(07-19-2017 10:26 AM)Lush Wrote:  i'd say high school football is more popular than uc football

This. And OSU football. Probably UK football as well.

My take on Houston:

1) TEXANS (no doubt about it)

2) Astros/Rockets

3) Houston/A&M football

4) UT-Austin football

5) LSU football

6) High school football

7) Dynamo soccer

8) Cougar basketball

9) Rice Owl football

10) Cougar baseball

11) Houston Dash soccer

12) Rice Owl baseball

13) Texas Southern football

14) Rice Owl basketball

15) Houston Track & Field

16) Houston Baptist sports

17) Sugar Land Skeeters (minor league baseball)


In Houston it's clear the NFL's Texans are at the top, win or lose. The Astros and Rockets fall right behind, and their ranking depends on who's winning. After that, college football rules, with the biggest winner getting the most press. The last couple years that's been the Coogs, so Houston has been a Houston town. If the Coogs are losing, we fall down below UT/A&M/LSU.

Just my $0.02. Your perspective may differ.

(07-19-2017 02:18 PM)Moody Magic Wrote:  

(07-19-2017 12:32 PM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  Greenville / Eastern NC

Tier 1:
ECU Football

Tier 2:
ECU Baseball
High School Football

Tier 3:
NFL Football (Panthers and some other teams because the Panthers are fairly young)

Tier 4:
NASCAR
Soccer
Golf

Tier 5:
College basketball
Air hockey
Fooseball




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I'm really surprised by your ranking of college basketball. I get that ECU might not capture everyone's attention but I thought hoops ruled the entire state of NC. Similat to Indiana. Is Greenville the exception to the rule in NC?

Wishful thinking.


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Tier 1:
UF/FSU football, NFL

Tier 2:
SEC football, Magic Basketball, UF/FSU basketball, UMiami football

Tier 3:
UCF Football

Tier 4:
Orlando City Soccer

Tier 5:
High school football, MLB Spring Training baseball

Tier 6:
UCF men's basketball/ Orlando Solar Bears

(07-19-2017 02:45 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(07-19-2017 10:26 AM)Lush Wrote:  i'd say high school football is more popular than uc football

This. And OSU football. Probably UK football as well.

I don't know about all this.

High School football doesn't have the juice like it used to. With the exception of Colerain and the GCL South schools, attendance is not what it used to be. Even with the GCL they aren't drawing crowds like they did back in the early 2000s when Elder and Colerain would pack 35,000 into Nippert. Today they are lucky to get half of that.

You probably have an argument with OSU football, but UK football does not move the meter in town. Most of the UK fans I have come across in Cincinnati are extremely casual CFB fans (they'll watch whatever is on TV). They are hardcore Cincinnati Bengals/UK Basketball fans (although I do not know a few OSU football/UK basketball fans).

More accurate:

Tier 1:

ECU Football
College Basketball (ACC) during basketball season

Tier 2:
NFL (Panthers)
ECU Baseball

Tier 3:
NHL (Hurricanes)
NASCAR

Tier 4:
NBA (Hornets)

Tier 5 / Not listed:
ECU Basketball

No comment.

The only state that loves its college hoops more than Kansas is Indiana. In the state:

TIER 1:
KU/WSU basketball (nationally, KU gets an obvious edge, but recently the state has become a hair more yellow than blue)

TIER 2:
Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas State football
Kansas City Royals

TIER 3:
Wichita State baseball
Kansas State basketball

TIER 4:
Wichita Wingnuts baseball
Wichita Thunder hockey
Wichita Wild indoor football

TIER 5:
My nephew's 3rd grade Biddy Basketball team

TIER 6:
KU football

In all honesty, not pretty for us.

OU
OSU
Cardinals baseball
Dallas Cowboys
TU/Tulsa Drillers (tied)
Royals baseball
Roughnecks (soccer)
Rangers baseball
Athletics (soccer)

1) TEXANS- They've sold out every game and draw around 950,000 viewers per game in the market. I don't get it because I find them boring but they dominate the market

2) Astros-Rockets. This year, I'd give the edge to the Astros because of the season they are having, but Houston is a bandwagon town so whoever is winning bigger will draw better numbers

3) UH football- We've done a good job of capturing some casual fans. Our local tv numbers on ABC have been solid and the crowd at the OU game was 70%+ pro Coog. However, if we start to lose this year, it'll fall off quickly.

4) A&M, LSU, UT football. These 3 can change positions depending upon how the season is going, but my casual observation is the bumper stickers/t-shirts/flags for these 3 schools are roughly the same

5) Dynamo

6) Rice Football

Everything else is likely too small to measure.

