RyanTheColtsFan

Results from this year’s poll include:

* Regionally speaking, the Pittsburgh Steelers are the No. 1 favorite of those in the East, while the Chicago Bears are No. 1 for those in the Midwest. In the South, the Cowboys come out on top and in the West, the San Francisco 49ers are the favorite team.
* The percentage of those who say they follow professional football remains stable at about half of all adults (48% this year).
* Men (62%) are more likely to follow professional football than women (34%).
* Thirty-nine percent of Echo Boomers (those ages 18 to 29) and forty-two percent of Matures (ages 61 and over) follow professional football, compared to fifty-two percent of Generation Xers (ages 30 to 41) and fifty-two percent of Baby Boomers (ages 42 to 60).
* College graduates are more likely to follow professional football (61%) then those with post graduate degrees (52%), those with some college (49%) and those with a high school education or less (41%).

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/har...ex.asp?PID=700

Talk about an in depth poll.

Cicero

women (34%).

34%? Where the heck are they? All the women I have dated hate football.

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"Have you ever tried simply turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?"
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JoeSixPat

Explain to them that its like "violent chess" - then they will understand the fascination and appreciation for the game we have

Pittsburgh has a great football tradition - but folks in PA have been among the most loyal and numerous football fans for so long it wouldn't surprise me if they carried the poll

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Bella*chick

Aw, that's too bad. I don't think my husband, or any other guy I know loves football as much as I do. He's more into the college basketball stuff.

We're out there, believe me!

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edgecy

No you're not You're just giving us false hope!

PromisedLand

You do realize that you could have had your PICK of us 62% of U.S. men who love football, and you had to marry a guy who is into basketball?

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Bella*chick

Well, he DOES love football enough to watch Sunday ticket with me all day.

But when it comes to flailing and screaming at the TV.....that's all me.

eta: edgecy, I promise I'm not giving you false hope! Promise!

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ctpatsfan77

And, of course, the most telling stat: 20% of respondents are convinced that the Dolts will win the Super Bowl this year. [It's like the da*n gambler's fallacy--they didn't win last year, so they have to win this year!]

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Hoodie

You need to get out more. I'm a woman and have loved football since I was 7 years old.

Cicero

Your husband is a lucky man. I once broke up with a girl because she cleaned my dorm room for me and threw out an old six pack of Who-Dey beer from the 1982 superbowl season. It wasn't specifically for the beer, but that was the original spark of contention that snowballed into our break up.

She went from 4.0 student to rehab, jail and spent a year in a halfway house so it was probably a good thing but I wish it hadn't cost me that six pack.

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