I. Was. In. LA. To. Interview. Giorgio. Chiellini. This video was a bonus I fully appreciate there’s better atmospheres for college football out there I just don’t have any desire to experience them :)
Only like 2% of college players are ever drafted to the NFL. So for most, this is as far as they’ll get. So it means a lot to them. As for fans, university Alumni will usually be a fan of their university for the rest of their life. Also, their are 133 top division college teams across the USA as opposed to only 32 NFL teams. So for most, the college team feels more local and closer to home.
Also, there are a lot of college football Traditions… for example, as a Wisconsin fan, we do “Jump Around” at the beginning of the 4th quarter, and it always ends up showing on the seismograph! So even if we are losing, the crowd gets hype and the players do as well
@@MGWA6891it might look that way cause it’s a TRADITION; and people have been doing it for many years. Most teams have their traditions, just like Liverpool’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” which was written by an American.
@vortexathletic The difference I see is that in the U.K., the actual sporting event is the main attraction. In America, it's sporting events are used as an excuse to put on a show, and fans only sing in unison when it's rehearsed and/or choreographed. DE-FENCE or whoo or yeah is all you get. It's actually tragic tbh.
One of the biggest reasons colleges have such large fan bases is because it actually is a local community. The US is so large that the closest NFL team can be 5+ hour drive whereas your local college is generally less within an hour or two. More akin to closeness of clubs in Europe.
I think there’s a regional pride to it all. Of course some states have big brands: Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska historically. It’s hard for parents to play in the NFL, but it’s easy for our parents to be alum of these universities. We are Michigan men, we are buckeyes and Sooners. We are there through the generations. There’s much more organic traditions you can find in college football. Carmen Ohio, Death Valley, the schooner, eyes of Texas. In the nfl and other leagues, the traditions are on the field, not off of it.
its about love and pride too. for example, Texas A&M is in a very tiny town, but the fans from Dallas, Houston and Austin travel to their every home games cuz they love the team and they are some proud alumnis
It depends on the region as well. The NFL was late to create franchises in the south, so CFB always remained king there. There's still 5 or so states in the south with no NFL representation at all. And Tennessee only got the Titans about 25 years ago (whereas UT football was huge long before that).
This is like living in a house your entire life then watching someone who's never been there before walk around with a blindfold on and describe it to you
You should do the same but for cricket or rounders or whatever they call the abomination of baseball they have over there and just shit on it and don’t even go to a game too. That’s exactly what he’s done here
@@gamemasteroffun Baseball was invented in England and it was originally called rounders they are pretty much the same game, both good for a quick P.E lesson but ultimately shit to watch. Hence why it's not popular in England but Americans seem to love watching boring sports.
An important point about the random stuff like the YMCA is you have to understand these games are nationally televised. There are times in the game when there is a "TV timeout" where the TV has gone to commercials. During those times those little "distracts" are to keep the fans at the game entertained while there is literally nothing happening in the gamer due to TV breaks. It's not just because. It's for this reason that a lot of those little "breaks" happen.
Get rid of TV breaks, I went to a college game last year and felt like players were standing around for too much. If soccer can have zero commercials why not football.
@@mikeramirez4405I like having TV breaks. They make the suspense build and the game last longer. I’d rather watch my favorite team for 3 hours than just an hour. Also players need the rest
@@mikeramirez4405because football players get hit and tackled every play, when a soccer player gets lightly touched he lays on the ground scream crying for 15 minutes
I do enjoy that you complained the entire video about how you weren't going to like it, then found the most boring aspects of the game day experience to see, ran onto the field, and then complained that it wasn't Leeds.
You mentioned people cheering for moments like a blocked punt more than when a touchdown was scored. A blocked punt is a rare event. Only might happen once or twice a season for a team. Touchdowns can be scored multiple times per quarter.
Also it's USC, they have one of the best offenses in the country and one of the worst defenses. They will celebrate defense more because of how rare it is there.
