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usually at collage games there is a "students" section where active students of the college can get special tickets and that is usually were all the cameras are for the crowed shots so you get the most enthusiastic people reping the colors. some stadiums even have an "away" section on the opposite side to prevent fights between the die-hard fans.
I've been to the Cal-Stanford game 3 times, twice at Cal and once at Stanford...and yes, that separation is needed. My step-cousin was a student at Cal at that time so he would always sit in the student section
that solid yellow stand from Michigan is the student section...the rest our just fans, maybe some current students mixed in...and that stadium holds over 106,000
I love watching British people react to college football stuff. And yes, many major college football schools have much bigger stadiums than premier league stadiums
In the NFL it’s a max of 53 guys. Colleges have so many different practice responsibilities that it’s not uncommon to have 120-150 guys “on the team” but only like a max of 70 travel for the games
One of the schools shown is Virginia Tech (VT). My nephew is currently a freshman student there. He told me that when everyone jumps for "Enter Sandman," it can be measured on the Richter scale by earthquake sensors! His father (my brother) was in the famous Notre Dame band 30 years ago. They practiced as much as the football team, 5-6 days per week. I don't remember how large the band was then, but it currently has 380 members. Every year he would need to leave home for a week after Christmas to travel to where the Bowl Game was being played (a Bowl Game is sort of like a tournament with only two teams and one game). It was an enormous commitment.
So cool! Im a current ND student and the band is still incredible. I don’t know if it was like this when your brother was in the bend but i think they even have to come to campus early to start practicing. Like they get here while everyone else is still on summer break. The ND marching band is American’s first university band.
I’ll never forget that game that Virginia Tech played against Tennessee at Bristol Motor Speedway (in 2015?) and turned the racetrack into the largest football stadium ever for one game… Coolest thing ever I LOVE in college sports when they play at special venues like that… I love when college basketball games are played on the decks of aircraft carriers, etc
@@MadisonAiello He was a student from 1991 to 1995. The band members did arrive at least one week early, like the football team. I got to attend a game because I was young enough to pass for a student. It was a great experience, especially since I had just graduated from the University of Vermont, which at that time (and possibly now) was the only major state university without a football team. Our sport was hockey. If I remember correctly, Notre Dame didn't even have a hockey team then; I know they have a good program now.
I was in the marching band at the first school Clemson and it is really special. They stopped the balloons for environmental reasons but that was also pretty cool. Clemson’s stadium holds 80,000 and what’s crazy is all these videos are regular season games. The passion in college football is like nothing else!
I didn’t care about football until I came to Florida State. But being in Doak Campbell for our season opener against Notre Dame got me hooked. The energy is like nothing else, and the war chant legitimately resonates for hours after. We take our college football seriously here, especially down South. (And Chief Osceola + Renegade are just as badass in person. The school has an agreement with the Seminole tribe of Florida, and the whole tradition is incredibly awesome and respectful as well).
For Virginia Tech- the guys in Blue and White are in our Corps of Cadets. Most of the buildings on campus are made out of Limestone - in Blacksburg it’s referred to as Hokie Stone because it is all quarried locally.
Clemson South Carolina, Virginia Tech, Michigan (Largest College stadium 107,601), University of Miami, Nebraska, Tennessee (102,455), Florida State, South Carolina, Texas AM (102,733), Oklahoma , Georgia Tech, In order they appear. There are seven colleges with football stadiums seating capacity over 100.000
So happy to see the Nebraska Huskers Tunnel walk on here. Especially with Coach Osborne leading the team. The song they use is Sirius by The Alan Parsons Project.
I've been to three virginia tech games (the 2nd clip) and they're absolutely insane. everyone tailgates beforehand, my great uncle used to bring a portable grill and barbecue stuff for me and my brother to eat. then the game itself is pretty fun, i don't care about sports at all, its just a fun and energetic vibe, especially when our team wins!
I grew up as a Clemson fan- so the first entrance you saw. Here's the story for you- The first part of Clemson's stadium was built in 1942. It reached around its current capacity in the mid 80s. It holds about 80,000 people. The hill that the team runs down and the area surrounding it are where the band and students sit. The hill was originally a hill that the team did warm-up sprints on in the 60s- it's incredibly steep and is pretty lumpy as well- Clemson is about an hour drive from the Appalachian Mountains. At the top of the mountain, there sits a rock named Howard's Rock. Clemson's stadium became known as "Death Valley" due to an opposing coach saying that playing in Clemson's stadium was "like playing in Death Valley", which is the hottest place in the US. A former student traveled to the geographic Death Valley, and brought a rock back to the football stadium, where it was placed in head coach's office. The head coach, Frank Howard (Clemson coach for 30 years) told one of his assistants to get the rock out of his office. The rock was then placed on a pedestal at the top of the hill and named Howard's Rock. The week after that happened, the team began touching the rock during practice and began making great plays. In the next game against Virginia, Clemson was behind by a lot in the third quarter. The team decided to go touch the rock and ended up coming back and winning. So, the team began to rub the rock and run down the hill to enter the games. Today, the team travels around the stadium in those busses, everyone touches the rock, the players run down the hill, a cannon is launched, fireworks are set off, the band begins playing the university's fight song, the fans clap in unison, chant, and a tiger (Clemson's mascot) above the scoreboards eyes light up and the tail moves. The rock was actually stolen 5-10 years ago, but was recovered and the two pieces that had broken apart were glued together, and the rock was placed in a more secure glass case. The balloons are no longer launched because of the environment- the video you showed was from 2013. The energy has only gotten higher, since Clemson won six straight conference championships from 2015-2020, made the playoffs (only 4 teams) six straight years from 2015-2020, and won the National Championship in 2016 and 2018. Last year we weren't as good, but nearly all of the team is returning this upcoming season.
