re: Estimate your community’s loyalty breakdown.

Meridian, MS

State 35%
OM 25%
Bama 15%
USM 15%
Aub/LSU 5%
SWAC 5%

Lots more State alums in Nashville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Huntsville, Memphis, Houston , DFW and in Louisiana generally than people realize.

New Orleans:

If you went to a Catholic league school you are an LSU fan


If you went to Newman/Country Day you act like you went to college at Harvard but you went to Bama or Ole Miss (see CajunBama)


If you went to public school you are in prison


So I would say

70% LSU
15% bAMA
5% Ole Miss
10% other


ETA: This is SEC numbers only

What year was your application turned down there?

This is so true.

I live in Birmingham, and driving around its obvious Bama has a huge advantage. But in my office, Auburn probably has a 2:1 advantage. The closer you are to the OTM area, its 50/50. As you move away from the heart of town, Bama's advantage grows rapidly.

This is a waste of time. All the responses you will get will be biased.
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I would say this is a huge over-estimation for UAB... while they seem to be getting a bit more of a following lately, they don't make up even close to 7% of the city.

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the UAB representation has gone way up since the "resurrection"

plus, the amazing season they just had

but, it is fair to say that a good number of "UAB people" are Bama or Aub 1st, but still kind of like the Blazers

Bentonville

60% Arkansas

40% all other schools literally all over the nation

If you were to own a sports bar here, it would be smart to have pennants of every D1 and 1-AA team in America all over the walls

Herman we gotta get I-49 finished down to Shreve man

Columbus is an Auburn town far and away, followed closely by UGA and Alabama, which seem surprisingly closely represented. I guess I expected more of an in-state loyalty than the proximity loyalty we see here. Ones and twos of everyone else from the area.

I was really expecting to see more FSU fans than I do. It's probably 3 hours or less away.

Birmingham

I think during the Shula era, at the voting during some election, there was an exit poll. One of the questions was of which college football program were they a fan. This was not for college football fans but all voters. Below is the result.

Bama 48%
AU 20
UAB 6 or 8.

This is typical for the scientific polls that I've seen. Usually, contrary to the local media's assertion and the assumption of many others, Bama is between 2-2.5 times greater than AU throughout the state as a whole. Bham is even more of a Bama town.

At one time AU began getting a good % of the Over the Mountain contingent, i.e., the well off. This was because of Bama's arrogance and laziness. But ~15 years ago Dr. Witt changed everything and began rectifying many problems, including that one.

On another note altogether. There was a scientific poll by the Mobile Press Register at the end of the 2006 season asking Bama fans if Shula should be fired. Contrary to the popular view that the Bama fanbase is so demanding, 89% said he should get more time because of the difficult circumstances that he inherited. Thankfully, the BOT, Dr. Will and Coach Moore thought otherwise.

When Bama was down, 97-06, they had a few good years mixed in including an SEC champ, the fans continued to support the team. After they lost to a very good-great UGA team in 2002, the fans gave the team a standing ovation when they left the field. The team almost always played their hearts out, just as they do now. They are not robots as some characterize them. Ask any opposing coach or player how hard Bama plays.