

I like the idea!

The twitter T-shirt – just make it of a material that works like a dry erase board.
It could be the hot Christmas gift this tear!

Proud proponent of the 52 team Uber Conference

by ProveIt on Dec 14, 2011 6:45 PM CST reply actions

Simple Rule Of Thumb About Players Using Social Media

Santino, come here…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5m4jpUyb-g

Paddle faster, I hear banjos!!

by Section 37 on Dec 14, 2011 7:40 PM CST reply actions

Now Kinnie

can focus on catching the football instead of twittering.

"Where do you put the bayonet?" (upon seeing a flamethrower fo the first time)

by 96operator on Dec 14, 2011 10:26 PM CST reply actions

Brandon Kinnie once retweeted me

I felt special until I realized that he would retreat a piece of grass if it had a twitter account.

I’m not surprised either. I wonder if another part of it is to prevent anything from leaking prematurely about coaching changes/hires. Do we know if this ban just goes through the bowl game?

Look me up on youtube sometime...if you're really bored.

by Billgrip on Dec 14, 2011 10:37 PM CST reply actions