Made #1 in best and WORST fanbases in college football.
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The fact NU and IU aren’t in the bottom along with Nebraska not being in the top 10 is a total joke.
"IU sucks!" Looks like the media laughs at your circle jerk as well.
Thanks for stopping by. Maybe we can expect a bowl win for you guys this year? Only been a quarter century.
That list is a joke. West Virginia in the bottom 5? Lol. Purdue shouldn’t be close to the worst.
If you read the article you will see it's based entirely on revenue. Considering 3 of every 4 people in the state of Indiana that are otherwise unaffiliated pull for IU (and buy their merchandise) and considering Purdue has the smallest athletic budget in the Big Ten (with the possible exception of Northwestern), it's not surprising.
Oh, and "IU sucks!"
(The cheer is kind of lame, but the fact that it obviously gets under IU fans' skin enough to get you to post here and the "IU hometown newspaper" [Indy Star] to write about it makes it seem a lot less lame.)
This is based upon a model of questionable accuracy. As the article indicates early on, it is a fool's errand to try to rank these things. The outcome is inherently subjective.
Purdue is averaging 47,536 attendance through two home games this season. Indiana drew 34,492 for its home opener against a Power 5 opponent.
I have several issues with this study:
1) This doesn't make any sense. Who says "biggest brand" is synonymous with "best fanbase"? McDonald's doesn't have the best food. Budweiser doesn't have the best beer.
2) Which of the stated metrics dock OSU and Bama for being good? Was there a subjective fudge factor used at the end? I can't believe those two schools don't show up in the top 5 based solely on the metrics listed.
3) I'm shocked that an attempt to measure "best fanbases" doesn't include attendance somewhere in the equation. These people are overthinking this.
4) 538 did a more complete study of the biggest fanbases, which in itself is a complicated subject. But then to try to rank fans based not on size but quality, it's almost impossible. How many "average" fans are worth one "die hard"?
Ah, yes, gibberish from yet another Yea-who. A product of the Riverwood International Charter School. Tripe-writing for a search-engine still in search of integrity. Nearly as uncredible as a product of the Goober Pile Skool of Jurnelusm.
Gotta run and get my Riverwood cap at Lids. Founded by a Boilermaker.
Gotta run and get my Riverwood cap at Lids. Founded by a Boilermaker.
Troll but I agree..never been a fan. I liked, "first down, bitch" tho so what do I know?