@@awaydaysfootballin certain American states especially the American south college football is the only sport out there so that’s why it’s so big in this country @15:09 was the tailgate ( usually students miss the pregame festivities to just go to the game and thus they get a specific section which is near the 50 yard line ( called the student section ) ironically i have family who went there ( I went to a community college) so that’s why you had so much going on( the band , the song girls ( southern cal doesn’t have traditional cheerleaders )
Also USC barley has a student section- there’s teams who are very popular like USC but I’m telling you to go to any of these night games- Penn St, Clemson, Michigan, Ohio St, Florida, shoot even Florida St- I’m probably missing a lot but these schools are insane atmospheres. When you say you don’t need to go to another game- I’m telling you, just being a night game makes a HUGE difference
As a American who has watched you for years this video is awesome to see. While USC is a great team and a good environment if you ever get a Chance to come to a SEC game you 100% should.
@@jalex685that its actually a good time soccer is boring and the fans are rude to eachother its happens in America to but not as much. You can see how everyone having a good time dancing and celebrating.
This is incredible. As a USC band alum who attended this very same game I loved seeing the things you noticed and how you figured everything out through your lens.
As a english guy who went to USC for a year abroad studying was funny to see this. More people care about college football than the NFL in the US. This is because people grow up with it, family went to the school and the kids dream of going to the schools and there's a lot more 'school spirit' over there. If you go to uni in the UK you go to get pissed and get an education, americans treat it as a lot more than that and the media attention makes it different to the UK, the kids on both teams will have been training to get to college for years, the fact the US is so big makes it an achievable dream and a way to get what would otherwise be an unaffordable education, especially at a school like USC thats $65k per year. There's only 32 NFL teams in the whole country, so people could live hrs from their closest NFL team, its a bit like supporting your local team over just a big PL club. Also, it's also more of a gameday experience, whereas in the UK people go to the pub, go the game then go home. In the US people get there hours before, get drunk tailgate or go to the frat parties. Like people say in the comments, if you do go again go to one of the big rivalry games in the SEC, that's where you'll get the atmosphere, you'd expect. USC is a great school but nowhere near that for a gameday.
I always thought the passion you see from college football fans is more like the passion you see from fans for their club in Europe, it might not be life or death at the end of the season like in Europe, But I feel like people are connected more to the teams in college football than the NFL for reasons you mentioned.
I played on UoD's rugby team. And also done a bit at USC. So funnily, I feel like being part of the rugby team here, and say going out drinking during the rivarly week (so when UoD vs Abertay in EVERY sport) the level of "School Spirit" was better than the USC vs UCLA atmospere. BUT that only applied to the people actually playing the sports. Most students didn't care, but the folks on the teams would. I mean when I was there, we lost to Abertay at rugby. We were two full divisions higher than them. (Think EPL vs 1st division...) Our players were ready to scrap if they rubbed it in, in a nightclub. Like, I see the bell turn blue and the stadium just didn't care. (much like this year...). It just didn't matter.
Yeah i was so disappointed when I saw the college representing college football was USC, nothing against them, they just have a mid atmosphere. Even amongst Pac schools, not just when comparing it to an sec game or b1g game.
College football is so popular because of many reasons. You have deep rooted traditions and rivalries dating back to the 1800s (College football is older than pro football). There are at least one, if not multiple college football teams in just about every state, whereas only 23 states have NFL teams. The crowds are largely made up of 18-21 year old college students, so they get a bit more rowdy. There are also multiple divisions of college football, like English football. To me, college football is the most like English football as far as history and tradition go. Most teams grew from small clubs for the college students to play football into what they are now
Also in NFL, there’s a chance that a team will move, in College football, no chance that happens! It’s definitely a lot more ingrained in the day to day culture and overall culture of American sports!
As an American from Los Angeles, this is amazing. I think college sports is very popular mainly because of how much more chaotic and exciting it CAN be compared to professional sports sometimes. These kids are giving it all to show up and do their best rather than a pro who've already made it. Plus, you also hit it on the nose when people follow their college for the rest of their life because it feels apart of their identity. All the cheerleaders and band members, people on the field, etc. are mostly students who the people in the stands used to be basically. Definitely a lot different when comparing the cultures! Loved the video!
