Twitter Tips: Check out these Boiler accounts

The next stop on our Twitter Tips series takes us to Purdue. We've already featured 10 schools (see them all here), and now it's time to turn our attention to the guys who tweet about the Boilermakers in our 12-installment series that spotlights every Big Ten institution, in alphabetical order. Our goal is to share some of our favorite school-specific Twitter accounts with the fans. Without further delay, let?s get to the Purdue handles.

The Boilermakers have several worthy follows, from informative beat writers (@carminjc) to dedicated bloggers (@BoiledSports) to entertaining former players (@ballinger). Basically, whatever it is you're looking for, Purdue has a presence on Twitter.

See our list of recommended Boilermaker follows below:

Name: Mike Carmin
Twitter handle: @carminjc
Twitter profile: "I write for the Lafayette (Ind.) Journal and Courier, focusing on Purdue football and women's basketball."
Followers: 1,594
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/carminjc/status/197014197211627520

Name: Cliff Brunt
Twitter handle: @cliffbruntap
Twitter profile: "I am a sports writer for the AP. I cover the Pacers and Purdue sports. I also cover Colts home games, the Fever and Indy 500. Covered Super Bowl XLVI."
Followers: 1,124
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/cliffbruntap/status/189815326140153856

Name: Jeff Washburn
Twitter handle: @JeffWashburnJC
Twitter profile: "I am in my 16th season as the Purdue men's basketball beat writer and have been watching the Boilermakers play since 1962."
Followers: 1,690
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/JeffWashburnJC/status/190189975428538368

Name: Boiled Sports
Twitter handle: @BoiledSports
Twitter profile: "A Purdue-centric look at the world and the world of sports."
Followers: 3,672
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/BoiledSports/status/195491264886611968

Name: GoldandBlack.com
Twitter handle: @GoldandBlackcom
Twitter profile: "GoldandBlack.com covers Purdue football and basketball for the Rivals.com network; tirelessly fights for the greater good; and is a hell of a good cook."
Followers: 6,581
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/GoldandBlackcom/status/196976853657976833

Name: Purdue Athletics
Twitter handle: @PurdueSports
Twitter profile: "The official Twitter site of Purdue Athletics. Boiler UP!"
Followers: 13,052
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/PurdueSports/status/191197988377477120

Name: Purdue Football
Twitter handle: @BoilerFootball
Twitter profile: "Welcome to the Official Twitter page of the Purdue University Boilermaker football team. Boiler Up!"
Followers: 7,052
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/BoilerFootball/status/196313469358833664

Name: Purdue Basketball
Twitter handle: @PurdueBball
Twitter profile: "Find me on my soap box at http://www.Hammerandrails.com."
Followers: 4,377
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/PurdueBball/status/195543827874988032

Name: Travis Miller
Twitter handle: @HammerAndRails
Twitter profile: "Proud Kokomo Wildkat class of 1998 (thus the KHS-centric basketball tweets) and Purdue alum 2002. Official Twitter account to SBNation's Hammer & Rails."
Followers: 2,591
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/HammerAndRails/status/196057168892534784

Name: The Paint Crew
Twitter handle: @ThePaintCrew
Twitter profile: "Purdue basketball student section Note: This does not reflect the views of Purdue University or Purdue Athletics."
Followers: 7,549
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/ThePaintCrew/status/197363300579807232

Name: Marko
Twitter handle: @markodascout
Twitter profile: "crazy dude that loves hoops of all kind."
Followers: 444
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/markodascout/status/197360596574928896

Name: Brian Cardinal
Twitter handle: @BrianCardinal
Twitter profile: "Proud member of the 2011 NBA World Champion Dallas Mavericks… Purdue Boilermaker Graduate… Living the dream and loving every minute!!!"
Followers: 33,192
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/BrianCardinal/status/181579572880474113

Name: Kevin Ballinger
Twitter handle: @ballinger
Twitter profile: "forget tony danza, i'm the boss. snappingnecks.blogspot.com."
Followers: 880
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/ballinger/status/196728088506286082

Name: Tim Cary
Twitter handle: @TimCary
Twitter profile: "Love working for @CBSSports, serving @CBCSpringfield, watching @PurdueSports, and talking sports/soc.media/life with YOU! Please say hi! (Opinions solely mine.)."
Followers: 2,487
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/TimCary/status/193762305308229634

Name: Daniel Chompson
Twitter handle: @DT2332
Twitter profile: "Sports Editor Purdue Exponent BoilerUp BearDown GoCubsGo."
Followers: 242
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/DT2332/status/180810612404797440

Name: Purdue Exponent
Twitter handle: @purdueexponent
Twitter profile: "Purdue's Daily Independent Student Newspaper."
Followers: 7,341
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/purdueexponent/status/196343990931562496

Name: PurduePhoto
Twitter handle: @PurduePhoto
Twitter profile: "Official Twitter of Purdue photographer Andrew Hancock. Follow for images of campus, research, athletics, news, etc. Other work here: http://www.andrewhancock.com."
Followers: 789
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/PurduePhoto/status/183279304493367296

Name: Big Ten Network
Twitter handle: @BTN_Purdue
Twitter profile: "Purdue Boilermakers video & headlines from @BigTenNetwork."
Followers: 2,481
Sample tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/BTN_Purdue/status/192749044244824065

Have a worthy Boilermaker 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.