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Wondering if your favorite players (i.e. Fantasy Football roster) are on Twitter? Here’s a list of NFL players on Twitter. The list is constantly updated. If you see someone missing or other changes, let us know by adding a comment.
You can also follow my Twitter list of current & former NFL players, coaches, staff and analysts here.
See the entire list below the break. (Updated: September 9, 2010)
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I think it’s well-documented that I’m not a fan of USC Football. Despite my hatred dislike for the squad, their team camaraderie and respect for their coach never goes unnoticed. Running Back Allen Bradford and defensive end Everson Griffen staged a fight that occurred during the last play during drills at practice.
Pete Carroll enlisted the help of singer/songwriter, Bill Withers, to respond in kind to getting punked by his team. Withers impersonated an NCAA official to warn the team about a bone-eating fungus popping up in locker rooms everywhere. After revealing his identity, the team rejoices in its own version of ‘Lean On Me’. The song was followed by a special message given by Bill Withers.
“Don’t lose sight of this camaraderie that you have now. Because the later you go in your life, the less access you will have to this kind of friendship…” Amen, Bill.
VIDEO: USC Trojans sing Lean On Me
[Hat Tip: Gary Klein, LA Times]
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The NFL Network always has a little fun with the “Fantasy Files” commercials as the season nears. Most feature a player’s strength with some far-fetched footage (my favorite this year is the Andre Johnson commercial). But when I saw the following Adrian Peterson plug, I “Whoa”d like the ETRADE baby. AP looks ready.
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Today’s trending topics on Twitter included more than celebrity gossip, world news or some pointless meme. “Twitter Analysis” and “Tweets Are Pointless” were #1 & #2 respectively. Ryan Kelly of PearAnalytics completed a study of a 2,000-tweet sample over a period of two weeks to determine the breakdown of tweets. On the heels of Twitter’s recent acclaim as a viable news source, Kelly decided to dissect Twitter’s content.
The chart above reflects the study’s findings: 40.55% of the tweets were considered “Pointless Babble”, 37.55% considered “Conversational”, and only 8.70% had “Pass-Along Value”.
Perhaps more interesting were the following stats:
- 11:30a and Monday’s have the most frequent tweets with Pass-Along Value. If you want something re-tweeted, try it at 11:30 in the morning, or try it on a Monday. Maybe folks are feeling generous then.
- Spam seemed pretty consistent all day, everyday, but luckily was second-to-last on frequency.
- News seemed heavier at 2:00p and on Tuesdays. Note that we did not collect any tweets during the Michael Jackson news, in order not to skew the results.
- Conversational tweets were high between 2:00 and 4:00p throughout the study, and heaviest on Tuesdays. Most people are busy on Monday catching up with work, so perhaps it takes until Tuesday to get into the swing of Twittering again.
You can keep your babble. Robert Scoble interviewed Ryan Kelly this evening, which included an offer to perform the same study on @Scobleizer‘s friends. The difference? Scoble recently dumped all of his tens of thousands of friends and then reinvested between 50-70 hours vetting his new list of friends to follow. The new list does include people he has met in person, but it’s probably safe to assume that Scoble’s list consists primarily of tweeters that initiate “conversation” and offer “pass-along value”.
Be sure to read the white paper on the PearAnalytics blog here and hear Robert Scoble’s exclusive interview with Ryan via FriendFeed.
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