re: Les Miles most popular on Twitter (Per ESPN)

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Miles’ ‘Twitters’ popular

Miles is the most closely followed college football coach on Twitter, according to USA Today.

The newspaper’s study said that as of 4 p.m. Tuesday, Miles (@LSUCoachMiles) had 87,513 Twitter followers, nearly 6,000 more than Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly (@CoachBrianKelly).

“It’s surprising, considering how little I Twitter,” Miles said. “I probably need to Twitter a little more, to be honest with you. As I anticipate the holidays coming up, I probably need to get a good quality holiday Twitter out there — like ‘Merry Christmas’ would be a fundamental one. Or ‘Merry Christmas’ and maybe ‘Happy New Year’s.’

“Then you could say some personal things about Santa Claus and maybe the reindeer. There’s some things you could do that would really, really zing holiday spirit.”

According to the survey, Georgia’s Mark Richt (@MarkRicht) is third with 55,224 followers, and Tennessee’s Butch Jones (@UTCoachJones), hired by the Volunteers from Cincinnati on Dec. 7, is fourth after gaining 52,704 followers in less than two weeks.

“All of those people that are competing with me for that position — I could say that I have not prepared often, and I have not worked at it at all,” Miles said. “It’s a shame if they’re disappointed in any way, and if they have Twittered more than I, in fact, they should be disappointed.”

As of Tuesday night, Miles had “Twittered” a mere 502 times.

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