Florida State is set to face Oregon in the Rose Bowl on Thursday as part of college football’s first-ever playoff. Former ESPN columnist Molly Knight decided to have some fun on Twitter prior to the game, and poked the FSU bear a little with the following tweet:
We, as a nation, might disagree on politics and Love Actually– but we can all agree Oregon needs to clobber Florida State.
— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) December 29, 2014
Knight’s tweet led to a deluge of responses regarding the rape investigation involving FSU quarterback Jameis Winston (and some discussion on the merits of Love Actually). One guy in particular — some dude named David — took a more boorish approach in responding to Knight’s anti-FSU stance:
FYI this is just a tiny taste of what female sportswriters deal with: (cc: @d_cochran) pic.twitter.com/UOYhMFSJa2 — Molly Knight (@molly_knight) December 29, 2014
The good thing about people like David is that once they put these things out in the social media sphere, it’s there forever. And, people with even larger followings may run with it. In this case, it was ESPN’s Michelle Beadle who proceeded to not only put clown shoes on “David”, but dress him up in a full suit and rubber nose.
#FSUTwitter RT @AdamHerman_BSB: @molly_knight @bruce_arthur @d_cochran FYI this guy is a registered sex offender. http://t.co/vrLbcUv6Hq
— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) December 29, 2014
Hey @d_cochran….less time worrying about boys playing football, and more time not being a molester. http://t.co/vrLbcUv6Hq #FSUTwitter
— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) December 29, 2014
Twitterer “David” quickly deleted his account — a clear indication that Beadle probably wasn’t wrong about his identity.
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