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UF Researchers Recruiting College Florida Football Fans for Season-Long Study
Got an email last night from Melanie Mousseau, a researcher at the University of Florida's College of Health and Human Performance.
She's looking for volunteers to participate in a season-long, Internet-based study of "the changes in individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors over the course of football season." Scary stuff, in other words. The study's title: the Fan Experience.
Participants will answer a questionaire online each week during the season, and in the end, researchers say, you will come away with "an awareness of how sport fandom and a sports team's performance may be related to fluctuations in fans' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors."
NOTE: Researchers assure us that "there are no anticipated risks or discomforts associated with your participation."
Apparently they did not see Urban Meyer in this video clip.
(Sorry Melanie - couldn't resist.)
The deadline to sign up for the study is August 31st. Participate, and at the end of the season we can commiserate over how insane we all are. And bloggers, spread the word.
UPDATE: Word from the comments section is that this study is geared towards UF fans only; the researchers didn't let us on to that detail. Maybe they thought we were these guys. So Gators fans, have at it.
August 24, 2006 08:10 AM
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Warren, that clip made my day :) Thanks!
Warren~
I did their survey and I don't think they are going to like all of the outsiders involved. It has got so many UF questions that if too many outsiders get involved, their survey will look like UF fans could care less about their team.
Oh well!
Roll Tide!
Paula
I was all gung ho to do this until I got far enough into it to realize it applies only to UF fans, alumni, etc. Too bad they couldn't do for all SEC schools. Thanks for the clip, Warren.
I can't believe how many questions I just answered about UF football.
However, I took great pride in my answer to how I'm affiliated with the University of Florida:
Other: Distance ed student (boo!) and longtime gator hater
RTR
well, it DOES ask a) whether you're a Florida fan and b) if not, who you ARE a fan of ... so I don't know that they ONLY want dirty Gators. But it's definitely got a lot of Gator-related questions. (My favorite? Which of last year's Florida games did you attend. Alabama, away (Oct. 1). Heck yeah!)
Here I was expecting to see Shula ruin another 'Bama season by leaving a top player on the field for injury during a meaningless play. Hey Shula, you should have kicked that field goal, huh?
don't worry, gaytors............
BAMA STILL FEARS THE THUMB!!!!!!!!!!
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Warren, that clip made my day :) Thanks!
Posted by: Jezebel at August 24, 2006 12:13 PM