#FirstTweets expose college conferences’ dark secrets
Friday is the eighth anniversary of the first tweet, so Twitter set up an easy tool to find anyone’s first tweet. For most people this was fun. For two recently-split athletic conferences, it was a liiiiiiiittle bit weird.
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Well this is awkward... #FirstTweet: https://t.co/xakhsYwNCA. What was yours? https://t.co/vClD6noxlk
— The American (@American_Conf) March 20, 2014 Here’s that first @Amercan_Conf tweet.
The BIG EAST Conference is now on Twitter.
— The American (@American_Conf) April 27, 2009 Then the @BIGEEAST showed up. It got even more awkward!
What a coincidence! http://t.co/3T1h6F1zjt RT| @American_Conf Well this is awkward... #FirstTweet: https://t.co/kW9pB2SsJM
— BIG EAST Conference (@BIGEAST) March 20, 2014 That tweet is here.
The official home of the BIG EAST Conference beginning July 1, 2013.
— BIG EAST Conference (@BIGEAST) June 3, 2013 So, in sum: An NCAA athletic conference split up, one side kept the Twitter account, and now they’re laughing about it on Twitter in the first person as if they think they’re people.
Isn’t conference realignment fun? What a time to be alive!
See More:
