One ESPN Poll , One Country split over Giants-Pats

[thenepatsrule]

Right now the Poll on ESPNs homepage is "Which team will win Super Bowl XLVI?"
of around 500K votes cast, exactly 50 percent of the Country roots for the Giants and the other half of the the Pats. A closer look at the map reveals that except New England and New york rest all states are split either 51%-49% or close to that .
Which is surprising to me as i thought majority of the ppl in this country hated the PATS.

 

[CheekyDave]

Right now the Poll on ESPNs homepage is "Which team will win Super Bowl XLVI?"
of around 500K votes cast, exactly 50 percent of the Country roots for the Giants and the other half of the the Pats. A closer look at the map reveals that except New England and New york rest all states are split either 51%-49% or close to that .
Which is surprising to me as i thought majority of the ppl in this country hated the PATS.

Link please...or it didn't happen...

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

BREAKING: Governor Declares Recount in Florida

 

[thenepatsrule]

Link please...or it didn't happen...

 http://espn.go.com/

 

[Mainefan]

You forget, much of the country hates NY and has for many, many years.

 

[Uncle Rico]

BREAKING: Governor Declares Recount in Florida

Heh -- gotta count those hanging Chads.

What's up with Colorado voting for the NFC team? They should know better. Maybe it's all a bunch of New Yorkers sitting at cafes in Aspen or Vail or something.

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

The balance will be tipped when all Antonio Cromartie kids make a vote for one side.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

Here is the direct link to the map:

Which team will win Super Bowl XLVI? - Sportsnation - ESPN

 

[weswelker#83]

Right now the Poll on ESPNs homepage is "Which team will win Super Bowl XLVI?"
of around 500K votes cast, exactly 50 percent of the Country roots for the Giants and the other half of the the Pats. A closer look at the map reveals that except New England and New york rest all states are split either 51%-49% or close to that .
Which is surprising to me as i thought majority of the ppl in this country hated the PATS.

Next time, add the map like this OP:

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

Louisiana, Mississippi, and Indiana, as well as NY, like the G-men by a lot (Manning factor- home state of LA, college for Eli-MS, Manning's brother-IN)

All of New England except for Connecticut likes the Patriots by a lot

most everywhere else looks close

 

[Lansdowne]

Of course Connecticut would be in red. Can we disown that state from New England already? (Apologies to loyal Pats fans from CT, of course)

 

[Deus Irae]

I'd guess that the Indiana numbers are a lot more about "want to win" than "think will win".

 

[thenepatsrule]

the balance will be tipped when all antonio cromartie kids make a vote for one side.

lmaooooooooooo .......

 

[thenepatsrule]

Here is the direct link to the map:

Which team will win Super Bowl XLVI? - Sportsnation - ESPN

Thanks for posting this,for some reason i was not able to paste the link to the messageboard

 

[BlueThunder]

I like the link better...You are able to mouse over each state to see actual votes and % for each team...

Thanks for the link ! :rocker:

 

[NinjaZX6R]

Stupid Connecticut.

 

[upstater1]

You have to realize something about Connecticut.

1. The Giants played their home games 2 seasons there in the 1970s.

2. Kraft tantalized the state with the Hartford move, and then when they returned to Foxboro (as they should have) it set back the building of the stadium for many years.

 

[serifyn]

gtfo connecticut

 

[terabthia2]

Of course Connecticut would be in red. Can we disown that state from New England already? (Apologies to loyal Pats fans from CT, of course)

I've said that for years... the Red Sox always do their "state days" during the course of the season (all the NE states get their own "day" for a day at Fenway), and I've always said Connecticut should only get half a day since half the state is Yankee fans.

 

[Lansdowne]

I've said that for years... the Red Sox always do their "state days" during the course of the season (all the NE states get their own "day" for a day at Fenway), and I've always said Connecticut should only get half a day since half the state is Yankee fans.

It's pretty much the black sheep of the New England family of states. Being a Boston sports fan in Connecticut isn't much different than being a Boston sports fan in New York. The Connecticut Huskies celebrated their NCAA basketball championship at YANKEE STADIUM, ffs.