NY Times Article: The Geography of College Football

• krambman

  

  http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/the-geography-of-college-football-fans-and-realignment-chaos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+nyt/rss/Sports+(NYT+>+Sports)&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimessports
  
  This is a very interesting read when considering why conferences choose certain schools when they decide to expand.
  
  One thing of note, Rutgers is the most popular college football team in the NY television market, with a sizable lead ahead of Notre Dame, so adding Rutgers would make it more likely for the BTN to get onto TV in New York than adding Notre Dame would. S&L finally has some hard data instead of just anecdotal evidence or alumni numbers to support his argument.
  
  I also found it interesting that the most popular team in America in terms of viewership and support is, yep, The Ohio State University. Michigan is second and Penn State is third, proving yet again that the B1G is the most popular conference in college football.
• OneBuckeye

  

  great read thanks!
• gorocks99

  

  Interesting article. Obviously not an exact science, as they point out, but it does show some trends. Thanks for sharing.
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  Not sure where all these Rutgers fans are hiding here in the NYC area! They all must be down the shore while the rest of us are watching our games at our alumni bars haha
  
  PS, hey Automatik, nice meeting you last weekend!
• Tiernan

  Suck on this Cats Gone Wild and Speedofsand. Stats don't lie. Great find Krambman.
• ts1227

  

  Tiernan;904125 wrote:Suck on this Cats Gone Wild and Speedofsand. Stats don't lie. Great find Krambman.

  
  Keep in mind that this isn't too surprising, as the only things left to do in the Rust Belt are manufacture meth and watch football.
• June18

  Pretty cool. If I was a numbers guy my head would be spinning.
• Tiger2003

  

  Tiernan;904125 wrote:Suck on this Cats Gone Wild and Speedofsand. Stats don't lie. Great find Krambman.

  
  You are right stats don't lie. 5 in a row until that ends other conferences don't have much room to talk.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  I'm a big fan of "Gography"
• Pick6

  

  ernest_t_bass;907899 wrote:I'm a big fan of "Gography"

  nobody gives a fuck
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Pick6;907905 wrote:nobody gives a fuck

  OOOOOO. Yeah!