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Big Ten Twitter list: Who to follow, where to find them

Our complete list of Twitter accounts and coverage for every Big Ten team.

By Kelsey Nelson
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Maryland's in the Big Ten now, which means there's a whole group of new teams to stay up-to-date on. We've decided to provide a service of sort to Maryland and Big Ten fans alike: a list of Twitter accounts covering each team in the conference.

We've separated this team-by-team, with SB Nation accounts, official team accounts and beat writers and other coverage each getting their own section with each team. If you have other Big Ten accounts that you follow and want to share with the rest of us, please drop them in the comments.

General Big Ten

SB Nation

@OffTackleEmpire B1G Football and Basketball. Powered by SBN.


@BTPowerhouse Your free destination for Big Ten basketball & recruiting news. Proud member of @SBNation. Manned by @tbeindit and @crazytoledo #B1G

@btprecruiting @SBNation blog covering Big Ten basketball. Recruiting handle for @BTPowerhouse. Tweets by @tbeindit @NRMoyle


@SBNB1G Tweets from @rodger_sherman, @lukezim, @mikefiammetta, and @MattSBN, bringing you the best @SBNation's #B1G blogs have to offer. Punts & @BarbasolShave for all.

OFFICIAL PAGES

@B1GFootball Official page for Big Ten football.Official Twitter home for Big Ten Football.
@B1GMBBall Official page for Big Ten men's basketball.The official Twitter home for Big Ten Men's Basketball.
@bigtenconf The official Twitter home of the Big Ten Conference.
@BigTenNetwork Airing #B1G events since '07. Pal: @BTN_helpteam Home: http://www.btn.com  Killer app: http://www.btn2go.com  Must follow: @BTN_FilmVault Good TV: @BTNLive.

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@ESPN_BigTen
Adam Rittenberg and Brian Bennett both joined http://ESPN.com  in 2008 and cover all things Big Ten football.
@ESPNRittenberg Big Ten/national college football reporter for http://ESPN.com . Bay Area roots, wannabe Chicagoan. Send ideas/news tips to adam.rittenberg@espn.com.
@BTNBrentYarina BTN.com  senior editor. If you're a Big Ten fan and a fellow uniform enthusiast, you won't mind the flurry of tweets.
@BTNMikeHall I work at the Big Ten Network in Chicago.
@BTNStatsGuys BTN's research dept. crunches the #B1G football & basketball numbers from our TV network studios.
@bigtengeeks As insightful as Big Ten basketball is fast.(Blog)

ILLINOIS

SB Nation

@Champaign_Room Official Illinois Fighting Illini site on the @SBNation network. Tweets by @JVainisi005, @msilich2, @SBN_UGod, and @BrandonMCain
@SBN_UGod Editor/author for SBN site the Champaign Room.
@msilich2 Editor at @Champaign_Room and @DCIABromance. NTHS to lllinois. Excessive sports tweeting. Masochistic fandoms include the Cubs, Wizards, and Illinois football.

OFFICIAL PAGES

@IlliniFootball Official Twitter account of U of Illinois Football, updated by Asst SIDs Derek Neal (@IlliniDR) & Ben Taylor (@BenTaylor05). http://bit.ly/ILSocMedia  #Illini
@IlliniHoops Official Twitter account of University of Illinois Men's Basketball, updated by SIDs @IlliniDR & @DerrickBurson. #Illini

http://bit.ly/ILSocMedia
@BTN_Illinois Illinois Fighting Illini video & headlines. Tweet to us: @BigTenNetwork.

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@BobAsmussen Bob Asmussen is the Illinois football beat writer for the Champaign News-Gazette and http://IlliniHQ.com
@MarcusJ_NG Illinois men's basketball beat writer for The News-Gazette and http://IlliniHQ.com ; Former Eastern Illinois center fielder
@TomFornelli College Football Writer for CBSSports. Retweets CAN be an endorsement, just make me an offer
@williamfleitch Senior Writer, Sports on Earth. Contributing Editor, New York Magazine. Founder, Deadspin. Author, four books. Mattoonian.

INDIANA

SB Nation

@CrimsonQuarry SB Nation blog covering the Indiana Hoosiers.
@LloydRibner SBNation Senior Recruiting Director at Crimson Quarry Co-Host of The B1G Show. Early Morning Tailgates. Burrito Bowls. Whisky. All Things College Football.
@VT_Ben Writing about IU sports @crimsonquarry. We don't play in the CBI.

