Written by Brent Yarina, BTN.comNext up on our Twitter Tips series: Michigan. Having already featured Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, it’s time to turn our attention to the guys who tweet about the Wolverines in our 12-installment series that spotlights every Big Ten institution, in alphabetical order. The goal is simple: to share some of our favorite school-specific Twitter accounts with our fans. That said, let’s get to the Michigan handles.
The Wolverines feature a boatload of worthy follows, perhaps the most of any Big Ten school. Regardless of what you’re looking for, from informative beat writers (@chengelis) to dedicated bloggers (@mgoblog) to dedicated alumni (@DaveBrandonAD), you’ll find a strong Michigan presence on Twitter.
See our list of recommended Michigan follows below:
Name: Mark Snyder
Twitter handle: @freepwolverines
Twitter profile: “Detroit Free Press sports reporter Mark Snyder covers the University of Michigan beat. Also check out @freepsports.”
Followers: 8,214
Sample tweet:
Hoke not restricted by regular season guidelines, proudly wearing shorts—
Freep Wolverines (@freepwolverines) April 14, 2012
Name: Angelique Chengelis
Twitter handle: @chengelis
Twitter profile: “Detroit News Michigan football beat writer. Native Cincinnatian. Love @Graeters, @Skyline_chili. Love my adopted home #Detroit.”
Followers: 11,581
Sample tweet:
I thought Rawls would be a big contributor last season, but he had some injuries…..Fitz-Rawls 1-2 punch this fall?—
angelique (@chengelis) April 14, 2012
Name: Michael Rothstein
Twitter handle: @mikerothstein
Twitter profile: “Michigan beat writer for ESPN.com and run the National College Hoops Player of Year poll.”
Followers: 4,816
Sample tweet:
Quick takeaways so far. Impressed with Jibreel Black, Russell Bellomy and Blake Countess. Not so much with Devin Gardner—
Michael Rothstein (@mikerothstein) April 14, 2012
Name: Larry Lage
Twitter handle: @LarryLage
Twitter profile: “AP Sports Writer, based in Michigan.”
Followers: 4,750
Sample tweet:
Former #Michigan QB @drewhenson7 doesn't Iike seeing numbers on the Wolverines' winged helmets — I'm curious what you think about the look—
Larry Lage (@LarryLage) April 14, 2012
Name: Bob Wojnowski
Twitter handle: @bobwojnowski
Twitter profile: “Columnist for the Detroit News and talk-show host on 97.1 the Ticket, M-F at 6 p.m. with @JamieSamuelsen. As an appetite suppressant, you can find me on Fox 2.”
Followers: 15,961
Sample tweet:
Apparently, NBA people were honest with Trey Burke and he's returning to UM. Good for them for not lying.Good for him for not getting fooled—
Bob Wojnowski (@bobwojnowski) April 09, 2012
Name: Kyle Meinke
Twitter handle: @kmeinke
Twitter profile: “Michigan football beat reporter for AnnArbor.com. Purveyor of sarcasm, consumer of hummus.”
Followers: 1,759
Sample tweet:
How many teams have had a naval architecture/marine engineering major & a biomedical engineering major start on their OL in consecutive yrs?—
Kyle Meinke (@kmeinke) April 16, 2012
Name: Nick Baumgardner
Twitter handle: @nickbaumgardner
Twitter profile: “Nick Baumgardner covers Michigan sports for AnnArbor.com. Also, he likes Diet Coke. A lot.”
Followers: 1,383
Sample tweet:
Bunch of tweets scrolling through the "Tweet Board" here at Michigan Stadium. … It's the 21st century, people.—
Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) April 14, 2012
Name: Chris Balas
Twitter handle: @balas_wolverine
Twitter profile: N/A
Followers: 1,888
Sample tweet:
Next up: OSU AD Gene Smith tweeting Denard Robinson it's not too late for the supplemental draft?—
Chris Balas (@Balas_Wolverine) March 28, 2012
Name: Chantel Jennings
Twitter handle: @chanteljennings
Twitter profile: “Michigan beat writer for ESPN.com, University of Michigan grad, Reggie Cleveland All-Star.”
