RANKING SEC Fan Bases by Average IQ

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UTK said:
Understand your point but to be fair it’s “fanbases” not alumni. The majority of UFs fanbase never actually went to UF. Just like the majority of other major SEC fanbases.
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Oh, I don't know. I think the vast majority of UF fans went there. I'm sure some relatives and friends of students might also be fans, but the great majority I think were students at some time.

Your point is more likely to be true of what I would refer to as "commuter schools." U Miami comes to mind. The school is pretty small but when they were in their heyday the city's masses embraced their cultural "in your face" paradigm and, if you were unlucky enough to go to a game at their "stadium," I daresay half the people in the stands didn't even know where the campus was, much less had ever been enrolled.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Oh, I don't know. I think the vast majority of UF fans went there. I'm sure some relatives and friends of students might also be fans, but the great majority I think were students at some time.

Your point is more likely to be true of what I would refer to as "commuter schools." U Miami comes to mind. The school is pretty small but when they were in their heyday the city's masses embraced their cultural "in your face" paradigm and, if you were unlucky enough to go to a game at their "stadium," I daresay half the people in the stands didn't even know where the campus was, much less had ever been enrolled.
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Hmm




www.sbnation.com

Who's got the most sidewalk alumni, per Facebook?

Sooo many Notre Dame fans didn't go to Notre Dame, but that's OK!
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lawgator1 said:
Oh, I don't know. I think the vast majority of UF fans went there. I'm sure some relatives and friends of students might also be fans, but the great majority I think were students at some time.

Your point is more likely to be true of what I would refer to as "commuter schools." U Miami comes to mind. The school is pretty small but when they were in their heyday the city's masses embraced their cultural "in your face" paradigm and, if you were unlucky enough to go to a game at their "stadium," I daresay half the people in the stands didn't even know where the campus was, much less had ever been enrolled.
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UF has 415k alumni. you are assuming that about 1/5 of that shows up to every game? plus how ever many don't actually go into the game, and then that leaves maybe only a couple hundred thousand to watch on TV?
 
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lawgator1 said:
Oh, I don't know. I think the vast majority of UF fans went there. I'm sure some relatives and friends of students might also be fans, but the great majority I think were students at some time.
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You... can't honestly believe that, right? Florida's the flagship university of the third most populous state in the country. It's a major athletics brand. I'd be floored if more than 25% of the fanbase held degrees from UF. That's not a dig at Florida fans either, it's the case for absolutely every prominent program in the country.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Oh, I don't know. I think the vast majority of UF fans went there. I'm sure some relatives and friends of students might also be fans, but the great majority I think were students at some time.

Your point is more likely to be true of what I would refer to as "commuter schools." U Miami comes to mind. The school is pretty small but when they were in their heyday the city's masses embraced their cultural "in your face" paradigm and, if you were unlucky enough to go to a game at their "stadium," I daresay half the people in the stands didn't even know where the campus was, much less had ever been enrolled.
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I’d bet that’s true for most places.
 
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TrumpedUpVol said:
You... can't honestly believe that, right? Florida's the flagship university of the third most populous state in the country. It's a major athletics brand. I'd be floored if more than 25% of the fanbase held degrees from UF. That's not a dig at Florida fans either, it's the case for absolutely every prominent program in the country.
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Truthfully, I have no idea across that broad a swath. I can only tell you that in my own experience when I see people in UF gear and ask about it, the vast, vast majority of the time they tell me what years they went and we have things to compare about our experiences there.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Truthfully, I have no idea across that broad a swath. I can only tell you that in my own experience when I see people in UF gear and ask about it, the vast, vast majority of the time they tell me what years they went and we have things to compare about our experiences there.
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Most of the time when I ask, they pause to pick their nose.
 
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If you’ve graduated from knickers to long pants, you might be old enough to recall the large swath of states without professional football teams. In these, college football ruled. Folks grew up fans of their state universities’ teams. This has carried forward generationally to today, when professional football teams have proliferated outside of the industrial Midwest and Northeast. Still, the college game has loyal fans who’ve never set foot on campus. GBO.
 
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Hahaha, cough, Hahahaha!!!! Seriously though, GA should be higher, HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Sorry, it’s just very funny!!!
 
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Tin Man said:
If you’ve graduated from knickers to long pants, you might be old enough to recall the large swath of states without professional football teams. In these, college football ruled. Folks grew up fans of their state universities’ teams. This has carried forward generationally to today, when professional football teams have proliferated outside of the industrial Midwest and Northeast. Still, the college game has loyal fans who’ve never set foot on campus. GBO.
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Yeah,that was part of my reasoning for it and I know most of the deep south states didn't/don't have a pro team for years so most gravitate to the college teams.
 
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Tin Man said:
If you’ve graduated from knickers to long pants, you might be old enough to recall the large swath of states without professional football teams. In these, college football ruled. Folks grew up fans of their state universities’ teams. This has carried forward generationally to today, when professional football teams have proliferated outside of the industrial Midwest and Northeast. Still, the college game has loyal fans who’ve never set foot on campus. GBO.
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I’ll take that even further by pointing out that the most successful NFL franchises exist in areas where college football is less successful. Granted every NFL team has some playoff years, but very few areas win the Super Bowl and compete for the NCAA championship. It’s not an absolute truth, yet a conceivable concept.

I’m thinking about San Francisco, New England, Green Bay, Kansas City and Pittsburgh winning the most Super Bowls.

In comparison, Wolverines/ Lions, Dolphins/ Hurricanes, Bulldogs/ Falcons, Tigers/ Saints.

Even the Trojans have gone downhill since the Rams moved back to LA.
 
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