Tennessee’s Twitter account returns with ‘back to work’ message which leads to predictable outrage
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If you missed it, Tennessee’s Twitter account went completely dark on Saturday after Georgia State took the lead late against the Volunteers. The account, which is typically very active on game days and following Tennessee football games, apparently didn’t have the heart to keep churning out content following Tennessee’s 38-30 loss to Georgia State.
Well, the good news is the hiatus is over. The bad news? The account could not have picked a worse message to relay in its return.
The account’s first tweet following the embarrassing loss to Georgia State? An update on the team’s Week 2 game against BYU along with the words “Back to work.”
Hard to go back to work when you never really even started in the first place.
Back to work.
Week 2 | 7:00 PM | ESPN pic.twitter.com/OZHMoRoy0l
— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) September 1, 2019
As you can imagine, the vast majority of the replies were not kind:
— gmannVOLS (@gmannVOLS) September 1, 2019
— Curtis Herd (@CurtisHerd) September 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/robbieu007/status/1168224370801762306?s=20
How’d the game end up yesterday? I can’t find the score.
— ?????? ???? (@JJMEIS) September 1, 2019
It’s week 2 and y’all have already lost the fan base. Just shut the damn thing down and we can try again in 5-10 years and actually find coaches and players that a give shit.
— Preston Sewell (@PrestonSwole19) September 1, 2019
Talks twitter handle should be suspended til the vols learn how to hire a real coach.
— Flowers+Film (@joanonfire) September 1, 2019
Delete your account immediately
— ao (@TheAaronOrr) September 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/jdanielmoore/status/1168224900974370816?s=20
https://twitter.com/theRealMattyJ_/status/1168225650056081416?s=20
https://twitter.com/TheAlexMaxwell/status/1168224266552320001?s=20
https://twitter.com/KingofthegG/status/1168224919894876162?s=20
I already paid 10 dollars for my ticket and I now realize that I didn't pay, I was actually robbed.
— Yves Pons Stan (@DazzlinDynamic) September 1, 2019
— Croc block hooligan? (@khalednaimat2) September 1, 2019
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
