re: Why is CFB way more popular in the south than NFL?

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You can say oh it’s because these states don’t have a pro team but most actually do and CFB is still way more popular.

Most of the rural south is all CFB. Even Louisiana is way more pro LSU than pro Saints. Georgia is more pro UGA than pro Falcons. Tennessee, Florida and so on. Texas is probably the only state that’s slightly more pro Cowboys than CFB but it’s still got a massive CFB foot print.

There’s got to be more to it than that.

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1) CFB has been around longer

2) The only two NFL teams in the south that have enjoyed any decent sustained measure of success are Miami and Dallas, and both of those had their successes more than 20 years ago. And, those two cities aren't really even southern cities, especially Miami.

I mean you have Texans, Jags, Titans (had popularity as the Oilers), Saints, Bucs, Panthers, Falcons.. all of which are in states where there is at least one college team that has had more sustained success than the NFL team.