A Little Birdie Told Me…a Buckeye Lie

Rumor had it (on Twitter) that the Ohio State football team was going to be banned from Tweeting. Supposedly one of Urban Meyer’s first moves as an official Buckeyes coach was to ban players from posting on the social network.

This rumor was fueled by tight end Reid Fragel:
New staff new rules. No more twitter, not a big deal and probably for the better. Love our fans, love this place. Go Bucks #2012

And seemingly confirmed by tight end Jake Stoneburner:
Twitter=Done. Me=back for senior year, leading this team, and shocking the world!! #gobucks #12-0

However later Fragel refuted his original post:
Just now finding out the whole twitter thing wasn't exactly true. #hearsay

-and-

Haha sorry for the confusion, sometimes people decide to put words in others mouths... That's all I have to say about that

And cornerback Bradley Roby also posted:

Lol this twitter stuff is funny. He never told us we can't have twitter.

Lesson from all this, just as quickly as news travels on Twitter, so do rumors. Ref. usatoday.com