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The Youngstown State Penguins are the athletic teams of Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio . The university is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's (NCAA) Division I , and the Penguins compete in football as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference . Most other sports compete as members of the Horizon League .

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88-401: YSU is the only Division I program in the country to use Penguins as its athletic nickname. YSU's mascots are Pete and Penny, two penguins dressed in scarfs and stocking caps. There are two accounts of how the "Penguins" nickname came to be. Both stories come from the same cold evening on January 30, 1933, when the men's basketball team was playing at West Liberty State. The first account is that

176-771: A Major League Baseball offer from the St. Louis Cardinals to attend college at Youngstown State University , where he was nicknamed "Rifle Ron" and the "Polish Rifle", a reference to his Polish ethnicity. At Youngstown State, he showcased his skills as a quarterback for a pass-oriented offense, earning a selection in the Senior Bowl . Jaworski set several school records during his tenure at Youngstown State, including single-season passing completions (139), career passing completions (325), single-season passing yardage (2,123), career passing yardage (4,612), single-season passing touchdowns (18), and career passing touchdowns (32). Jaworski

264-689: A backchannel of discussion via social media prior to, during, or after the program. Television commercials have sometimes contained hashtags for similar purposes. The increased usage of hashtags as brand promotion devices has been compared to the promotion of branded " keywords " by AOL in the late 1990s and early 2000s, as such keywords were also promoted at the end of television commercials and series episodes. Organized real-world events have used hashtags and ad hoc lists for discussion and promotion among participants. Hashtags are used as beacons by event participants to find each other, both on Twitter and, in many cases, during actual physical events. Since

352-510: A hand gesture , sometimes called the "finger hashtag", in which the index and middle finger both hands are extended and arranged perpendicularly to form the hash, was documented. Companies, businesses, and advocacy organizations have taken advantage of hashtag-based discussions for promotion of their products, services or campaigns. In the early 2010s, some television broadcasters began to employ hashtags related to programs in digital on-screen graphics , to encourage viewers to participate in

440-508: A 170-130 record. The Track and Field and Cross Country teams are consistently strong contenders in the Horizon League . The women's team won the triple crown (cross country, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field) in both the 2013–14 and 2014-15 seasons. The 2015 Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Championship was Head Coach Brian Gorby's 25th title. Also notable are the baseball and softball teams. In 2004, despite having

528-702: A 17–0 deficit. Despite an attempted comeback led by Jaworski, the Eagles fell to the Buccaneers 24–17. In 1980 , Jaworski saw perhaps his most successful season in the NFL. The Eagles started out 11–1, en route to a 12–4 record and a NFC East division title. Jaworski threw for 3,529 yards and 27 touchdowns, and received multiple honors, including the Bert Bell Award , the NFC Offensive Player of

616-534: A broken left leg in Week 13 against his former team, the Los Angeles Rams . Jaworski's injury ended both his season and his streak of 116 consecutive starts, an NFL record for quarterbacks at the time that stood until 1999 , when it was broken by Packers quarterback Brett Favre . In the second round of the 1985 NFL draft , the Eagles selected quarterback Randall Cunningham . Despite the selection, Jaworski

704-563: A hash (#) character followed by other characters, and is terminated by a space or the end of the line. Some platforms may require the # to be preceded with a space. Most or all platforms that support hashtags permit the inclusion of letters (without diacritics ), numerals, and underscores. Other characters may be supported on a platform-by-platform basis. Some characters, such as & are generally not supported as they may already serve other search functions. Hashtags are not case sensitive (a search for "#hashtag" will match "#HashTag" as well), but

792-463: A hash symbol # (as opposed to those local to a server, which uses an ampersand '&'). The use of the pound sign in IRC inspired Chris Messina to propose a similar system on Twitter to tag topics of interest on the microblogging network. He proposed the usage of hashtags on Twitter: How do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]? According to Messina, he suggested use of

880-554: A hashtag, #TwitterIPO, appeared in the headline of a New York Times front-page article regarding Twitter's initial public offering . In 2014 Bird's Eye foods released "Mashtags", a mashed potato product with pieces shaped either like @ or # . In 2019, the British Ornithological Union included a hash character in the design of its new Janet Kear Union Medal, to represent "science communication and social media". Linguists argue that hashtagging

