Every week, the Emerald sports staff will collect and post its favorite tweets from Oregon athletes, coaches, media, etc. Below are sports reporter Anne Yilmaz’s favorites from Monday, Dec. 9.
Oregon men’s basketball guard Jalil Abdul-Bassit:
12pg paper due tomorrow . Time to #GrindItOut
— Jalil Abdul-Bassit (@JEazyBuckets) December 9, 2013
Oregon baseball outfielder A.J. Balta:
If we sing in the car at the top of our lungs… Were homies
— AJ Balta (@Ajbalta) December 9, 2013
Oregon soccer defender Kendall Brooke:
It can go back to being at least 32 degrees anytime now
— Kendall Brooke (@KBrooke220) December 9, 2013
Oregon defensive back Bronson Yim:
Walking Dead just makes me mad lol. These people are stupid and Dale is killing me.
— Bronson Yim (@R2G_BYIM) December 9, 2013
Oregon distance runner Mac Fleet:
I can't help but yell at Upham every time I watch Saving Private Ryan. So frustrating.
— Mac Fleet (@macfleet1) December 9, 2013
Oregon defensive back Avery Patterson comments on NFL tackling rules:
If anyone feels for a player that has torn their ACL it's me but making another tackling rule is ridiculous.
— Avery Patterson (@Averyp21) December 9, 2013
If defenders can't hit legs, chop blocks better be eliminated as well too all I have to say
— Avery Patterson (@Averyp21) December 9, 2013
Oregon distance runner Daniel Winn:
Averaged 2.6 words per minute writing a 713-word essay last night. Suffice it to say I was not inspired.
— Daniel Winn (@pstinsonfan1) December 10, 2013
Oregon baseball outfielder Connor Hofmann:
Love only being on 3 hours of sleep for finals
— connor hofmann (@1chof) December 9, 2013
Oregon distance runner Eric Jenkins:
Conversation with the barber: Him: Oh you're a distance runner! Have you heard of Prefontaine? Me: I think so
— Eric Jenkins (@_EricJenkins) December 9, 2013
Oregon Acrobatics and Tumbling back base Brianna Teitzel deals with the cold in her own way:
I dont wanna let go of my clean clothes because they are so warm from the dryer…
— Brianna Teitzel (@BriannaTeitzel) December 9, 2013
Oregon distance runner Parker Stinson:
Day 1 of Indoor Track. Mind right…body so very wrong. #startedfromthebottom
— Parker Stinson (@parkerstinson) December 9, 2013
Snow was aiteeeee for about a day
— Parker Stinson (@parkerstinson) December 9, 2013
Oregon Acrobatics and Tumbling base Nicole Erlichman:
Not having finals during finals week pic.twitter.com/Tf66oMJ5UM
— Nicole Erlichman (@nicoleerlichman) December 9, 2013
Oregon women’s golf Monica Petchakan says what we’re all thinking:
— Moni P (@muhnikkuh) December 9, 2013