ESPN SportsNation Maps.

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Good job, America.

BAHAHAHAHA....you seriously think after all that stuff Vick had go through with the dogfighting s*** that he'd even be a candidate for being "likeable".

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Who are you rooting for? ND or Alabama

ND-Blue-53%
AL-Red-47%

Hey, West Virginia! Wat r u doin!!?!?!?!

Yes, Nick Saban is from WV
Yes, I agree Nick Saban is the messiah
Yes, Nick Saban tried to get us into the SEC
Yes, Notre Dame beat us in the 1988 Natl championship AND in Morgantown in 2000.

But...IT'S STILL THE SEC! THE SYMBOL OF EVIL

I'm surprised Florida is in the Alabama camp and Texas is in the Notre Dame camp.

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This is interesting.  Maps of NFL fandom generated by Facebook mapping which teams got the most "likes" in every county in the USA:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-science/nfl-fans-on-facebook/10151298370823859



And most common friends:

Wow. The Houston Texans are like the LA Clippers of the NFL when it comes to fanbases.

The 49ers(red) have 52% of the vote but the Ravens have 278 electoral votes. I take this as a sign that the south really doesn't like San Francisco. Not the team. The city.

A lot of people in Houston Texas are rooting for the Ravens, because they beat the Patriots which beat the Texans. If the Pats were in the SB Texas would be a grey state on that map.

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I think another big factor into why the South is rooting for Baltimore is because of the Atlanta Falcons losing to the 49ers.

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Really surprised Mississippi isn't rooting for the 49ers tomorrow because of Patrick Willis and Anthony Dixon

There's a slight (but not much) number of Falcons fans there. Most Falcons fans are going for the Ravens for revenge against the 49ers, which beat them.

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NFL teams, map based on population.

According to this map there needs to be a team in Utah.

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First there needs to be a team in LA.

That's true. But so far Goddell is very reluctant to do so, in addiction to the current LA politics that doesn't give a damn about football.

Very likely under Goddell's leadership a medium sized city like San Antonio, Portland, and Salt Lake City are more likely going to have a team before LA.

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But usually if the Jazz makes the playoffs they have to play on Sundays, and when they do they sell-out. I don't that should be a problem if an NFL team in UT plays on Sundays. They can probably become the "Monday Night" team if there becomes a problem with Sunday attendance.

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It's in the best interests of the NFL not to have a team in Los Angeles. Back in the '80s and early '90s, it was common for baseball teams to threaten to move to Tampa Bay in order to get a stadium from the metropolitan area anxious to keep them; the Giants did it and the White Sox did it and the Indians in Major League did it. When baseball actually put a team in Tampa Bay, they lost that ability.

They haven't really lost that ability, the city now the MLB teams usually threaten to move is San Antonio, Texas. The Miami Marlins 7 years ago nearly did that.

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What is your stance on having the Super Bowl in cold-weather cities without a domed stadium?

For it: 56%
Against it: 44%

Obvious pattern is obvious?

I don't see it...

In the warmer climate states they are against it, and in the colder climate states they are for it.

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First there needs to be a team in LA.

That's true. But so far Goddell is very reluctant to do so, in addiction to the current LA politics that doesn't give a damn about football.

Very likely under Goddell's leadership a medium sized city like San Antonio, Portland, and Salt Lake City are more likely going to have a team before LA.

The NFL needs to do exactly two things: the Los Angeles Raiders, and the San Antonio Jaguars. 

The Toronto Bills would be nice except that it would kill the CFL and that wouldn't really be sporting.  So they can stay in Buffalo and try and win the hearts of Ontario from across Niagara Falls, and if they really want to move to SLC or Portland or Virginia Beach someday then I guess that wouldn't be the end of the world.

(The Saints play in a metro area that's just about as small as Buffalo, but they have a much stronger regional draw, for many good reasons.  So they're fine in NO.)

Thank you, yes. Please stay out of Toronto.

Besides, I don't think the NFL would last in Toronto. They never sell out that silly game the Bills hold every year at the Rogers Centre.

If the NBA can last in Toronto, the NFL could.

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Which team should be ranked No. 2 behind Florida State?

Choices are "Undefeated Ohio State" (53%) and "One-loss Auburn" (47%). No points for guessing which color is which.

why is the West pro-OH St?