Kirk Ferentz: If You See Me on Twitter, 'Hit Me With a Baseball Bat'

Twitter has become a favorite public relations tool of several prominent college football coaches, with USC's Pete Carroll, Tennessee's Lane Kiffin and Florida's Urban Meyer all having more than 10,000 followers.

But Iowa's Kirk Ferentz insists that there's no way he'll ever tweet -- in fact, he'd rather be clubbed with a baseball bat than caught tweeting about what he had for breakfast.

Asked recently if he's on Twitter, Ferentz was emphatic: "No, absolutely no."

When a Cedar Rapids Gazette reporter asked him if he knows what Twitter is, Ferentz answered:

Yes, I heard it mentioned on the radio coming into work this morning, Mike and Mike in the Morning, (football commentator Mark) Schlereth and his tweets and Twitters. I think I even have my usage of tweet and Twitter down. You never say never, but if you see me with a Twitter account, just hit me with a baseball bat. Go ahead, take a whack at me.

I don't think anyone cares if I have Wheaties or Honey Nut Cheerios. I don't think anyone cares what I had for breakfast, what I chose this morning.

Ferentz's attitude -- that everyone who's on Twitter is on it to post trivial details like that day's breakfast menu -- is a common one among people who have never tried Twitter. And I have to admit, I was skeptical of Twitter at first.

But now that I'm a Twitter addict, I think the people who continue to dismiss Twitter are missing out on one of the most exciting developments to hit the Internet in years. Coaches like Carroll, Kiffin and Meyer are doing a great job of reaching their teams' fans, and I wouldn't be surprised if some day Ferentz comes around, too.

Hat tip: College Football Talk.