OMG the pride I would have felt would be immeasurable getting cheers like that. I stopped playing sports in high school and experienced a few state tournaments and full seats, but this is next level.
It’s not just the folks in the stadium who are pumped up and chant, sing, do the motions, etc. I work in a restaurant in a city 107 miles (172 kilometers) [1 hour 52 minute drive] away from one of the major universities in my state and on game days we have the televisions turned on and set to the channel the team is playing on. And you can hear folks sing Boomer Sooner, etc as the team comes on the field and that energy generally stays that way. When both major universities play on the same day at different times the restaurant is full of energy. I’m just the host and so I’m at the front entrance. From my vantage point I can see throughout the various sections of the restaurant and there’s also two televisions up where I’m at so people waiting to be seated can watch the games, too. You’re correct that it’s an experience. When I lived in Norman and got to go to a University of Oklahoma football game it was indeed an awesome experience both outside and inside the stadium. I haven’t been to a professional game yet to compare the experiences, but friends, family, and coworkers who have said the professional games are a different type of experience than the college games, but still a lot of fun.
I go to the second school Virginia Tech and its even better in person. The jumping for big games often registers as an earthquake and the crowd singing is super loud, you just can’t hear it in the video because the music is copyright.
The brick they all touched a Virginia Tech is called Hokie Stone and it is a part of the tradition and culture of the school. The school has a rock quarry, and they use the stones from the quarry to build many buildings on campus. The rocks in the quarry are various shades of gray. Check out some of the buildings.
These guys are taken very good care of. Yes, they are the big guys on campus. Literally.....😂😂. Luka, I’m a lifelong South Carolina fan or a Gamecock. Whichever you prefer. It doesn’t matter in which state you’re from. Football fans are serious about it.
You guys should react to college football stadiums. There’s a huge difference in size and design styles. Some schools have a tiny stadium, but many of the larger schools have massive stadiums that are often bigger than some in the NFL.
Good chunk of the roster doesn't really play much during a game. You have 1st string for offense and defense with a few extras who rotate in depending on play calls/situations. You have your special teams 1st string (which could have a few people from offense/defense on it) D1 NCAA Football has 85 Scholarship players and can have up to 105 players on the team (those extras will be walks on with no scholarship) So there's a lot of players who likely aren't seeing the field as freshman/sophomores unless it's a younger team in general or they are pretty talented.
College football is insane. No matter where you are at in the US. We all have our different traditions. There is nothing like a Saturday during football season. Especially in the south where college is more dominant than pros. Most states only have one or 2 universities but I live in NC and we have over 10 major universities. So I grew up loving college ball.
I totally enjoyed this reaction. There are so many more videos with college/ university games regarding the crowds, their bands and their cheerleaders. You two would just love them!!
My cousin is in the University of Tennessee-Knoxville band (more commonly known as the Pride of the Southland band) and I think it would be really cool if you could react to one of their shows. The history of the band goes back over 100 years and it's considered one of the best college football bands around. I would recommend watching one of their pregame performances from this season, their circle drill performance at LSU, or one of their halftime shows from this season.
I could be wrong but the section with the most yellow in the Michigan game is most likely the section assigned to students only. They always tend to be the most enthusiastic at these college games. They really go all out! As to how they get everyone to do these things at the same time is because a lot of the chants and other actions are long standing traditions.
Running through the T made by the band here at Tennessee is one of the best things to ever witness. I’m spoiled by it cause I’ve been to dozens of games but there’s also been a few where a Navy Seal team parachuted in the game ball. That one was crazy too
Notre Dame wasn’t included in this video but their games are crazy as well. Especially they’re entrance. The beginning of the game is one of the coolest things I’ve ever experienced. The band is amazing. The music is awesome. The crowd is all singing along and cheering. The guys are hyped. There’s smoke machines and other effects. And then you see a sea of beautiful gold helmets come charging out of the tunnel. The tv doesn’t do those helmets justice. They look amazing in person.
Just seeing my VOLS come through the T and hearing over 100k people getting loud , it’s truly a intimidating force ! The sound that comes from Neyland is heard through Knoxville on Saturday night ! Like I tell all the people that don’t live here in Tennessee, “ There’s nothing like a Saturday Night In Knoxville” Go VOLS ! #VFL 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Professional Football in the U.S. is descended from College Football, and College Football has a multi decade lead. Michigan Stadium is the largest football stadium in the United States, if not all of North America. I love football reactions from people who aren't Americans. Seeing an outside perspective is nice.
Need to watch the College Football crowds ones, too...it'll give you an idea of the sheer size of these stadiums. SEC schools are insane but overall most major programs you're looking at 80, 90, 100 thousand plus fans, each game, and they sell out or come close to it. There's nothing like being in the stands as a student in a big time stadium for big games. Some places will get loud enough they register earthquakes.
Lav if you don't want to travel all the way to the US Nebraska the red team at 7:40 and northwestern will be playing in Dublin at the Aviva stadium to start off next season which I know wont give the full experience but would be very fun and a lot closer.
College football gamedays are a whole experience within itself, with the game being the centerpiece. I go to Michigan, and before the game there’s always tailgates, parties, and all sorts of other stuff, and the fun starts right back up after the game. Also our stadium (the Big House) is the largest stadium in America and the third largest in the world, regularly seating over 110,000. Go Blue!!!!! 〽️
When you purchase a ticket to a college football game it tells you what color team shirt to wear or whether to bring a pom pom, etc. The local grocery stores close to the stadium sell them for a low price. You are not required to wear/bring them, but fans almost always do. I'm from Iowa, so GO HAWKS!!!!!
