Did Gophers coach briefly uses Twitter for evil instead of good?

(Note: This post was revised Tuesday morning. The original photo caption was "Who sang their school's fight song after Iowa's 55-0 win at Minnesota last November? Duh. The photo was taken by Jonathan D. Woods.)

University of Minnesota football coach Tim Brewster began using Twitter a few weeks ago. That may not have been a good thing for the school.

Brewster, whose aptitude for running a Big Ten program has been called into question on occasion by Minneapolis Star-Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse, had a recent tweet that wasn't very nice to Reusse.

Reusse certainly let Brewster have it after Iowa's 55-0 romp over the Gophers last November.

This is excerpted from the good folks at sportsbybrooks.com:

C.J. of the MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE informs us that the Gophers' gridiron head honcho had used the Twittering technology to state a sizable slam against fellow Strib columnist Patrick Reusse. The Twitter message reportedly read like this:

How would you like to wake up in the morning and look in the mirror…… if your [sic] Fat Pat.

Because Reusse is rather on the large side, you see. And apparently Pat & Tim haven't been on the best of terms in the Twin Cities.

Brewster was supposedly told by school staff to take the post off his Twitter account - but not before a bunch of folks saw it. When alerted to the ridicule of Reusse, C.J. pursued Patrick to get his reaction. Although he didn't see the actual Twitter post, he wasn't surprised by it:

Friday afternoon I tracked down Reusse, who had heard all about this, and he said, “Coach Brew has detected that I'm overweight and that makes him an astute observer. And this situation could in no way lessen my opinion of him.”Ever-vigilant UPDATE: According to Tuesday's My revised take:I suppose it's possible. Someone signed on as Brewster, tried a myriad of password combinatons, hit Gopher gold, and took the shot at Reusse.I'm skeptical, but it's certainly possible.Whoever did it should know this:  Reusse long ago established himself as a sports essayist of prominence. Once Brewster can stop absorbing 55-0 home losses to Iowa, perhaps he can gain equal stature within his own profession.In the meantime, here's another tweet from Coach Brew:

Ever-vigilant Blackheartgoldpants.com has a screenshot of Brewster's infamous tweet.

UPDATE: According to Tuesday's Minnesota Daily:

Brewster said he didn't know how the tweet was posted in the first place and said he had no intention of making fun of anyone.

My revised take:

I suppose it's possible. Someone signed on as Brewster, tried a myriad of password combinatons, hit Gopher gold, and took the shot at Reusse.

I'm skeptical, but it's certainly possible.

Whoever did it should know this:  Reusse long ago established himself as a sports essayist of prominence. Once Brewster can stop absorbing 55-0 home losses to Iowa, perhaps he can gain equal stature within his own profession.

In the meantime, here's another tweet from Coach Brew:

Remember April 25th at 1:30pm Gopher Spring Football Game at St. Thomas!! Together we will make the Gophers special.......Again!!