Tweets of the Week (Week of Nov. 9)

It is a great time of year to be a Harvard sports fan. For most teams, the final week of the season is approaching, and the stakes have never been higher. The women’s soccer team and the women’s rugby team have already brought home Ivy League championships, and several other teams are looking to do the same. The men’s soccer team has an opportunity to win a title with wins in its last two games. In two weeks, the football team could have more than just bragging rights on the line against Yale with a potential Ancient Eight crown within reach. If all that is not enough, the men and women’s cross-country teams will be heading to the NCAA Regionals next week, and the highly anticipated start of basketball season has finally arrived.

In addition to all this action on the field, Crimson athletes have been active off the field on social media and Twitter. We at The Back Page would like to share some of our favorite posts from the past week with you.

6. Colton Peppelman, a freshman wrestler, has competed hundreds of times on the mat, but his toughest opponent is his favorite candy.

"You don't know what struggling is until you've tried to open a starburst in the dark."

All that matters is the end result.

5. Blockbuster’s announcement that it will be closing all its stores has taken a toll on

junior tight end Tyler Hamblin.

"S/O to ‪#Blockbuster for the memories. Ill always remember the overpriced candy"

The only thing that Blockbuster had that Netflix couldn’t stream.

4. Harvard’s Assistant Director of Athletic Communications, Michael Black, is next on our list with a proposal for the MBTA.

"I'd probably pay $5 more a month if the MBTA struck a deal with like Febreze® or Glade® for a once-every-five-minutes puff of freshness."

A man can only dream.

3. When he signed up for Ec10, freshman tight end Jimmy Martter knew that Greg Mankiw would be an insightful professor, but this probably isn’t what he had in mind.

"'We think of Harvard as a great school, and it is, but it's also the best mating system - Potential for high household incomes' -Greg Mankiw"

Mankiw may have gotten his PhD in economics, but you can also call him the doctor of love.

2. Colby Knight, another freshman wrestler, had a pun to share with his followers.

"I'm not alarmed that they're getting rid of clocks that make noise every second. It's about time. They were really starting to tick me off."

Everyone loves a good pun. There’s a reason why we ranked him second.

1. It was bad enough that Hayley Moore, assistant coach of the women’s hockey team, had to be up at the crack of dawn to catch a flight, but things got worse.

"Bad things that can happen on the way to the airport at 4am: ‪#mycabdriverfarted"

Never a good strategy if you’d like to earn a tip.