According to SB Nation, the person who started the twitter rumor was Sam McGaw, a senior at WKU that is studying Broadcast News and works with some WKU media outlets
http://www.sbnation.com/2013/3/2/4058324/led-miles-rumor
And according to him, he got the rumor from an Alabama discussion board...
Sam McGaw @sammcgaw 4m
My tweet is still up. It all started at
BamaOnline.com on the round table
message board.
Sam McGaw @sammcgaw 4m
I'm not reporting it to
be true. I only said it was a rumor.
Sam McGaw @sammcgaw 23m
I blame twitter. The 140
character limit wouldn't let me do that.
I figured people knew what rumor and
allegedly meant.
Sam McGaw @sammcgaw 38m
It never should've gotten this far. Just
a rumor. That's all.
Sam McGaw @sammcgaw 39m
Never said it was true or
false.Just a rumor.That's all. Report
wasn't the best word to use. All I did
was tweet it.
Sam McGaw @sammcgaw 40m
I tweeted about a
rumor. I never said it was true or false.
Nothing more.
Sam McGaw @sammcgaw 49m
Anyone can tweet anything. I've said
from the get-go this Les Miles story
was a rumor.
Sam McGaw @sammcgaw 50m
Rumors are rumors. That's it.
Everyone bashing me about this
obviously doesn't know the difference
between a rumor and hard evidence.
Sam McGaw @sammcgaw 52m
Just for the record, I never reported
this Les Miles rumor thinking it was
true. It's just a rumor I saw and I
thought it was interesting.
Sam McGaw @sammcgaw 1h
Message boards is where any of this info came from. I simply stated what I saw.
Sam McGaw @sammcgaw 1h
I never expected this to blow up like it
has. It's kinda ridiculous.
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