Elevates unverified social media reactions and trolling as legitimate and valuable forms of sports discourse
The article treats anonymous fan comments and indirect social media 'digs' as newsworthy and praiseworthy, privileging online mockery over institutional statements or factual reporting.
“The comments section is filled with college football fans from all over the country calling the university's athletic department a bunch of clowns and hypocrites, but one Big 12 rival, the TCU Horned Frogs, put out a statement of their own in response to Tech's video.”