These are colleges and universities. The student body is in the stands. It's a huge deal to come out for the football team. It's school spirit. There are also alumni, parents, and people from the state or area. They all support their particular team to the limit. Things like the pompoms (those yellow things at Michigan State) are often given out at the entrance or kept throughout college years and even after as souvenirs of the collective experience. Each of these schools may be the only one in the state or the best in the state. They certainly are the largest university in each state and so draw their supporters from a deep population. These stadiums hold upward of 80,000 seats.
The Orange team that ran through the T is the University of Tennessee. Their Stadium, Neyland Stadium, holds 102,000. I live in Knoxville and these fans are die hard. I'm a fan of the National Championship Georgia Bulldawgs (Yay Dawgs) .. when I wear my shirts or team gear out these Tennessee fans will stare you down.
That section of solid yellow on the Michigan field is the student section where I was for several years until I graduated and sat closer to the 50 yard line where many attendees wore the school colors of maize (yellow) and navy.
The yellow section in the crowd at Michigan game was more and likely the student section. Usually the students have their own reserved sections for the games
Penn state with beaver stadium during the whiteout is known as the best atmosphere in all of American football and I’ve been to many different stadiums… by far the most electric experience ever
I was in marching band in college, and being on the field during one of these types of entrances is just something that can't be put into words. These videos always undersell just how loud everything is.
The team with the red jerseys, white helmets with the N on them is the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. The population of the state is about 1,952,000 people. The stadium officially holds about 86,000 people but up to 90,000 people can get inside making it the 3rd biggest "City" by population in the state during game days. Omaha about 480,000, Lincoln about 295,000, UNL Memorial Stadium about 86,000, Bellevue, about 54,000, Grand Island about 51,000. The consecutive sellout streak is 381 games dating back to 1962. Unfortunately, at this time they are not the team they used to be and are more likely to have a losing season than a winning one.
Y'all should check out highschool games. Highschool stadiums can seat upwards of 20,000 people in some areas, and the stands will fill up for those games also.
I’m a huge Tennessee Vols fan and would absolutely love you guys to react to “Neyland affect” Neyland is the name of our stadium which holds 102,000+ fans and is called the Behemoth of college football and one of if not the loudest stadium in football. If you want to get a good feel for how college football fans are react to it trust me you won’t regret it
i love it. The very first one is my Clemson Tigers. WOW when you shoe the one from Tennessee, I am one of the photographers squatting in from of the band as the run through the T
In the Michigan entrance when you highlighted the yellow crowd that was the student section all the others were the people around the state filling in to support their team also I was at that Florida State game and the video didn't do it justice I literally felt the whole stadium shaking like a 2.0 earthquake
I love our Nebraska Tunnel walk on Saturdays when the Huskers are home Memorial Stadium becomes Nebraska's third largest city we have sold out every game since 1962.
I feel the highest level of football intensifies as it goes down. NFL is awesome. Then the highest level of college football incredible, then the highest levels of high school football is the groundwork of the sport that's groundbreaking. Litreraly.
to give a better understanding for the clip at 7:40, the old man walking out is the former coach Tom Osborne, while at nebraska from 1973 to 1997 he never won less then 9 games(often when seasons were only 11 games long) won 3 national titles and during the last 5 years of his coaching career won 3 national titles losing only 3 games going 60 - 3 with possibly the most dominating team in college football history with the 1995 team. after retiring from coaching he became a member of the US congress and then became athletic director of the university. The field at that stadium is named after him as well, it's Tom Osborne Field at Memorial Stadium.
3:32 one of the other odd things about college football is that basically every team has what I call a “touch prop”. Might be a rock, a brick, an old goalpost, a sign, a statue; anything you can think of, there’s at least one. It’s equal parts hype and connection to the past. If you watch this videos back, you’ll see one in almost every clip(I didn’t see one in the Miami clip).
ECU grad here & we don’t even have the biggest college football theatrics but yeah the football players are regarded as heros for lack of a better term. We love them, they are supported in every way possible, we love them. Even in classes professors allow the football players some leeway because they are constantly traveling & practicing. Tailgates, alumni & game days are events, I was in a frat & we held tailgates with hundreds & sometimes thousands of people every gameday, most of the time I was either blackout drunk or sleeping with a woman by the time the game started, truly a great experience to enjoy. At least 30 of my family members are ECU alumni & they all tailgate like there’s no tomorrow, we’d have the frat tailgates & I would run into my family members drunk af & tailgate with them, eat some food they have & keep going. It’s a mentality & tradition typa thing
Michigan has the largest stadium in college football and it has a capacity of 107k seats I think. It’s also the second largest stadium in the world. Can you do a reaction video of the Ohio State and Michigan rivalry game from this past season? Awesome game with a great back story to it.
the reason a lot of college stadiums have higher seating caps than epl stadiums is because a lot of european football stadiums, including mls ones that are being built in america have overhangs. i think it really cuts down on the depth that you can have but it does keep fans dry during bad weather. signal iduna park is the only stadium i’ve seen capture that depth with an overhang over the stands
If you want to see how crazy it gets for high school check out Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Ca) vs St John Boso (Bellflower, Ca) tickets were selling for 300 bucks; for a high school game?!?