968-635: A losing record, the baseball team won the Horizon League tournament and went to the NCAA tournament for the first time. The baseball team repeated this feat in 2014 by winning four consecutive games in the Horizon League tournament after winning just six conference contests during the regular season. They went on to defeat the 2-seed at the Bloomington Regional, Indiana State, for their first NCAA tournament win in program history. In 2006,

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1056-611: A majority owner of the team alongside Craig Spencer, who was with the previous ownership group. In 2018, Jaworski was appointed to be the chairman of the league's executive committee. Jaworski also helped establish two other teams in the AFL, the Albany Empire in 2018 and the Atlantic City Blackjacks in 2019. He served as a partner owner of both of these franchises, but was not involved in the football operations of

1144-463: A search within Instagram for the hashtag #bluesky returns all posts that have been tagged with that term. After the initial hash symbol, a hashtag may include letters, numerals or other punctuation. The use of hashtags was first proposed by American blogger and product consultant Chris Messina in a 2007 tweet. Messina made no attempt to patent the use because he felt that "they were born of

1232-497: A single hashtag can be used for any number of purposes, and that the accepted meaning of a hashtag can change with time. Hashtags intended for discussion of a particular event tend to use an obscure wording to avoid being caught up with generic conversations on similar subjects, such as a cake festival using #cakefestival rather than simply #cake. However, this can also make it difficult for topics to become "trending topics" because people often use different spelling or words to refer to

1320-477: A spectator said the team looked like Penguins as they stomped the floor and swung their arms. Without the team having an official nickname, fans took a liking to the word. A second account states that, on the way to West Liberty State with up to two feet of snow on the roads, passengers in Bennett Kunicki's car were discussing possible nicknames. "Penguins" was brought up and was well received by everyone in

1408-519: A winning record. It was the only winless team in college basketball during the 2009–10 season. Behind Horizon League Coach of the Year Bob Boldon and Honorable Mention All-American Brandi Brown, YSU had a 23-10 record in 2013 and was selected to the 2013 WNIT . Current head coach John Barnes led the program back to the WNIT and a 21-11 record in 2014-15. In his first 10 years, Barnes has amassed

1496-618: Is a morphological process and that hashtags function as words . The popularity of a hashtag is influenced less by its conciseness and clarity, and more by the presence of preexisting popular hashtags with similar syntactic formats. This suggests that, similar to word formation , users may see the syntax of an existing viral hashtag as a blueprint for creating new ones. For instance, the viral hashtag #JeSuisCharlie gave rise to other popular indicative mood hashtags like #JeVoteMacron and #JeChoisisMarine. Ron Jaworski Ronald Vincent Jaworski (born March 23, 1951), nicknamed " Jaws ",

1584-708: Is also used for hashtag purposes on its various social media accounts. A member of the Horizon League , Youngstown State University sponsors teams in nine men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports: YSU has been particularly successful in, and is most recognized for, football. The program started in the 1930s and is one of the leading programs in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA), YSU has won four FCS national championships , third behind North Dakota State (7) and Georgia Southern (6), with all of them coming under former head coach Jim Tressel . Tressel, who left

1672-689: Is an American former professional football quarterback who played 17 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Youngstown State Penguins and was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the second round of the 1973 NFL draft . After spending four seasons mostly as a backup for the Rams, Jaworski was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 1977, where he would lead

1760-534: Is in a select group of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins . Slocum was replaced by Jerrod Calhoun in 2017. In his first six years, Calhoun has produced four winning seasons and a 96-96 record. Calhoun's success includes the Horizon League regular season championship and an invitation to compete in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Kendrick Perry , who played at Youngstown State from 2010-11 through 2013-14, played in

1848-432: The 1982 strike-shortened season , Jaworski led the Eagles to a 3–6 record, as the Eagles missed the playoffs for the first time since 1977. Following the season, Eagles head coach Dick Vermeil retired, and was replaced by defensive coordinator Marion Campbell . Jaworski and the Eagles' struggles continued into 1983 , as the Eagles posted a 5–11 record. In 1984 , Jaworski led the Eagles to a 5–7–1 record before he suffered

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1936-617: The American Dialect Society 's New Words Committee. Messina's suggestion to use the hashtag was not immediately adopted by Twitter, but the convention gained popular acceptance when hashtags were used in tweets relating to the 2007 San Diego forest fires in Southern California. The hashtag gained international acceptance during the 2009–2010 Iranian election protests ; Twitter users used both English- and Persian -language hashtags in communications during

