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Posted: 12/11/2014 2:12 PM
http://fanindex.usatoday.com/

Eastern Michigan finished as the best in the MAC. Gotta be kidding me???

Marshall 65
Eastern 68
Ohio 72
and Miami still sucks at #92 (slightly OVERRATED )
Last Edited: 12/11/2014 2:16:30 PM by Catdude
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Posted: 12/11/2014 2:25 PM
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Posted: 12/11/2014 10:39 PM
This seems like a big deal for University.

Those are some big name schools in the top five.
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Posted: 12/12/2014 5:04 AM
Catdude wrote:expand_more
http://fanindex.usatoday.com/

Eastern Michigan finished as the best in the MAC.
Unforgivable.
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Posted: 12/12/2014 8:49 AM
How is this even calculated? EMU is probably so high because they beat Michigan and everyone heard about it on social media.
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Posted: 12/12/2014 11:09 AM
GoCats105 wrote:expand_more
How is this even calculated? EMU is probably so high because they beat Michigan and everyone heard about it on social media.
2000 people at best to a game and they get that. The rest of their list are just as bad.
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Posted: 12/12/2014 12:57 PM
It seems to be based on some kind of "mentions" and "voting totals," but I can't find any specifics.
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Posted: 12/12/2014 1:21 PM
GoCats105 wrote:expand_more
How is this even calculated? EMU is probably so high because they beat Michigan and everyone heard about it on social media.
Most of USA Today's lists come from reader votes but it's hard to imagine Eastern has more fan involvement than us Bobcats. Bobcat nation has always responded quite well to any on line reader vote. I don't recall ever seeing this poll on line. So who knows how they come up with this stuff.

awww, but wait, just saw this:

College Football Fan Index presented by Degree is the only digital index that combines social media activity and fan voting to determine the ultimate college football fanbase.

It’s an in-depth ranking of the top fanbases as determined through social aggregation and online polling across weekly editorial themes such as best tailgates and best traditions. The index is then measured based on social activity of each school’s fanbase, including sharing photos and videos, as well as the voting results of the weekly polls asking fans to determine which schools offer the best experience.

This further questions how EMU could have possibly finished in the top 100
Last Edited: 12/12/2014 1:23:23 PM by Catdude
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Posted: 12/12/2014 1:29 PM
ah, you beat me, catdude
Last Edited: 12/12/2014 1:30:54 PM by L.C.
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Posted: 12/14/2014 8:57 PM
Having EMU anywhere but the bottom 5 completely invalidates this methodology for me.
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Posted: 12/14/2014 9:02 PM
catfan28 wrote:expand_more
Having EMU anywhere but the bottom 5 completely invalidates this methodology for me.

While it's true that EMU has only 14 actual fans, they are very active online.
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Posted: 12/14/2014 9:19 PM
Could it have been all the social media hits from the cinder block wall?

http://www.laughspin.com/2014/08/31/eastern-michigan-foot.../
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Posted: 12/16/2014 11:27 AM
When is the last time anyone purchased a USA Today? I grab them in the hotel when I am traveling on business, but even then I rarely even open it up to read.
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