Bengals grab fans in more states than remaining teams ahead of conference championships

Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson (2) practices kicking a field goal as Cincinnati Bengals punter Kevin Huber (10) holds before an NFL divisional playoff football game between the Tennessee Titans and the Cincinnati Bengals, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.
Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson (2) practices kicking a field goal as Cincinnati Bengals punter Kevin Huber (10) holds before an NFL divisional playoff football game between the Tennessee Titans and the Cincinnati Bengals, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.

A map based on Twitter data shows the Cincinnati Bengals have fan support in more states than any of the four teams heading into the NFL conference championship games Sunday, including the Super Bowl favorite Kansas City Chiefs.

According to the map, 19 states were rooting for the Bengals, compared to 16 states for the Chiefs in their AFC Championship Game matchup.

Meanwhile, nine states were pulling for the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday's NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers, who got the most support from six states.

The map was based on geotagged Twitter posts after last weekend's playoff games in which the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills to advance to AFC Championship Game against the Bengals on Sunday.

Researchers at the online sportsbook betonline.ag tracked official fan hashtags in every state, such as #ChiefsKingdom, #RuleTheJungle, #RamsHouse, #GoChiefs, #WhoDey, #RamsNation, #GoNiners, etc.

More than 200,000 tweets were tracked.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Bengals in AFC Championship game: What Twitter says