What is Killing College Football

Guy Chamberlin said:
That's simply an SEC map. Pretty much the point they're trying to make.
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Well. Oklahoma is still Big 12 and not sure Texas has any SEC titles in forever.  Notice they also chose 24 years to avoid any Neb titles.  There is certainly regional title locus to that 4th of the map. That partially reflects a regional media bias to the overall ratings, scheduling, TV coverage, bowl sites, etc etc. 

There is also the fact that football is a more popular sport in those states generally from the grade school thru college levels.  Conversely the NFL teams are more sited to the general population perhaps.  Easier to recruit players from local areas that have more players and more interested youth as well. 
Just a hunch based on general observation.  The large areas outside that region is disproportionately sparsely populated.  

 
84HuskerLaw said:
Well. Oklahoma is still Big 12 and not sure Texas has any SEC titles in forever.  Notice they also chose 24 years to avoid any Neb titles.  There is certainly regional title locus to that 4th of the map. That partially reflects a regional media bias to the overall ratings, scheduling, TV coverage, bowl sites, etc etc. 

There is also the fact that football is a more popular sport in those states generally from the grade school thru college levels.  Conversely the NFL teams are more sited to the general population perhaps.  Easier to recruit players from local areas that have more players and more interested youth as well. 
Just a hunch based on general observation.  The large areas outside that region is disproportionately sparsely populated.  
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Kentucky, North Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri don't bring fb championship blood, which is why I'm assuming they are highlighting SEC as a conference and a region. Texas A&M, of course, is in the SEC. Looks like they cheated a bit to grab Oklahoma, and Clemson reps South Carolina, not USC. But yeah, the Friday Night Lights culture and SEC conference domination is a geographic thing.

The SEC was a football hotbed when the Big 10, Big 8 and Pac 8 were winning the mythical national championships. Some of this is cyclical, and a lot of it is Alabama amassing some incredible recruiting clout.  But if parents and coaches outside these football hotbeds start pointing their most talented athletes away from tackle football, it could stick.

 
This isn't quite right. USC won 2003 & 2004. tOSU won 2002 & 2014 (honorable mention 12-0 in 2012). Plus going back 24 years means you have Nebraska and Michigan splitting 1997. Still the balance of power is in the south and with NIL not much seems to be changing.

 
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