Interesting Google Autocomplete map.

When you type in “[X School] is” into Google, what do you get? We did a search and found some of the top autocompletes for colleges and their sports teams across the nation. It’s stereotype galore.


http://d3f5994kvuwcz1.cloudfront.net...14/02/map3.jpg

http://collegespun.com/features/goog...ss-the-nation#

The only thing I can take from this link, seeing as it doesn't show trends and seems to be all 2013 data, is that the SEC actually had a higher attendance average than the Big 12. Weird :hmmm:

Open records obtained by the Herald-Leader indicate about a 20-percent markup in attendance figures so far this season. That is to say, Lexington Center Corp. counts the ticket holders admitted into Rupp Arena, then UK announces an official attendance that is about 20 percent larger. UK's average announced attendance for home games this season is 22,662. The average number of ticket holders in Rupp Arena has been 18,110.

Former athletics director Larry Ivy said attendance was not a footnote for Kentucky in his many years at UK. It was important. "Leading the nation every year in attendance is one of those things you'd like to continue to do," he said. "I think Kentucky is a premier program. So, obviously, you'd want the number to be there."



Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/02/08/3...#storylink=cpy

I was just using your link you provided. And what it shows is that the Big East, SEC and Big 12 are all a decent amount behind the B1G when it comes to average attendance. :shrug:

6 years in a row interest has dwindled in that secondary sport just like we have been saying. People watch for office pools. Thanks for the data to back it up.

Yes, the BIG is a great conference. Still the best overall IMO. Which is why Mizzou begged them to let em in.

I'll be honest...I thought 3-4 years ago that the B1G was a better fit for Mizzou at first glance. I have no shame in admitting it. It was closer geographically for the most part and it had a better academic standing than all other conferences. I really didn't consider the SEC when talking about re-alignment...I just knew that the status quo (Big 12) was a sinking ship and hoped we would get off. I didn't consider the Pac 10 as likely either.

And when we got an actual invitation to the SEC I was excited but a little nervous. Like the majority of the country, I care more about football than basketball and going to the SEC was going to be a big step up in the level of competition. Ask me now what I think? I couldn't be happier with the way things worked out. I think the B1G is a good conference still, 2nd or 3rd best with the PAC being the other. I know all 3 are better than the big 12...something I don't think anyone outside of a KU fan would even waste their time disputing.

hmmmmm…… #1 Basketball conference in America and their best football program humiliates the best SEC program in the BCS.

But yeah, you're right…the Big 12 sucks, LMAO

A look at the top 3 basketball conferences according to RPI the past couple years:

2014: 1) Big 12 2) Big 10 3) Pac 12 ***SEASON INCOMPLETE***
2013: 1) MWC 2) Big 20 3) AAC (Big 12 in 5th place)
2012: 1) Big 10 2) Big East 3)SEC (Big 12 in 4th place)
2011: 1) Big East 2) Big 10 3) MWC (Big 12 4th again)


So here we are. With more facts that you two idiots love to ignore. Congrats on being the highest rated conference HALFWAY through one basketball season! That has to make you feel all warm and validated, huh?

Best conference? What way, overall, academics, towns, campuses, football, overall sports, what? Surely there's only one category there tat the SEC could lay claim to being tops.

You just wrote a post about missouri's conference affiliation and how much you love it.

You sure I'm the one looking for validation?

Championships speak otherwise you dumbass hillbillies ROFL

I like posting facts to refute the garbage you usually post. I also responded to PB talking about how we "begged" to be in the B1G. I was honest and said when re-alignment talk began, I thought that was our best direction. Mostly due to geographics and I wanted to continue playing Nebraska...as it had begun being a good little rivalry the last 10 years or so. And I also wrote that in hindsight, I couldn't be happier with the way things turned out. Nothing more, nothing less. Don't think any validation is needed.

I'm curious though, what do you see as the strengths of the Big 12? There are only 10 schools in it. Which do you see as flagship schools and major players? Who are the ones you feel drag the conference down?

Two things: the "hillbilly" part of Missouri is probably where Mizzou has the lowest level of fan support. Lots of Arkansas fans/alumni around here. OU and KU are also well represented.

