After weeks of handwringing and worry about the fate of Faux Pelini after real football coach Bo Pelini was fired by Nebraska, very important #news broke today — the parody Twitter account will live on.
Phew. The account’s 175,000 followers can breathe a sigh of relief.
The worry for fans of the extremely amusing account was real, however, especially after @FauxPelini authored a legendary welcome letter to new Nebraska coach Mike Riley.
The best thing about the job, @FauxPelini wrote on Dec. 4, “UNLIMITED KHAKIS AND HOODIES. Check the walk-in closet behind Tim Miles’ office by the Coke machine. OH GOD I MISS IT SO.”
Luckily, it looks like there will be more tweets about khakis, hoodies and Coke machines going forward, despite that the real Pelini will be at Youngstown State, where he was hired to coach the football team on Dec. 16.
Youngstown State might be the more excited than anyone, though. The university’s athletic department welcomed Faux to the fold shortly after news broke that the account would live on.
Welcome to #PenguinNation, @FauxPelini! Glad to have you on board! #GoGuins
— Youngstown State Penguins (@YSUsports) December 19, 2014
The man behind Faux, however, hopes YSU keeps its expectations in check. While the real Pelini will be very much involved, Faux Pelini has a different play.
“We could have some fun it,” Faux’s creator told ESPN. “But I hope this doesn’t shock anyone to hear that I will not be watching their games and tweeting along.”
More importantly, will the account still feature pictures of cats? (This meme became so popular this year that the real Pelini carried a cat onto the field for the Cornhuskers’ spring game on April 12.)
"@RKaipustOWH: Tre Foster says it was a riot in tunnel as team walked behind Bo. 'A lot of us were meowing " #Huskers pic.twitter.com/R6hRDU5KWA
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) April 12, 2014
The answer?
@MarissaPayne this is an important question, and I will say Maybe
— Faux Pelini (@FauxPelini) December 19, 2014
Methinks he means meow-be.