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Where College Football Means the Most
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 2:18 pm
by gumby
Cool NYT graphic. Very light in the West (outside of Eugene). I'd imagine a hoops version would show dark colors in Tucson and light colors elsewhere in the West.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/08/upsho ... 0002&abg=0
SEC? Yeah, bit crazed. Sure explains why most of the attention is east of the Mississippi. Fresno outpaces anywhere else in California. Texas is lighter than I would've expected.
Re: Where College Football Means the Most
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 2:23 pm
by Merkin
Texas is surprising.
Maybe they like HS football or the NFL better?
Larry Scott should take note on why he won't be getting SEC or Big-10 money from Directv.
Re: Where College Football Means the Most
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:39 am
by Puerco
I wonder how the map if affected by relying only on Facebook likes. Is liking something on Faccebook really an indication of whether one really likes something? I know there are a lot of things in life that I like, including college football, which I do not like on Facebook.
Re: Where College Football Means the Most
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:40 am
by CatsbyAZ
I'm guessing that a lot of us could've predicted that map. At least the well domestically-traveled of us like myself.
Minnesota is a pro sports state all they way. Viking, vikings, vikings. Whereas for Iowa and Nebraska their Hawkeyes and Huskers act as the state's pro teams.
Arizona doesn't come across so binary - local pro or college - because beneath the PHX & Tucson sports media monopolization of the Suns/DBacks/Cards and Wildcats respectively, you have so many midwest transplants bringing along their allegiances to the Packers, Viking, Badgers, Jayhawks, Nittany Lions, etc.
Re: Where College Football Means the Most
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:23 am
by ANGCatFan
Re: Where College Football Means the Most
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 4:48 pm
by gumby
Puerco wrote:I wonder how the map if affected by relying only on Facebook likes. Is liking something on Faccebook really an indication of whether one really likes something? I know there are a lot of things in life that I like, including college football, which I do not like on Facebook.
It's not science, but it rings true. Have a Nebraska family across the street. None of them graduated from there,
but holy cow! Entire state is on that bandwagon.
Re: Where College Football Means the Most
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:52 pm
by Merkin
gumby wrote:Puerco wrote:I wonder how the map if affected by relying only on Facebook likes. Is liking something on Faccebook really an indication of whether one really likes something? I know there are a lot of things in life that I like, including college football, which I do not like on Facebook.
It's not science, but it rings true. Have a Nebraska family across the street. None of them graduated from there,
but holy cow! Entire state is on that bandwagon.
I have some cousins that grew up in Ohio, very large family. Ended up in Tennessee. None of the boys went to college, yet all 4 of them wear tOSU shirts and caps in their group pictures.