You live in LA, respectfully and I mean respectfully, you have no clue what college sports mean. And that’s not your fault, it’s because of where your located you were never given that opportunity. West coast college athletics outside of Oregon and sometimes Washington have no idea how important college sports is.
I am English and love watching college football on TV - now just via youtube. I started taking an interest around eight or nine years ago and found it fascinating and also confusing regarding how the system works, but took time to learn and understand it - I know what power 5, group of 5 and fcs etc means. No preference for any team but did enjoy watching Clemson when DeShaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence were qb's there. It is on my bucket list to watch a college game someday - whether this will happen is another matter.
That’s cool! Do you primarily watch college football or do you watch the NFL as well? I like both, but I like the NFL more because it actually has a playoff system (with 7-8 teams always fighting to get the last playoff spots in the final weeks of the season) and you potentially get to watch the players stay in the league for 10+ years (whereas in college they’re only on your team for 3-4 years).
@@civichoo6017 what is your opinion on the relegation and promotion system including the play offs for them and the qualification system for continental tournaments, ex. europa league or the cl
@@sirkle3087you want to know my honest opinion? I think soccer is shitty. Relegation isn’t going to remove the fact that soccer has an embarrassing amount of flopping or that a lot of games end in boring 0-0 ties 😴 i actually feel like a worse person after watching a soccer game-there’s no athleticism, no manliness, and no honor whatsoever in that “sport.” Hey, you asked, soccer lover 😂
@@sirkle3087Another American Football fan here with the opposite opinion, I love the promo/rel system that y’all have over there. I don’t think it could ever work for the NFL specifically because the rosters are just so massive, but I think most Americans would at least love to see it come to the MLS. Also love how in European competition and cups, the well-run smaller clubs often get a chance to try and take down much larger opponents. Our College Basketball tournament, which we call March Madness, is our closest equivalent, but I would love to see something similar to like an FA Cup for example be added to a major American sport.
Much respect to you for getting interested in American football -- I know that many Europeans don't like the stopping/starting of American football, but that's why it's so much fun to watch -- the offense and defense are playing a guessing game (pass or run? Left, right, or middle? Play action or draw?) and each play allows the fans to guess along and see the strategy of both teams. That being said, it does take a certain basic level of knowledge to enjoy American football (esp. the down-and-distance info), but once you learn it, the game is much more fun to watch (Similarly: people who think soccer is boring probably don't understand the offside rule -- once you understand that rule, soccer is much more interesting.)
Once you understand the rules, you’ll get the excitement. It’s just one of those it applies to all sports really, once you get an idea you’ll have a better understanding of what those moments mean
@@WeAreThePeople1690Baseball???? Lol I use baseball as visual melatonin! If American football was so boring it wouldn’t easily be the most watched sport in North America.
@@cjboyer4355it’s only like that because of how much the nfl pays to have ingrained in your culture. If you showed it to anyone else it the world, they would get incredibly bored by it.
@@BrisbaneBroncosfan67 that’s not true it’s growing massively in Germany, it’s already pretty popular in Canada they have the second most competitive pro league the CFL, it’s popular in Mexico, and growing in the UK. At the end of the day it’s far more popular then Aussie rules football.
@@BrisbaneBroncosfan67 The NFL is probably more popular than the A-League in australia lmao... pubs fill out for the Super Bowl but not the A league grand final or Aus Cup final... and no, it's not ingrained in Australian culture.
College Football is a big deal for students and alumni of the school. It’s also important to note there are tons of towns and cities across the country that would never be large enough to have a professional football team. Universities are often a big employer and economic engine for many communities across the country, so they become fixtures in the community. There really isn’t any comparison between most American and UK universities. Top level college football and the NFL are also heavily adapted for TV audiences, so that’ll explain the many pauses and crowd engagement efforts.
