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Ben Wittenstein

@BenWittenstein

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I give out bets occasionally

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@BenWittenstein
Ben Wittenstein
9 months
I have watched this at least 50 times this morning
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7 years
Bears getting beat on Twitter now, too. smh
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3 years
Me after hitting one three in an intramural game after going 0-7
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1 year
Pretty cool that Purdue is able to get another banner though
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3 years
This is an extremely Bloomington tweet
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5 years
Pretty cool footage from Bloomington today after they announced #iufb is ranked for the first time in 25 years.
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@BenWittenstein
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8 months
lol both of these ended up incomplete
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5 years
When you still want to have school spirit but have to watch #iufb and #iubb lose on national TV less than 48 hours apart.
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@BenWittenstein
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8 years
@PFTCommenter Putting dvds of the Concussion movie in the fiction section of my local library
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@BenWittenstein
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7 years
When you fail the final but still pass the class #iubb
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2 years
Me after drinking two AMFs at Upstairs
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5 years
Apparently it’s October 3rd in Chicago
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@BenWittenstein
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6 years
If you call it the University of Indiana you shouldn't be allowed to watch Kyle Schwarber play baseball. Those're the rules
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Mark Lazerus
6 years
My wife is spittin' nails right now after Karl Ravech said "University of Indiana." I'm genuinely afraid she's going to break several things in this house.
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@BenWittenstein
Ben Wittenstein
8 years
What a time to be alive.
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Ben Wittenstein
5 years
Crazy to think next Fall will be the first time ever that any person ever has ever had a sip of alcohol in Memorial Stadium during a football game. The first time ever.
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Zach Osterman
5 years
BREAKING: IU will sell alcohol at football games this fall. Beer and wine. More to come. #iufb
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5 years
IU fans when #iufb gets to 6 wins before the end of October.
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8 years
When you get all the Hanukkah presents you asked for
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8 years
I think I'm in love.
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@BenWittenstein
Ben Wittenstein
10 months
He has entered the “Chicago Bears quarterback” zone
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Kevin Clark
10 months
Daniel Jones is in this weird zone where he's not good but he deserves better.
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@BenWittenstein
Ben Wittenstein
7 years
So, um, this is cool. I just accepted a job with KRES—a radio station in Missouri—to be their play-by-play broadcaster & an on-air host.
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@BenWittenstein
Ben Wittenstein
6 years
You never lose a Stanley Cup game if the game never starts #StanleyCupFinals
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6 years
Archie continuing the tradition of #iubb coaches having no reaction to game-winning shots
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Ben Wittenstein
7 years
IU can't lose in the Sweet 16 if it doesn't make the NCAA Tournament #iubb
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4 years
To prepare for IU’s game against Wisconsin, I’ve thrown out all the cheese in my house and have been bad mouthing Spotted Cow in internet chat rooms
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3 years
I took IU to the Final Four twice in NCAA 2K8, so I shall be expecting an interview call from the AD momentarily
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6 years
Send Archie out to recruit for IU football, too.
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Josh Margolis
6 years
With the Trayce Jackson-Davis commitment, #iubb has now picked up an in-state five-star recruit in back-to-back classes. Impressive work recruiting by Archie Miller and his staff.
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8 years
"Welcome to Purdue University"
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4 years
Big news, I just got hired by IU to be their head coach in NCAA football 13
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9 years
Chicago Bears
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4 years
Give us an IU-Northwestern title game so we can debate for weeks who has the best journalism school, you cowards
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@BenWittenstein
Ben Wittenstein
7 years
Roy's then Upstairs then Sports then Taco Bell. There you go, hope you enjoyed the experience.
Experience one day in the life of an @IUBloomington student:
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5 years
IU is undefeated when they miss 16 free throws this year.
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3 years
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6 years
I'm very pro Joe Buck trash talking Troy Aikman about UCLA football while defending IU football on national TV
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3 years
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8 years
Katie. Nolan. Giving life advice over Skype. Just as awesome in real life as she is on tv. @katienolan
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7 years
It's cool that Purdue will allow its opponents to see themselves beating Purdue
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Phil Hecken
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Purdue to debut Chrome Helmet vs. Ohio Friday -- "going full chromedazzle"
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6 years
Just two dogs enjoying life
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9 years
Duke somehow wins a game tied 44-44.
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7 years
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8 years
To show ESPN I won't stand for their incompetency, I probably won't do anything and will continue to use their app to play fantasy football.
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Ben Wittenstein
3 years
At this point, are we 100% sure Ryan Pace isn't, like, some, double agent for the Packers or something?
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@BenWittenstein
Ben Wittenstein
5 years
So on Wednesday, I'm going to be starting a new job doing social media managing and content stuff for @Stadium . The network operates at the United Center so I'm looking forward to becoming best friends with the Jordan statue
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2 years
I always knew my March Madness TV debut would be special!
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8 years
Here's OG's alley-oop dunk with WIUX's radio call. #iubb
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8 years
There's a Twitter account called IU Campus Clock that literally just tweets "Bong" every hour.
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6 years
I will be 80 years old, hear the Sunday Night Football theme, and will immediately feel like I need to finish my homework due Monday.
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3 years