Also, I can't let this thread move on without pointing out "Slutgers". Brilliant.

Frankly I see conference pride as something that's fine for others to get involved in but it's something I don't really understand. I pull for schools that I root for and generally don't care whether or not Texas, Kansas State, Baylor, etc do well or not. But that's just me. Typically fans of schools that get all excited about what other teams in their conference accomplish have very little to show for themselves.

I see having a 10 team league as nothing but a strength. The payout per school in the Big 12 is higher than any time in it's history and compares just the same as all the other major conferences. In football there is a schedule that involves all other conference teams which is how college athletics have decided a champion since the beginning. A conference championship game is nothing but a money grab made up by the SEC in the early 90's to boost dwindling interest amongst their fans.

I look at it the same way I do conference basketball tournaments. Sure they're fun and add some more games but the true champion is the regular season. That is why we find college sports so exciting.

The SEC is now seeing the ills of having so many teams. The schedules are inherently unfair and honestly how can anyone get that excited by such confusing institutions and mascots? For example…who do you think of when I say the Tigers? Ask three people and you'll get two answers, Auburn and LSU.

Is OkSt going to miss the tournament?

The harder they try the more they fail. Glad I can keep it rolling.

You're a Mizzou fan. You don't get to speak about "championships".

Division I-FBS football attendance in 2013: 38 million people over approximately 130 schools. The SEC led in total attendance as a conference with 7.5 million and hit 16 years of having the highest average attendance (75,674 per game) -though an SEC institution cannot claim the highest total attendance owing to two incredibly large stadiums in the Big 10, but Alabama did come in third. The Big XII-4+2 managed third in average attendance with 58,899. The SEC, PAC, Big 10 and ACC set records for average attendance in 2013.

Division I basketball attendance: a shade under 28 million with a record high number of 345 schools in 2013. The SEC came in third in average attendance ahead of the Big XII-4+2 and behind the Big Ten and the Big East.

By averages, the teams with the best attendance, in order, were: Kentucky, Syracuse, Louisville, North Carolina, Indiana, Creighton, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Ohio State and Kansas. By Conference: Big Ten (3), SEC (2), ACC (2), and the American, Big East, and Big XII tied with one.

Thread is always great for pure entertainment.

A little insight into how awful the SEC is...

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/re...-auburn-tigers

Psychologists have long noted the need for humans identifying with groups. But the levels of attachment vary tremendously. "Social Identity Theory" suggests people with an inordinate love of their group do so when it's part of their identity:



Tajfel and Turner (1979) identify three variables whose contribution to the emergence of ingroup favoritism is particularly important. A) the extent to which individuals identify with an ingroup to internalize that group membership as an aspect of their self-concept. B) the extent to which the prevailing context provides ground for comparison between groups. C) the perceived relevance of the comparison group, which itself will be shaped by the relative and absolute status of the ingroup. Individuals are likely to display favoritism when an ingroup is central to their self-definition and a given comparison is meaningful or the outcome is contestable.

http://www.utwente.nl/cw/theorieenov...entity_Theory/

Pure ownership of the twin dipshits.

Compare championships between conferences the last 5 years

So THAT is why u wear a gay mythical bird logo and chirp about rock hard chicken cocks

Yup. I couldn't hate a football conference any more. I'm glad TAMU is recruiting well because of the SEC, but **** I despise the culture

:popcorn:

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:hmmm:

Strange decision by the Big 10. Very very strange.

Effects On Performance

Stereotype threat and its effects on performance can be reduced when there are external excuses available for possible poor performance, or when a role model exemplifying high performance by members of the stereotyped group is present.


http://www.joesportsfan.com/wp-conte...red-Shirt2.jpg

Exit fees? LMAO

The Big 10 has made a number of strange decisions. Logic suggested the Big 10 add the Big 12 North minus Colorado (who belonged in the PAC-12 anyway) in 2010, giving them a near-comprehensive footprint across the Midwest. The schools had enough in common to guarantee stability for decades. Instead, they added Rutgers and Maryland, who will leave when the TV money dries up.