2024-594: The COVID-19 pandemic , Instagram hashtags were shown in a 2022 article to foster scientific education and promote remote learning. During the April 2011 Canadian party leader debate , Jack Layton , then-leader of the New Democratic Party , referred to Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper 's crime policies as "a [ sic ] hashtag fail" (presumably #fail). In 2010 Kanye West used

2112-601: The Miami Dolphins to backup quarterback Dan Marino . Jaworski did not appear in any games in the 1987 season , and appeared in two games during the 1988 season . He was released by the Dolphins following the 1988 season. In August 1989, Jaworski signed with the Kansas City Chiefs . While initially backing up quarterback Steve DeBerg , Jaworski made his first start in three years in Week 4 after DeBerg

2200-717: The NBA Development League and now competes for Unicaja of the Spanish Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League. The Youngstown State women’s basketball team began competing as an official member of the athletic department in the 1975-76 season under Head Coach Joyce Ramsey. Ramsey coached the Penguins for seven seasons and retired with a .694 winning percentage (93-41), the best of the program’s seven coaches. Ed DiGregorio

2288-662: The Philadelphia Soul franchise of the Arena Football League , where he also briefly served as the league's Executive Committee Chair from 2018 to 2019 . He is also the founder and CEO of Ron Jaworski Golf, which owns and manages several golf courses across the Delaware Valley region. Jaworski was born and raised in Lackawanna, New York . A three-sport star in high school, he turned down

2376-502: The Philadelphia Soul , an expansion franchise in the Arena Football League . The team began play in the 2004 season , and Jaworski served as the team's president until 2009, when the league went into hiatus due to economic issues. After the league returned in 2010 , Jaworski led an effort to bring back the Soul, and the team returned to play for the 2011 season . With the departures Bon Jovi and Sambora as co-owners, Jaworski now served as

2464-529: The dollar sign (e.g., $ XRX ). In July 2012, Twitter began supporting the tag convention and dubbed it the "cashtag". The convention has extended to national currencies, and Cash App has implemented the cashtag to mark usernames. Hashtags are particularly useful in unmoderated forums that lack a formal ontological organization. Hashtags help users find content similar interest. Hashtags are neither registered nor controlled by any one user or group of users. They do not contain any set definitions, meaning that

2552-409: The "#HELSINKI2018 Meeting". Hashtags have been used to gather customer criticism of large companies. In January 2012, McDonald's created the #McDStories hashtag so that customers could share positive experiences about the restaurant chain, but the marketing effort was cancelled after two hours when critical tweets outnumbered praising ones. In 2017, the #MeToo hashtag became viral in response to

2640-504: The #MFLtwitterati hashtag demonstrates the uses of hashtags for creating community and sharing teaching resources. The majority of participants reported positive impact on their teaching strategies as inspired by many ideas shared by different individuals in the Hashtag. Emerging research in communication and learning demonstrates how hashtag practices influence the teaching and development of students. An analysis of eight studies examined

2728-557: The 1927–28 season. The team has competed in the NAIA from 1946–47 until joining NCAA Division II competition in 1960–61. The Penguins joined Division I competition in 1981–82, which was also the last season the team was coached by long-time coach Dom Rosselli. Over 38 seasons, Rosselli compiled a record of 589–388 (.603). Upon joining Division I competition, the Penguins competed in the Ohio Valley Conference until

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2816-564: The 1988–89 season. After four seasons as an independent, the Penguins competed in the Mid-Continent Conference from 1992–93 until joining the Horizon League in the 2001–02 season. Although the team has competed in NCAA Division I and has been a member of three separate conferences, the men's basketball team has yet to win a conference championship in either the regular season or conference tournament. Since joining

2904-519: The 2009 season. Eric Wolford , a Youngstown native who has been labeled a top recruiter at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level, was named the sixth head coach in school history on Dec. 15, 2009; a highlight of Wolford's second season was a 2011 victory over eventual National Champion North Dakota State. Youngstown native Bo Pelini was announced as the seventh head coach in school history on Dec. 16, 2014. Overall, YSU has made 11 playoff appearances since Division I FCS (then Division I-AA)

2992-521: The 2012–13 season, the NBA has allowed fans to vote players in as All-Star Game starters on Twitter and Facebook using #NBAVOTE. Hashtag-centered biomedical Twitter campaigns have shown to increase the reach, promotion, and visibility of healthcare-related open innovation platforms. Political protests and campaigns in the early 2010s, such as #OccupyWallStreet and #LibyaFeb17 , have been organized around hashtags or have made extensive usage of hashtags for

