FSU dominates digitally

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https://collegestats.org/explore/collegegameday-vs-gameday/

While anyone can enjoy college football, we wondered which teams digitally dominated the turf – specifically on college campuses – and pondered whether a team’s on-field successes matched student excitement. Are people near college campuses just as charged up about teams that don’t perform as well? We turned to posts (within a one-mile radius of many campuses) on Twitter and Instagram that used hashtags #CollegeGameday and #Gameday to find out. Here’s what we discovered.

Majoring in Football Fandom

We wanted to get a sense of what sports people were most hyped about on Twitter and Instagram, so we looked at hashtags most used with #CollegeGameday and #Gameday per state. It turns out, #collegefootball dominated as a hashtag in Delaware, Nevada, Texas, Iowa, Illinois, Georgia, North Carolina, and New Jersey. Team-specific shout-outs and #football were also popular in posts.
The only notable exception was Indiana, where #ESPN took the lead. The take-home message is that excitement surrounding college football isn’t just fun and games. Being nationally followed and having televised games helps a strong football team build name recognition for their college. Some students will even select a college to attend because they’ve grown up following its football team.

The Tribe Tweets

When it comes to team pride, Seminoles fans are at the top of the list. Florida State University fans used team-related hashtags used most commonly with the #CollegeGameday tag. Not only does Florida State University own the top spot, with over 5 percent of tweets and Instagram posts we reviewed carrying the #FSU tag, they also have three other team-related hashtags in the top 10: #GoNoles, #Seminoles, and #FloridaState. “Roll, tide, roll” – the rallying cry of the University of Alabama’s Crimson Pride came in a close second. In fact, Alabama and USC were the two other colleges with multiple team-related hashtags in the top 20: #RollTide and #Alabama for the Crimson Tide, and #Trojans and #USC for University of Southern California.