Little surprise on numbers but I do find Birmingham's numbers on following college football amazing. 85%
The authors did make some probable errors on most popular teams saying Auburn ahead of other SEC teams.
We can guess on 3 things:
1. LSU has more fans per resident in a state that than either Alabama school. Has the same population and the state stops for LSU football on Saturdays.
2. Ditto for Arkansas and probably even more die hard, . The state is smaller but it is wild.
3. Bama owns the state of AL not Auburn.
I will leave Fla and Ga out of the conversation, even though we know because of the states being bigger they have more veiwers.
The Aggies will probably jump way up the list... 10% of Texas is more than anyone in the SEC. Add the SEC product and suddenly Aggies are really an important addition in Houston and Dallas. Big 12 TV has to be concerned.
The SEC makes itself a player in 5 of top 10 markets by adding just the Aggies.
Looking at this does make you wonder if two Texas Teams would have been better. But the top 20 includes the Mo. and North Carolina-VA markets.
It is interesting even if it is wrong. They cannot really think the Irish have fallen this far.
It is like they forget ND fans are life long and just dormant, similar to Cowboy fans.
J.
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