The second walkout that they showed, Virginia Tech to enter sandman, about 60 thousand fans all jump to the song and regularly create seismic activity(Earthquakes)
In the NFL, the roster limit is 53. They have practice squad players, but only 53 individual people are allowed to step on the field, so those practice squad guys just do their jobs in the middle of the week but don't travel to games. In college, someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there is a roster limit. Some of these teams have upwards of 150 players. A good chunk of them are practice squad guys that'll never step foot within the boundaries of the field, but they're completely allowed to travel with the team and stand on the sidelines to support their teammates.
6:48 Top-level college teams can have 85 players on scholarship (meaning they're attending without having to pay tuition or housing costs), and there are often a few "walk-on" players (not on scholarship) as well. Many of those won't get any playing time - realistically, somewhere on the order of 40-50 will get into the game unless it turns into such a blowout that the coaches decide to give the starters a rest later. Part of this is the eligibility rules - you have "five years to play four", so incoming players often practice with the team for the first year without actually playing in any games before playing the next four seasons. (I believe this was recently loosened slightly to allow players to play in a limited number of games in the "off" year.)
Nebraska is using same theme song as the Chicago Bulls NBA team, they play this song to introduce Chicago Bulls starting lineup the song is called Sirius.
5:49 That's the Student section. They as students are more organized then the rest of the fan base. Many of the things they do will spread to the normal fanbase given time.
@ 6:46 ~ Actually, a College Team is allowed 85 Scholarship players per yearly roster. But there can be quite a bit more, if the players agree to be Walk On athletes. Which means, they are not going to the school for free. They pay their own tuition, and tryout for the team. I believe the maximum number of players allowed, is 105 on active roster.
Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium seat 66,000, Michigan Stadium seats 110,000, In Division 1 - Football Bowl Subdivision each team is allowed 85 scholarship players. Here is a list of Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision's 16 largest stadiums Michigan 115000 Texas A&M 110000 Penn State 106000 Tennessee 102000 LSU 102000 Ohio State 102000 Alabama 100000 Texas 100000 Georgia 92000 UCLA 90000 Florida 88000 Auburn 87000 Nebraska 85458 Clemson 81000 Wisconsin 80000 Oklahoma 80000
The largest football stadium in the western hemisphere is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan where the University of Michigan plays football. It was one of the clips you watched. It seats 107,601 people. I also went to Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida (also in the clips here) and was in the marching band at FSU. Marching bands are hugely popular here in the US and is often synonymous with college football. At one time, FSU Marching Band, known as the Marching Chiefs, was the largest collegiate marching band in the world with over 500 students in the band.
Nebraska. 2 millions citizens playing in a town with only about 200,000 ppl. The stadium has been sold out for every game since 1962. Btw the capacity is 93,000. Sold out every game
the student section at a college game is where the majority of the atmosphere comes from. The main difference between european atmospheres and american college atmospheres is that in european football, there is a continuous, often spontaneous atmosphere, due to chants. In college football there are either set times when the fans go crazy (entrance, half-time, entering the final quarter, or the end of the game) or the stadium announcers/music dudes will prompt the crowd to "make noise" or sing a song. During the game itself there is very little chanting, and the fans will generally just cheer, unless prompted to do anything else.
Some of the biggest schools have over 100 players on the roster and share some numbers between a player on offense and another on defense. They don't take them all on road trips though.
I played tuba (the really big ass horn) at the University of Tennessee (the Orange and White Team at the 9:26 mark on your video) and let me tell you how loud it was in the stadium whenever the "T" would open - I could not hear myself play..... it was white noise on the field
When you are at a Michigan Football game, you are in the biggest crowd watching a game anywhere in the world, with an average attendance of 110,000 people. The Stadium is nicknamed the Big House, and is the largest stadium in the US
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usually at collage games there is a "students" section where active students of the college can get special tickets and that is usually were all the cameras are for the crowed shots so you get the most enthusiastic people reping the colors. some stadiums even have an "away" section on the opposite side to prevent fights between the die-hard fans.
I've been to the Cal-Stanford game 3 times, twice at Cal and once at Stanford...and yes, that separation is needed. My step-cousin was a student at Cal at that time so he would always sit in the student section
that solid yellow stand from Michigan is the student section...the rest our just fans, maybe some current students mixed in...and that stadium holds over 106,000
115,000 that game
GO BLUE!!!
GO BLUE
Also there at like 100 players on a college team
Kinda like a moshpit
I love watching British people react to college football stuff. And yes, many major college football schools have much bigger stadiums than premier league stadiums
They don’t serve beans and toast though so you’re S.O.L.
@@bmorg5190 I hope that’s sarcastic
Yeah tbh pretty much every premier league stadium is far smaller
Only the biggest clubs have stadiums that rival college football stadiums in size
@Dank Waifu that sounds so boring
@@bmorg5190 But I CAN get an entire turkey leg so ha
In the NFL it’s a max of 53 guys. Colleges have so many different practice responsibilities that it’s not uncommon to have 120-150 guys “on the team” but only like a max of 70 travel for the games
the NCAA rules is a minimum of 85 players and a maximum of 105.
@@masterofpuppets2004 = With a limit of 85 Scholarship Players.
@@masterofpuppets2004The Max for Division I is 85 players.
One of the schools shown is Virginia Tech (VT). My nephew is currently a freshman student there. He told me that when everyone jumps for "Enter Sandman," it can be measured on the Richter scale by earthquake sensors!
His father (my brother) was in the famous Notre Dame band 30 years ago. They practiced as much as the football team, 5-6 days per week. I don't remember how large the band was then, but it currently has 380 members. Every year he would need to leave home for a week after Christmas to travel to where the Bowl Game was being played (a Bowl Game is sort of like a tournament with only two teams and one game). It was an enormous commitment.
