Google - Trends

I'm breaking my long run of no posts with inspiration from Sports Illustrated's Steve Rushin. His column in last week's issue was about "Google Trends" and what information the sports world was searching for online. I thought it would be interesting to see which college football coaches drum up respect around the Southeast.

We'll start with Croom. Believe it or not, Croom is searched for more in Limerick, Ireland, than anywhere else on the planet. Followed by Jackson and Tampa Bay and then Dublin. Apparently there is a hot tourist destination named Croom Mills, just outside of Limerick. Who knew?

Spurrier leads the way in Columbia, but is still closely followed in Gainesville, with Knoxville coming in sixth. Apparently the Vols are still keeping tabs on the evil one. While Tuberville doesn't have much interest outside of Alabama. Fulmer gets very little interest outside of Tennessee, a little from Columbia and a little from Birmingham (UT transplants and Bama Haters).

I was interested in whether Beamer would be number one in Blacksburg, however Germany fills all ten slots, driven by the BMW I assume.

And it's very dissapointing to see that Starkville doesn't even rank on the list of cities searching for cowbells. Those tree-huggers in Seattle actually lead the way. Why in the hell are you searching for cowbells in Seattle?