Yep. I live here in San Antonio, TX and spurs used to be all the city had when it comes to sports. Now UTSA football also is massive (the school I attend)
I think the best way to explain the college football system from someone who isn't English or a Yank is that the Power 5 conferences are equivalent to Europe's Top 5 leagues. The best players often end up there with the elite players going to the bigger schools. Each team is trying to be the best in their respective conference based on their performance the whole season. They then play for the equivalent of their country's cup final at the end of the regular season (Championship Sunday). After that the top 4 (soon to be top 12) in the whole country which basically means the leftover undefeated teams (RIP FSU) play in the college football champions league at the end of the season (Playoffs). This is determined by a committee rather than performance and there's always one controversial pick in the top 4. The rest of the teams who have won enough games throughout the season go "bowling" which are basically glorified Carabao Cup games to earn extra money for the school and the students get free stuff. But it would be a SEC game you would need to go to, Alabama, Georgia, LSU and soon Texas + Oklahoma basically created an American Super League so it would be the best one to attend.
But also in ‘why would you watch college because it would be weird in the UK’ - if every professional football league around the world restricted players under 21 from entering and you had to play for a university team in the meantime, people would 100% watch a league full of like Mbappe, Haaland, Bellingham over the last few years
As a diehard Washington Huskies supporter, you should’ve gone to an SEC rivalry game to truly see the beauty of this sport. Those guys are nuts… or at least gone to a Washington vs Oregon game, in either stadium as we are the two loudest and crazier fan bases in the west coast and are bitter rivals. Uw v USC Is not a rivalry .. btw you walked so close to Dillon Johnson and Rome odunze which is amazing as well as Caleb Williams aka the goat
USC has very subdued fans like fulham or bournemouth you need to go to a rivalry game in midwest. From the tailgate to the shaking of the stadium, you'll have a tremendous experience
You should be steering them to the south, to the SEC specifically, that's where they live and die college football. I say that as a supporter of a B1G team.
100% Midwest or south. Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, Texas, Oklahoma...... take your pick of those for a big game, and it will blow away Pac 12 atmosphere outside of Oregon and maybe Utah.
You should watch a game like Michigan- Ohio State, Auburn- Alabama, Texas- Oklahoma, or Georgia- Tennessee. I think those atmospheres would blow you away. Some individual stadium experiences are special, like at Louisiana State, Florida State, or even Wisconsin, for example.
I have been a fan of the game since 1995. I am from Scotland I am 42 now. I went to Super Bowl XXX ( 30 ) with my Dad we won a Newspaper computation that was first prize. I am a Steelers & Seminoles fan myself. Very angry at how we have been treated buy the 13 people College Football commity in not being included in The Playoff for The National Championship the system in College football is a complete joke all this stretch of shedule bull is a load of rubbish we go 13 & 0 & still dont get in. We will show everyone buy winning The Orange Bowl. Here We Go Steelers & Go Noles.
@@alanfox691 if Georgia had beaten Alabama, FSU would have been in the playoff. Change the system. Also, American college football should have a relegation system.
American sports fans in general usually treat home games as a mini festival where supporters can chill & relax and soak up the atmosphere before the game starts, while, football supporters tend to go for a pint before going to the stadium and take their seat 5 mintues before kick off. It's more of a fanfare experience in the states to here in the UK.
Thats because its a joke over there, its advertising, its done to promote those colleges, colleges that drain the wallets of their students. Im not saying English football is Gods gift, because its not, But if you are going to a game so you can chill & relax and soak up the atmosphere, You are a pussy. Id love to see USC or Wash U somehow play a team from Serbia or Greece, see their weak fans with their pompoms and tubas get their skulls cracked by some real ultras, people who would die for their teams.
going to a football game takes 3 hours between the streets usually being clogged, tailgating before and after the game, and then trying to find your seat or going to a sports bar and then actually watching the game/going to the game
Imagine every single academy player in England was collected into its own competition, and then distributed regionally to a bunch of higher education institutions. Now also imagine that all players have to wait until they are 21 before they're allowed to play for a proper club, generally meaning they have to play 3 seasons before they can go pro. That is the level of college football; as if every footballer in England was required to actually play their age group until they were 21. This would mean that for players like Phil Foden would've had to wait until about 2 years ago at a university before being able to play for a normal club, instead of making his debut at 17. So, the level of player can be quite good, sometimes incredible; but it also means that there's a very wide range. For every Trevor Lawrence in college football, a big celebrity and well-known talent, there's also the Spencer Petras level players, whose analogue in England might be a QPR striker who only plays for the U21 team because he's under 21 and they couldn't get anyone better. (Even Iowa fans should know Petras was never really good enough)
People in the United States will even show up for high school sports. The record attendance for a high school American football game in my state is roughly 31,000.
