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Akron’s Head Coach Announcement Is Obvious Ploy To Get Mascot Twitter Followers

by Andy Hutchins
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Terry Bowden Named Akron Football Coach All Of A Sudden
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Announcing a new coach via Twitter makes sense for Akron as a follower-boosting ploy. After all, the Zips’ Roo was named Mascot of the Year back in 2007. That’s so long ago that Twitter was scarcely removed from its disemvowled version.

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