There’s a Method to the Tweets
I tweet the Northwestern University Wildcats’ football games. This started at the 1 January 2010 Outback Bowl against Auburn. I’ve continued doing it since a few people have emailed me to thank me for the tweets - Twitter is the only way some people can get the game if they are away from the Big Ten Network/ESPN/etc.
Hey - if I can reach even a single NU fan, I’m happy to do it.
There is a method to the tweets. We'll call it "Mitchell Notation." I suggest that anyone who tweets football games uses it. We'll discuss the trademark and patent ramifications later. :-)
Tracking the action:
When the Wildcats have the ball, I start the tweet with #Northwestern.
When the other side has the ball, I start the tweet with the name of the opponent: #Opponent. I end the tweet with Go #Northwestern.This should allow you to do a search on #Northwestern and get the game stream.
Making sense of the action:
Generally I don’t have time to tweet each down, especially when NU runs the no-huddle. So I generally tweet from 1st down to 1st down. It will typically look like this when NU has the ball:Kickoffs will look something like this:
#Opponent kickoff to #Northwestern, ball retuned to #Opponent 40.
#Northwestern 1&10...pass, 1st&Goal...run, 2nd&Goal...pass...TOUCHDOWN!!!!PAT COMING...IT’S GOOD…!! #Northwestern 35 - #Opponent 7.
If Opponent scores, it looks like the following:
#Opponent 3rd&Goal...run touchdown...PAT coming...it’s not good #Northwestern 35 - #Opponent 13.
And similarly for field goals.
Of course, if the Opponent gets a Wildcat turnover, you can forget about the caps lock.
And at the end of the game I give a recap of things plus my ending Blood Pressure (which tends to be high, especially after a #CardiacCats game).
More later...
Go ‘Cats!
BJ Mitchell (Former NUMB Spirit Leader)
twitter/nuspiritleader.
It is great to see you have a method, I have seen some people do the game blog/tweet thing and it is chaos theory. I have followed games by this method and it is a great service.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to tweet the game if it helps even one more Wildcats fan follow the action. I know most people are going to have access to TV or WGN's Internet stream, but I have had a few people email me to thank me for doing this.
ReplyDeleteGo Cats!