Like I said, cool idea, but there are not more Badgers fans in Minneapolis than Gophers fans, as the map suggests; that's literally impossible.
For those not Familiar with the New York Times map, it's based on Facebook likes per ZIP Code:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/upshot/ncaa-football-fan-map.html I see a lot of anomalies as well. There are a number of areas where the top three teams likes total only about 30% of the total. And the third place team will be two or three or seven percent. This is partly true in the St. Louis area. There is supposedly a lot of bleed over of Mizzou fan support in the Metro East area. Perhaps. I haven't been there in decades.
Yet if you move from ZIP Code to ZIP Code, although it you'll see a lot of Notre Dame in third place, you'll also see LSU Tigers or Ohio State taking two or three or five percent. In one ZIP Code, Mizuho has support of 47% make that Facebook likes of 47% with Illinois at six percent and Texas at four percent. Texas? It seems to me like there's a rather small number of likes, and there wouldn't take many to flip the overall percentage a lot. It would be interesting to see the raw data, but that probably wouldn't make it as good a story, and we wouldn't be talking about it.
And what exactly are people "liking"? What kind of Facebook presence does each team/athletic department have? And are people "liking" one team so that they can get updates on it while still rooting for another team?
All the above said, however, it does suggest that we as a line I need to be greater ambassadors for our team/school. Do you have a ULI license plate frame on your car? Maybe a "Block I" sticker? Come on, folks: name recognition.. Support starts in your driveway.