Football-Related Things Each State Googles More Than Any Other
Football is incredibly popular across America, but that doesn’t mean each state appreciates the sport in the same way. To investigate the differences Estately used Google Trends to research patterns in football-related internet searches over the past decade for each state.
Our search terms included NFL teams, sports reporters, other leagues, football terminology, Super Bowl commercials, tailgating foods, players with national notoriety, and football-related books, movies, TV shows, and more. In the end we compiled a list of which terms each state searched for more than any other state.
ALABAMA: AJ McCarron girlfriend / AJ McCarron tattoo / wing T / Busted Coverage / “Football for Dummies” (book) / “College GameDay” (ESPN show) / “College GameDay” signs / Jameis Winston / 3-4 defense / Heisman Trophy / stiff arm / fight song / Phil Simms / special teams / high school football / college football / NCAA rules / football books / football movies / College Football Playoffs / College Football Championship / BCS National Championship Game / S.E.C. / electric football
Analysis: Alabama employers would be horrified to know how their employees spend their time on company computers. However, the NFL and NCAA would be flattered.
ALASKA: Penetration / Mark Schlereth (a.k.a Stink) / football dictionary
Analysis: Yikes.
ARIZONA: Super Bowl tickets / NFL Sunday Ticket / concussion test / Arizona Cardinals / Ed Hochuli (referee)
Analysis: The state most impressed with verbose referee Ed Hochuli’s biceps is Arizona.
ARKANSAS: “Air Bud” (film series) / Bobby Petrino’s wife
Analysis: Being tops for “Air Bud” searches likely means a strong appreciation for “Air Bud: Golden Receiver,” a zany film about a football-playing dog.
CALIFORNIA: Jim Harbaugh quotes / football for beginners / Brett Favre photo / Who’s got it better than us? / Janet Jackson Super Bowl / What is encroachment? / Colin Kaepernick naked / Ottawa Redblacks / Hamilton Tiger-Cats / Michael Silver (sportswriter) / San Diego Chargers / San Francisco 49ers / Oakland Raiders
Analysis: If someone reveals their naughty bits you can be sure Californians will Google it, and they’re also very curious about Canadian football teams.
COLORADO: Tim Tebow / Tebowing / Stan Kroenke (owner of St. Louis Rams) / Super Bowl (tie w/ WA and IN) / Adam Schefter (NFL reporter) / Lyle Alzado / concussion treatment / Who will win Super Bowl? / Monday Night Football / Thursday Night Football / Denver Broncos
Analysis: Looks like some state still has feelings for Tim Tebow.
CONNECTICUT: Jim Nantz (sportscaster)
Analysis: The question that keeps Connecticut residents up at night is how exactly Jim Nantz can spend so much time with Phil Simms?
DELAWARE: Terrell Owens
Analysis: Your internet search history is no doubt shameful and embarrassing, but take solace in that it’s not as bad as Delaware’s.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: NFLPA / football for dummies / Suzy Kolber (sports reporter) / Kissing Suzy Kolber (sports website)
Analysis: Looks like people are trying to take a crash course in football to try and impress Suzy Kolber.
FLORIDA: Flag football / “Hard Knox” (TV series) / prevent defense / Michael Sam kiss / Tampa Bay Buccaneers / Miami Dolphins / Jacksonville Jaguars
Analysis: Florida’s curiosity about prevent defenses is probably because the Bucs, Dolphins, and Jaguars face a lot of prevent defenses because they’re playing from behind.
GEORGIA: “The T.O. Show” (TV series) / Deion Sanders / Michael Vick / What is football? / NFL player girlfriend / Atlanta Falcons
Analysis: Pro athletes in Atlanta will find plenty of women who want to date them.
HAWAII: Pro Bowl / Manti Te’o
Analysis: Hawaii is the only state that cares about the Pro Bowl
IDAHO: Western Athletic Conference / blue turf
Analysis: When greeting a football fan from Idaho be sure to compliment the blue turf at Boise State’s stadium because they’re very proud of it and they get mad when you bring up Idaho potatoes.
ILLINOIS: Kyle Orton drunk / “Super Bowl Shuffle” (song) / Jay Cutler meme / Buffalo wings / preseason tickets / white running back / Deadspin (sports website) / “Playmakers” (TV series) / Da Bears / football terminology / Chicago Bears
Analysis: To be fair, the photos of Kyle Orton drunk are pretty fantastic. And so are all those Jay Cutler memes.
INDIANA: Super Bowl (tie w/ CO and WA) / “Rudy” (film) / Bud Bowl commercial (tie w/ MI) / ball control / Alex Flannigan (sports reporter) / Indianapolis Colts
Analysis: All those “Super Bowl” searches might have been a touch premature.
