The Tweet Sheet 09.14.11: mining the twittersphere so you don't have to

by The Feathered Warrior on Sep 14, 2011 11:59 PM EDT in South Carolina Gamecocks Events

This week's cover girl tweet comes from Brittany Lane of Spurs Up Blog. She makes a point that hadn't occurred to me, either, even though my birthday came well after the '84 Navy game too. Actually, "well after" isn't exactly true. The timing of my birthday is conspicuous given that it comes approximately nine months after the aforementioned "Navy game." Don't ask me how I figured that out. But I digress. Anyway, I've heard about the Navy game enough that it feels like I was not only alive when it happened, but that I was there. This is a must-win game for the Gamecocks this year if, for no other reason, than we can finally move past it as a fan base.

This team, being so far removed from 1984, has an advantage over the 1988 squad that avenged our defeat. The loss is not visceral for them. Indeed, I get the feeling that this team is running against a whole host of demons that we as Carolina fans have held onto for a long time. It is important to remember that these kids are not fans yet. They're still players -- young players. Everyone has their own personal litmus test of something that makes them feel old. For me, it's whether or not you were old enough to see the Lion King in theaters. That's a line of demarcation for my generation. If you saw Simba become a man on the silver screen, you and I share a cultural bond. If not, well, get the heck off my lawn you whippersnapper!

More tweets after the jump.

More on the Navy game from our pals at Leftover Hot Dog. What do you think the chances are that Garcia throws a touchdown against the Midshipmen? Considering Navy's first two opponents of the season were Delaware and Western Kentucky I think we have a chance.

Is it just me or is Marcus Lattimore starting to sound more like a coach than Steve Spurrier? Don't be so hard on yourself, Marcus. Ya done good so far.

Andy Demetra has been really geeking out on the stats this week, which I love. This helps you understand just how integral Alshon Jeffery is to our offense. And if Andy Demetra really wants to blow our minds he'll figure out what percentage of 3rd and 4th downs Alshon and Marcus accounted for in 2010. Whaddoya think, 50%? 75%?

This warms my heart. We're starting to sell out games again before game day. Hopefully our season opener against Navy will sell out as well.

Good! Throw the book at that guy. There's no excuse for providing impermissible benefits to recruits in this day and age. "Feels betrayed." Are you kidding me? He's the one who betrayed the University of South Carolina. Did he have a Nevin Shapiro complex going on? Let this be a lesson to the rest of you rule-breakers out there.

I don't want to dwell on this too much, but I don't understand this tweet. Here, David Cloninger is lamenting that people have asked him the same question eleven times. Just because people ask you a question on Twitter doesn't mean you have to answer them. In fact, if you keep answering their questions they're going to keep asking you. Apparently, it's easier to type one tweet to David Cloninger than to spend 5 minutes on Google looking up an obscure stat. Why you got to call out people for being honestly curious and trusting you as their source? I don't know, maybe I'll understand when I become popular enough to reach 100 followers.

I'm going to say the same thing here that UGA fans said about Spurrier when he returned to the SEC. A little bit of humility goes a long way. I had a pretty good experience with Georgia fans, myself. Now if we could just work on those Pickens County folks.

Go 'Cocks!

P.S. As always, you may find the GABA commentariat on Twitter under the names below:

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Were we supposed to appreciate that that idiot tried to buy off a recruit? Come on. If we hadn't caught this, what he did could have conceivably cost us whatever accolades we accrue this year.

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by Gamecock Man on Sep 15, 2011 12:07 AM EDT reply actions

Exactly.

Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina

by The Feathered Warrior on Sep 15, 2011 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions

I also rolled my eyes when I saw that Cloninger tweet.

I wouldn’t have thought twice about it if it was just one. I bet “What channel is the game on?” does get old. But his next five tweets were reiterations of the same point.

by Connor Tapp on Sep 15, 2011 1:00 AM EDT reply actions

Lion King, eh?

"Lattimore, as the kids can say, can ball, and sometimes does it to the extent one might say [he] is out of control in his balling." - Spencer Hall

by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 15, 2011 11:56 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Dang.

Pretty close. That XKCD guy is a genius.

Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina

by The Feathered Warrior on Sep 15, 2011 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Heh.

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by Gamecock Man on Sep 15, 2011 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I recall seeing Aladdin in the theatre.

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by Gamecock Man on Sep 15, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I have...

very choice words for you. But I don’t want to get banned

by loop4zill on Sep 15, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I saw Star Wars in a theater

YOU FREAKING PUNKS!

/curls up and drinks an Ensure

by TRCbuck on Sep 15, 2011 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey man, I saw it in the theater too.

Oh, you mean the one without JarJar?

/burned

Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina

by The Feathered Warrior on Sep 15, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Apologies if this has already been talked about/posted but:

I LOVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND AMERICA. It is already hard to pull against service academies, but this trailer makes it even harder. Hopefully our players don’t see this before the game this weekend.

/Hooah.
//Hoorah.
///Hooyah.
////Oorah.

CockyScar, trending like Andiambro's BAC.

by Cocky Scar on Sep 15, 2011 12:23 PM EDT reply actions

Re: Passing Touchdown against the Midshipmen

With Alshon Jeffery and Marcus Lattimore, I always like our chances for a TD. with Lattimore possibly catching one out of the backfield and AJ going up for one.

Whether it will happen or not…. we’ll see. But regardless of who they played, I like our chances.

- FOW

by skandrewj62j on Sep 15, 2011 1:28 PM EDT reply actions