SEC & Auburn #! In Team Loyalty

[Mike]

What does this mean? Maybe very little............................

Discover calls SEC fans most loyal in college football


January 21, 2013
By: Joe Taylor Jr.
Discover Card has won awards for customer loyalty, ranking at the top of the Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index for over 15 years. However, employees at the cash back credit card issuer wanted to learn which college football fans have the most loyalty toward their favorite teams. With help from pollsters at Rasmussen Reports, Discover has proclaimed the schools of the Southeastern Conference as having the most diehard fans in college football.

Over the course of 14 weeks this fall, researchers asked college football fans about their favorite teams, and the role the game plays in their lives. SEC fans came in first across all four of the major factors that Discover used to measure the strength of their super fandom:
•SEC fans told researchers that they found it "somewhat or very important" to watch their favorite team play each week, beating out fans of independent teams and members of the Big 12.
•SEC fans also said they follow their teams closely, even during bad seasons.
•Friends and family members know who SEC fans' favorite teams are, with Big Ten fans coming in second.
•While Big Ten and ACC team supporters love to wear school colors, SEC fans told researchers that they wear team apparel and other items more than any other group of college football fans in the country.

As a charter member of the SEC, it's no wonder that Auburn placed first among schools when Rasmussen and Discovers rank teams individually. The top five groups of super fans follow:
1.Auburn
2.Nebraska
3.West Virginia
4.Wisconsin
5.Iowa

Discover tied the season-long fan loyalty poll to its support for college football, including title sponsorship of the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game and the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl. Along with offering a series of student credit cards, Discover Financial Service now manages private student loans for families across the country.

 

[loomixguy]

The results looks like a win for the B1G instead of the SEC, looking at the top 5 schools.

As for Auburn being in the #1 spot, my guess is that during formal occasions, like funerals, weddings, etc., the folks at the B1G schools actually dress up and leave the team logo t shirts at home, whereas folks wearing school colors for ANY occasion.is the norm in the SEC. I hear smoking during those occasions in the SEC is allowed/encouraged as well.

 

[Mike]

The results looks like a win for the B1G instead of the SEC, looking at the top 5 schools.

As for Auburn being in the #1 spot, my guess is that during formal occasions, like funerals, weddings, etc., the folks at the B1G schools actually dress up and leave the team logo t shirts at home, whereas folks wearing school colors for ANY occasion.is the norm in the SEC. I hear smoking during those occasions in the SEC is allowed/encouraged as well.

You having a hard time with reading comprehension?

With help from pollsters at Rasmussen Reports, Discover has proclaimed the schools of the Southeastern Conference as having the most diehard fans in college football.

•SEC fans told researchers that they found it "somewhat or very important" to watch their favorite team play each week, beating out fans of independent teams and members of the Big 12.
•SEC fans also said they follow their teams closely, even during bad seasons.
•Friends and family members know who SEC fans' favorite teams are, with Big Ten fans coming in second.
•While Big Ten and ACC team supporters love to wear school colors, SEC fans told researchers that they wear team apparel and other items more than any other group of college football fans in the country.

 

[TexasBred]

They skipped us

Texas A&M

Just a few reasons why Texas A&M's fan base is criminally underrated. One: Kyle Field holds the largest student section in the country. Two: Fans stand the entire game, pretty much. Three: There's a lot of kissing going on after the Aggies score. Four: Yell practice on the eve of games is one of the great traditions in all of college football. Five: The fan base's various in-game gimmicks are unlike anything in the country. And six, perhaps most of all: A&M does not exactly share the same amount of historic success as the other schools on this list. That makes it all the more noteworthy. Negative points for the time a member of the Corps of Cadet pulled a saber on an SMU (male) cheerleader.

 

[Mike]

They skipped us

Texas A&M

Just a few reasons why Texas A&M's fan base is criminally underrated. One: Kyle Field holds the largest student section in the country. Two: Fans stand the entire game, pretty much. Three: There's a lot of kissing going on after the Aggies score. Four: Yell practice on the eve of games is one of the great traditions in all of college football. Five: The fan base's various in-game gimmicks are unlike anything in the country. And six, perhaps most of all: A&M does not exactly share the same amount of historic success as the other schools on this list. That makes it all the more noteworthy. Negative points for the time a member of the Corps of Cadet pulled a saber on an SMU (male) cheerleader.

They didn't skip A&M. They're in the SEC. Remember? :wink:

 

[jigs]

Kyle field would be a great place to take in a ballgame IMO

 

[TexasBred]

Kyle field would be a great place to take in a ballgame IMO

jigs I hate to admit I haven't been there for a game since I was a student. It held about 40,000 back then. With the new renovations and additions I think it's suppose to hold a bit over 100,000. It was awesome even when I was there. Win, lose or whatever the Ags usually fill it up and stay until the clock hits 00.

I was impressed with Auburn in 2012 when they were losing every game by huge margins. The atmosphere and the loyalty and "belief" in the stands was unbelievable. No matter where it is or what conference it's in you gotta love any school that backs their teams this way.