College cheerleaders, the marching band, all the players, the trainers- lots of people travel all around the country to support the team. My sister was a college cheerleader; she got to go to Alaska and Hawaii, I was so jealous.
@@civichoo6017 one of the WORLDS most popular sports you mean? Unlike AMERICAN FOOTBALL but of course you yanks think that the world revolves around you lot. A small minority outside of the states cares about egg hand
The way this video comes off is you went expecting to hate the experience. Then, you went somewhere that, while a big historic stadium, is in LA. It's COLLEGE football, for an unforgettable experience and atmosphere, you don't go to a big city with many other things to do. You go where the college is the main attraction. That means a smaller city. Look at the historically popular football programs and where they are: Ann Armor, MI pop. 121,536 Austin, TX pop. 964,177 Tuscaloosa, AL pop. 100,618 Tallahassee, FL pop. 197,102 Athens, GA pop. 127,358 Columbus, OH pop. 906,528 State College, PA pop. 39,525 Baton Rouge, LA pop. 222,185 South Bend, IN pop. 103,353 Knoxville, TN pop. 192,648 College Station, TX pop. 120,019 There are more to list, but you get the picture. Still, you went to LA, pop. 3.849 million. On that list, only 2 cities approach 1 million and they are clearly exceptions when looking at the populations of all the others. The atmosphere isn't there. It isn't what you were saying about soccer - going to one place is the same as going to another. It's not that way in college football. I don't know why the algorithm gave me this video. You clearly don't care, didn't go where the atmosphere will suck you in, and don't care to try and experience it. You just...existed there for that time. Your sponsor wasted money on this. Nobody wants to watch someone who is not into it being "forced" to be into what they don't like with things like running out on the field with the team and complaining most of the video. Stick to what you're passionate about, it's clear you don't care by your tone and words in the video, and even by your pinned comment about not having any desire to experience better atmospheres. This is garbage.
Yea its pretty bad,would be like me going to the opera,i dont have a clue what its all about but then not seeking out opera fans to explain to me what its all about or how to best enjoy/experience it.Just sit there like a sad sack on my own complaining about the woman and her high pitched vioce singiing in Italian!!! Pretty futile exercise
This was very disappointing. I feel like you went into this with a lot of preconceived notions and without much of an attempt of understanding it or even enjoying yourself . To clear up the idea of College sports to you: College athletics in many cases pre-date their professional league counterparts by atleast a few decades. In American football there was a time when there was no NFL, no professional league, and as a result College football was the highest level of the sport and the biggest games each year were played by College teams. Many of these programs are at or over 100 years old, so they have generational appeal. America is a very very large country and it does not have a tiered professional pyramid . For American football, for the most part, there is one large professional league that has placed 32 teams in many of the largest cities in the country. Many people do not have a professional team anywhere near them and their local university is the highest level football they can attend. People have gotten passionate about it through the years, so much so that the NFL won’t even consider impeding on territories with known diehard college football supporters. For much of the American South and Midwest teams College is far bigger and far more important than the pros. The athletes are amateurs , and yes they are college aged . At some point they will declare themselves to eligible for the draft where NFL teams will select college players one by one. I think one mental block may be that amateur teams in England are generally considered low quality. For the top college programs many of these players are only a year or two from playing in the NFL and their skill level is nearly on par with professional players. I think it’s very condescending of you to say that these fans are casual and don’t care. American sports fans are just as passionate about their sports as any soccer fan around the globe . There are many that drive hundreds of miles to see their team every week, spend thousands on tickets, have season tickets left in wills and are inherited when someone dies. The YMCA thing may have been irritating to you too but Im sure many Americans would be irritated having an English bloke screaming “Marching on Together” while having a scarf shoved in his face. The English and soccer are not the be all end all of sport or passion. I sincerely hope you will reconsider your stance and give it another chance . I personally do not come from an area where College sports are popular, so my interest is casual , but I deeply respect the passion of the fans.
