Sean Merriman, BTN.com web editor, July 28, 2016

Big Ten Media Day is a time for media members to get fans excited about the college football season.

We took it a step further and had some fun at this year's Big Ten Media Day event in Chicago.

Our BTN.com crew gathered up some of the best "mean tweets" we could find and had players read them and react in front of the camera.

Spoiler: The reactions are priceless!

Desmond King (Iowa), Wes Lunt (Illinois), Raekwon McMillan (Ohio State), Dawuane Smoot (Illinois), DeAngelo Yancey (Purdue), Jake Butt (Michigan) and C.J. Beathard (Iowa) read off the mean tweets about themselves in the video at the top of this post.

What is your favorite "mean tweet?" Tweet me your answers, @BTNSean.

Enjoy, Big Ten fans.