3080-588: The 2021 season. The Penguins' primary athletic facilities are Stambaugh Stadium (football) and the Beeghly Center (basketball, swimming, and volleyball). Indoor track and field events are held at the Watson and Tressel Training Site ("The WATTS") located next to Stambaugh Stadium, with outdoor track and field events and soccer matches being held at Farmers National Bank Field on the opposite side of Stambaugh Stadium. The Lady Penguins softball team competes at

3168-579: The 2022–23 season. All of the final SBL members, including YSU, became C-USA associates. In February 2019, the university announced the addition of women's lacrosse and return of men's swimming and diving. YSU previously competed in men's swimming and diving from 1949 through 1951 and 1964 through 1984. Women's lacrosse joined the Mid-American Conference as an affiliate member for the MAC's new women's lacrosse conference competition beginning in

3256-640: The 23–21 loss to the New Orleans Saints , and was subsequently named the starter for the remainder of the season. In Week 7, Jaworski was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week after a 16–14 victory over the Dallas Cowboys , where he threw for 380 yards and one touchdown. In a Week 10 game against the Atlanta Falcons , he tied an NFL record with a game-winning, 99-yard touchdown pass in overtime to Mike Quick . Jaworski would lead

3344-463: The Eagles hit a brick wall, as the Eagles suffered four turnovers and fell behind to a 14–3 halftime deficit. From there, the Raiders kept on with their attack to prevail 27–10 over the Eagles. Jaworski completed 18 of 38 passes for 291 yards while throwing a touchdown and three interceptions with a lost fumble. In 1981 , Jaworski led the Eagles to another strong start to the season, going 7–1 through

3432-401: The Eagles to a 7–9 finish on the season, finishing 6–6 as the starter. At the end of the 1985 season, head coach Marion Campbell was fired and was replaced by former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan . Leading up to the 1986 season , Ryan had planned for recently acquired quarterback Matt Cavanaugh to be the team's starter, however, Ryan ultimately changed his mind days before

3520-663: The Eagles to an 11–5 record and a second-straight wild card berth. In the Wild Card game against the Chicago Bears , Jaworski led the Eagles out of a 17–10 halftime deficit as the Eagles rallied to beat the Bears 27–17. Jaworski completed 12 of 23 passes for 204 passing yards with three touchdowns and one interception. In the divisional round game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , the Eagles quickly fell behind to

3608-400: The Eagles to four consecutive playoff appearances, including a division title and the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance in 1980 . After 10 seasons with the Eagles, Jaworski signed with the Miami Dolphins , where he would spend two seasons as a backup. After his playing career, Jaworski worked as an NFL analyst on ESPN from 1990 to 2017. From 2004 to 2019, he served as an executive of

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3696-679: The Game: The Evolution of the NFL in Seven Sundays , was published. The book highlights seven games in NFL history which greatly changed the strategies and tactics used in professional football. Jaworski was one of the primary investors and advisors for the Elite Football League of India , which was founded in 2011. Other prominent investors in the league included Brandon Chillar , Mike Ditka , Michael Irvin , Mark Wahlberg , and Kurt Warner . Jaworski runs

3784-491: The Horizon League in the 2001–02 season, the men's basketball team has never finished higher than a tie for fourth. The program had its first back-to-back winning seasons in 29 years in 2011-12 and 2012–13 and was invited to the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament . The program was coached by Jerry Slocum for 12 seasons from 2005 to 2017 and concluded his coaching career with a 142-232 record. Overall, Slocum amassed 699 victories throughout his college coaching career. He

3872-624: The NFC Championship Game, the Eagles would face their division rival, the Dallas Cowboys . In frigid conditions at Veterans Stadium , the Eagles pulled off a strong rushing attack as they went on to defeat the Cowboys 20–7, advancing to their first ever Super Bowl in franchise history. The Eagles went into Super Bowl XV as slight favorites over the AFC-champion Oakland Raiders . However, Jaworski and

3960-550: The Rams to a 22–5 victory over the Green Bay Packers , where he completed 14 of 24 passes for 174 yards and an interception. The next week, Jaworski made his first career start for the final week of the season, where he led the Rams to a 10–3 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers . Entering the playoffs, there was speculation as to whether James Harris was healed enough to return or if Jaworski would start for