OFFICIAL PAGES

@HoosierFootball The official Twitter page of Indiana University Football.
@IndianaMBB The Official Twitter Page of Indiana Men's Basketball.
@BTN_Indiana Indiana Hoosiers video & headlines. Tweet to us: @BigTenNetwork.

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@DustinDopirak Dustin Dopirak covers Tennessee football for the Knoxville
News-Sentinel. He used to cover IU sports at the Bloomington
Herald-Times.
@ZachOsterman I cover Indiana University athletics for The Indianapolis Star. I
probably like English football more than you do. Tom Waits too.
zach.osterman@indystar.com

@insidethehall Alex Bozich. Co-founder and editor of Inside the Hall. #iubb

IOWA

SB Nation

@BHGP Black Heart. Noted Hawkeye sports enthusiasts.
@HS_BHGP Patrick Vint. BHGP editor. SB Nation dot com CFB contributor. I've been #teampat all my life.

Opinions expressed are mine, and not those of any of my nine employers.
@Adam_Jacobi Adam Jacobi. Iowa/B1G sports and things, here and there. FWAA. Starting quarterback of the Chicago Cubs. I hope I entertain you.
@RossWB The Frozen Wasteland. blackheartgoldpants.com
@PlannedSickDays College football fanatic. News link extraordinaire for the Pants. Iowa Hawkeyes, Blog at @BHGP

OFFICIAL PAGES

@HawkeyeFootball Official page of Iowa Football. Become a fan! http://www.Facebook.com/HawkeyeFootball
@IowaHoops The official Twitter account for the Iowa Basketball team. 23 NCAA
Tournament appearances • Three Final Fours • Eight Sweet 16 appearances •
Eight B1G Titles
@BTN_Iowa Iowa Hawkeyes video & headlines. Tweet to us: @BigTenNetwork

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@ScottDochterman
Scott Dochterman covers Iowa football, men's basketball and the Big Ten for The Gazette in Cedar Rapids.
@marcmorehouse Sportswriter for The Cedar Rapids Gazette. I cover Iowa football. Inform, entertain and inform. Story ideas? Let me know. Thanks for reading.

MARYLAND

SB Nation

@testudotimes @Pete_Volk and @TestudoDave from Testudo Times, SB Nation's award-winning Maryland #Terps site.
@Pete_Volk College football things @SBNation & Maryland things @testudotimes.
@TestudoDave Co-manager @ Testudo Times. Opinions my own.
@AndrewEmmer Associate Producer at @SiriusXMCollege. Editor/Contributor at @TestudoTimes. University of Maryland graduate.
@alex_kirshner Junior @UofMaryland. Terps football beat writer @TestudoTimes and have written for @thedbk. Don't necessarily have a plan, but I'm having a lot of fun.

OFFICIAL PAGES

@umterps The Official Twitter Page of Maryland Athletics. #GoTerps
@MarylandPride The Official Twitter Account for Maryland Football #BYANYMEANS
@TerrapinHoops The Official Twitter account of the University of Maryland men's basketball team. #GoTerps
@BTN_Maryland Maryland Terrapins video & headlines. Tweet to us: @BigTenNetwork.

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@RomanStubbs Maryland football and basketball for @PostSports. Contact: roman.stubbs@washpost.com
@mzenitz Matt Zenitz. University of Maryland football beat writer for the Baltimore Sun Media
Group. Previously covered the Ravens for the Carroll County Times and
Associated Press
@sportsprof56 Baltimore Sun reporter (Terps BB), AU adjunct (Sportswriting, Sports Journalism), 4-star hoops prospect (40+ http://Rivals.com )
@DMartinCSN Covering NCAA Hoops + all things #Terps for @CSNWashington and @CSNBaltimore. Web Producer. Former @NBCSports National College Basketball Writer.