@JPMadden Go Hokies!!!😊
My cousin Brenden used to play qb at Tech
So cool! Im a current ND student and the band is still incredible. I don’t know if it was like this when your brother was in the bend but i think they even have to come to campus early to start practicing. Like they get here while everyone else is still on summer break. The ND marching band is American’s first university band.
I’ll never forget that game that Virginia Tech played against Tennessee at Bristol Motor Speedway (in 2015?) and turned the racetrack into the largest football stadium ever for one game… Coolest thing ever
I LOVE in college sports when they play at special venues like that… I love when college basketball games are played on the decks of aircraft carriers, etc
@@MadisonAiello He was a student from 1991 to 1995. The band members did arrive at least one week early, like the football team. I got to attend a game because I was young enough to pass for a student. It was a great experience, especially since I had just graduated from the University of Vermont, which at that time (and possibly now) was the only major state university without a football team. Our sport was hockey. If I remember correctly, Notre Dame didn't even have a hockey team then; I know they have a good program now.
Y'all should check out videos on the biggest high school stadiums. This religion starts before college 🏈
I was in the marching band at the first school Clemson and it is really special. They stopped the balloons for environmental reasons but that was also pretty cool. Clemson’s stadium holds 80,000 and what’s crazy is all these videos are regular season games. The passion in college football is like nothing else!
I was at Death Valley today. Been going my whole life..
Go tigers
I didn’t care about football until I came to Florida State. But being in Doak Campbell for our season opener against Notre Dame got me hooked. The energy is like nothing else, and the war chant legitimately resonates for hours after. We take our college football seriously here, especially down South. (And Chief Osceola + Renegade are just as badass in person. The school has an agreement with the Seminole tribe of Florida, and the whole tradition is incredibly awesome and respectful as well).
Hell yes it is & it is the best college football pre game around...Go Noles!!...also piss on Miami, Florida & the committee
For Virginia Tech- the guys in Blue and White are in our Corps of Cadets. Most of the buildings on campus are made out of Limestone - in Blacksburg it’s referred to as Hokie Stone because it is all quarried locally.
Clemson South Carolina, Virginia Tech, Michigan (Largest College stadium 107,601), University of Miami, Nebraska, Tennessee (102,455), Florida State, South Carolina, Texas AM (102,733), Oklahoma , Georgia Tech, In order they appear. There are seven colleges with football stadiums seating capacity over 100.000
So happy to see the Nebraska Huskers Tunnel walk on here. Especially with Coach Osborne leading the team. The song they use is Sirius by The Alan Parsons Project.
I've been to three virginia tech games (the 2nd clip) and they're absolutely insane. everyone tailgates beforehand, my great uncle used to bring a portable grill and barbecue stuff for me and my brother to eat. then the game itself is pretty fun, i don't care about sports at all, its just a fun and energetic vibe, especially when our team wins!
I grew up as a Clemson fan- so the first entrance you saw. Here's the story for you-
The first part of Clemson's stadium was built in 1942. It reached around its current capacity in the mid 80s. It holds about 80,000 people. The hill that the team runs down and the area surrounding it are where the band and students sit. The hill was originally a hill that the team did warm-up sprints on in the 60s- it's incredibly steep and is pretty lumpy as well- Clemson is about an hour drive from the Appalachian Mountains. At the top of the mountain, there sits a rock named Howard's Rock. Clemson's stadium became known as "Death Valley" due to an opposing coach saying that playing in Clemson's stadium was "like playing in Death Valley", which is the hottest place in the US. A former student traveled to the geographic Death Valley, and brought a rock back to the football stadium, where it was placed in head coach's office. The head coach, Frank Howard (Clemson coach for 30 years) told one of his assistants to get the rock out of his office. The rock was then placed on a pedestal at the top of the hill and named Howard's Rock. The week after that happened, the team began touching the rock during practice and began making great plays. In the next game against Virginia, Clemson was behind by a lot in the third quarter. The team decided to go touch the rock and ended up coming back and winning. So, the team began to rub the rock and run down the hill to enter the games. Today, the team travels around the stadium in those busses, everyone touches the rock, the players run down the hill, a cannon is launched, fireworks are set off, the band begins playing the university's fight song, the fans clap in unison, chant, and a tiger (Clemson's mascot) above the scoreboards eyes light up and the tail moves. The rock was actually stolen 5-10 years ago, but was recovered and the two pieces that had broken apart were glued together, and the rock was placed in a more secure glass case. The balloons are no longer launched because of the environment- the video you showed was from 2013. The energy has only gotten higher, since Clemson won six straight conference championships from 2015-2020, made the playoffs (only 4 teams) six straight years from 2015-2020, and won the National Championship in 2016 and 2018. Last year we weren't as good, but nearly all of the team is returning this upcoming season.
OMG the pride I would have felt would be immeasurable getting cheers like that. I stopped playing sports in high school and experienced a few state tournaments and full seats, but this is next level.
It’s not just the folks in the stadium who are pumped up and chant, sing, do the motions, etc. I work in a restaurant in a city 107 miles (172 kilometers) [1 hour 52 minute drive] away from one of the major universities in my state and on game days we have the televisions turned on and set to the channel the team is playing on. And you can hear folks sing Boomer Sooner, etc as the team comes on the field and that energy generally stays that way. When both major universities play on the same day at different times the restaurant is full of energy. I’m just the host and so I’m at the front entrance. From my vantage point I can see throughout the various sections of the restaurant and there’s also two televisions up where I’m at so people waiting to be seated can watch the games, too.
You’re correct that it’s an experience. When I lived in Norman and got to go to a University of Oklahoma football game it was indeed an awesome experience both outside and inside the stadium. I haven’t been to a professional game yet to compare the experiences, but friends, family, and coworkers who have said the professional games are a different type of experience than the college games, but still a lot of fun.
