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Saban more popular than God in ‘Bama

OK, at least as far as Facebook is concerned he is.

According to something called the “Fan Page Analytic ranking” by way of the Birmingham News, Nick Saban has a bigger Facebook fan page membership than The Almighty.

The Fan Page Analytics ranking is part of an independent, automated analysis of fan pages on the popular social networking site. Created by a Boulder, Colo., computer programmer, the new system ranks fan page popularity by city, state and country and shows how Facebook users connect with people around the world.

The programmer behind the analysis, Pete Warden, said Friday that the concept of “fanning,” or joining what amount to online fan clubs, is just more common in sports than in faith, “so I’m not too surprised that coaches beat out God.”

But in his blog he noted that God is “almost always in the top spot” in the South, with some exceptions. Oklahomans picked the Sooners first and God third, for example, and Florida favored Starbucks over the Almighty. Urban Meyer didn’t even make Florida’s list.

I have no idea what this all means, other than... well... nope, have no clue what it means.