4048-526: The YSU Softball Complex, with the baseball team hosting their games at the off-campus Eastwood Field . Hashtag A hashtag is a metadata tag that is prefaced by the hash symbol , # . On social media , hashtags are used on microblogging and photo-sharing services such as X (former name as Twitter) or Tumblr as a form of user-generated tagging that enables cross-referencing of content by topic or theme. For example,

4136-727: The Year Award from UPI , and a selection to the Pro Bowl . Jaworski also finished third in AP NFL MVP voting. Facing the Minnesota Vikings in the divisional round, the Eagles trailed 14–7 at halftime, but Jaworski and the Eagles responded by outscoring the Vikings 24–2 in the second half, resulting in a 31–16 Eagles win. Jaworski completed 17 of 38 passes for 190 passing yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. In

4224-461: The car. The nickname was mentioned to members of the team at the gym that evening, and they thought it was perfect. The nickname was unanimously accepted by the student body that year without a formal poll. The nickname was formally introduced in The Jambar , the campus newspaper, on December 15, 1933. Informally, YSU is often called Guins for short as a rallying cry (e.g. "Go Guins!"), which

4312-409: The divisional round game against the St. Louis Cardinals . It was only minutes before gametime when Jaworski was informed by head coach Chuck Knox that he would be starting. In his playoff debut, Jaworski completed 12 of 23 passes for 203 yards with both a passing and rushing touchdown, en route to a 35–23 victory to advance to the NFC Championship Game. Despite Jaworski's performance, he was not named

4400-514: The events. Hashtags have since played critical roles in recent social movements such as #jesuischarlie , #BLM , and #MeToo . Beginning July 2, 2009, Twitter began to hyperlink all hashtags in tweets to Twitter search results for the hashtagged word (and for the standard spelling of commonly misspelled words). In 2010, Twitter introduced " Trending Topics " on the Twitter front page, displaying hashtags that are rapidly becoming popular, and

4488-554: The first eight games. However, the Eagles went 3–5 in the second half of the season, but still clinched a wild card spot for their fourth consecutive playoff appearance. In the Wild Card game against the New York Giants , the Eagles were unable to overcome 20 first quarter points scored by New York, and despite their best efforts, they ultimately fell to the Giants 27–21. Jaworski went 13 of 24 for 154 yards and one touchdown. In

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4576-554: The fourth quarter. However, Steve Bartkowski and the Falcons responded late with two touchdowns, and although Jaworski brought the Eagles to the Falcons' 16-yard-line with just 13 seconds to play, punter/kicker Mike Michel missed what would have been a game-winning 34-yard field goal, and the Eagles fell 14–13. As of 2024, this Falcons-Eagles playoff game is believed to be first and only time in NFL history where both starting quarterbacks were of Polish heritage. In 1979 , Jaworski led

4664-526: The franchises in order to prevent a potential conflict of interest due to his ownership of the Soul. After the 2019 season , however, the league folded, and the Philadelphia Soul, Albany Empire, and Atlantic City Blackjacks each shut down. During Jaworski's time as an executive for the Soul, the team won three ArenaBowl championships ( XXII , XXIX , and XXX ). Jaworski is also a published author. In 2010, his first book, The Games That Changed

4752-408: The hashtag contains unspaced characters, separated from preceding and following text by spaces (e.g., '我 #爱 你' instead of '我#爱你') or by zero-width non-joiner characters before and after the hashtagged element, to retain a linguistically natural appearance (displaying as unspaced '我‌#爱‌你', but with invisible non-joiners delimiting the hashtag). Some communities may limit, officially or unofficially,

4840-414: The hashtag to make it easy for lay users without specialized knowledge of search protocols to find specific relevant content. Therefore, the hashtag "was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages". The first published use of the term "hash tag" was in a blog post "Hash Tags = Twitter Groupings" by Stowe Boyd, on August 26, 2007, according to lexicographer Ben Zimmer , chair of

4928-493: The information or message that appears with the hashtag. "My arms are getting darker by the minute. #toomuchfaketan". Another function of the hashtag can be used to express personal feelings and emotions. For example, with "It's Monday!! #excited #sarcasm" in which the adjectives are directly indicating the emotions of the speaker. Verbal use of the word hashtag is sometimes used in informal conversations. Use may be humorous, such as "I'm hashtag confused!" By August 2012, use of

