Rich Rod's Twitter page?

[RealwomenwearMaizeNBlue]

I'm kind of new to the whole Twitter thing, but I do think that this is RR's true Twitter page - he seems to be new to it also - so at the moment there's not a whole lot of activity. Here's the link in case anyone wants to follow it also - http://twitter.com/UM_CoachRod

[Mich Fan in Cbus]

I'm kind of new to the whole Twitter thing, but I do think that this is RR's true Twitter page - he seems to be new to it also - so at the moment there's not a whole lot of activity. Here's the link in case anyone wants to follow it also - http://twitter.com/UM_CoachRod


What the hell is a twitter??

[RealwomenwearMaizeNBlue]

What the hell is a twitter??

It's like a facebook or myspace page. People can post whatevers on their mind - it's more for the "celebrity" ...like Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Shaq - & many others just post random crap all the time. Out of curiosity I looked up RR - there are lots of imposters on that sight also...the link I posted though seems the most convincing, but like I said not a lot activity on it yet. It will be interesting if he posts more during the football season.

[GoDeepHammer]

It's like a facebook or myspace page. People can post whatevers on their mind - it's more for the "celebrity" ...like Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Shaq - & many others just post random crap all the time. Out of curiosity I looked up RR - there are lots of imposters on that sight also...the link I posted though seems the most convincing, but like I said not a lot activity on it yet. It will be interesting if he posts more during the football season.

Nice to see you back rwwmnb. Wondered if the terrorists took you.

[RealwomenwearMaizeNBlue]

Nice to see you back rwwmnb. Wondered if the terrorists took you.

Thanks...no terrorists. Just girls high school basketball - we're district runner-ups in Div III. My freshman daughter got to dress Varsity this year - so that's where all my time has gone - games & senior scrapbooks. The whole commit/decommit part of the football season drives me nuts anyways. Good to be missed though.

RR has been more active on his twitter page for anyone that's following. I think it will be more interesting once the season starts.

[GoDeepHammer]

Thanks...no terrorists. Just girls high school basketball - we're district runner-ups in Div III. My freshman daughter got to dress Varsity this year - so that's where all my time has gone - games & senior scrapbooks. The whole commit/decommit part of the football season drives me nuts anyways. Good to be missed though.

RR has been more active on his twitter page for anyone that's following. I think it will be more interesting once the season starts.

Congrates to you and your daughter. Nice to have you back.

[RealwomenwearMaizeNBlue]

For anyone on Facebook - RR now has a a facebook page.
http://tinyurl.com/coachrodfanpage

[bigboyBlue]

Great, now whenever he LOLs next, I'll know..

[RealwomenwearMaizeNBlue]

http://www.michigandaily.com/content/2009-04-08/athletic-department-announces-twitter-pages


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Athletic Department joins in on the Twitter craze
By Matt Aaronson
Daily Staff Reporter On April 7th, 2009
Graphic by Hillary Ruffe/Daily Shaq, Diddy, Tony Hawk and Al Gore do it. So does Pete Carroll and your one weird uncle. It seems like just about everyone is “tweeting” these days.

And recently, even the University’s Athletic Department and head football coach Rich Rodriguez have joined in on the micro-blogging craze.

In an effort to make programs more accessible to fans, the department announced yesterday the creation of eight new “Twitters.” The new micro-blogs for eight varsity sports will accompany five others that have already been trying it out for the last few months.

Twitter.com is an online service through which users can send and receive “tweets” — text-based updates limited to 140 characters.

In time, the Athletic Department plans on having Twitter pages for all 25 varsity sports.

Athletic Director Bill Martin wrote in a press release that the move was an effort to embrace the latest in technology.

"This is a communication instrument that can speak directly to our fans," he wrote. "As a department, we need to be cognizant of social media communication and this will be our first official move in that direction."

As part of the push, Rodriguez started his own Twitter page. Bruce Madej, associate athletic director for communications, insists that while Rodriguez was “getting some help to start,” the coach is now doing “90 percent of it on his own with his Blackberry.”

Madej said the Twitter pages will help fans better follow their favorite sports.

“It’s an easy, efficient way to keep a segmented part of your fan base following the sport that they want to follow,” he said.

Those with Twitter accounts can sign up as a “follower” of a sport, to receive live updates on a computer, cell phone or PDA.

“The idea is simply to help individuals follow the Michigan sport of their choice in an ever-changing, new-media world,” Madej said. “Social networking is the new-media world.”

The Twitter pages will feature casual updates about things like scheduling changes. For example, a tweet on the rowing team's page on Friday read “Too windy to race in Indiana. We are delayed until tomorrow. Racing will begin at 9 a.m. There will still be afternoon racing as well.”

Pieces of in-game action will be tweeted too. On Sunday, an update from the baseball Twitter read, “Wolverines score twice in the fourth … we are tied again, 4-4.”

Matt Trevor, the Athletic Department assistant director of media relations, started tweeting for the ice hockey and women’s rowing teams in February. He said he has enjoyed it so far.

He added that Twitter’s biggest advantage is the 140-character limit and the brevity it forces.

"It just fills in some of the gaps between writing a full press release and getting out some interesting information,” he said.

[1OSUNUT]

Don't you mean Twit page ? :D

[GoDeepHammer]

Don't you mean Twit page ? :D

Why don't you come on here and post that you are a total douchebag, that would be more true to form.