IOWA: Tailgaiting (tie w/ MS) / Tailgating recipes / “The Longest Yard” (2005 film) / onside kick (tie w/ LA) / NFL cheerleader / hot take
Analysis: Maybe the reason there are no NFL cheerleaders in Iowa isn’t because there’s no pro team there, but rather because they won’t date anyone who’d take them to see the remake of “The Longest yard.”
KANSAS: Big 12 Conference / Herm Edwards / Gale Sayers / Kansas City Chiefs / loudest stadium
Analysis: If Kansans aren’t making the bulk of the noise at Arrowhead Stadium, they’re at least Googling the Kansas City Chiefs more than the team’s Missouri fans.
KENTUCKY: Neutral zone / Tim Couch (former NFL quarterback) / Cris Collinsworth (NFL analyst/former player)
Analysis: Kentuckians often line up offsides.
LOUISIANA: Tight end / cornerback / Aints / 4-3 defense / onside kick (tie w/ IA) / Super Bowl ring / “The Waterboy” (1998 film) / Terry Bradshaw / anabolic steroids / Arena Football League / New Orleans Saints
Analysis: Louisiana residents can debate whether or not Jimmy Graham is a tight end or a wide receiver, but there’s no debate that he had a terrible season.
MAINE: (nothing)
We found no football-related searches that Maine was tops for.
MARYLAND: Skip Bayless (idiot) / Madden NFL (video game series) / Super Bowl shirts / Robert Griffin III / Redskins name / NFL fine / Rachel Nichols (sports reporter) / false start / Washington Redskins / Ray Rice video / locker room
Analysis: Most people can’t change the channel fast enough when Skip Bayless appears on TV. Maryland willfully trues to search him out online, which is shameful.
MASSACHUSETTS: Deflategate / deflated / deflated footballs / Spygate / “Friday Night Lights” (TV series) / butt fumble / Rex Ryan foot / Vince Wilfork wife / Vince Wilfork weight / Wes Welker hair / Antonio Cromartie kids / laces out / Peter King (sports reporter) / Manning face / New England Patriots
Analysis: To mask the shame they feel for all the cheating Patriots fans in Massachusetts like to Google embarrassing things about their rivals.
MICHIGAN: Bud Bowl (tie w/ IN) / Jim Harbaugh / football tailgating / bump and run / Mike Tirico (sportscaster) / Toronto Argonauts / Detroit Lions
Analysis: If they played in Bud Bowl the Detroit Lions would lose because Ndamukong Suh and Dominic Raiola would cut their feet up stomping on glass bottles.
MINNESOTA: Fantasy football / Purple People Eaters / NFL mock draft / Sam Ponder (sports reporter) / Winnipeg Blue Bombers / Minnesota Vikings
Analysis: The best way to distract yourself from your team’s mediocre season is to play fantasy football and watch Canadian football.
MISSISSIPPI: Fumble / tailgating (tie w/ IA) / Jerry Rice
Analysis: Whether it’s college football or just football-related searches Mississippi always gets shown up by by Alabama.
MISSOURI: Michael Sam (NFL player) / Joe Buck / HGH supplements / “Jerry Maguire” (1996 film) / St. Louis Rams / Bob Costas
Analysis: Rumor has it both Joe Buck and Bob Costas are juicing in preparation for their April fight.
MONTANA: Ryan Leaf / NBC Sunday Night Football
Analysis: Ryan Leaf is from Montana.
NEBRASKA: Erin Andrews (sports reporter) / Tecmo Bowl (video game) / Tecmo Super Bowl (video game) / Hail Mary pass / Lingerie Football League / double team / Super Bowl commercials / What is the Super Bowl? / unsportsmanlike conduct / BIG 10 Conference / football rules
Analysis: So that’s who’s watching the Lingerie Football League.
NEVADA: O.J. Simpson / Colin Cowherd / “Eric & Jessie: Game On” (reality TV show starring Eric Decker) / Super Bowl prop bets
Analysis: What are the odds you’ll ruin your NFL career by starring in a reality TV show with your wife? Vegas oddsmakers put it at 100% (see Hank Baskett).
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Blitz
Analysis: Nobody brings pressure like New Hampshire. It’s like the Rex Ryan of states.
NEW JERSEY: New York Jets / New York Giants / Rules of football / Mark Sanchez girlfriend / NFL autograph / gold cleats / FanDuel
Analysis: If a team plays in New Jersey and the bulk of its fans are in New Jersey it should have New Jersey in the team’s name.
