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Mapping College vs. Pro Football Fans
College football still dominates in the South.
With football season right around the corner, ESPN asks, "Which season are you most looking forward to" — college or pro? It turns out NFL fans lead in the site’s online poll (which had over 100,000 respondents when I wrote this post) with 62 percent of the votes, compared to 38 percent for college football.
What's even better, ESPN mapped the votes by state (above, click here for ESPN’s interactive map). On this map, blue is for pro sports, red for college ball. Darker blue means a higher share of pro sports fans, while darker red means more college fans. On ESPN’s site, you can scroll over the map for the actual percentage breakdown of pro vs. college fans.