ESPN SportsNation Maps.

[Хahar 🤔]

This one is fun:

How does Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick's strong backing of Manti Te'o affect your belief in Te'o's role in the hoax?

More inclined to believe Te'o was a victim: 31%
No more inclined to believe Te'o was a victim: 69%

No surprise where the support is strongest.

[CountryRoads]

lol Utah. I wonder if Bushie thinks hes a victim?

[traininthedistance]

The SEC is horribly overrated, especially Alabama

Your grasp of college football is apparently just as strong as your grasp of history.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

The SEC is horribly overrated, especially Alabama

Your grasp of college football is apparently just as strong as your grasp of history.

It's just his anti-South bias spreading beyond politics.

[Mr. Morden]

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:

[7,052,770]

That's a fascinating map.  I'd love to see one for college football too.

[Sbane]

I told you guys the Raiders were popular in Southern California.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

I really, really want to see the NHL and MLB.

[Napoleon]

My team wins a single county.

[traininthedistance]

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:

Was totally going to post this.  Awesome map, and more up-to-date than the old stuff at http://www.commoncensus.org/.

Now let's all join together and laugh at the New York Jets, and their one measly piddling little county.  (I wonder whether Nassau is larger or smaller than the Jaguars' area here, it has to be close.)

[traininthedistance]

Also, the fact that Southside Virginia is Dallas Cowboys country really frightens me.  All the Steelers territory in the Carolinas is a little confusing, too.  I know they have a national following, but I'd expect the Panthers to extend a little further.  Really, the restrained circles of Redskins and Panthers fans in VA/NC/SC is the only part of the map that has me confused.

The Raiders having the largest LA following is unsurprising, of course.

[Napoleon]

Now let's all join together and laugh at the New York Jets, and their one measly piddling little county.  (I wonder whether Nassau is larger or smaller than the Jaguars' area here, it has to be close.)

At least the Jets can win a county within their own metro. lol raiders.

[traininthedistance]

My team wins a single county.

Apparently the Tim Tebow signing was just as successful off the field as it was on the field!

[patrick1]

Being a Jets and Mets fan is not about being popular or happy. It takes a special person to continually get kicked in the nuts and keep coming back for more. However, there is something to be said for loyalty and it does generate some excellent gallows and black humor. And for me this is part of the allure of being a fan. These teams are always finding new ways to disappoint and test your patience.  Out of my office window I can see Citi Field in the distance.  I can't wait for some mediocre to awful baseball.  

[traininthedistance]

Now let's all join together and laugh at the New York Jets, and their one measly piddling little county.  (I wonder whether Nassau is larger or smaller than the Jaguars' area here, it has to be close.)

At least the Jets can win a county within their own metro. lol raiders.

Yeah, they really should just move back to Los Angeles.  I wouldn't be that surprised if they do, in fact.

[Napoleon]

I'd kill myself if I had to be a Mets fan and a Jets fan. I'm glad you're sober now patrick but you certainly have an excuse.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Being a Jets and Mets fan is not about being popular or happy. It takes a special person to continually get kicked in the nuts and keep coming back for more. However, there is something to be said for loyalty and it does generate some excellent gallows and black humor. And for me this is part of the allure of being a fan. These teams are always finding new ways to disappoint and test your patience.  Out of my office window I can see Citi Field in the distance.  I can't wait for some mediocre to awful baseball.  

Mets fans are the best in any sport.  It's not close, either.

[patrick1]

I'd kill myself if I had to be a Mets fan and a Jets fan. I'm glad you're sober now patrick but you certainly have an excuse.

Haha, also an Islanders fan in addition to waiting for a 1st rd Knicks playoff exit but you can always hope.  I enjoy my teams and this is my (dirty) set of laundry to root for for life. It's a nice distraction and diversion if you keep it in the proper context.

It's not your fault...

[traininthedistance]

Being a Jets and Mets fan is not about being popular or happy. It takes a special person to continually get kicked in the nuts and keep coming back for more. However, there is something to be said for loyalty and it does generate some excellent gallows and black humor. And for me this is part of the allure of being a fan. These teams are always finding new ways to disappoint and test your patience.  Out of my office window I can see Citi Field in the distance.  I can't wait for some mediocre to awful baseball.  

Mets fans are the best in any sport.  It's not close, either.

Y'know, if I was pressed I'd have to say that the best fans in American sport are Seahawks fans.  Deeply passionate, loyal through lots of lean years, but also generally intelligent and respectful.  And completely ignored, because Seattle is far away, so they don't get excessively romanticized like Browns or (sorry) Mets fans.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Wonder how close Lancaster is. There's a close divide between Eagles and Steelers fans from what I've seen.

[Gass3268]

I love the Packer county in the Florida Panhandle, lol

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I love the Packer county in the Florida Panhandle, lol

Not as funny as the inexplicable Steelers domination of Hawaii and South Carolina.

[traininthedistance]

I love the Packer county in the Florida Panhandle, lol

Not as funny as the inexplicable Steelers domination of Hawaii and South Carolina.

Hawaii is explicable- they're so far away from everything that it makes sense they'll just root for the team with the most "national" follwing, and that's between the Steelers and Cowboys.  South Carolina is much more surprising.

[tmthforu94]

Neat - surprised there aren't more KC fans in Nebraska.

[Thomas D]

Who are you rooting for 49ers or Ravens

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.