NEW MEXICO: Hank Baskett
Analysis: Local boy Hank Baskett isn’t in the news anymore for his football career.
NEW YORK: NFL memorabilia / Ray Rice costume / Buffalo Bills / “Any Given Sunday” (1999 film) / Rex Ryan tattoo / Black Monday / Joe Namath drunk / Eli Manning elite / Lawrence Taylor arrested
Analysis: Halloween was probably pretty uncomfortable in New York last year.
NORTH CAROLINA: What is cover 2? / Super Bowl party food / NFL domestic violence / hands team / strong take
Analysis: Nobody walks away hungry from a North Carolina Super Bowl party.
NORTH DAKOTA: Canadian Football League / Saskatchewan Roughriders / torn ACL
Analysis: North Dakota is under Canadian mind control.
OHIO: NFL Draft / mock draft / Mel Kiper Jr. (NFL draft analyst) / Todd McShay (NFL draft analyst / NFL Scouting Combine / “Draft Day” (2014 film) / free agent / NFL free agents / free agent signing / Wonderlic sample / touchdown / Ickey Shuffle / football 101 / coaching tree
Analysis: With an eye on the draft and free agency it looks like Browns and Bengals fans are very unsatisfied with their current teams.
OKLAHOMA: “Varsity Blues” (1999 film) / The Boz / Brian Bosworth / gunslinger
Analysis: Oklahoma could learn a lot from Texas’ football-themed searches.
OREGON: Chip Kelly / game manager / PAC-12 Conference
Analysis: Why do you need to google the PAC-12 Conference when you own it?
PENNSYLVANIA: Tim Tebow virgin / Rooney Rule / Polamalu hair / Sal Paolantonio (sports reporter) / Pro Bowl stats / “Ben Rothlisberger” (misspelled name) / Puppy Bowl / Immaculate Reception / Pete Rozelle / concussion symptoms / DeSean Jackson gang
Analysis: Unnamed sources telling Sal Paolantonio that Tim Tebow has reached third base with a lady.
RHODE ISLAND: Chris Berman (sportscaster) / Rob Gronkowski
Analysis: Rhode Island residents dream of Chris Berman doing play-by-play of their night partying with Gronk on his party bus.
SOUTH CAROLINA: William “The Refrigerator” Perry / Montreal Alouettes
Analysis: Go Alouettes?
SOUTH DAKOTA: Jenn Sterger (the woman Brett Favre allegedly texted lewd photos to) / seven-layer dip
Analysis: A better way to impress a woman is to send her a picture of your famous seven-layer dip, provided one of those layers is guacamole.
TENNESSEE: Jon Gruden / Tim Hasselbeck
Analysis: Tennessee Titans fans are looking for experts to fix their quarterback conundrum.
TEXAS: Two-a-days / Jerry Jones photo / football prayer / “The Longest Yard” (1974 film) / “Necessary Roughness” (1991 film) / “Arli$$” (TV series) / elite quarterback / America’s Team / fumblerooski / football bloopers / football encyclopedia / shotgun formation / pistol formation / wishbone / Vince Lombardi quote
Analysis: Looks like Texas has earned its reputation as the football heart of America.
UTAH: Table football / Steve Young
Analysis: Not only did Steve Young play his college ball at Brigham Young University, but he’s also the great-great-great grandson of the Brigham Young.
VERMONT: “The Blind Side” (2009 film)
Analysis: The best way to get Vermont interested in football is to include Sandra Bullock in it.
VIRGINIA: (nothing)
Analysis: We found no football-related searches that Virginia was tops for.
WASHINGTON: Crowd noise / Beast Mode / John Clayton (sports reporter) / Dave Dameshek (football analyst) / Richard Sherman / Super Bowl predictions / Skittles / B.C. Lions / Edmonton Eskimos / Calgary Stampeders / Super Bowl (tie w/ IN/CO) / Legion of Boom / Steve Largent hit (the one above where he blows up Mike Harden)
Analysis: Most of America didn’t know Seattle had a pro football team until Richard Sherman yelled at them from the TVs, but the Seahawks are real.
WEST VIRGINIA: Tailgate
Analysis: This might just be searches for an actual tailgate for the pickup.
WISCONSIN: Chicago Bears suck / interception / cut block / touchdown dance / fair catch / Frank Caliendo (comedian) / John Madden / Super Bowl hat / Fail Mary / New York bozo / What is a packer? / replacement refs / Al Michaels (sportscaster) / flea flicker / playoff predictions / NFL kickers / Wonderlic test
Analysis: Not a lot of Bears fans in Wisconsin.
WYOMING: Brett Kiesel
Analysis: Not surprising the most incredible beard in pro football is from Wyoming.
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