The Nebraska one is called the Tunnel Walk and its basically a cultural event for our state
I go to the second school Virginia Tech and its even better in person. The jumping for big games often registers as an earthquake and the crowd singing is super loud, you just can’t hear it in the video because the music is copyright.
No fans are more passionate than those cheering their favorite college football teams.
The brick they all touched a Virginia Tech is called Hokie Stone and it is a part of the tradition and culture of the school. The school has a rock quarry, and they use the stones from the quarry to build many buildings on campus. The rocks in the quarry are various shades of gray. Check out some of the buildings.
It’s made of Limestone.
These guys are taken very good care of. Yes, they are the big guys on campus. Literally.....😂😂. Luka, I’m a lifelong South Carolina fan or a Gamecock. Whichever you prefer. It doesn’t matter in which state you’re from. Football fans are serious about it.
Nah we at UNC just laugh at y’all 😂
You guys should react to college football stadiums. There’s a huge difference in size and design styles. Some schools have a tiny stadium, but many of the larger schools have massive stadiums that are often bigger than some in the NFL.
You should watch the whole entrance of the Florida State Seminoles. The person playing the role of Chief Osceola spears the field.
I’m in my final year at Virginia Tech. Our entrance is absolutely crazy. It never gets old.
Good chunk of the roster doesn't really play much during a game.
You have 1st string for offense and defense with a few extras who rotate in depending on play calls/situations. You have your special teams 1st string (which could have a few people from offense/defense on it)
D1 NCAA Football has 85 Scholarship players and can have up to 105 players on the team (those extras will be walks on with no scholarship) So there's a lot of players who likely aren't seeing the field as freshman/sophomores unless it's a younger team in general or they are pretty talented.
College football is insane. No matter where you are at in the US. We all have our different traditions. There is nothing like a Saturday during football season. Especially in the south where college is more dominant than pros. Most states only have one or 2 universities but I live in NC and we have over 10 major universities. So I grew up loving college ball.
I totally enjoyed this reaction. There are so many more videos with college/ university games regarding the crowds, their bands and their cheerleaders. You two would just love them!!
My cousin is in the University of Tennessee-Knoxville band (more commonly known as the Pride of the Southland band) and I think it would be really cool if you could react to one of their shows. The history of the band goes back over 100 years and it's considered one of the best college football bands around. I would recommend watching one of their pregame performances from this season, their circle drill performance at LSU, or one of their halftime shows from this season.
You should definitely do part two! The high school football entrances video he has is pretty dope too!
I could be wrong but the section with the most yellow in the Michigan game is most likely the section assigned to students only. They always tend to be the most enthusiastic at these college games. They really go all out! As to how they get everyone to do these things at the same time is because a lot of the chants and other actions are long standing traditions.
Running through the T made by the band here at Tennessee is one of the best things to ever witness. I’m spoiled by it cause I’ve been to dozens of games but there’s also been a few where a Navy Seal team parachuted in the game ball. That one was crazy too
Go Vols! My Dad has had season tickets for years and has probably seen you run through that big T. :)
Every team has their own unique song that the band plays too when they do something good which is pretty cool
Notre Dame wasn’t included in this video but their games are crazy as well. Especially they’re entrance. The beginning of the game is one of the coolest things I’ve ever experienced. The band is amazing. The music is awesome. The crowd is all singing along and cheering. The guys are hyped. There’s smoke machines and other effects. And then you see a sea of beautiful gold helmets come charging out of the tunnel. The tv doesn’t do those helmets justice. They look amazing in person.
One of the reasons for so many players is that the offense and defense are two different teams. They switch depending on who has possession.
Just seeing my VOLS come through the T and hearing over 100k people getting loud , it’s truly a intimidating force ! The sound that comes from Neyland is heard through Knoxville on Saturday night !
Like I tell all the people that don’t live here in Tennessee, “ There’s nothing like a Saturday Night In Knoxville”
Go VOLS ! #VFL
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Go Vols!
Professional Football in the U.S. is descended from College Football, and College Football has a multi decade lead. Michigan Stadium is the largest football stadium in the United States, if not all of North America.
I love football reactions from people who aren't Americans. Seeing an outside perspective is nice.
Every single glorious week! In the south and America in general we love football
Need to watch the College Football crowds ones, too...it'll give you an idea of the sheer size of these stadiums. SEC schools are insane but overall most major programs you're looking at 80, 90, 100 thousand plus fans, each game, and they sell out or come close to it. There's nothing like being in the stands as a student in a big time stadium for big games. Some places will get loud enough they register earthquakes.
This stuff hits me in the feels! The excitement is palpable. I got to go to a WCF gm 6 NBA game and the whole place was shaking!
Lav if you don't want to travel all the way to the US Nebraska the red team at 7:40 and northwestern will be playing in Dublin at the Aviva stadium to start off next season which I know wont give the full experience but would be very fun and a lot closer.
College football gamedays are a whole experience within itself, with the game being the centerpiece. I go to Michigan, and before the game there’s always tailgates, parties, and all sorts of other stuff, and the fun starts right back up after the game. Also our stadium (the Big House) is the largest stadium in America and the third largest in the world, regularly seating over 110,000. Go Blue!!!!! 〽️
I'm seriously jealous of the relationship you have wit your brother. My brother and I are always at each other's throats.
I have two brothers. One is my hero and best friend. I haven't spoken to the other in 5 yrs. So I got a good balance
When you purchase a ticket to a college football game it tells you what color team shirt to wear or whether to bring a pom pom, etc. The local grocery stores close to the stadium sell them for a low price. You are not required to wear/bring them, but fans almost always do. I'm from Iowa, so GO HAWKS!!!!!
