For those of you who are not on Twitter, it's for the best. Don't sign up. Joining the site can be a huge time-suck. You can spend hours trying to come up with jokes and get in strange conversations with people you've never met. There are also a ton of horrible parodies out there, athletes make fools of themselves and scintillating yet incorrect information spreads like syphilis riding first class on the Concorde. It also led to Ashton Kutcher's divorce. Probably.
For those who are on Twitter and following @HustleBelt, my condolences. There's nothing we can do. I already tried reporting you for spam and yet you're still here. So let's try to make the best of it. The following is a list of MAC-friendly Twitter accounts.
Bear in mind this is not a definitive list, but rather a list of recommendations. I didn't include every single official MAC school account because some of them are repetitive to their parent account or just kinda blase. I'm trying to hand-pick the ones which are
• Engaging
• Interesting
• Informative
• Moderately active
• Not serial retweeters (many accounts I omitted do this)
AKRON
Athletic Department: @GoZipsUpdates
Roo the mascot: @FollowTheRoo
George M. Thomas, Akron Beacon Journal: @GeorgeThomasABJ
BALL STATE
Athletic Department: @bsuathletics
Doug Zaleski, The Star Press: @DougZaleski
Alan, Over The Pylon: @overthepylon
Pete Lembo, head coach: @Pete_Lembo
Campus newspaper sports section: @dn_sports
BOWLING GREEN
Athletic Department: @bgathletics
John Wagner, Toledo Blade: @jwagnerblade
Jack Carle, Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune: @jncarle
FalconBlog: @orangeandbrown
Dave Meyer, BGSU football SID: @DaveMeyerBG
Campus newspaper sports section: @bgnewssports
BUFFALO
Athletic Department: @ubathletics
Tim Riordan, Bull Run: @ubathletics
Jon Fuller, Buffalo football SID: @UBJonFuller
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Athletic Department: @cmuathletics
Kyle Warber, Fire Up Chips: @fireupchips
Nate Schneider, Morning Sun: @natejschneider
Chippewa Country: @ChippewaCountry
EASTERN MICHIGAN
Athletic Department: @emuathletics
Ron English, head coach (and Rapacious Bird): @ron_english
Eagle Totem Blog: @eagletotemblog
David W, no blog, just a good follow for EMU football: @EMU_Dave
KENT STATE
Athletic Department: @KSUathletics
Stephanie Storm, Akron Beacon Journal: @SStormABJ
David Carducci, Kent State new media director (former beat writer) @CarducciKSU
UMASS
Athletic Department: @umassathletics
Matt Vautour, Daily Hampshire Gazette: @GazetteUMass
Harry Plumer, The Republican/MassLive: @harryplumer
Bob McGovern, Maroon Musket: @maroonmusket
MIAMI
Athletic Department: @MiamiRedHawks
Rick Cassano, Cox Media Newspapers (Oxford Press): @rickcassano
Miami Hawk Talk: @miamihawktalk
Adam Dietrich, RedHawkInsider: @RedHawkInsider
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Athletic Department: @NIUAthletics
Huskiewire, Daily Chronicle's NIU section: @Huskiewire
Mike Breese, Red And Black Attack: @RABAttack
OHIO
Athletic Department: @OhioBobcats
Jason Arkley, Athens Messenger: @jasonamessenger
Campus newspaper sports section: @ThePostSports
Rob Cornelius, radio analyst: @jasonamessenger
TEMPLE
lol
TOLEDO
Athletic Department: @UTRocketsDotCom
Ryan Autullo, Toledo Blade: @AutulloBlade
Paul Helgren, UT football SID: @UTPaulHelgren
Let's Go Rockets: @LetsGoRockets
Campus newspaper sports section: @IC_Sports
WESTERN MICHIGAN
David Drew, MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette: @drew_on_wmu
Saddle Up Fight On: @SaddleUpFightOn
Bronco Blitz: @wmurivals
THE MAC
MAC Sports: @MACSports
Jeremy Guy, MAC Communications Director: @JGuyMAC
Ken Mather: MAC assistant commissioner, media/PR: @KenMather_MAC
MAC Social Media Tour: @ExperienceMAC
Zach Jackson, Fox Sports Ohio: @FSOhioZJackson
The MAC Daily: @TheMacDaily
If I've left out any good recommendations (or yourselves!) please mention them in the comments. I'm fully willing to add to the master list if I've missed someone. I probably did. I apologize. It's my first day.