Houston Chronicle Accidentally Burns Urban Meyer, Apologizes

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer took a dig at Alabama today when he disclosed the name of his team’s field goal return play. (It’s a reference to the 2013 Iron Bowl, in which the Crimson Tide found a way to fuck up a tie game with one second left in regulation, you see.) One employee at the Houston Chronicle wasn’t amused by Meyer, but seemingly forgot to switch Twitter accounts before telling him so.

The original tweet, by Tim Shoemaker of Eleven Warriors:

The now-deleted reply, via @Beeeeryan:

The Chronicle quickly apologized for the mixup by senior web producer Brian Reynolds:

Roll Tide.

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