Saturday, October 10, 2009

America Has Spoken...

I got this in my e-mail today and thought it was interesting. Harris Interactive (the same ones who do the college football poll and other surveys) did a survey on the most popular NFL teams. Granted, it's a fairly small sample size of fans in the survey (2,334) but some interesting results overall. Some highlights:

  • For the 4th year in a row, Dallas Cowboys are the most popular team, with Pittsburgh coming in 2nd.
  • Jacksonville Jaguars are the least popular team in America. 
  • Proving that bandwagons do exist, the Arizona Cardinals jumped from #24 to #16.
  • I'm actually surprised that the Bears came in at #3, ahead of New England, both New York teams, and the Packers.
  • The Titans made the biggest jump, going from #25 to #9.
  • Only 51% of the participants surveyed claim to follow the NFL.  I have a hard time grasping that half of our country cares nothing about sports.
  • The results of the poll on this site have absolutely no correlation to the results of the Harris Poll.

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/pubs/Harris_Poll_2009_10_07.pdf

1 comment:

  1. I have always been a strong believer in being loyal to the teams in and near to your hometown. I cant stand to see someone pulling for a team just because they happen to be having a good season (bandwagon jumpers). I am from the same area as you and I read the article in the Times Daily about your search for a team. With that being said, I think you should choose a team that is the closest to were you were raised (hometown). The nearest NFL teams for you probably are the Tennessee Titans and the Atlanta Falcons. I dont recall exactly were you were raised (I know its in North AL.)so I dont know which is closer, but my guess would be the Titans. I hope I helped a little bit. Good Luck.
    Martee

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