Luka..."'merica, fuck yeah!" 🤣🤣🤣 DEAD!
These are colleges and universities. The student body is in the stands. It's a huge deal to come out for the football team. It's school spirit. There are also alumni, parents, and people from the state or area. They all support their particular team to the limit. Things like the pompoms (those yellow things at Michigan State) are often given out at the entrance or kept throughout college years and even after as souvenirs of the collective experience. Each of these schools may be the only one in the state or the best in the state. They certainly are the largest university in each state and so draw their supporters from a deep population. These stadiums hold upward of 80,000 seats.
The pompoms weren't at Michigan State, they were at um.
SEC football is insane, best tailgaits, biggest stadiums, the american south shows up
8:15 the song is called Sirius by Alan Parsons Project. It was the song the 90's Michael Jordan era Chicago Bulls used to play during introductions.
Hey Thurston, love your videos man. Ive been watching you for years already😁, always awesome entertainment!
this video is a rite of passage for all react channels.
The Orange team that ran through the T is the University of Tennessee. Their Stadium, Neyland Stadium, holds 102,000. I live in Knoxville and these fans are die hard. I'm a fan of the National Championship Georgia Bulldawgs (Yay Dawgs) .. when I wear my shirts or team gear out these Tennessee fans will stare you down.
That section of solid yellow on the Michigan field is the student section where I was for several years until I graduated and sat closer to the 50 yard line where many attendees wore the school colors of maize (yellow) and navy.
crazy thing in America especially the south. High school stadiums are almost as big!!! America loves Football!!!! High School!!!!
The yellow section in the crowd at Michigan game was more and likely the student section. Usually the students have their own reserved sections for the games
Penn state with beaver stadium during the whiteout is known as the best
atmosphere in all of American football and I’ve been to many different stadiums… by far the most electric experience ever
Yeah most definitely not 😂
I was in marching band in college, and being on the field during one of these types of entrances is just something that can't be put into words. These videos always undersell just how loud everything is.
The team with the red jerseys, white helmets with the N on them is the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. The population of the state is about 1,952,000 people. The stadium officially holds about 86,000 people but up to 90,000 people can get inside making it the 3rd biggest "City" by population in the state during game days. Omaha about 480,000, Lincoln about 295,000, UNL Memorial Stadium about 86,000, Bellevue, about 54,000, Grand Island about 51,000. The consecutive sellout streak is 381 games dating back to 1962. Unfortunately, at this time they are not the team they used to be and are more likely to have a losing season than a winning one.
Y'all should check out highschool games. Highschool stadiums can seat upwards of 20,000 people in some areas, and the stands will fill up for those games also.
I’m a huge Tennessee Vols fan and would absolutely love you guys to react to “Neyland affect” Neyland is the name of our stadium which holds 102,000+ fans and is called the Behemoth of college football and one of if not the loudest stadium in football. If you want to get a good feel for how college football fans are react to it trust me you won’t regret it
i love it. The very first one is my Clemson Tigers. WOW when you shoe the one from Tennessee, I am one of the photographers squatting in from of the band as the run through the T
I was at that game when The Gamecocks upset Alabama in 2010. Greatest game I’ve ever been to!
In the Michigan entrance when you highlighted the yellow crowd that was the student section all the others were the people around the state filling in to support their team also I was at that Florida State game and the video didn't do it justice I literally felt the whole stadium shaking like a 2.0 earthquake
I love our Nebraska Tunnel walk on Saturdays when the Huskers are home Memorial Stadium becomes Nebraska's third largest city we have sold out every game since 1962.
Nothing gets me more hyped!!
I feel the highest level of football intensifies as it goes down. NFL is awesome. Then the highest level of college football incredible, then the highest levels of high school football is the groundwork of the sport that's groundbreaking. Litreraly.
to give a better understanding for the clip at 7:40, the old man walking out is the former coach Tom Osborne, while at nebraska from 1973 to 1997 he never won less then 9 games(often when seasons were only 11 games long) won 3 national titles and during the last 5 years of his coaching career won 3 national titles losing only 3 games going 60 - 3 with possibly the most dominating team in college football history with the 1995 team. after retiring from coaching he became a member of the US congress and then became athletic director of the university. The field at that stadium is named after him as well, it's Tom Osborne Field at Memorial Stadium.
Love my Huskers
@@LazyGam3rz hopefully this year we can not suck.
3:32 one of the other odd things about college football is that basically every team has what I call a “touch prop”. Might be a rock, a brick, an old goalpost, a sign, a statue; anything you can think of, there’s at least one. It’s equal parts hype and connection to the past. If you watch this videos back, you’ll see one in almost every clip(I didn’t see one in the Miami clip).
Idk if it's good to show the best two entrances at the very beginning or at the end but the first two are the best, been to both of them
ECU grad here & we don’t even have the biggest college football theatrics but yeah the football players are regarded as heros for lack of a better term. We love them, they are supported in every way possible, we love them. Even in classes professors allow the football players some leeway because they are constantly traveling & practicing. Tailgates, alumni & game days are events, I was in a frat & we held tailgates with hundreds & sometimes thousands of people every gameday, most of the time I was either blackout drunk or sleeping with a woman by the time the game started, truly a great experience to enjoy. At least 30 of my family members are ECU alumni & they all tailgate like there’s no tomorrow, we’d have the frat tailgates & I would run into my family members drunk af & tailgate with them, eat some food they have & keep going. It’s a mentality & tradition typa thing
the section of the stands that is extra yellow in the michigan entrance is the student section, so they all wear yellow
Michigan has the largest stadium in college football and it has a capacity of 107k seats I think. It’s also the second largest stadium in the world. Can you do a reaction video of the Ohio State and Michigan rivalry game from this past season? Awesome game with a great back story to it.
the reason a lot of college stadiums have higher seating caps than epl stadiums is because a lot of european football stadiums, including mls ones that are being built in america have overhangs. i think it really cuts down on the depth that you can have but it does keep fans dry during bad weather. signal iduna park is the only stadium i’ve seen capture that depth with an overhang over the stands
So happy to see the Ramblin Wreck at the end! Go Jackets!!!