5016-596: The internet, and owned by no one". Hashtags became entrenched in the culture of Twitter and soon emerged across Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. In June 2014, hashtag was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as "a word or phrase with the symbol # in front of it, used on social media websites and apps so that you can search for all messages with the same subject". The number sign or hash symbol , # , has long been used in information technology to highlight specific pieces of text. In 1970,

5104-662: The largest in Division I FCS. The Penguins have sent over 20 players to the NFL. Brandian Ross spent the 2014 season with the Oakland Raiders , and Donald Jones , who played three seasons with the Buffalo Bills , was forced to retire in 2013 due to non-football related health reasons. The most notable Youngstown State alumni to play in the NFL are Jeff Wilkins , Ron Jaworski , Paul McFadden , and Cliff Stoudt . The Youngstown State men's basketball team began with

5192-530: The network. Jaworski himself was not aware of his future with the network, as he was still under contract with ESPN. Reports eventually came out that ESPN wanted to retain Jaworski, but parent company Disney ultimately blocked it. Jaworski also worked as a color commentator for Tampa Bay Buccaneers preseason games on WFLA-TV from 2003 to 2006 . Jaworski frequently appeared on 97.5 The Fanatic as an Eagles analyst, and hosted The Ron Jaworski Show on

5280-552: The number of hashtags permitted on a single post. Misuse of hashtags can lead to account suspensions. Twitter warns that adding hashtags to unrelated tweets, or repeated use of the same hashtag without adding to a conversation can filter an account from search results, or suspend the account. Individual platforms may deactivate certain hashtags either for being too generic to be useful, such as #photography on Instagram, or due to their use to facilitate illegal activities. In 2009, StockTwits began using ticker symbols preceded by

5368-550: The number sign was used to denote immediate address mode in the assembly language of the PDP-11 when placed next to a symbol or a number, and around 1973, '#' was introduced in the C programming language to indicate special keywords that the C preprocessor had to process first. The pound sign was adopted for use within IRC ( Internet Relay Chat ) networks around 1988 to label groups and topics. Channels or topics that are available across an entire IRC network are prefixed with

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5456-421: The phenomenon of hashtag activism. The use of hashtags, especially, in this case, allowed for better and easier access to search for content related to this social media movement. The use of hashtags also reveals what feelings or sentiment an author attaches to a statement. This can range from the obvious, where a hashtag directly describes the state of mind, to the less obvious. For example, words in hashtags are

5544-489: The promotion of discussion. Hashtags are frequently employed to either show support or opposition towards political figures. For example, the hashtag #MakeAmericaGreatAgain signifies support for Trump, whereas #DisinfectantDonnie expresses ridicule of Trump. Hashtags have also been used to promote official events; the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially titled the 2018 Russia–United States summit as

5632-423: The same topic. For topics to trend, there must be a consensus, whether silent or stated, that the hashtag refers to that specific topic. Hashtags may be used informally to express context around a given message, with no intent to categorize the message for later searching, sharing, or other reasons. Hashtags may thus serve as a reflexive meta-commentary. This can help express contextual cues or offer more depth to

5720-407: The season opener against the Atlanta Falcons , however, Jaworski left the game due to a fractured right shoulder. Backup Pat Haden relieved Jaworski, and led the Rams to a 30–14 victory. In Week 6 against the Chicago Bears , Haden was injured, and Jaworski, although not yet fully recovered, came in and preserved a 20–12 victory. Jaworski started the next week against the New Orleans Saints , but he

5808-416: The season opener, and he named Jaworski the starter. Jaworski led the Eagles to a 2–4 start before he was sidelined due to an elbow injury he suffered just before a Week 7 game against the Dallas Cowboys . Jaworski returned the next week, but was injured again after hurting his finger in Week 10 against the New York Giants . The injury would end Jaworski's season, as Randall Cunningham would replace him. After

5896-456: The season, Jaworski was released by the Eagles, ending his ten-season tenure with the team. He finished with a 69–67–1 record as the Eagles' starter, and held the franchise records for quarterback wins, passing yards, pass completions, pass attempts, and passing touchdowns at the time of his release. Although each of these records were eventually broken by Donovan McNabb , Jaworski still ranks second as of 2024. In August 1987, Jaworski signed with

5984-508: The seat, but he was waived by the Chiefs in July 1990 and subsequently retired from professional football. In his 17-season career, Jaworski threw for 28,190 yards, 179 touchdowns, and 164 interceptions, while also rushing for 859 yards and 16 touchdowns. Following his retirement, Jaworski joined ESPN as an NFL studio analyst in 1990. He mainly appeared as an analyst on NFL Matchup , where he