Ben Stiller likes the Woodson hire so I'm all in now
@BenStiller
Ben Stiller
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He has always brought good things to the Knicks. Wish #MikeWoodson all the best.
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4 years
I was forced to make a SpongeBob meme for IU football
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@BenWittenstein
Ben Wittenstein
5 years
So today is my last day at @centralmoinfo . It’s been an awesome two years broadcasting in Missouri. I’m going to be moving back to Chicago to take advantage of some opportunities there and also maybe go to one or twenty Cubs games
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7 years
Move out inspection for our Bloomington house and it seems like we left something behind
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6 years
So, yeah, I guess I was voted as 1 of 2 finalists for best radio play-by-play call for a small market station in the state of Missouri. So that's pretty neat.
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7 years
So today is technically my last day as WIUX sports director—it was an incredible 3 years with some great people and fun broadcasts.
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6 years
@SheaSerrano Last picture he looks like Dwight trying to do a Jim face
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7 years
I just got an email with a Psych Final study guide and had a split moment of panic because I hadn't studied but then remembered that I graduated.
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I love Bulls twitter with all my heart.
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6 years
As we do every year, let us celebrate the anniversary of the greatest day in Twitter history: When two llamas were on the loose in Arizona.
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8 years
Thanks to everyone who watched the #iubb broadcast tonight. It looks like BTN will be re-airing it on Monday night at 7:30pm ET.
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3 years
Just have Teri Moren coach both IU men's and women's teams
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6 years
*Puts on IndyCar analyst glasses* I'd say this isn't ideal
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7 years
Find a man who looks at you the way Fred Glass looks at Archie Miller. #iubb
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Ben Wittenstein
6 years
This is cool
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J.B. Connoley
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Congrats to @BenWittenstein for a Certificate of Merit for his play by play of the @MonroeCityHigh Panthers football state quarterfinals at the #MBAAwards .
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4 years
Ah, yes. The classic Jewish Christmas Eve meal
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Ben Wittenstein
6 years
Took the bad candy and put it on top of the good candy in the bowl so some good candy would be left over from me to eat, until a kid asked why I put all "the bad candy" on top, so I got shamed by a kid in a scream mask to give him better candy. How's your normal adult life going?
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Collin Hartman purposed to his girlfriend on Senior Night, but I'm eating free Chik-fil-A on press row. I think I'm the real winner here.
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3 years
It's mostly sitting in a room and naming as many running backs from 2003-2010 as we can remember
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4 years
I think I have an Instagram stalker
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4 years
I had to shoot over 7'5" Tacko Fall while sitting in a chair and.....um, it didn't go well for me.
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5 years
Me, anytime I start to have the slightest belief in Trubisky
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9 years
Having a video of Ernie Banks singing the 7th inning stretch on the Wrigley video boards is all kinds of awesome.
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7 years
Me before Little 5 weekend vs. Me after Little 5 weekend
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9 years
The Cubs trying to get rid of Starlin Castro. http://t.co/QmvZ2P9hg1
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Ben Wittenstein
3 years
That $10 million contract is already paying for itself
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Kevin Clark
3 years
One thing I forgot I wrote about is that Andy Dalton is a huge sunscreen guy and was a stickler about making sure teammates were taken care of in that regard. Worth any price.
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Tom really needs to change his getting interviewed face
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4 years
Me to Archie after this game #iubb
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7 years
Am I doing this right? #iufb
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2 years
Been helping my grandpa place some bets this Fall I might've accidentally turned him into a degenerate gambler...
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@BenWittenstein
Ben Wittenstein
6 years
Never been more proud of my alma mater
@UberFacts
UberFacts
6 years
The U.S. government gave Indiana University $1 million to study memes in 2014.
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4 years
Trying to imagine someone's first time ever in the U.S. and ending up at Kilroy's
@Jon_Blau
Jon Blau
4 years
Some of IU's midyear enrollees have arrived. James Evans, in particular, is a punter from New Zealand who has apparently never stepped foot in the U.S. #iufb
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8 years
You literally only had one job.
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7 years
It was anarchy in Bloomington this weekend
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@GoodmanHoops @goodmansport Go play Sink the Biz at Nicks
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Needed some workout motivation, so I ordered from a Subway 2 miles away, ran there, picked it up, and ran back home. I don't know if I just invented the world's best workout routine, or am just the biggest idiot.
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8 years
Investigative journalism we deserve.
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8 years
As long as the NCAA Tournament is played at Assembly Hall, #iubb should be fine.
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Ben Wittenstein
8 years
When your credential gets approved and you get to go to Philly to broadcast the Sweet 16
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6 years
I'm not saying this Bears team reminds me of the '06 one, but I just dug out my Livestrong wristband, logged on to my AIM account, and texted someone off my Razr phone about how good the Bears defense is
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How you know it's real
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5 years
Not the first time Americans have had a tea party at England’s expense
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SB Nation
5 years
Alex Morgan scored a goal on her 30th birthday AND THEN HAD A CUP OF TEA
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I have found the new NBA logo
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3 years
Tom Crean is out here fighting for Little Caesars pepperoni pizza and I really respect it
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Tom Crean
3 years
I never said I didn’t like @dominos @PapaJohns or any of the others. I love them too. I’m just a traditional guy that doesn’t want to lose the high level 🍕 @littlecaesars puts out. I don’t need the bells and whistles. Just the greatness of the pizza/ pizza 🍕
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Everything on here is factual.
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@ShamsCharania An IU legend
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