(08-01-2022 09:18 AM)johnintx Wrote:  Basketball has to come into play here. There are lots of televised games to work with.

Oklahoma is a football blueblood with a proud and decent basketball program that has relatively little fan interest. Kansas has a putrid football program with little fan interest, but a blueblood basketball program that won the national championship last season. But with all that, OU has 1.7 million fans, and KU has a million?

And no other B12 school besides Texas can even break a million.

I just took a look at the Excel spreadsheet for the study and you’re correct it’s a survey asking about people’s favorite school (football/basketball) to root for among those who attended/watched college football games in 2021. It’s not specifically asking about favorite college football or basketball team. It’s both. They have done the study since 2017. They also have studies for those who attended/watched college basketball, NHL, NBA, MLB, NFL, MLS etc games. I’m curious to look at those when I get home on my computer.

They also ask tons of other questions like how do you watch games at home, own smartphone, cable subscriber, what’s your favorite NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, MLS team (if any). Thus, for the attended/watched college football survey (the one we’re talking about), the Atlanta Braves are the second most popular MLB team, not far behind the Yankees. At first, I was a bit thrown off by this but then it occurred to me that southerners/SEC people make up a big share of those who attend/watch college football, and thus, they disproportionately like the Atlanta Braves.