2008 Sporting News Best Sports Cities

[The Cats]

Sporting News "Our Best Sports City" rankings for the top 400 sports cities.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=468401

SoCon city rankings:

103 - Davidson, NC: Davidson College
131 - Birmingham, AL: Samford University
152 - Boone, NC: asu
160 - Statesboro, GA: gsu
166 - Chattanooga, TN: UTC
182 - Greensboro, NC: UNC-G
184 - Elon, NC: Elon University
218 - Spartinburg, SC: Wofford College
222 - Cullowhee, NC: Western Carolina University
228 - Charleston, SC: The Citadel / College of Charleston
243 - Greenville, SC: Furman University

[uofmman1122]

Big Sky Conference cities:

50. Portland (Portland State)
52. Sacramento (Sac. State)
169. Flagstaff, Ariz. (Northern Arizona)
183. Ogden, Utah (Weber State)
194. Missoula, Mont. (University of Montana)
201. Bozeman, Mont. (Montana State)
220. Greeley, Colo. (Northern Colorado)
230. Cheney, Wash. (Eastern Washington)
240. Pocatello, Idaho (Idaho State)

Yay!! 1111 get! :p

[TexasTerror]

Southland
153. Nacogdoches, Texas (SFA)
161. Huntsville, Texas (SHSU)
175. Beaumont, Texas (Lamar)
191. Hammond, Louisiana (SLU)
213. Natchitoches, Louisiana (NWST)
216. Lake Charles, Louisiana (McN)
224. Thibodaux, Louisiana (Nicholls)
225. Corpus Christi, Texas (A&M-CC)
229. San Marcos, Texas (TXST)
235. Conway, Arkansas (UCA)

Etc
3. Dallas-Fort Worth (UT-Arlington)
33. San Antonio (UTSA)

[Go Bison]

173. Fargo, ND (NDSU)

[The Cats]

Sporting News "Our Best Sports City" rankings for the top 400 sports cities.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=468401

SoCon city rankings:

103 - Davidson, NC: Davidson College
131 - Birmingham, AL: Samford University
152 - Boone, NC: asu
160 - Statesboro, GA: gsu
166 - Chattanooga, TN: UTC
182 - Greensboro, NC: UNC-G
184 - Elon, NC: Elon University
218 - Spartinburg, SC: Wofford College
222 - Cullowhee, NC: Western Carolina University
228 - Charleston, SC: The Citadel / College of Charleston
243 - Greenville, SC: Furman University


222 - Cullowhee, NC: Western Carolina University


Heck, Cullowhee is not even an incorporated city...... and it ranks higher than Charleston SC...... xrulesx

Guess the Citadel and CoC need to get better to inprove sports in their town......xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

[TheValleyRaider]

Every Patriot League city/town/village made the list xnodx

4-New York, NY (Fordham)
10-Washington, DC (Georgetown, American)
119-Annapolis, MD (Navy)
136-West Point, NY (Army)
179-Worcester, MA (Holy Cross)
185-Easton, PA (Lafayette)
190-Hamilton, NY (Colgate)
207-Lewisburg, PA (Bucknell)
212-Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh)

[BEAR]

Southland
153. Nacogdoches, Texas (SFA)
161. Huntsville, Texas (SHSU)
175. Beaumont, Texas (Lamar)
191. Hammond, Louisiana (SLU)
213. Natchitoches, Louisiana (NWST)
216. Lake Charles, Louisiana (McN)
224. Thibodaux, Louisiana (Nicholls)
225. Corpus Christi, Texas (A&M-CC)
229. San Marcos, Texas (TXST)
235. Conway, Arkansas (UCA)

Etc
3. Dallas-Fort Worth (UT-Arlington)
33. San Antonio (UTSA)

Well that's fair....xmadx considering the prerequisites...


Our Best Sports City rankings, which look at the 12 months from roughly October 2007 to October 2008, are based on point values assigned to various categories, including but not limited to won-lost records, postseason appearances, applicable power ratings, number of teams and attendance.

Kinda hard to get any points with those qualifiers....xmadx xlolx

[wkuhillhound]

Bowling Green, KY #101 3rd highest KY city! xthumbsupx

Just behind Tallahassee, FL. xcoffeex

[Grizalltheway]

Ogden above Missoula? xrolleyesx

[uofmman1122]

Ogden above Missoula? xrolleyesxIf we were just talking college football, Missoula would probably be the highest, or one of the highest football cities, but in all sports, I can see Missoula ranking lower than other cities. xtwocentsx

[Appinator]

I would think that this is incredibly incorrect. To get an accurate picture of what the BEST sports town, you would need to take all of the mentioned factors into consideration, but also weight that against the town/cities population.

Without looking at exact figures, I would think that the average attendance of major sporting events as a percentage of overall population would be incredibly low for a city like New York or Dallas, but extremely high for some like Knoxville, Ann Arbor, and Missoula. Obviously you would have to award extra points to a town whose sporting events consistently average sell-outs, because the total attendance figures would be higher if at all possible.

If anything, this list becomes valuable after all of the big cities are named.

[kirkblitz]

Big South Football Schools

237. Conway, SC (CCU)
232. Lexington, VA (VMI)
206. Lynchburg, VA (LU)
228. Charleston, SC (CSU)
195. Boiling Springs, NC (GW)
263. Stony Brook, N.Y. (SB)
254 Clinton, SC (presby)

[YaleFootballFan]

Ivy League schools:

1. Boston, MA (Harvard)
4. New York, NY (Columbia)
5. Philadelphia, PA (Penn)
148. Ithaca, NY (Cornell)
156. Providence, RI (Brown)
208. New Haven, CT (Yale)
252. Hanover, NH (Dartmouth)
255. Princeton, NJ (Princeton)