He was negative as hell. Americans are very different people. We go into things trying to have a good time and experience something different. He appeared to go into an experience looking to tear it down and criticize it. Hes looking at our college and comparing it to theirs. He can’t compare 18/21 yr olds to 16 /17 yr olds. They do college at a much earlier age than we do. I don’t get how some Brits can be so closed that you can’t see that things are different from where you live and it’s alright. It’s okay if people don’t do things like what you’re use to. I just don’t understand why some Brits make such a big deal about what we do in America. Lol
@@Kim-427 I’m right there with you Kim, it really felt like he went into this scoffing at it and just looking to mock it. College sports have a lot of wonderful and very old traditions and American sports fans are just as passionate about their teams as the Brits are. A lot of it is perspective he takes one moment of fans singing YMCA and interprets it as fans not caring about the game. With that logic could make the argument that ultras/supporters are often more focused on songs and chants and Tifos than what’s going on on the pitch, so does that mean that they don’t care ? Does American sports sometimes have a bit of silliness to it? Ofcourse! And that’s fine! So do the Brits with soccer. Many premier league clubs have mascots in costume. Crystal Palace has cheerleaders. Many football songs are based around cheesy pop music from the 60s on and even show tunes. Just because it’s sung with a British accent and with a scarf in the air doesn’t make it any better or more passionate . I love and respect American sports and the passion Americans have for their teams . It’s a shame this vlog tried to mock it instead of understanding and embracing it. I knew from the minute he said ‘this is the only college football game I’m going to’ that he was never giving this a fair chance .
@@HACLumpsIt annoys me how we Americans really welcome the UK UA-camrs. We support their content that’s mostly about us. But,They literally mock us and criticize use and we support that. People have said to me on other pages that I make too much of it. I tell them no you guys don’t get when you’re being insulted. lol I can take constructive criticism. But,With the Brits they spend more time comparing how they do things right and we do things weird and wrong.
@@Kim-427 It’s really a shame. Americans are supposed to be the closed minded ignorant bunch yet Americans have embraced British soccer and its culture full force , the Premier League is extremely popular now. Many British UA-camrs come to America and are completely condescending and rude. Theres another British UA-camr I once watched who went to a baseball game, I believe the Phillies with his friend. They knew nothing of the sport or what baseball fans are like. So they wanted to be as “stereotypically” American as possible so they painted their chests and wore #1 foam fingers the entire time laughing about how silly it is in their fake American accents and how they were going to fit in. Ofcourse they went to the game and no one was dressed like that and people looked at them like they were idiots. They didn’t even try to enjoy the game they were more focused on getting on the video board. I’ve known British people who embraced American sport and truly loved it, but so many are just so elitist that they can’t even be bothered to try to understand it or genuinely enjoy themselves. It’s truly their loss, America has some very exciting games and some of the most passionate fans you will find in the world.
@@aryzen2781 USC is one of the largest, most followed, and most successful College Football Programs in history. But since its located in Los Angeles, the second largest city in the country, it doesn’t have the same regional/community draws as other programs due to its proximity to other schools like UCLA, and to NFL Franchises like the Rams and Chargers. Take a school like Notre Dame for example, the town that Notre Dame is in (South Bend Indiana,) are major fans of Fighting Irish football, because its such a small College Town, in an area where the NFL team that most people are fans of from there is not within driving distance. But even that is not even close to the same as SEC Schools which are in most cases the most popular teams in their states. Like Alabama, and since the state of Alabama has no pro teams, most people in the entire state lives, eats, and breathes Crimson Tide football.
