Jim Harbaugh is the trending NFL topic today, on this, the final NFL regular season Sunday. And Harbaugh has been a major topic all season long. Stories on his imminent departure have gotten a ton of page views in 2014. It’s confirmed now, Jim Harbaugh will coach at his alma mater, the University of Michigan.
Also the year-end, most popular list does not include the Jay Cutler stories. Those articles were so popular, and there were so many of them that they receive their own category.
ZOMG!!!! Jim Harbaugh to Michigan!!! IT’S HAPPENING!!!
Anyway, here are the five most popular college hoops stories of 2014, numbers indicate unique visitor counts.
1. 2014 NFL Mock Draft FINAL 5-8-14 79,721
2. Why do so many people think that Aaron Rodgers is gay? 35,387
The real #3-#11 are actually Jay Cutler or NFL mock draft stories, but we wanted more variety on this list, and you do too! You’ll find the link to the Cutler articles below:
-6 most popular Jay Cutler stories of 2014
3. 2015 NFL Mock Draft 13,234
4. Deion $anders: “49ers players want Jim Harbaugh out!” 12,972
5. Troy Aikman calls out Roger Goodell for his PR spin 10,832
The Sports Bank went over 5,000,000 unique visitors in 2014. Here’s the rest of the year end, most popular archive:
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-Five most popular Juan Mata stories of 2014 (Dec 19th)
-Five most popular Louis van Gaal stories of 2014 (Dec 19th)
-Five most popular Angel Di Maria stories of 2014 (Dec 18th)
-Five most popular female sportscaster stories of 2014 (Dec 23rd)
-Five most popular Kentucky Wildcats stories of 2014 (Dec 22nd)
-Five most popular college basketball stories of 2014 (Dec 27th)
-Five most popular college football stories of 2014 (Jan 1st)
-Five most popular NFL stories of 2014 (not including the Jay Cutler list) (Dec 28th)
-Five most popular NBA stories of 2014 (Dec 25th)
-Five most popular MLB stories of 2014 (Dec 25th)
-Five most popular news/pop culture stories of 2014 (Dec 31st)
-Top 20 search terms of 2014 (Jan 1st)
-10 most popular overall (Dec 31st)
-5 most popular Liverpool (Dec 26th)
-5 most popular Chelsea (Dec 26th)
-5 most popular Arsenal (Dec 25th)
-5 most popular Tottenham Hotspur (Dec 24th)
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