Found this kind of interesting.
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...-college-football-fan-base-2017?sf108291927=1
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...-college-football-fan-base-2017?sf108291927=1
Ranking CFB Fan Happiness
- Thread starter CloniesForLife
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Neither did Nebraska's, until I remembered how hopelessly stuck in the past Husker fans are.
I don't disagree with our place in the big 12 but being in a power 5 conference has me a hell of a lot happier than being a mid or low conference bottom feeder.
Both fan bases are passionate and there are no professional sports teams in the state.
Heh,heh,heh!
A little compassion for us bottom feeders. Where else would ISU go for away non league games?
I didn't mean bottom feeders in the sense of non power 5 but the teams that are actually terrible.Heh,heh,heh!
I wish it stated what teams they used for rivals for some of these teams. I would consider OU both Texas and OK Lite biggest rival, so which do they figure for OU? Or do they do both?
Also I think overall happiness should include things such as attendance and other fan related stats, not just football related stats. Twitter is the only fan related criteria. Revenue barely has anything to do fans, it's more about contracts.
Also I think overall happiness should include things such as attendance and other fan related stats, not just football related stats. Twitter is the only fan related criteria. Revenue barely has anything to do fans, it's more about contracts.
Methodology includes 6 points, and about half make no sense to me. I don’t link general fan happiness with revenue growth or recruitment rankings. Those are niche obsessions — they may be important in the overall sense, but I wouldn’t use them to measure fan contentment.
Rivalry dominance might have more impact if the methodology contained 15 or 20 categories. Maybe they consider rivalry results as it applies to recruiting advantage. That doesn’t apply the same way with all rivalries.
Look at Iowa State’s summary:
“Cyclones fans are annoyed with struggles against rival Iowa.”
Yeah, it’s always annoying to lose to Iowa. But that hasn’t been the sole disappointment in the past 5 years (I'd rank it maybe 8th of the top 10 on the ISU Discontent List).
Rivalry dominance might have more impact if the methodology contained 15 or 20 categories. Maybe they consider rivalry results as it applies to recruiting advantage. That doesn’t apply the same way with all rivalries.
Look at Iowa State’s summary:
“Cyclones fans are annoyed with struggles against rival Iowa.”
Yeah, it’s always annoying to lose to Iowa. But that hasn’t been the sole disappointment in the past 5 years (I'd rank it maybe 8th of the top 10 on the ISU Discontent List).
I'll be happy as long as tailgating is legal. That seems like a logical category to add.
