Sunday's social media timeline
We all know social media plays a big part in how we enjoy the NFL on FOX.
Here's a quick timeline of some of yesterday's big online moments:
10:14a PT - Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey suffers a torn ACL and MCL in his right knee
(Photo by Vincent Pugliese/Getty Images)
A few hours later, Ravens WR Torrey Smith tweets out his support for his AFC North counterpart:
Prayers up for @MaurkicePouncey
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) September 8, 2013
10:50a PT - The Goose rubs elbows with a Duck Dynasty star:
Surprise visitor on sidelines today ..nice meeting ya Willie #DuckDynasty pic.twitter.com/Z61t3UKRRf
— Tony Siragusa (@TonySiragusa) September 8, 2013
10:55 am PT - Check out the hashtag at the end of this Lebron James tweet. Start the rumors now!
Light cardio workout while watching football! #NothingBetter #FootballIsBack #IJustNeedToPlayOneGame… http://t.co/dBC4oHDou7
— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 8, 2013
10:56a PT - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie supports the Super Bowl halftime entertainment choice in his home state:
Looking forward to it! #superbowlXLVIII RT @BrunoMars: WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!!!!! #PepsiSBHalftime
— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) September 8, 2013
1:20 pm PT - Tampa Bay LB Lavonte David & his infamous late hit help change the outcome of the Bucs-Jets game. Check out this graph illustrating the difference in tweets mentioning Lavonte's name before and after the hit (courtesy of Topsy).
Between 2-2:10pm PT - Player tweets start trickling out from the finished early games:
Didn't play well enough to win today! We have to get off on 3rd downs, stop turning the ball over, keep a level... http://t.co/ksoJKjvcog
— James Harrison (@jharrison9292) September 8, 2013
2:18pm PT - Clay Matthews late hit on Colin Kaepernick in the Packers-49ers game.
Now check out this graph illustrating the difference in tweets mentioning Clay's name before and after the hit (courtesy of Topsy).
2:51pm PT - Mike Pereira announces that the refs got it wrong in SF and could have cost the packers 4 points:
4:48pm PT - Maybe Lebron really does want one play!