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Alex Friedrich

MAP: What we're known for — and it's not Minnesota State University

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Someone recently said that if you Googled a university, chances are you'd find more results for the head football coach than you would for the president.

Here's a twist on that idea:

You know how Google has that auto-complete feature that finishes off your search terms based on the most popular searches?

Cartoonist Dorothy Gambrell wanted to see what would come up if she Googled all 50 states -- beginning with the state name and then seeing what came after.

The results: Some states had been searched mostly for their universities -- such as Georgia Tech, Iowa State University and Indiana University. Others had been searched for their college sports teams -- Wisconsin Badgers, or "Alabama Football" and "Ohio State Football."

What did we get?

Minnesota Vikings.

See The Huffington Post's take here.