COLUMBIA, Mo. • Sometimes a hashtag is more than a number sign.
Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel did his best Monday to distance himself from the causes behind MU student protest group Concerned Student 1950, but why then did his epic tweet on Sunday include the group’s name?
The photo posted on Pinkel’s Twitter account showed the coach and most of his players and assistant coaches locked arm in arm along with the message: “The Mizzou Family stands as one. We are united. We are behind our players. #ConcernedStudent1950 GP”
The inclusion of the group’s hashtag could have been interpreted as an endorsement of the group’s cause and its ultimate objective to overthrow University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe.