• Chuck Landon of the Herald Dispatch in Huntington, WV thought he ran up on a scoop when he saw a fake twitter account of supposed runner Brandon Bender.

    If you have seen the reports from Pat Forde and Pete Thamel, you know that Bender is mired in a situation with Central Florida and head coach Donnie Jones.

    Jones used to be head coach at Marshall before heading to Orlando.

    Landon writes:

    Then, there's Bender, whom Caldwell calls a "very close friend." The 6-10 Bender has been very active on Twitter during the last month.

    On April 17, Bender tweeted, "Jus cashed my first #UCF payday." Then, "Thanks Knights. Can't wait for the bank to open 2morow." Also on April 17, "KWare what u buy first lil Homie? I got more."

    But, then, Bender's mood changed.

    April 27: "Did all that runnin for Kentucky. Now they gon try act like dey don't no me. Fixin 2 tell everthang. We all go down 2gether."

    April 29: "Not goin down alone. I got lot 2 say."

    Bender's most recent tweet was addressed to UK coach John Calipari. It reads, "sorry. I don told evathang."

    Yes, a scandal is brewing.
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    It might be a good idea to find out if a twitter account is the real guy, especially when you are going to call out the head coach at the University of Kentucky.

    I called the Herald Dispatch and told them the twitter account was fake and they laughed when I told them. I would expect the article to be taken down pretty soon.


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    Comments 13 Comments
    1. BigBlueNation502's Avatar
      BigBlueNation502 -
      Yeah probably some 12 year old kid making fake twitter accounts. I mean the tweets don't even seem realistic. No one would "really" be that stupid.
    1. nutwrap's Avatar
      nutwrap -
      link invalid...assume the writer was fired for being an idiot...if only it were that easy.
    1. Unregistered's Avatar
      Unregistered -
      Interesting that one person calls out another for being stupid when this person doesn't understand the difference between "were" and "we're"; "they're", "their", and "there", and doesn't use quotations correctly. Hmmm...
    1. BigBlueNation502's Avatar
      BigBlueNation502 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
      Interesting that one person calls out another for being stupid when this person doesn't understand the difference between "were" and "we're"; "they're", "their", and "there", and doesn't use quotations correctly. Hmmm...

      I'm sure its the content that is more important and not the grammer. It's not English class ya know?
    1. Unregistered's Avatar
      Unregistered -
      The content isn't anything to brag about, either.
    1. Unregistered's Avatar
      Unregistered -
      People can look pretty ignorant based soley on how they write. Based on the posts I've read, I really would work on that a little more...
    1. BigBlueNation502's Avatar
      BigBlueNation502 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
      The content isn't anything to brag about, either.

      Well i'm not a Writer so that would be your opinion of them.
    1. BigBlueNation502's Avatar
      BigBlueNation502 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
      People can look pretty ignorant based soley on how they write. Based on the posts I've read, I really would work on that a little more...

      If that is referred to my posts, then i laugh at you. How are you going to complain and spell wrong. It's solely not soley. I guarantee my IQ is higher.
    1. Unregistered's Avatar
      Unregistered -
      All you need to know about Chuck Landon is that he very rarely writes something worth reading. I am an alumni of both Marshall and WVU and it sickens me how he writes things just to make WVU look bad. WVU fans only read him to make fun of him. I think only diehard and dillusional Marshall fans take any stock in his opinions. He should check his sources, but he really doesn't care. He just wants to stir the pot and make successful programs look bad.
    1. Unregistered's Avatar
      Unregistered -
      He wrote a piece, admitting he was duped. The fake account basically shat on UCF by proximity, and despite publishing the fake as a real, Landon apologized for doing that, but not to UCF, which now looks horrendous to people that didn't read the retraction.

      Chuck Landon: Taken by a pseudo tweet not so sweet - The Herald Dispatch That's the apology.
    1. BigBlueNation502's Avatar
      BigBlueNation502 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
      He wrote a piece, admitting he was duped. The fake account basically shat on UCF by proximity, and despite publishing the fake as a real, Landon apologized for doing that, but not to UCF, which now looks horrendous to people that didn't read the retraction.

      Chuck Landon: Taken by a pseudo tweet not so sweet - The Herald Dispatch That's the apology.

      Well UCF didn't have much of a name to ruin but he needs to get his facts straight about Cal and UK before he goes public.
    1. littleboyblue's Avatar
      littleboyblue -
      Great volley, guys. This is what makes our site the best.
    1. Sorry, Kentucky's Avatar
      Sorry, Kentucky -
      Please disregard anything that comes out the Herald-Dispatch, or Huntington in general. Chuck Landon is a pathetic excuse for a sports writer, and an abomination to journalism as a whole. I would like to apologize to you guys on behalf of the people of West Virginia - we do not like this guy. Hell, half of the rats in Huntington don't even like him.

      Please, please, take this man down. But, just keep in mind that West Virginia hates Chuck Landon. "Cheap Suit Chucky" is what we like to call him here, or "Suck Landon" (Yes, I know, real creative).

      Again, we're sorry about this fool. For some reason they keep letting him out of his room.

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