As a European who became a huge fan of US sports and the uniqueness of college sports, I recognise it may be hard for us to conceive this many people caring about amateurs, but it also has to be said that we don’t have to cross an ocean in order to see an amateur sport being massively popular: Ireland has Gaelic football and hurling attracting massive crowds, even bigger than association football and athletes there are fully amateur, they don’t even get the scholarship a good college athlete might get. So we’re closer than we’d like to imagine, in the end, our football too developed in colleges and universities, the main difference between the US and other parts of the world is that their colleges decided to keep competing between each other, while teams such as the Old Etonians participated in the FA Cup along with teams from all different backgrounds
An important thing to remember is that new players in the league get drafted and they play college football first. So you get to see the top young talents. It’s like your first chance of seeing players like Evan Ferguson, Garnarcho, Bellingham for the first time .
Tailgating before any LSU game puts what you experienced to shame by miles, ours is one of if not the best tailgating scene in all of college football, plus you could easily walk up to any tent and the people would happily share their food/drinks with you because that's how we are. Saturday nights at Death Valley for games are always fantastic experiences.
A quote from a friend who went to USC for graduate school, "These people have no idea how to do football. I miss the SEC atmosphere." And forced some of her friends there to go to an SEC game and they were blown away by the difference.
Ah...I think we from Wisconsin would heartily disagree with you. LSU did give us major props when you guys came up to Lambeau (instead of the normal lunatic Camp Randall experience, but Wisconsinites know how to tailgate and party regardless if it's NFL or CFL) in 2016.
For context about why college sports fans tend to be more passionate than pro sports fans: most pro leagues in America have 30 or 32 teams that are almost all based in large metropolises like NYC or LA. So unless you live in one of those cities it's hard to form a deep connection with those teams. However with college sports, there are 363 colleges in the top flight of college sports and tons more if you include division 2 and 3. So for a lot of people, their local college football team is much closer than their favorite NFL team. Also if you're interested in giving college basketball a try I highly recommend going to an Indiana University game at Assembly Hall
I think the reason is because to us Brits the idea of going to watch a college (University here) team is just unfathomable and doesn't happen at all in the UK. So to see 80,000 people cheering on a team of students just doesn't make sense to us.
@@unomas4250It's very local. There are 32 NFL teams and 50 US states, there multiple NFL teams in the same state. It's simply easier to form a culture around something closer to home and being more engaged in rivalries. the NFL is the most watched yes, but still college is alot more easier to feel associated with. Also we call themschools universities here lol it just depends.
@mustin2481 That makes sense. It's just something completely foreign to a Brit. Luckily in the UK we have a thriving football (soccer) culture which means that most places have a professional team you can go and support. Obviously not all are in the Premier League, but we still have that opportunity to see professional sport on our doorsteps.
Mostly because in the British system, folks at the equivalent of a Division 3 school would still be semi-pro. It's the idea that folks at the *second-highest* level aren't getting paid is just alien. Which, I mean, it should be.
Thing is that you’ll find a college team within 1 or 2 hours travel, but with pro sports, there aren’t enough teams to achieve that. We are like Europe, but we cheer for college more than Pro.
@@ericanderson4323 I think you're misinterpreting him, but if you're American that's possibly to be expected. I think British people are much less enthusiastic in the way that we express ourselves sometimes and maybe that can come across like we aren't having a good time at all. He said at the end of the video that he had fun. I reckon he's just quite deadpan in how he speaks
As a supporter of this channel for years and growing up my entire life as a USC fan this was top tier content. Although I will say that the atmosphere at USC has not been the same since the early 2000’s (the glory days imo). The SEC really has the superior atmosphere when it comes to college football. It is damn near a religion in the south
He's going to read all of these comments about going to the south for a college game, and then cave-in and go to a Miami game and wonder why its worse 😂
@@zacharypatterson423 really I guess maybe. if you're aroused by cornfields and overalls. And then the south bucktooth Cletus. beer, belly, militia Duh 🙄 members foul mouth unhygienic beer guzzlers. pork rind eaters RC cola flying the redneck banner confederate flag . only like the black players when they're playing. otherwise they wanna lock them up. Yeah legit ! 🤦♂️
The Big 10 has crazy atmospheres too, on the west the best are UW/Oregon but to really match the SEC energy they have to be playing really big games at home
One thing i think is important to note is that, while the players are students, division 1 football programs meticulously recruit top talent from all across the country, and to be recruited to play football at a division 1 school, you have to be a top talent in your state, so it’s not simply normal college kids from one school playing against normal college kids who go to another school. D1 college football teams are full of top tier athletes who were specifically recruited to attend that school solely for their football ability. That’s why the players you saw looked nothing like normal college students because they’re really not, theyre some of the biggest/strongest/best athletes in the country playing for a school that specifically recruited them as a player, not so much as a student. That being said, teams do have a small percentage of what we call “walk-ons” which are normal students who try out the old-fashioned way and typically arent on scholarship like most of the recruited players.
