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Great article: The Geography of College Football
Absolutely geek-tastic - from the New York Times:
I am fascinated by the derived statistic that shows that one of the least densely populated areas of the country has the highest percentage following college football.
According to this, statistically speaking, the "most popular" programs across the board are Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State.
Take note: this is kind of a long article, though tables make up most of it.
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Re: Great article: The Geography of College Football
I was just looking at that article.
Not sure how much of it is really accurate, though.
But I'm am happy to see Auburn so high on the overall list and the SEC list regardless!
I do, however, completely believe that this area of the country has the highest percentage of football followers. After all, "In Alabama the only thing bigger than football is God, and sometimes not by much."...or so the saying goes.
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This comment made a lot of sense to me:
"Interesting except a couple of eye tests would lead to not believe some of the data. Two examples are Duke football having more fans than NCstate and Kansas having more than Kansas State.. I have been to lived in both of these areas of the country and I just can believe either scenario holds true. My only conclusion is that this 'survey' was commingling hoops fans with actual money paying, tv watching fans of these schools (which is what matters)... other than that, very interesting."
I live in the middle of both K-State and KU country. There is a good even split in my area, but if you go further east, it's entirely purple. However, compared to areas where KU is highly popular, the areas were K-State is popular are a lot less populated. However, when you ask them about sports, it's die-hard. Which is why all this talk about K-State being left out in the wind is so painful. We bleed purple, the season opening football game is called a Family Reunion for a reason. Hopefully, though, we don't get left out in the wind. Promise, guys, we are good fans and our programs are decent!
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Thanks for sharing. I am a Rutgers fan who lives in the NYC area, and while all of my friends are RU fans as well- we went to school there so we are rooting for our alma mater - not rooting for the local team because they are the local college team. I can tell you the general population are not Rutgers fans. In NYC/NJ, professional sports rule. For every Rutgers fan, there are a ton more JETS fans and even more Giants fans.
It's hard for college football to break in when you have 2 NY teams, and then the Eagles in South Jersey. Not to mention, like the article did, we have a ton of transplants who have their teams, pro or college, already.