Followers: 4,004
Sample tweet:
At the Michigan basketball banquet. Tonight, Beileins got jokes. The most recent one? Saying Vogrich and McLimans need a haircut badly.—
Chantel Jennings (@ChantelJennings) April 10, 2012
Name: Stephen J. Nebitt
Twitter handle: @stephenjnesbitt
Twitter profile: “Michigan football beat writer and managing sports editor for @michigandaily, junior at U-M and ESPNU campus rep. Rapier wit and opinions expressed are my own.”
Followers: 1,669
Sample tweet:
Players consensus on Thomas Rawls: He is a bowling ball (2) and an animal (1).—
Stephen J. Nesbitt (@stephenjnesbitt) April 14, 2012
Name: Michigan Football
Twitter handle: @umichfootball
Twitter profile: “Official Twitter account of University of Michigan Football. Tweets scores & news from the field. Use hashtag, #GoBlue.”
Followers: 85,969
Sample tweet:
Blake Countess, picks up right where he left off last season, picks off Devin Gardner's first pass attempt.—
Michigan Football (@umichfootball) April 14, 2012
Name: Michigan Hockey
Twitter handle: @umichhockey
Twitter profile: “Official Twitter account of University of Michigan Hockey. Tweets scores & news from the ice. Use hashtag, #GoBlue.”
Followers: 15,047
Sample tweet:
Jack Johnson and Max Pacioretty named to U.S. National Team, which will compete in IIHF World Championships May 4-20 in Finland and Sweden—
Michigan Hockey (@umichhockey) April 11, 2012
Name: Brian Cook
Twitter handle: @mgoblog
Twitter profile: “I am from space. Zoltan is my emperor.”
Followers: 14,979
Sample tweet:
Lot of two-back sets from the gun. Not a surprise, but it is ironic that M will go to even more WVU personnel this year.—
(@mgoblog) April 14, 2012
Name: Michigan Football
Twitter handle: @umgoblog
Twitter profile: “Michigan Wolverines Sports News Wire … For Fans, By Fans.”
Followers: 81,652
Sample tweet:
26 players invited to NFL Draft. Watered down like bowl season.—
Michigan Football (@UMGoBlog) April 13, 2012
Name: Dylan Burkhardt
Twitter handle: @umhoops
Twitter profile: “UMHoops.com, a Michigan basketball blog.”
Followers: 5,921
Sample tweet:
Deshaun Thomas is just wired to get buckets.—
Dylan Burkhardt (@umhoops) March 23, 2012
Name: MVictors
Twitter handle: @mvictors
Twitter profile: “Michigan Football at MVictors.com. Covering the History and Culture of Michigan athletics since 2001.”
Followers: 5,477
Sample tweet:
Treezy said they haven't talked about whether they will keep the #'s on the helmets – he'd like to keep them next season—
(@MVictors) April 14, 2012
Name: Brad Muckenthaler
Twitter handle: @MaizeBlueNation
Twitter profile: “I talk about Michigan Football sometimes. Email me at brad@maizenbluenation.com Follow me at Facebook.com/michiganblog.”
Followers: 1,864
Sample tweet:
Gardner might have a stronger arm, but Bellomy throws better.—
Maize & Blue Nation (@MaizeBlueNation) April 14, 2012
Name: Michael Spath
Twitter handle: @spath_wolverine
Twitter profile: “Covering Michigan football, hockey and recruiting for TheWolverine.com since the 2002 season.”
Followers: 1,796
Sample tweet:
Fitzgerald Toussaint has set a goal for himself this fall: more than 1,600 yards rushing. Only five Wolverines have ever done that.—
Michael Spath (@Spath_Wolverine) April 14, 2012
Name: Andy Reid
Twitter handle: @areid_wolverine
Twitter profile: “Staff Writer at The Wolverine, covering Michigan football and basketball. There’s other stuff, too.”
Followers: 1,743
Sample tweet:
U-M fans may not like it, but I think the only fair way to settle the FOY debate is splitting it between Burke & Zeller. Both deserve it.—
Andy Reid (@AReid_Wolverine) March 05, 2012
Name: Alex Cook
Twitter handle: @Alex_MnB
Twitter profile: “Blogger for @MaizenBrew, proud native son of W. Michigan, University of Michigan c/o ’15, and college football/basketball enthusiast. #goblue.”
