Will the real Dee Ford please stand up? In the weeks leading up to national signing day, hundreds of Auburn fans followed a certain @Dee_Ford on Twitter, believing it to be the recently-graduated Tigers DE. Little did they know, the player they were after was actually @Dee_Ford_, and they had just followed a British woman from Kent.
Ms. Ford was an excellent sport about the whole thing, which started back in January when the Auburn player tweeted a link to his Instagram account, which uses the exact same handle as Ms. Ford's Twitter account. At first, she was slightly put off by the confusion:
OK for those new followers who added me last night I AM NOT A SINGER. I AM NOT A FOOTBALLER. I am a boring (cont) http://t.co/wgns1kMKfW
— Dee (@dee_ford) January 8, 2014
She very quickly saw a silver lining in the situation, though - the opportunity to mess with draft analysts:
@griffsz @seniorbowl btw everyone lied when they said size doesn't matter.
— Dee (@dee_ford) January 21, 2014
Despite her continued insistence that she wasn't an Auburn player, even news outlets started quoting her:
@aldotcom I bloody didn't say that. I'm not a footballer!!!!!!
— Dee (@dee_ford) January 26, 2014
Slowly but surely, Ms. Ford started learning more about her namesake's alma mater, and Auburn fans were more than happy to give her the lowdown:
@ll_Legit_2_Quit he killed two Oaks?! wtf?
— Dee (@dee_ford) January 26, 2014
...and Ms. Ford started warming up to her newfound legion of accidental admirers:
OK I'm off to bed. It's late here, hope the party long continues in Auburn this evening 4u. You yanks are alright really! #WarEagle
— Dee (@dee_ford) January 26, 2014
After that, it didn't take long for Ms. Ford to get just as familiar with football as 3/4 of America:
now they're discussing Richard Sherman. Don't like his attutude. #toobigforhisboots
— Dee (@dee_ford) February 2, 2014
The real fun started on Wednesday, though, as Ms. Ford live-tweeted national signing day (you should definitely check out her timeline for the full experience):
oh no coach has fallen asleep! but who's Mr Orange Jumper and is he tweeting too? pic.twitter.com/jIIcPR4U7i
— Dee (@dee_ford) February 5, 2014
Ms. Ford agreed to a brief interview with us, which will be published later in the afternoon - check back later on for her strong takes on American football, the Auburn family, and, most importantly, Nick Saban.
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