MICHIGAN

SB Nation

@maizenbrew Maize n Brew. News and thoughts on the Wolverines, all with just a tinge of sarcasm and self-loathing. Run by @zach_travis and @JoshuaHenschke.
@MnBRecruiting @MaizeNBrew Recruiting is dedicated to providing the latest in Michigan football recruiting. Follow @JoshuaHenschke and @EricRutter11 for further updates.
@zach_travis MnB Zach. Wastin' away on the Atlantic coast, writing about Michigan sports for @maizenbrew, and spending way too much time on the internet.
@JoshuaHenschke Joshua Henschke. Co-Manager of SB Nation's @MaizenBrew and weekly contributor to @FreepSports. For media inquiries: JoshuaHenschke@gmail.com #MCFC

OFFICIAL PAGES

@umichfootball Official Twitter account of University of Michigan Football. Tweeting scores & news from the field. #GoBlue
@umichbball Official Twitter of University of Michigan Basketball. Tweeting scores & news from the court. #GoBlue
@BTN_Michigan Michigan Wolverines video & headlines. Tweet to us: @BigTenNetwork

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@chengelis Angelique. Detroit News Michigan football beat writer. Native Cincinnatian. Love @Graeters, @Skyline_chili. Love my adopted home #Detroit
@BFQuinn Brendan F. Quinn.University of Michigan basketball beat writer - MLive Media Group Retired bartender. Ill-mannered Philadelphian.
@drewhallett Drew Hallett.
@umhoops Dylan Burkhardt.Michigan basketball news, recruiting and analysis.
@SpaceCoyoteBDS Creator of Breakdown Sports, a football website discussing real football techniques and Concepts. Contributor for Maize n Brew. DISCUSS MORE
FOOTBALL. breakdownsports.blogspot.com
@AceAnbender Ace Anbender. Staff writer for MGoBlog covering football/basketball/recruiting/gifs.
@mgoblog mgoblog.com

MICHIGAN STATE

SB Nation

@TheOnlyColors theonlycolors.com
A Michigan State community. @PeteAtTOC @KJatTOC @JSWarno @LVSatTOC @HeckAtTOC @Jobin2E @Jim_McEvoy @intrpdtrvlr @connertp @SpartanDan @Jeremy_Dewar @jamdraper
@PeteatTOC Pete Rossman.
MSU Grad two times. UIC grad student. Writer for The Only Colors. RTs = Rob Thomases.
@KJatTOC @TheOnlyColors founding father. Inventor of the facetious #SpartansWill tweet. Scatterplot-ophile. Tweets re: Spartans, Tigers, Liverpool, USA Soccer.

OFFICIAL PAGES

@msu_football Official Twitter page for Michigan State football.
@msu_basketball For the most up-to-date information on Michigan State men's basketball.
@BTN_Michigan_St Tweets for Michigan St. Spartan fans. Tweet to us here & @BigTenNetwork.

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@joerexrode Joe Rexrode. Michigan State football and men's basketball beat writer for the Detroit
Free Press, Monday co-host of The Drive with Jack Ebling, 3-6 p.m. on The Game 730-AM.
@brian_calloway Coloma native. Eastern Michigan grad. Michigan State reporter/sports copy editor at Lansing State Journal. Baseball lover
@chrissolari Chris Solari. Michigan State sports reporter with the Lansing State Journal, http://GreenAndWhite.com  and LSJ Media.
@ChrisVannini Chris Vannini. Coaching Insider for http://CoachingSearch.com  | Writer for http://SpartanTailgate.com  (@247Sports) | Freelance for MLBcom | Formerly @TheOnlyColors, @FreepSports

MINNESOTA

SB Nation

@TheDailyGopher thedailygopher.com
@MVofDT Matt Humbert. @TheDailyGopher's lead Data Statisthesiologist. Univ. of Minnesota sports masochist, Chicago irrationalist. WWE tweets are unapologetic.
@GoAUpher Chris H.Minnesota expat - I
publish semi-intelligent stories for The Daily Gopher & Off Tackle Empire.

OFFICIAL PAGES

@GopherFootball Minnesota Football. The official Twitter feed of Golden Gopher Football. #BrickByBrick #GopherGameDay #Gophers
@GopherSports Minnesota Gophers. The official Twitter feed of University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Athletics. #Gophers #SkiUMah
@BTN_Minnesota Minnesota on BTN. Tweets for Minnesota Golden Gopher fans. Tweet us here & @BigTenNetwork

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@AmeliaRayno Amelia Rayno. Full-time University of Minnesota mens basketball and college hoops beat writer at the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

NEBRASKA

SB Nation

@CornNation Jon Johnston of CN. Husker football, college sports fan, editor, author,
Nebraska, beer.