6072-584: The sexual harassment accusations against Harvey Weinstein . The use of this hashtag can be considered part of hashtag activism , spreading awareness across eighty-five different countries with more than seventeen million Tweets using the hashtag #MeToo. This hashtag was not only used to spread awareness of accusations regarding Harvey Weinstein but allowed different women to share their experiences of sexual violence . Using this hashtag birthed multiple different hashtags in connection to #MeToo to encourage more women to share their stories, resulting in further spread of

6160-587: The significance of trending hashtags has become so great that the company makes significant efforts to foil attempts to spam the trending list. During the 2010 World Cup, Twitter explicitly encouraged the use of hashtags with the temporary deployment of "hashflags", which replaced hashtags of three-letter country codes with their respective national flags. Other platforms such as YouTube and Gawker Media followed in officially supporting hashtags, and real-time search aggregators such as Google Real-Time Search began supporting hashtags. A hashtag must begin with

6248-631: The softball team earned its first Horizon League championship by winning four consecutive games as the fifth seed in the conference tournament and qualified for the NCAA regional softball tournament. The Penguins added a women's bowling team in 2015–16. The team competed as an independent until joining the Southland Bowling League (SBL) in 2018. The team remained in the SBL until that league agreed to merge into Conference USA (C-USA) following

6336-500: The starter for the NFC Championship, as James Harris was deemed healthy enough to return. However, Harris reaggravated his shoulder injury after just two passes in the game, and Jaworski came in as a backup. He completed 11 of 22 passes for 147 yards, but threw two interceptions in the 37–7 loss to the Dallas Cowboys . Entering the 1976 season , Jaworski was named the Week 1 starter after James Harris fractured his thumb. In

6424-403: The station from 2019 to 2021. Since 2022, Jaworski has worked for NBC Sports Philadelphia as an analyst on Eagles Pregame Live and Eagles Postgame Live , where he works alongside Michael Barkann , Barrett Brooks , and Reuben Frank. Also since 2022, Jaworski has also appeared as a weekly guest on Joe DeCamara and Jon Ritchie 's show on 94.1 WIP . Throughout his NFL career, Jaworski

6512-409: The strongest predictor of whether or not a statement is sarcastic —a difficult AI problem. Hashtags play an important role for employees and students in professional fields and education. In industry, individuals' engagement with a hashtags can provide opportunities for them develop and gain some professional knowledge in their fields. In education, research on language teachers who engaged in

6600-501: The term "hashtag rap " to describe a style of rapping that, according to Rizoh of the Houston Press , uses "a metaphor, a pause, and a one-word punch line , often placed at the end of a rhyme". Rappers Nicki Minaj , Big Sean , Drake , and Lil Wayne are credited with the popularization of hashtag rap, while the style has been criticized by Ludacris , The Lonely Island , and various music writers. On September 13, 2013,

6688-485: The university following the 2000 season to coach at Ohio State and later returned to YSU as president from 2014 to 2023, helped the Penguins claim titles in 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1997, as well as runner-up finishes in 1992 and 1999. His successor, Jon Heacock , did not win a national championship, but still delivered consistent seasons and took them to a national semifinal appearance in 2006 (losing to eventual national champion Appalachian State ) prior to resigning following

6776-468: The use of embedded capitals (i.e., CamelCase ) increases legibility and improves accessibility. Languages that do not use word dividers handle hashtags differently. In China, microblogs Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo use a double-hashtag-delimited #HashName# format, since the lack of spacing between Chinese characters necessitates a closing tag. Twitter uses a different syntax for Chinese characters and orthographies with similar spacing conventions:

6864-553: The use of hashtags in K–12 classrooms and found significant results. These results indicated that hashtags assisted students in voicing their opinions. In addition, hashtags also helped students understand self-organisation and the concept of space beyond place. Related research demonstrated how high school students engagement with hashtag communication practices allowed them to develop story telling skills and cultural awareness. For young people at risk of poverty and social exclusion during

