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- diceisgod - 07-31-2002
ESPN polled the US in different categories. Listed below are some of the interesting questions and answers.
<ul>Town where baseball is favorite - Seattle (39%)
Town where baseball is least favorite - Green Bay (6%)
Town where basketball is favorite - Sacramento (36%)
State where basketball is favorite - Utah (21%)
Best fans in America - Cheeseheads (15%), NY was 2nd, Boston was 3rd and Chicago was 4th
A typical fan downs 7 beers a week while watching sports.
33% says football rules, 20% says baseball, 14% says college football, 10% says college basketball, 10% says pro basketball, 7% says hockey, 2% says NASCAR. (I know that doesn't add up to 100%, but maybe some people said goofy stuff like curling or something)
NFL is most popular in Green Bay (74%) and least popular in Seattle (16%)
Hockey is most popular in Michigan (21%) and least popular in Kansas (less than 1%)
7% of people have painted their faces.
The #1 college hoops town is a tie between Raleigh-Durham & Cincy (32%) and dead last is Sacramento (2%)
The state where NASCAR is king is West Virginia (11%) - LA, Chicago and Boston have the smallest following (less than 1%)
The average hours per week watching sports on TV is 13 hours.
The most hated fans in the country are, of course, Philly fans (19%), NY was a close 2nd at 18%. </ul>
Also they polled every state to find out what was their favorite sport and the results were:
-NFL(31 states), MLB(8 states), college football(8 states), college hoops(2 states), NBA(1 state)
- Tequila - 07-31-2002
Quote:A typical fan downs 7 beers a week while watching sports.Are you sure thats a week or each game.
- GonzoStyle - 07-31-2002
Quote:Town where baseball is favorite - Seattle
Bullshit.
- diceisgod - 07-31-2002
Quote:Bullshit.Agreed. You have to take into account all of the slopes that like to stuff ballots. Obviously they did not.
- GonzoStyle - 07-31-2002
ohh res ichiro is numba one, any pwoblems?
- The Sleeper - 08-01-2002
Best baseball town is probably St. Louis
- Galt - 08-01-2002
Quote:Best baseball town is probably St. Louis
You only say that in a blatant attempt to piss me off.
- The Sleeper - 08-01-2002
Cliff Floyd likes splooge on his face