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Why is CFB way more popular in the south than NFL?
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:55 am
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:55 am
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.
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.
This post was edited on 2/13/24 at 5:57 am
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Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:58 am to turnpiketiger
quote:
CFB way more popular in the south than NFL?
Based on what exactly?
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:59 am to turnpiketiger
Price.
Most current southern NFL franchises are relatively new.
The older ones like the Falcons and Saints are in transplant cities where more came in with fans than developed... plus they have mostly sucked throughout their histories.
College was a more fun game until recently and more affordable.
Most current southern NFL franchises are relatively new.
The older ones like the Falcons and Saints are in transplant cities where more came in with fans than developed... plus they have mostly sucked throughout their histories.
College was a more fun game until recently and more affordable.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:59 am to turnpiketiger
I do love those NFL teams in Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:01 am to turnpiketiger
Tradition.
Tennessee was successful for more than 70 years before the Titans.
Florida has 3 schools and the only success was in Miami which is basically Cuba in location.
The falcons have sucked since their inception and so have the Saints other than a few years.
Tennessee was successful for more than 70 years before the Titans.
Florida has 3 schools and the only success was in Miami which is basically Cuba in location.
The falcons have sucked since their inception and so have the Saints other than a few years.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:03 am to AmosMosesAndTwins
Based on living and traveling throughout the southeast.
The panhandle beaches are the perfect example. 90% of the sports gear you’ll see is SEC teams.
Driving through towns you’ll see SEC team flags on homes, SEC team decals on cars, license plates etc. the only pro team you might see is the Braves
The panhandle beaches are the perfect example. 90% of the sports gear you’ll see is SEC teams.
Driving through towns you’ll see SEC team flags on homes, SEC team decals on cars, license plates etc. the only pro team you might see is the Braves
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:04 am to SECdragonmaster
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Tradition
Working in Houston it’s a struggle when you talk to at work and they’re not into CFB at all. I’m like dude wtf is wrong with you?
It’s always the transplants too. The Texans have their CFB teams.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:11 am to turnpiketiger
Because the band plays neck and STTDB
You can’t be saying STSaintDB
You can’t be saying STSaintDB
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:11 am to turnpiketiger
The South has always been college football, the Northeast has always been pro football.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:18 am to SECdragonmaster
quote:
Florida has 3 schools and the only success was in Miami which is basically Cuba in location.
Hurricanes have the most but to say the ONLY success in FL is there is a stretch
Hurricanes - 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, and in 2001
Gators - 1996, 2006, 2008
'Noles - 1993, 1999, and 2013
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:20 am to turnpiketiger
Just my opinion, but when the NFL started it was pretty much in the northeast and Midwest, not completely but for the most part.
Southerners turned their football attention to their local college teams since their wasn’t a pro-team.
It was ultimately more accessible, especially in a time where the only news on a game came in the form of newspaper print. You could actually see LSU play, or you could read about some team from Central Pennsylvania playing a team from NYC. There’s nothing to relate you to that NFL game.
Then it became tradition, tradition is hard to overcome even now with TV, Internet, and social media making the NFL more accessible than ever.
Also those dumb blackout rules the NFL stood by for years hurt them way more than help them build fans.
Southerners turned their football attention to their local college teams since their wasn’t a pro-team.
It was ultimately more accessible, especially in a time where the only news on a game came in the form of newspaper print. You could actually see LSU play, or you could read about some team from Central Pennsylvania playing a team from NYC. There’s nothing to relate you to that NFL game.
Then it became tradition, tradition is hard to overcome even now with TV, Internet, and social media making the NFL more accessible than ever.
Also those dumb blackout rules the NFL stood by for years hurt them way more than help them build fans.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:24 am to AmosMosesAndTwins
quote:
Based on what exactly?
Numbers of people attending CFB games and TV viewers…exactly.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:26 am to turnpiketiger
quote:
Working is a struggle when you talk to at work and they’re not into CFB at all. I’m like dude wtf is wrong with you?
I hate people at work who are obsessed with pro sports/NFL. They obsess over what they’re gonna do on Sundays for the games. Who gives a frick.
Worst is making it through fantasy football talk in the fall.
This post was edited on 2/13/24 at 6:28 am
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:26 am to Emteein
Interesting to see if that holds up in the future with NIL, Bowl Game Opt-outs and Transfer Portals being a huge part of College Football.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:35 am to Donkus
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Mississippi
Small “Akchtooalleee”
The MS coast (and even aways up toward Jackson) is more Saints than many places in Louisiana and in my experience more Saints than any MS teams.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:37 am to turnpiketiger
The NFL started in the Midwest, then expanded to the Northeast half a century before it was anywhere near the south. Remember...while the NFL started in 1920...there were professional teams in the Upper Midwest from the late 1800s.
There was an NFL team in Louisville, Kentucky...it lasted for 5 seasons (21-26)
Here's where the NFL franchises were in the 20's and 30s (when people started listening to games on the radio and building a fanbase).
The first NFL team in the South that lasted for more than a year was the Dallas Cowboys in 1960...that same year, the Houston Oilers started up in the AFL...(Technically, the Dallas Texans were in the league in 1952...but they only lasted 1 season).
You finally got a team in the Southeast in 1966 with the addition of the Miami Dolphins in the AFL and the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL.
So...if you just go by the NFL as the starting timeline for pro football (which isn't really accurate)...If you lived in the Southeast, you only had teams from other parts of the country to follow from 1920 until 1966. You finally got the Saints in 1967.
In 1995 you got the addition of the Panthers...then the Oilers moved to Tennessee in 1997.
So...you tend to support the same program your parents and grandparents support...because they were the ones who took you to games or watched/listed to them with you growing up. While the NFL was establishing themselves in other parts of the country...college football became the staple in the Southeast.
There was an NFL team in Louisville, Kentucky...it lasted for 5 seasons (21-26)
Here's where the NFL franchises were in the 20's and 30s (when people started listening to games on the radio and building a fanbase).
The first NFL team in the South that lasted for more than a year was the Dallas Cowboys in 1960...that same year, the Houston Oilers started up in the AFL...(Technically, the Dallas Texans were in the league in 1952...but they only lasted 1 season).
You finally got a team in the Southeast in 1966 with the addition of the Miami Dolphins in the AFL and the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL.
So...if you just go by the NFL as the starting timeline for pro football (which isn't really accurate)...If you lived in the Southeast, you only had teams from other parts of the country to follow from 1920 until 1966. You finally got the Saints in 1967.
In 1995 you got the addition of the Panthers...then the Oilers moved to Tennessee in 1997.
So...you tend to support the same program your parents and grandparents support...because they were the ones who took you to games or watched/listed to them with you growing up. While the NFL was establishing themselves in other parts of the country...college football became the staple in the Southeast.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:43 am to AUCom96
quote:What?
The older ones like the Falcons and Saints are in transplant cities
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:46 am to turnpiketiger
quote:Do TV ratings bear this out?:
Even Louisiana is way more pro LSU than pro Saints.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:48 am to turnpiketiger
Woke
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:48 am to turnpiketiger
I think it's because the NFL went woke crazy. They are a business and not everyone is in tune with taking the knee or them getting into a political fray.
We tuned in to see football and not to see political stunts.
When and if CFB goes there, I'll be watching marble shooting, Curling, or Little League.
We tuned in to see football and not to see political stunts.
When and if CFB goes there, I'll be watching marble shooting, Curling, or Little League.
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