6952-1817: Was an avid golfer, as he spent many off-days at courses. While with the Eagles in 1979, Jaworski and teammate John Bunting managed a golf club in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania . In 1984, Jaworski purchased a club in Gloucester County, New Jersey , which is today Tall Pines State Preserve . Today, Jaworski is the CEO of Ron Jaworski Golf, which is based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey . The company owns and operates eight courses throughout Pennsylvania , Delaware , and New Jersey , including: Blue Heron Pines Golf Club in Galloway Township, New Jersey , Back Creek Golf Club in Middletown, Delaware , Downingtown Country Club in Downingtown, Pennsylvania , Honey Run Country Club in York, Pennsylvania , Ramblewood Country Club in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, RiverWinds Golf Tennis Club in West Deptford Township, New Jersey , Running Deer Golf Club in Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey , and Valleybrook Country Club in Blackwood, New Jersey . In 2003, Jaworski, along with an ownership group that included Bon Jovi members Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora , founded

7040-606: Was benched due to poor play. Jaworski went 1–2 as starter, but suffered a sprained knee in Week 6 against the Los Angeles Raiders . Steve DeBerg returned as the starter for the Chiefs, and Jaworski did not appear in a game for the remainder of the season. Following the 1989 season , Jaworski contemplated retirement, and he was seen as a potential candidate to replace James Florio in the United States House of Representatives . He ultimately never ran for

7128-438: Was benched for Haden in the fourth quarter after completing just 3 of 11 passes for 15 yards. James Harris would start at quarterback for the remainder of the season, and Jaworski would only appear in two other games. In March 1977, Jaworski was traded by the Rams to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for former All-Pro tight end Charle Young . Jaworski would be reunited with former Rams quarterbacks coach Dick Vermeil , who

7216-461: Was formed in 1978. Historically, YSU is associated with longtime coach Dwight "Dike" Beede , who, after noticing on-field confusion due to officials using whistles to signal a penalty , invented the penalty flag during a game in 1941 against now- NAIA member Oklahoma City . The flag is now standard at all football games. YSU plays its home games at Stambaugh Stadium , nicknamed "The Ice Castle", which has an official capacity of 20,630, one of

7304-493: Was hired as head coach prior to the 1983-84 season and remained in the same position for 20 years. He led the Penguins to 320 wins, six 20-win seasons and three NCAA tournaments – in 1996 , 1998 and 2000 . The 1998 team finished with a 28-3 record and beat Memphis in the opening round of the NCAA tournament for the program’s first postseason victory. Following the 1999-2000 season, the fifth consecutive season with at least 20 wins, Youngstown State went 12 straight seasons without

7392-522: Was noted for his skill in breaking down teams' strategies and gameplans. Jaworski also served as a reporter on Sunday NFL Countdown . In 2006 , Jaworski worked a game as a color commentator with Brad Nessler and Dick Vermeil during the opening-night doubleheader of Monday Night Football . The next season , Jaworski was selected to replace Joe Theismann as a full-time color commentator for Monday Night Football , where he would work alongside Mike Tirico and Tony Kornheiser . In 2009 , Kornheiser

7480-423: Was now the head coach for the Eagles. In the 1977 season , Jaworski started all 14 games for the Eagles, leading them to a 5–9 record on the season. In 1978 , Jaworski led the Eagles to a 9–7 record, clinching both a wild card spot and the franchise's first postseason appearance in 18 years. In the Wild Card game against the Atlanta Falcons , Jaworski helped the Eagles jump to a 13–0 lead that they would hold into

7568-522: Was replaced by Jon Gruden as the other color commentator on the broadcast with Jaworski. Following the 2011 season , ESPN announced that the Monday Night Football broadcast team would be reduced to just Tirico and Gruden. Jaworski, however, signed a five-year contract extension with ESPN to remain as an NFL analyst on other programming. In 2017, it was reported that Jaworski, along with a number of other ESPN analysts, would be laid off by

7656-409: Was selected in the second round of the 1973 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams . Jaworski was named the third-string quarterback, backing up John Hadl and James Harris , and only appeared in a total of five games through his first two seasons. In 1975 , Jaworski saw his first major playing time in Week 13, when starter James Harris suffered a shoulder injury three plays into the game. Jaworski led

7744-459: Was still intended to be the starter for the Eagles, although Cunningham was intended to be Jaworski's successor in the future. However, after a poor performance in Jaworski's return from his leg injury in the 1985 season opener, he was benched and replaced by Randall Cunningham for Week 2. Jaworski returned to significant playing time in Week 5, when Cunningham was benched in the second quarter due to poor play. Jaworski threw for three touchdowns in

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