OFFICIAL PAGES

@Huskers The official Twitter account of #Huskers Football and the Nebraska Athletic Department. Proud member of the #B1G Conference. GO BIG RED!
@HuskerHoops Official home of the Nebraska basketball program. For more, visit http://Huskers.com  or http://facebook.com/NebraskaBasketball … #Nebrasketball
@BTN_Nebraska Tweets for Nebraska Cornhuskers fans,. Tweet us here & @BigTenNetwork.

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@ericolson64 Eric Olson. Associated Press sports writer covering Nebraska. If you've got a tip or comment for me, email me at eolson@ap.org
@HuskerExtraBR Brian Rosenthal. Sports writer for the Lincoln Journal Star. Cover men's hoops and football.
@HuskerExtraBC Brian Christopherson. Covers #Husker
football for the Lincoln Journal Star.

NORTHWESTERN

SB Nation

@InsideNU Coverage and analysis of Northwestern football, basketball and recruiting. Part of the @sbnation network. Most tweets by @k_trahan.
@k_trahan Kevin Trahan. Covering college football for @sbnation. Co-founder of @insidenu. Junior at Northwestern. Written for @USATODAYsports & @wsjsports.
@sippinonpurple Sippin' on Purple. SB Nation's Northwestern blog, featuring some of the world's most mediocre coverage of Chicago's Big Ten Team. Tweets from @rodger_sherman, obvi.
@rodger_sherman Rodger Sherman. Professional internetsman/tweeter/college hoopser for @SBNation. I run @sippinonpurple.

OFFICIAL PAGES

@NUFBFamily #B1GCats Football.The official Twitter account for Northwestern Football.
We are Chicago's Big Ten Team.
Official hashtag: #B1GCats
@NUMensBBall Official Twitter page of the Northwestern University Men's Basketball Team
@BTN_Northwestern Northwestern's Official Athletic page.

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@TeddyGreenstein Teddy Greenstein. Lover, fighter, Chicago Tribune sportswriter.


OHIO STATE

SB Nation

@LandGrant33 Land-Grant Holy Land.Your free destination for Ohio State & Ohio State recruiting news. Proud member of @SBNation. Manned by @lukezim, @IanLGHL, @MattSBN, & @CGPeltier #GoBucks
@LGHLRecruiting LGHL Recruiting. Free Ohio State recruiting news and analysis from @Landgrant33 and @SBNRecruiting.
@lukezim Luke Zimmermann. @SBNationCFB, @SBNationCBB League Manager, Founder, Editor-in-chief of @Landgrant33, Houston pro sports bon vivant. #hot #sports #takes
@MattSBN Matt Brown. Ast League Manager for @SBNationCFB and @SBNationCBB. Co-Manager for @Landgrant33. Some BYU tweets too. Thinks the Midwest is the best West.
@Miles_BG Recruiting analyst at Rivals/Buckeye Grove. Formerly wrote for LGHL/SBN and 11W.

OFFICIAL PAGES

@OhioStAthletics The OFFICIAL news feed for The Ohio State Department of Athletics. O-H ...
#GoBucks
@BTN_Ohio_State Tweets for Ohio State Buckeyes fans. Tweet us here & @BigTenNetwork

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@DougLesmerises Doug Lesmerises.News, analysis and inane banter on Ohio State football and basketball from part of http://Cleveland.com 's OSU team, with @AriWasserman

@KyleRowland 		Kyle Rowland. Ohio State beat writer for Eleven Warriors | kyle@elevenwarriors.com |

PENN STATE

SB Nation

@BSDTweet Black Shoe Diaries. Black Shoe Diaries: A Penn State Blog #DOMINATETHESTATE
@NotCarlotta Managing Editor at @BSDtweet. Lover of geekdom, sports, music, baked goods and sleep.
@Chad_BSD Chad Markulics.Hoops editor at @BSDtweet. I dont care what these computers say, I know this man!
@djvecellio Dan Vecellio.@penn_state graduate. @TexasTech grad student. Alum of @OnwardState and writing/editing at @BSDtweet. Meteorologist with an affinity for writing and sports.

OFFICIAL PAGES

@PennStateFball Official Twitter feed of Penn State Nittany Lion Football.
@PennStateMBB Official Twitter feed of Penn State Nittany Lion Basketball. http://Instagram.com/pennstatembb  #WeAre #RELENTLESS
@BTN_Penn_State Tweets for Penn State Nittany Lions fans. Tweet us here & @BigTenNetwork

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@TLdlevarse Derek Levarse.Penn State football beat writer for The Times Leader.
@BobbyFlo7 Bob Flounders. PSU beat writer for PennLive.
@Ben_Jones88 Ben Jones.Covering Penn State Football, Hoops, and Hockey.

