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P.J. Fleck reads mean tweets about himself

The Gophers football coach took a minute during the Big Ten's football media days to read some unflattering things about himself.

July 26, 2017 at 5:11PM
(Howard Sinker/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Maybe it was an initiation rite into the circle of Big Ten football coaches, but new Gophers coach P.J. Fleck agreed to read some mean tweets about himself during the conference media days this week in Chicago.

For sure, it's a sign that someone is a fairly big deal if they get asked to read unflattering things about themselves. It has become a staple of Jimmy Kimmel Live, with no shortage of knockoffs.

It's this kind of tweet, in response to a Patrick Reusse blog post about Fleck, that we're talking about, if you're not up on the genre:

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Here's Fleck reading more, courtesy of the Big Ten Network.


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Howard Sinker

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Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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