This is pretty cool. Shows how divided North Carolina is compared to other states...though somehow they left off UNC...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/upshot/ncaa-football-map.html?_r=1#7,35.850,-76.094

10/3/2014 11:08:52 AM

yeah, leaving unc off has to be a mistake.

I'd say it's probably UNC, State, ECU, App, Duke, Wake...in that order for NC. And that's just for NC schools. I'm sure there's some random team like Ohio State or something that has more fans that Wake Forest in NC.

But in reality, more people probably identify as UNC football fans just because they're UNC basketball fans. But I'd argue State and ECU definitely have a more die hard, passionate fan base than UNC football.

10/3/2014 11:27:08 AM

Quote :

"And North Carolina doesn't control even a single ZIP code. They instead yield to Duke, North Carolina State, Wake Forest and East Carolina, even though none are a football powerhouse."

10/3/2014 11:33:27 AM

^lol at "none of them are a football powerhouse"....i mean, welcome to college football in north carolina

also, that NYT page is saying there was an issue with the UNC data and it expects to have corrected data soon

[Edited on October 3, 2014 at 3:01 PM. Reason : d]

10/3/2014 2:59:41 PM

They must have lumped Duke and UNC together or something initially. There's no way there's that many Duke football fans.

[Edited on October 3, 2014 at 3:17 PM. Reason : .]

10/3/2014 3:16:13 PM

Did it changed! Lol. I looked this morning and now ECU is no where to be found. A red dot in sea of blue. lol

10/3/2014 4:52:04 PM

That is shameful that UNC has that much support. Lying cheating piece of shit school.

GT gets zero love in Georgia. I am very surprised at the USC dominance in SC and VT dominance in VA. Also I figured FSU would have more of Florida than UF, but UF has an amazing redneck following and central to northeast Florida is loaded with trashy rednecks.




[Edited on October 3, 2014 at 5:05 PM. Reason : sd]

10/3/2014 5:04:16 PM

Why would you be surprised about VT? What the hell has UVA ever won in football?

10/3/2014 9:49:21 PM

those are some big ass zip codes

10/3/2014 10:24:45 PM

Why the hell is UNC football so popular in Montana

10/3/2014 11:08:26 PM

27606 here thank god. RED!!!

from the 28411....BLUE

10/4/2014 12:00:29 AM