Followers: 170
Sample tweet:
Michigan's recruiting is like a video game: 13 four stars are already committed. It's a ridiculous class already, but it will get better.—
Alex Cook (@Alex_MnB) April 11, 2012
Name: Dave Brandon
Twitter handle: @DaveBrandonAD
Twitter profile: “The official Twitter account of Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon.”
Followers: 26,209
Sample tweet:
The U-M Athletic Department extends it condolences, prayers to the family of Mike Wallace. He was a top notch Michigan Man, newsman.—
Dave Brandon (@DaveBrandonAD) April 08, 2012
Name: Chris Mackinder
Twitter handle: @Chris_Mackinder
Twitter profile: “Sports Writer; STATS, LLC. reporter (Tigers, Lions, Red Wings, Michigan & Michigan St.); Yahoo! & ESPN contributor; Joyful father & husband.”
Followers: 230
Sample tweet:
FACT: Michigan's John Beilein blocked Evan Smotrycz from any team on Michigan's schedule for next 2 yrs (11 B1G, 2 ACC, 10? non-conf = 23+).—
Chris Mackinder (@Chris_Mackinder) April 19, 2012
Name: NFL Wolverines
Twitter handle: @NFLWolverines
Twitter profile: “Updates about Michigan Wolverines in the NFL.”
Followers: 966
Sample tweet:
Very happy with Hoke, but anyone who did not want Harbaugh is a moron. Dude might be the best coach in the country: pro or college.—
(@NFLWolverines) October 09, 2011
Name: Jeff Arnold
Twitter handle: @jeff_arnold24
Twitter profile: “Husband. Friend. Starbucks addict. Michigan football Rapid Reporter for CBS Sports.com and write features and enterprise for Yahoo! Sports’ ThePostGame.com.”
Followers: 664
Sample tweet:
Apparently people who asked @DesmondHoward about if anyone should wear No. 1 jersey at Michigan didn't read the book on Howard "I wore 21"—
Jeff Arnold (@jeff_arnold24) April 15, 2012
Name: Ace Anbender
Twitter handle: @AceAnbender
Twitter profile: “Recruiting analyst for MGoBlog. My office is either home or a football field. If I ever complain about my job, you have permission to slap the s*** out of me.”
Followers: 4,080
Sample tweet:
I'm gonna just slowly back away from my computer and grab some dinner. It appears the 2013 class is a touchy subject for some. #ahem #chill—
Ace Anbender (@AceAnbender) April 15, 2012
Name: Tom VanHaaren
Twitter handle: @TomVH
Twitter profile: “Recruiting Editor at ESPN.com’s @WolverineNation. Covering Michigan football recruiting.”
Followers: 12,161
Sample tweet:
Improved defensive recruiting: es.pn/JaJIyy Michigan has 14 four-star defensive commits in '12&'13 classes. 11 in previous 4—
Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) April 20, 2012
Name: Steve Lorenz
Twitter handle: @TremendousUM
Twitter profile: “Creator of Tremendous, a pay-free Michigan recruiting site. Also a contributor to MGoBlog. Legit.”
Followers: 3,769
Sample tweet:
Denard, Molk, Van Bergen, Clark, Lewan, Roundtree, Hemingway, Kovacs (obvi), Toussaint. None ranked top 150-Rivals #rankingsdontmatter—
Steve Lorenz (@TremendousUM) April 22, 2012
Name: Big Ten Network
Twitter handle: @BTN_Michigan
Twitter profile: “Michigan Wolverines video & headlines from @BigTenNetwork.”
Followers: 5,697
Sample tweet:
#UMich news: Rank it: Top 15 Big Ten games of 2012 bit.ly/JnbjtE—
Big Ten Network (@BTN_Michigan) April 19, 2012
Have a worthy Wolverine Twitter account that we missed? Leave it as a comment in the box below.
Brent Yarina is a web editor and blogger for BTN.com. Find all of his work here and follow him on twitter at @BTNBrentYarina.
I can’t believe @TremendousUM isn’t on this list. Not only does he provide free recruiting information, but does the best interviews with Michigan recruits, commits and players on the internet.
@AceAnbender, @TomVH should be on the list as well. Was recruiting neglected for a certain reason? Just curious.
@ummaizerage the student section twitter!
Scott Bell (@sbell021) is a must follow. He used to cover Michigan and still provides great insight and funny observations about the team.