Interative CFB Fan Map

[Ericvol2096]

To me this is awesome.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/upshot/ncaa-football-fan-map.html (article)

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/upshot/ncaa-football-map.html#5,37.807,-93.701 (map)

Tennessee has 18 zip codes in Virginia and 5 in NC.

Bama has 8 zip codes in TN, I think it's time to send them packing!

Surprised Vandy has 10 zip codes...thought it would be more like 1 haha!

Memphis is a disappointment!

 

[LouderVol]

thats really cool. funny how Maine is mostly Florida fans. winter birds i guess

 

[volfanbill]

I'm sure volprof will come in here to prove me wrong (probably even has some other sorts of stats), but I just don't see how Carolina gets the majority like that. ECU, NC St and Appy St were a far more dominating presence just from a simple eye test. I was always amazed at how little UNC, Duke and Wake Forest stuff I would see in the whole state.

 

[LouderVol]

also texans in the dakotas was interesting.

 

[alaVOL]

Even though the late 90's was a good time for us Vol fans here in northern Alabama, I've got to say I think I see more Vol stickers and tags now than back then. We Big Orange fans in Bubba land would love to help turn a few zips in Bama the right way.

 

[golfballs]

it's based on facebook likes. is that a good measure?

 

[Toujours Pret]

Be interesting to see a 10 or 20 year progression

 

[bamawriter]

it's based on facebook likes. is that a good measure?

It's better than some methods I've seen. When a paper or website takes a poll on fandom, as soon as a couple of folks become aware of the poll it simply becomes a contest to see which fanbase can drum up enough people to vote in the poll, usually more than once.

 

[golfballs]

It's better than some methods I've seen. When a paper or website takes a poll on fandom, as soon as a couple of folks become aware of the poll it simply becomes a contest to see which fanbase can drum up enough people to vote in the poll, usually more than once.

This is essentially just a survey of facebook users. Which is still a lot of people so it's a decent measure i guess.

I think a study of TV viewing would be more representative

 

[bamawriter]

This is essentially just a survey of facebook users. Which is still a lot of people so it's a decent measure i guess.

I think a study of TV viewing would be more representative

But then you get skewed by cable vs broadcast, primetime vs early morning, etc. It's not a bad method, but I'm not sure that unsolicited facebook likes aren't more representative.

 

[golfballs]

But then you get skewed by cable vs broadcast, primetime vs early morning, etc. It's not a bad method, but I'm not sure that unsolicited facebook likes aren't more representative.

I'm sure there's a way to control for such variables.

 

[volfanbill]

maybe Florida does lead the state of Maine, but at only 8% of the vote, I don't think it matters significantly enough to color the zipcodes Florida blue.

 

[joevol33]

Be interesting to see a 10 or 20 year progression

Tennessee will have zip codes everywhere by then. You know, after the dynasty has been established.