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Talking Smack About Sports: Always Delete Your Twitter Account BEFORE You Use Racial Epithets
NBC Sports - College Football Talk: Twitter gets Bruin in deep twit
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Trojan fans: still regret USC losing the recruiting battle for Randall Carroll? http://bit.ly/BFrC5 10/26/2009 |
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Tweet from UCLA player's account uses racial epithet for Norm Chow http://bit.ly/3s9aUj 10/25/2009 |
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Derogatory term used for Norm Chow on UCLA player's Twitter account http://bit.ly/3YHfzY 10/25/2009 |
Always Delete Your Twitter Account BEFORE You Use Racial Epithets
Talking Smack About Sports —
... It's not rocket science--Twitter is something a lot of people can see. What you put on there is something that all of the people who follow you can see, and, if they "re-tweet" your tweet, all of their followers can see it, and so on and so forth. You are not going to score brownie points by saying bad things in the public forum that is Twitter, nor are you fooling anyone when you panic and delete your Twitter account--they archive all of your tweets, you see: ...
Twitter gets Bruin in deep twit
NBC Sports - College Football Talk —
There are some people who believe that Twitter is the greatest thing since sliced bread. There are others who feels its very existence is either the second or third sign of the apocalypse. At this point in time, it's safe to assume that UCLA's Randall Carroll finds himself in the latter grouping. The freshman wide receiver has found himself in a bit of hot Twitter over a posting he made on the social networking website. In a message to a highly-touted recruit, Carroll used a racial epithet to describe Bruins offensive coordinator Norm Chow . "man oregon, stanford and cal ...
Monday morning buffet
Get The Picture —
... off, but that “magical flag” crack as an excuse for his weak-kneed playcalling at game’s end is cheap.
On the other hand, I understand why Dan Mullen is ticked off. And exactly why doesn’t the SEC provide the name of the replay official?
One of our long national nightmares is over.
As expected, TCU passed Boise State in the BCS rankings. Time for some more Congressional hearings!
Judging from this, it’s no surprise to see how UCLA’s Randall Carroll comes by his nickname. ...
Spaulding Roundup: UCLA's Starting QB Spot Up For Grab & Other Notes
Bruins Nation —
... respect to Randall, I think it's just an oversight with respect to the technology. I don't think it was intended for a public forum. He and Norm have talked and cleared the air."
Again for those who missed it over the weekend, here is what Carroll tweeted:
@driley4 man oregon, stanford, and cal should have been easy wins ,, but shyt thys nigga norm chow dnt be trustin us ,, so it is what it is8:39 PM Oct 22nd
The Trojan Times jumped on the tweet to call it a "racial epithet for Norm Chow." ...
Morning Musings: ALCS, Football Doldrums, and Some Twitter News
Never on Injured Reserve —
... using twitter and players' official accounts on the popular micro blogging site. No tweets will be allowed to be retweeted without the expressed written consent of the Ochocinco News Network . In other twitter news, UCLA wide receiver Randall Carroll decided to use a racial slur to describe offensive coordinator Norm Chow in a recent tweet. How long until someone labels this incident as part of "Obama's America"? Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley can't buy a break. Some ...
