Michael Garland

@MicMikeMicMike

Sports play-by-play “talent,” sales and PR professional. I also talk on the radio for a few dollars. '01 Ship U grad. Tweets and grumblings reflect my opinion!

770Followers

665Following

6 408Posts total

104.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the under 10K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views2 740this account2 072median for under 10K

Reach, %355.78%this account153.47%median for under 10K

Engagement, %0.20%this account1.63%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 740	2 072	1.32×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.6× audience	153.47%	2.32×
Engagement rate	0.20%	1.63%	0.13×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

99.2K1 Sep

3.5K

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.14%1 Sep

0.26%

4.76%

0.15%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.63%.

What the audience does

Likes61.1%113 in total

Reposts3.8%7 in total

Replies13.0%24 in total

Quotes7.0%13 in total

Bookmarks15.1%28 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

@MicMikeMicMike I literally said in the column I do not support taking away their automatic qualifier. 2K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@MicMikeMicMike @MattJZimmer It’s because they don’t have the same financial commitment as the rest of the league. NCAA needs to remove the Dayton rule 42 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@MattJZimmer “Experts” have been pushing the narrative at the FBS level that schools don’t deserve an opportunity to compete for a championship despite playing at the same D1 level as the big brand schools, now we’re advocating to take opportunities away from similar schools at t 3.5K views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

It's time to talk about the FCS's Pioneer League. So I did, here: https://t.co/fuK7gMahOM 99.2K views · 102 likes · 7 reposts · 21 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →