Thursday, November 14, 2013

Meme Mania!

As we all know, sports players and events create a lot of buzz.  You don't have to look very hard to find some breaking news on something that just happened featuring athletes, good or bad.  These events are often the inspiration for many parody accounts on social media, especially on Twitter.  Today, I'll focus on the football inspired memes.

NFL MEMES:

NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes): This account focuses only on NFL stories and it often tries to create a joke out of a serious matter, which all of these parody accounts do.  The Aaron Hernandez scandal this past summer was the most popular story for this particular meme.

Tom Brady's Ego (@TomBradysEgo): Tom Brady is great and he knows it.  Also makes fun of many other players as stories pop up.

Peyton's Head (@PeytonsHead): Peyton Manning's head is so big that it gets it's own meme!

There are many more but they're all basically the same: making fun of sports and pop culture in their own unique way.
College Football Memes:
Famous memes aren't limited to just the pro players.  They also come from the college ranks.

not Johnny Manziel (@JohnnyFootball): This is probably the most popular college football meme.  It came to existence after the Johnny Football autograph scandal this past summer.  This account likes to tweet about how unstoppable he is on the football field and a lot of drinking and partying tweets.  Is a pretty funny account to follow for a few good laughs.

not Jameis Winston (@ItsFamousJameis): This kid is only a freshman but he burst onto the scene and is leading a very potent offense this year.  He's so good that people call him "Famous Jameis" since famous rhymes with his name.  That is the inspiration behind this account.

not Mark Weisman (@NotMarkWeisman): If you're an Iowa fan, you know who Weisman is.  He had a lot of success for Iowa last year and generated a lot of #WeismanforHeisman tweets last year.  This account likes to make fun of former Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg and also tweets about partying and drinking.

Again, many more parody accounts out there and they have basically the same mission.  Tweet about partying and how good these guys are on the football field.

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