PURDUE

SB Nation

@HammerandRails Travis Miller.Proud Kokomo Wildkat class of 1998 (thus the KHS-centric basketball
tweets) and Purdue alum 2002. Twitter account to SBNation's Purdue
Community, Hammer & Rails
@Air_Force_Juan Juan Crespo.Atmospheric Scientist. Author Emeritus @HammerAndRails. Purdue Alum. Michigan Grad student. Always a Boilermaker. Packers Fan & Owner. Ad majorem Dei gloriam.
@PUBoilingPoints The Boiling Points. Contributor to http://HammerandRails.com .

OFFICIAL PAGES

@BoilerFootball The OFFICIAL Twitter account of the Purdue Boilermakers Football team. Boiler Up!
@BoilerBall Purdue Basketball.The official Twitter account of the Purdue Boilermakers Men's Basketball team. #BoilerUp
@PurdueSports The official Twitter site of Purdue Athletics. #BoilerUp!
@BTN_Purdue
Tweets for Purdue Boilermaker fans. Tweet to use here & @BigTenNetwork.

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@MichaelOsipoff Michael Osipoff. Purdue football and basketball, RailCats writer for the Post-Tribune.
@JeffWashburnJC Jeff Washburn.In season 20 covering Purdue basketball, now with Boiler Sports Report and http://Scout.com .
@nbairdjc Nathan Baird. Purdue men's basketball reporter for the Journal & Courier (http://jconline.com ). Appreciator of baseball, guitars, writing, etc. E-mail: nbaird@jconline.com
@boiledsports Ever grateful, ever true.

Find us individually: @aneeshswamy  @therailroadtie  @zlionsfan @JL_Voice 

#choochoo

@GoldandBlackcom		 GoldandBlack.com  covers Purdue football, basketball and recruiting as part of the http://Rivals.com  network. Our office smells of rich mahogany.

RUTGERS

SB Nation

@OTB_SBNation On the Banks. Official Twitter of the blog On The Banks @ SB Nation. Tweeting all things Rutgers sports.
@KevRecio
MBA candidate at Rutgers Business School and Managing Editor of On The Banks

OFFICIAL PAGES

@RFootball Rutgers Football.The Official Twitter of Rutgers University Football. The Birthplace of College Football. Established in 1869. #RFootball #TheBirthplace #RFamily
@RutgersMBB The official feed of Rutgers University Men's Basketball. #RHoops #RFamily
@BTN_Rutgers Tweets for Rutgers Scarlet Knights fans. Tweet us here & @BigTenNetwork.

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@DDuggan21 Dan Duggan.Rutgers football beat writer for http://NJ.com .
@rydunleavy Ryan Dunleavy. Rutgers football beat writer for & .

WISCONSIN

SB Nation

@B5Q Bucky's 5th Quarter.Your free destination for Wisconsin Badgers news, analysis and discussion. Proud member of @SBNation. Tweets by @mikefiammetta.

@mikefiammetta Mike Fiammetta.buckys5thquarter.com
@hoopsmarinara Phil Mitten. Wisconsin Badgers basketball editor at Bucky's 5th Quarter @B5Q

OFFICIAL PAGES

@BadgerFootball Official Twitter account for Wisconsin Football.
@BadgerMBB Official news from the Wisconsin Basketball insider, Patrick Herb.
Access so exclusive, you'll feel like you have a locker next to Sam
Dekker.

@BTN_Wisconsin		 Tweets for Wisconsin Badgers fans. Tweet to us & @BigTenNetwork.

BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER COVERAGE

@TomOatesWSJ Tom Oates is a sports columnist for the Wisconsin State Journal and http://Madison.com . He joined the WSJ team in 1980.
@TomMulhernWSJ Tom Mulhern.Covering Badgers football since 1999 for Wisconsin State Journal. Before
that, 12 years of the Green Bay Packers for various newspapers.
@JimPolzinWSJ Jim Polzin. Covers the University of Wisconsin men's basketball and football teams for the Wisconsin State Journal.
@AndyBaggotWSJ Andy Baggot. Andy Baggot covers University of Wisconsin men's hockey and football for the Wisconsin State Journal and http://Madison.com .
@jaypo1961 Jeff Potrykus. Covers Wisconsin football and men's basketball.

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