Google knows where you shop, what guilty pleasure song lyrics you have memorized, your prom date's name, whether or not you leave the water running while brushing your teeth … and what sports terms you search for. And, Minnesota, you search the heck out of "fantasy football."
Land of 10,000 Geeks: There is no fantasy football offseason in Minnesota
According to Google Trends, Minnesota (and some neighboring areas) leads the planet in fantasy football excitement so far in July. Tis the season for draft prep, we suppose.
July 12, 2016 at 4:40PM
According to Google Trends, Minnesota (and some neighboring areas) leads the planet in fantasy football excitement so far in July. Tis the season for draft prep, we suppose.
We don't know what the 24,000 good folks of North Platte, Neb., do with their leisure time, other than dominate their fantasy football leagues. The western Nebraska town is nowhere near Lincoln, Omaha or, well, anything, but they rank No. 1 in searching for "fantasy football" on Google over the past seven days. They scored a perfect 100 on Google's "search interest" metric. Do NOT allow any North Platte'rs in your league this fall.
Mankato follows at No. 2 in the nation, with a 98 on search interest, followed by the La Crosse-Eau Claire region (Google groups midsize towns, apparently). Fargo is No. 7, and the Twin Cities is the first major metro on the list at No. 8. Rounding out the top 15: Duluth-Superior at No. 13, Rochester-Mason City, Iowa-Austin at No. 14.
That's six of the top 15 that we Minnesotans, or our close friends, can claim. Kind of makes you want to call up your too-cool-for-fantasy buddies on the coasts and talk them into starting a league, eh? It'd be like going to the ATM.
Mike Conley was in Minneapolis, where he sounded the Gjallarhorn at the Vikings game, on Sunday during the robbery.
