TicketsAug. 15, 2009
Follow Coach Kelly's tweets at www.twitter.com/CoachBrianKelly.
CINCINNATI - University of Cincinnati head football coach Brian Kelly has joined the latest internet craze by creating his official Twitter page. (www.twitter.com/CoachBrianKelly)
"We are always looking efficient methods of providing news to our fans and friends of Cincinnati football." Kelly said. "I see this as a great way for me to keep everyone updated as we take the team off campus for training camp at Higher Ground in West Harrison, Ind."
The Bearcats closed out their first week of workouts Saturday with a practice and scrimmage at Nippert Stadium. The team will move out to the Higher Ground Conference & Retreat Center in West Harrison, Ind. for two weeks of workouts.
Visit training camp central at GoBEARCATS.com for the latest 2009 training camp updates.
Other tweeters at UC include: the UC football Cats In The Community Program, GoBEARCATS.com; blogger Josh Katzowitz, the women's soccer team, volleyball team, head volleyball coach Reed Sunahara, and head women's basketball coach Jamelle Elliott.
The Bearcats will open the 2009 season on Monday, Sept. 7, in a 4 p.m. BIG EAST Conference game at Rutgers. Season tickets are available now by calling 1-877-CATS-TIX or visiting CATSTIX.com.
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as "Tweets". Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). Followers can sign up to receive instant notifications via email or text message each time a coach posts a "Tweet".
There are many Twitter accounts that contain the name "Brian Kelly", but the one listed above is the only Twitter entity that is officially sanctioned by the University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics and head football coach Brian Kelly.