Reddit has been formulating and posting sports “hate maps” for various leagues over the past few weeks. It’s a fun concept, and though it’s not meant to be taken too seriously, the “hate map” does raise all sorts of fascinating questions about sports fandom as an extension of both demographics and the current condition of various rivalries.
Here’s Reddit’s college football hate map, tweeted out Wednesday night:
Most hated college football team by state pic.twitter.com/8BUutO2HP9
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 7, 2014
Here are complementary tweets on the survey’s details:
The raw data reveals Michigan (21%) & Ohio State (27%) got nearly 50% of all hate votes! https://t.co/5d5akiwUCd
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 7, 2014
… and on some of the explanations of the results:
This comment from @jonfmorse on @SBNationCFB easily explains a lot of the map pic.twitter.com/KTysrDEGbI
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 7, 2014
Here’s a little bit of fun from one of the best-known Virginia Tech partisans on College Football Twitter:
I updated that map to reflect a little more accuracy: http://t.co/aH4eQeTgVD.
— THE KEY PLAY (@thekeyplay) August 7, 2014
