By the fall of 1928, a HOYA sportswriter began to refer to the football team as the Hoyas rather than its contemporary nickname of the Hilltoppers. The change was picked up by local writers as basketball season began, and Hoyas became the official Georgetown nickname within a few years.
Facebook has released a report on the most popular teams in America by county. The Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, and New England Patriots all had strong showings. The New York Jets do not have a majority of fans in any county in the country.
It seems odd that the most hated NFL player for a team in Houston would be Atlanta's backup quarterback, but that speaks to two things -- the lack of real rivalries fostered in the Texans' nondescript first 14 years of existence, and the depth of the grudge Texan fans still hold toward Schaub for the massive destruction his barrage of pick-sixes caused in 2013, wrote Pendergast in an email.