If you want to see how crazy it gets for high school check out Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Ca) vs St John Boso (Bellflower, Ca) tickets were selling for 300 bucks; for a high school game?!?
The second walkout that they showed, Virginia Tech to enter sandman, about 60 thousand fans all jump to the song and regularly create seismic activity(Earthquakes)
Def. check out Part 2.
In the NFL, the roster limit is 53. They have practice squad players, but only 53 individual people are allowed to step on the field, so those practice squad guys just do their jobs in the middle of the week but don't travel to games. In college, someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there is a roster limit. Some of these teams have upwards of 150 players. A good chunk of them are practice squad guys that'll never step foot within the boundaries of the field, but they're completely allowed to travel with the team and stand on the sidelines to support their teammates.
6:48 Top-level college teams can have 85 players on scholarship (meaning they're attending without having to pay tuition or housing costs), and there are often a few "walk-on" players (not on scholarship) as well. Many of those won't get any playing time - realistically, somewhere on the order of 40-50 will get into the game unless it turns into such a blowout that the coaches decide to give the starters a rest later. Part of this is the eligibility rules - you have "five years to play four", so incoming players often practice with the team for the first year without actually playing in any games before playing the next four seasons. (I believe this was recently loosened slightly to allow players to play in a limited number of games in the "off" year.)
Love these videos but you must do part 2 they left a quite a few out
Nebraska is using same theme song as the Chicago Bulls NBA team, they play this song to introduce Chicago Bulls starting lineup the song is called Sirius.
5:49 That's the Student section. They as students are more organized then the rest of the fan base. Many of the things they do will spread to the normal fanbase given time.
"That guy is not in college"
lol these guys haven't seen our corn-fed farmer boys
@ 6:46 ~ Actually, a College Team is allowed 85 Scholarship players per yearly roster.
But there can be quite a bit more, if the players agree to be Walk On athletes. Which
means, they are not going to the school for free. They pay their own tuition, and tryout
for the team. I believe the maximum number of players allowed, is 105 on active roster.
Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium seat 66,000, Michigan Stadium seats 110,000, In Division 1 - Football Bowl Subdivision each team is allowed 85 scholarship players.
Here is a list of Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision's 16 largest stadiums
Michigan 115000
Texas A&M 110000
Penn State 106000
Tennessee 102000
LSU 102000
Ohio State 102000
Alabama 100000
Texas 100000
Georgia 92000
UCLA 90000
Florida 88000
Auburn 87000
Nebraska 85458
Clemson 81000
Wisconsin 80000
Oklahoma 80000
I was at Cal-Stanford as a little kid. Look that up. It was epic.
You guys gotta take a trip to America to experience this first hand!
usually they'll bring around 70ish players or more to the game and still have quite a bit more players like redshirts and other guys staying behind
That section of yellow you was wondering about is the student section.. half is visiting team rest is home.
College ball is SO MUCH better than NFL.
The largest football stadium in the western hemisphere is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan where the University of Michigan plays football. It was one of the clips you watched. It seats 107,601 people. I also went to Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida (also in the clips here) and was in the marching band at FSU. Marching bands are hugely popular here in the US and is often synonymous with college football. At one time, FSU Marching Band, known as the Marching Chiefs, was the largest collegiate marching band in the world with over 500 students in the band.
Nebraska. 2 millions citizens playing in a town with only about 200,000 ppl. The stadium has been sold out for every game since 1962. Btw the capacity is 93,000. Sold out every game
This is so cool to see y’all reacting to this! In the South this is a HUGE deal. Roll Tide.
the student section at a college game is where the majority of the atmosphere comes from. The main difference between european atmospheres and american college atmospheres is that in european football, there is a continuous, often spontaneous atmosphere, due to chants. In college football there are either set times when the fans go crazy (entrance, half-time, entering the final quarter, or the end of the game) or the stadium announcers/music dudes will prompt the crowd to "make noise" or sing a song. During the game itself there is very little chanting, and the fans will generally just cheer, unless prompted to do anything else.
Some of the biggest schools have over 100 players on the roster and share some numbers between a player on offense and another on defense. They don't take them all on road trips though.
I love college football!!! So exciting
LSU used to roll a goddamn Tiger out into the stadium and make it roar into the loud speaker… GEAUX TIGERS
Love college football reactions!!
I played tuba (the really big ass horn) at the University of Tennessee (the Orange and White Team at the 9:26 mark on your video) and let me tell you how loud it was in the stadium whenever the "T" would open - I could not hear myself play..... it was white noise on the field
12:13 “Gamecocks… Seems a bit sus, mate…”
My dude, Tottenham Hotspur literally have a gamecock as their team logo 😂
When you are at a Michigan Football game, you are in the biggest crowd watching a game anywhere in the world, with an average attendance of 110,000 people. The Stadium is nicknamed the Big House, and is the largest stadium in the US
When you two are together, you become like Beavis and Butthead (American cartoon characters).