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How much do SEC fans care about baseball when they aren't winning?
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:48 am
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:48 am
I'll start with the disclaimer that I've only spent one season on the SECR.
But every fan I know in person(with the exception of one LSU fan) only talks about college baseball when their team is ranked and doing well. Every fan of a team that is having a bad year never mentions it. Small sample size for the West teams besides Bama and Auburn, but it holds true for the East.
On the rant, I only hear fans of teams with recent success talk about baseball like it's "1b to football". Fans of teams that have sucked recently keep their mouth shut and just talk about offseason football stuff.
So is the Arky/MSU current obsession with baseball on the rant a fad or do these teams actually have a solid following/fanbase. I know Georgia fans bandwagon like hell for our team.
But every fan I know in person(with the exception of one LSU fan) only talks about college baseball when their team is ranked and doing well. Every fan of a team that is having a bad year never mentions it. Small sample size for the West teams besides Bama and Auburn, but it holds true for the East.
On the rant, I only hear fans of teams with recent success talk about baseball like it's "1b to football". Fans of teams that have sucked recently keep their mouth shut and just talk about offseason football stuff.
So is the Arky/MSU current obsession with baseball on the rant a fad or do these teams actually have a solid following/fanbase. I know Georgia fans bandwagon like hell for our team.
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Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:50 am to tween the hedges
I keep up with UGA baseball even when we suck, which is 3 out of every 5 years.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:50 am to tween the hedges
I barely care if we are winning. I only perk up for the post season.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:50 am to tween the hedges
Yeah, we all like discussing our teams when they suck.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:51 am to tween the hedges
Huh? MSU has had a strong baseball following for a long time.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:51 am to tween the hedges
I wouldn't watch our team if they were in the championship game.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:53 am to tween the hedges
In the SEC the overwhelming majority of fans care about and talk about football regardless of team success. For basketball and baseball there is less than 10% of any fanbase who talks much about baseball or basketball unless their team is good at the time with the lone exception of Kentucky basketball. Compare football attendance to basketball and baseball attendance. Compare football tv ratings with basketball and baseball ratings. These numbers tell the story.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:54 am to elposter
no. when lsu sucked under smoke people around here were livid.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:54 am to tween the hedges
State has had a quality program and a good following for a long time.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:56 am to elposter
Exactly.
Fans pretend to care about women's basketball, gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field, equestrian, softball and even fishing when their school is good in the sport. The reality is, no one cares about any of that stuff.
Baseball is only a half step ahead of those sports and basketball is about a step and half up.
Fans pretend to care about women's basketball, gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field, equestrian, softball and even fishing when their school is good in the sport. The reality is, no one cares about any of that stuff.
Baseball is only a half step ahead of those sports and basketball is about a step and half up.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:57 am to tween the hedges
I always follow it, even though Alabama has been the suck lately.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:58 am to tween the hedges
I love baseball, I just don't talk about it here.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:59 am to tween the hedges
Most of the UK fans here follow baseball. I know Mike and Bho are Party Deck regulars as well. I think a lot of your SEC teams have a pretty solid baseball fanbase. The stadiums they play in are a good indicator of that IMO.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 10:00 am to tween the hedges
I keep up with LSU baseball even when we have shitty years(which hasn't been often, i'll admit). I just love college baseball and my team in general so it doesn't matter 
Posted on 1/30/13 at 10:00 am to tween the hedges
Arkansas has always had good support for the big 3 sports
Posted on 1/30/13 at 10:04 am to elposter
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baseball there is less than 10% of any fanbase who talks much about baseball or basketball unless their team is good at the time
LSU Baseball fans disagree.
See: Smoke years
Posted on 1/30/13 at 10:06 am to elposter
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For basketball and baseball there is less than 10% of any fanbase who talks much about baseball or basketball unless their team is good at the time with the lone exception of Kentucky basketball.
Wrong.
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baseball attendance
Yeah, let's talk about that.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 10:14 am to elposter
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Compare football attendance to basketball and baseball attendance. Compare football tv ratings with basketball and baseball ratings. These numbers tell the story.
No, they don't. That's a completely asinine comparison because nobody here is saying college baseball or basketball is on the level of college football. The OP simply asked if anybody cared about baseball if their team wasn't good.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 10:14 am to wadewilson
Look I know LSU has good baseball fan support and interest relatively speaking, leads the nation in attendance, etc. They are usually very good which contributes to that, but was not really was being asked about in the OP.
But even with LSU's good baseball fan support, it is simply dwarfed by the support (attendance, ratings, money, merchandise etc.) generated by football, even when football is bad.
But even with LSU's good baseball fan support, it is simply dwarfed by the support (attendance, ratings, money, merchandise etc.) generated by football, even when football is bad.
Posted on 1/30/13 at 10:15 am to elposter
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But even with LSU's good baseball fan support, it is simply dwarfed by the support (attendance, ratings, money, merchandise etc.) generated by football, even when football is bad.
Again, the question being asked isn't if college baseball is on the same level as college football.
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