The lack of concern for geography is why the mid-major conferences have blown up and reformed every 3-5 years. They don't have money to offer as an incentive to stay.

Interesting article.

http://collegespun.com/features/the-...college-hoops#

And who is that? Bambi or his Bitch?

It really explains the hate. In one succinct article.

Explains the hate how?

lol, SEC getting their shit pushed in by the Big 12 and now crying to change the rules... You can't make it up

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...y-subs-defense

Actually, Bambi did just make that up.

Another lying post from Hypocritson....the SEC is far from agreement on this--


Now if Hypocritson wants to mock Nick Saban for being opposed to the rule, that is fine....but to say the SEC is up in arms advocating this rule be put in place...well that is a flat out lie.

Good god. You are legitimately reeruned, aren't you?

Well consider this: KSU had actually been whipped worse than you have but the hate isn't really there since they've controlled football for nearly 25 years now. Since you struggled to split with Kansas in football, it enraged your fan base since you couldn't be on equal footing. That really is the entire reason you're far angrier and irrational about Kansas than KSU fans are.

The only coach attributed to the rule change is from Air Force. Does this mean you hate Air Force and therefore America?

Linky not working, sent me to a bit.ly page saying it either had malicous content or had been shortened more than once.

I am sure that the link in question further shows what a hyprocrite and liar that Bambi is, without question.

Indeed it is. Rep to you, Sir.

You should label that NSFW or you might get someone in trouble.

Why are Kansas residents so seemingly obsessed with the Missouri Tigers?

Nobody cares about KU/KSU. And if you are trying to claim the "rivalry" is on equal footing to our rivalry you're only lying to yourself.

You're also lying to yourself if you think the hate between MU and KU is one-sided. The hate between our two schools has little to do with records and far more to do with history and close proximity. Speaking for myself, and I'd imagine most Mizzou fans, I hate you because you're you. Plain and simple. The people, the campus, the mascot, the town, the arrogance, the hippies, the sub par women, the entire state. The list goes on and they all suck. It has very little to do with overall record and much more to do with the fact that I was born in Missouri, grew up loving the Tigers, went to Mizzou and have always associated thoughts of Kansas similar to the feeling of having diarrhea for as long as I can remember. It's just the way it's supposed to be.

All the rhetoric, dodging of facts, posting of stupid editorial/opinion links and overall ignorance the two of you bring to this board doesn't fool anyone. Without you though, this thread would be boring so I'll admit that I love it.

Trying to devalue the significance of our rivalry and hatred is kinda dumb though, in my opinion. You SHOULD embrace it. Because what we have is unique and one of if not the best in college sports. Even when you're pretending you don't care.

I can't speak for PB but I enjoyed playing Mizzou and the "rivalry" that came with it. It's a shame it had to end.

As someone born and raised in Missouri, I had your perspective until I got onto campus and ran into people from the rest of Kansas. They only cared about KSU, so the Border War was (and is) still mostly confined to those in KC metro. As I've pointed out KSU has something like 6 of our top-10 football crowds ever at Memorial Stadium while Mizzou has none.



I'd never argue it's one sided, not sure where you got that. It's not about proximity however because Manhattan is much closer to Lawrence than Columbia is.



We post nothing but facts. Like Harry Truman once said when told to give em hell: "I just give them the truth, and they think it's hell."

Anyone else notice how Bambi has ignored the previous posts that exposed him as a hypocritical liar?

It is a shame the rivalry had to end...if KU wants someone to blame, they should look in the mirror.

Nothing but facts....like the "facts" about the SEC advocating a change in college football rules, when in fact that was not the case.

Your posts of actual facts are few and far between.

In 5-10 years nobody under the age of 50 will even care. We played Nebraska for 100 seasons too and I can't remember the last time I even saw them play or cared about a score.

You're feigning ignorance here. About both KU students, and especially fans, not caring about the rivalry. Especially when you compare playing Nebraska being equal in meaning to playing Mizzou. It's probably weakening a little of late. And yes, I admit it's likely more heated in KC than other areas. But still, let's be honest. It's a top 5 rivalry in all of college sports and there's about a million pieces of evidence that say you're wrong a simple Google search away.

