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Mississippi just won this honor not too long ago.
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Just an observation....I remember going to high school football games in New Orleans, and the parents that were there were parents of the players or cheerleaders or band members; that was about it. Here, you have parents of kids who aren't even on the field attending; if their kids are simply students there, then the parents are usually rabid fans of that particular school. The whole family attends games. The high school football games are an integral part of the community, almost as if they were "the only game in town". I don't see it in other sports, FWIW....just football. This type of community commitment to high school football is different than any other place I've lived. And I'm still sticking to that being my definition of "best football state".....commitment to the sport of football at all levels, whether or not the teams win or lose; whether or not they send tons of players to the pros; whether or not they achieve BCS rankings....
Seems like we all have different criteria for what constitutes "best football state in the South".
I don't know if this was already posted, but it is interesting. Here's a portion of the first comment on the page:
"The real world scenario is..."what are the chances you would go to a local high school football game and meet a future NFL player?" Well to find that, you do just as I said and divide the state's total population by the number of players that state has in the NFL.
Guess what the numbers say?
10. Iowa - 7.49 NFL players per million in population
9. Nebraska - 7.52
8. Texas - 8.31
7. Alabama - 9.81
6. Georgia - 10.98
5. Florida - 11.19
4. Hawaii - 12.05
3. South Carolina - 12.66
READY FOR THIS.....
2. LOUISIANA - 16.51 !!!!
1. MISSISSIPPI - 17.06 !!!!"
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/08/debate_the_top_.html
It's ashame we're not talking per capita.
We're big, and a higher percentage of our population aspires to be more than an amateur football star, thus the lower per capita.
...Nice post Greg- Hope this shuts up all the Homers, esp. the Texas ones... I find it interesting that Hawaii came in at #4- Who knew??
Can't think of his name off hand but that rookie DT from Tennessee....never set foot on the mainland until college....another big boy.