(07-19-2017 02:46 PM)TheOrigamiJimmyChin Wrote:  My take on Houston:

1) TEXANS (no doubt about it)

2) Astros/Rockets

3) Houston/A&M football

4) UT-Austin football

5) LSU football

6) High school football

7) Dynamo soccer

8) Cougar basketball

9) Rice Owl football

10) Cougar baseball

11) Houston Dash soccer

12) Rice Owl baseball

13) Texas Southern football

14) Rice Owl basketball

15) Houston Track & Field

16) Houston Baptist sports

17) Sugar Land Skeeters (minor league baseball)


In Houston it's clear the NFL's Texans are at the top, win or lose. The Astros and Rockets fall right behind, and their ranking depends on who's winning. After that, college football rules, with the biggest winner getting the most press. The last couple years that's been the Coogs, so Houston has been a Houston town. If the Coogs are losing, we fall down below UT/A&M/LSU.

Just my $0.02. Your perspective may differ.

If you list TSU football you have to list Prairie View football.

(07-19-2017 03:19 PM)Fake Gregg Marshall Wrote:  The only state that loves its college hoops more than Kansas is Indiana. In the state:

TIER 1:
KU/WSU basketball (nationally, KU gets an obvious edge, but recently the state has become a hair more yellow than blue)

TIER 2:
Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas State football
Kansas City Royals

TIER 3:
Wichita State baseball
Kansas State basketball

TIER 4:
Wichita Wingnuts baseball
Wichita Thunder hockey
Wichita Wild indoor football

TIER 5:
My nephew's 3rd grade Biddy Basketball team

TIER 6:
KU football

"Local sports hierarchy" - that implies local. Wichita State owns Wichita and it's not even close. K|Uck City had to close their ChicKUn gear store down at Kellogg and Rock because nobody would enter the place.

TIER 1: Wichita State

TIER 1c: ChicKUn Basketball


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Memphis IMO:
Grizzlies basketball
Tiger basketball (flip depending on records)
Tiger football
Mississippi football
Tennessee - Knoxville football
Rest of SEC football
Rest of college football
NFL
NBA
SEC basketball

Tulane's is easy

Saints
LSU Tigers

HS football

New Orleans Privateer hoops

Girls JR High hoops









Tulane football

Just ranking what I saw on campus during my time at ECU.

1.) ECU Football
2.) UNC/Duke Basketball

3.) ECU Baseball


4.) High School Football
















5.) ECU Basketball

Interesting topic for Navy.

In Annapolis itself, the coverage from the Capital-Gazette is great: on par with the two NFL teams in terms of coverage. Lots of locals who don't otherwise have a Navy connection will turn out for all 33 intercollegiate sports.

Across the region, though, there is a lot of competition for coverage/loyalty.

Ravens
Redskins
Orioles
Nationals
Wizards
Capitals
Virginia Tech football
Maryland Basketball
Maryland football
Navy football
Georgetown basketball
George Mason basketball
Maryland WBB
Navy basketball

Both the NFL and MLB demographics are split between Baltimore and DC teams, but any of the four can rate at the top by itself. Wizards still have Baltimore Bullets loyalties so they are strong. You can debate where the Caps really go as a niche sport, but they are perennial playoff team and draw accordingly.

THEN you get to college sports. Again, you could shuffle that deck different ways, but Hokies get more play in greater DC area. Maryland is the state flagship (and Marylanders LOVE the flag-themed UA uniforms).

You can argue Georgetown's relative placement (a lot of people will say it is fading) but the point is Navy hoops is really behind the power curve.

Even lacrosse - which is important enough to our alumni and fans to be near the top of the list of reasons Patriot League is a good fit - we are behind Maryland, Hopkins, and UVA.

(07-19-2017 10:01 PM)PirateJP Wrote:  Just ranking what I saw on campus during my time at ECU.

1.) ECU Football
2.) UNC/Duke Basketball

3.) ECU Baseball


4.) High School Football
















5.) ECU Basketball

nailed it.

(07-19-2017 04:12 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote:  

(07-19-2017 03:19 PM)Fake Gregg Marshall Wrote:  The only state that loves its college hoops more than Kansas is Indiana. In the state:

TIER 1:
KU/WSU basketball (nationally, KU gets an obvious edge, but recently the state has become a hair more yellow than blue)

TIER 2:
Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas State football
Kansas City Royals

TIER 3:
Wichita State baseball
Kansas State basketball

TIER 4:
Wichita Wingnuts baseball
Wichita Thunder hockey
Wichita Wild indoor football

TIER 5:
My nephew's 3rd grade Biddy Basketball team

TIER 6:
KU football

"Local sports hierarchy" - that implies local. Wichita State owns Wichita and it's not even close. K|Uck City had to close their ChicKUn gear store down at Kellogg and Rock because nobody would enter the place.

TIER 1: Wichita State

TIER 1c: ChicKUn Basketball


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Amazon is likely the main culprit for a KU themed Sports Gear STore closing. The only team specific sports gear stores thriving are located on or near college campuses.

Tier 1
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Memphis Grizzlies
Tiger Basketball

Tier 2
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Ole Miss Football
Tennessee Football

Tier 3
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Memphis Tiger football
Mississippi State Football
Arkansas Football

Tier 4
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Dallas Cowboys
Tennessee Titans
Alabama Football



More or less right. Teams are in no order inside the tiers

Football Season:

OU
OSU
TU
Arkansas

Basketball Season:
Thunder
OU/OSU
Tulsa
ORU