I'm 32, graduated from Mizzou in 2006 and don't care now. If Kansas wants to pick it up again that's great, if they don't, oh well time to move on. I would also like to play Nebraska in football again but same thing as with Kansas.

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Blake, I agree with you. Most KSU fans don't give a **** about a rivalry with KU. In the same vein, the ONLY people who are even aware of the "oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi are KU/MU fans.

Out of the 100 plus games played, exactly one captured the attention of anybody outside either state.

...yet you are obsessed with mizzou. Why is that?

Another day more lies by the twin dipshits

You must have missed the part where I said, care about playing. Nobody ever said we won't continue to laugh at your misfortune. That will never get old.

You have the shittiest team in the only sport that matters in this country. ...plus calling your self kings is gay anyway...you aren't UK

You're right. KU is not UK. KU doesn't know what a NIT is.

They just owned your asses in a title game as well, so yeah not in their league. But yeah we all know how u love those 4th place banners.

When did PGM become a UK fan...?

This is very weak.

Saban quite literally went to the committee begging for a rule change.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/...osal-slow-rule

Well PB said we had conference penis envy.

More than enough for the twin dipshits

Classic. Wicked right once again.

No, Wicked not right. Wicked said the entire SEC was moaning and groaning for a rules change, not a particular coach. Hypocritson made a dishonest and misleading post, and the article he used as facts to back up his post contradicted his primary point.

Classic Wicked fail, yet again.

Saban is the SEC.

First he told Mizzou they're going to play in the East and now this. You guys should get rid of that guy. His reluctance to keep up with the times is getting as stale as the SEC Network.

A defensive coach who runs a more "pro-style" offense is a proponent for slowing the game down and trying to gain an advantage :hmmm:

Color me shocked! Can you tell me again what the issue is?

Not a big Mike Leach fan, but this had me cracking up.

“My suggestion is rather than spending a bunch of time coming up with a bunch of really stupid rules, spend that time coaching harder,” Leach said. “Worry about your own team and try to make your product better rather than trying to change the game so you don’t have to do anything.”


**** off Saban and Bulimia

Exactly!:thumb:

I think Alabama's most recent "era" is over. Saban is obviously panicking. The game is beginning to pass him by - will he adapt as Bear Bryant did in the early 70's?

As for Arkansas, Bielema took advantage of a very soft Big Ten with a weak crop of coaches. He didn't build anything at Wisconsin - Barry Alvarez left him the house, it was just up to Bielema to do the wiring. I'm not sure he's the kind of coach that can build a program from the ground up in advantageous conditions, let alone the SEC West.

Just browsed through the last few pages to see what was going on lately with this thread.

Well, speaking for myself I'm not really pretending anymore. The rivalry was devalued as soon as Missouri left, and its getting pretty close to death. Wicked is obviously pretending, because if he didn't care he wouldn't be making a million posts in this thread, but I really don't anymore, the rivalry IS dead for me.

I seriously haven't even given Missouri a single stray thought for most of 2013 and this year until that whole Sam Michael thing came up, and I basically thought, no kidding or exaggeration, "oh yeah, I kinda forgot about Missouri." To the extent that I care about seeing KU beating another team more than usual anymore, its pretty much just K-State now. I'm not particularly interested in seeing a game with Missouri more than any other possible non-con opponent, nor am I interested in smack-talking that school.

It's simple psychology, as the studies show. When a human has problems accomplishing things on their own (known in pyschology as "merit"), they often use the accomplishments of fellow in-group members to create a surrogate feeling. Commonly known as basking in one's glow. We saw it clearly with how they worshipped Alabama.


It's something that people with merit don't do. You won't read Kentucky praising Alabama on their boards, or LSU, or Florida. It's the Mizzou/Mississippi State/Arky types that do.

Yeah, I haven't paid much attention to Kansas this year either. How's Self Bill doing with your basketball team? :)

****ing awesome.

Saban's time and his over-inflated recruiting class have no place in the new college football.

If only the SEC Network would have launched 3 years ago instead of this summer...