Thanks. That’s what I was wishing he would realize. He kept talking as if this was just random college students playing each other when actually you have the best age 22 and under football players from a nation of 350 million people out there playing in front of you. This isn’t just your everyday University. USC is Div 1. Which means it’s like in the top 5% ranked of all college football programs.
What you will find even crazier is there are 10 stadiums that fit even more people than USC, with the highest being 107,601 for total capacity. And unfortunately you wont see even close to the best atmospheres college football can offer.
College gamedays and atmosphere's in the SEC are completely different and better than everywhere else in the country. Thats the ideal situation I'd reccomend for a first timer.
Loved the vid. I know you addressed this in the video, but if you ever want to go back and watch another game, the best game to watch would be Ohio State vs Michigan. They are two of the best teams and they have the biggest rivalry in the sport. They also both have stadiums with 100,000+ people and the environment is ridiculous. definitely the best game you could watch
Ik he said not to do this in the comments but I was very disappointed when I saw he chose to have USC represent college football. I guess it makes sense cause LA is much more accessible for international travelers, but I have always viewed USC as a rather underwhelming environment, similar to other urban colleges like Pitt or Miami most of the time. This isn’t even something imo that the SEC or B1G does better, games like the Oregon Washington game, Civil War, or pretty much any game that matters at Autzen Stadium prove that the PAC can hold its own.
Also, the best pregame “tailgating” in college football, bar none, is found in the Southeastern Conference - Ole Miss, Georgia and Alabama are three schools you *must* check out
To keep it simple, many people enjoy college sports more so than pro sports is because it's way more competitive because the players are trying even harder to reach the top level if that makes sense
It's not just about the football game. College alumni often feel a very strong loyalty to their school, and the students currently there have a lot of school spirit. The hugely attended football games allow everyone to share in keeping the school spirit and traditions alive. That's what makes it so unique from the NFL.
As you must be aware, many of the best punters in college football are from Australia (generally converted from Aussie rules football). Tory Taylor is awesome!!!!
Brit gets opportunity of a lifetime paid by someone else, proceeds to mock it, insult those that enjoy it, complains constantly, completely ignores the history and traditions of the game, skips the opening kickoff for some popcorn, and ends by saying "it was fine".
Loved seeing this, as someone who is from Florida and coaches football I can’t recommend a big SEC or B1G game enough. The key is to get involved in a tailgate (especially a crawfish boil in SEC country) then experiencing the game. Football in the southeast of the US and some big ten schools is life or death.
Your point about moments also happens in traditional football, too. Not as big though, goals still win out, but because touchdowns are almost expected to happen, anything that helps prevent or push that are much more pivotal moments. So a sack of the quarterback on 3rd down is very much like a solid tackle on a break in the 18 that doesn't become a penalty. A big defensive moment that will definitely get proper cheers. edit: also might be thinking of some moments where the band is playing certain cheers to help hype up the crowd, and completing of chants gets some celebrations, too. And interceptions/fumbles are HUGE defensive moments for that reason of getting your team the ball at likely a better position up the field compared to a regular punt or kickoff. It's more like a midfielder winning the ball close to well, midfield, and sending it straight up on a rush.
The LA schools' fans are in for a HUGE culture shock when they start playing in the B1G this year!! Realize that even lowly Rutgers is ahead of UCLA in terms of revenue generated (without media money considered), in ticket sales and merchandise?!! AND in stadium attendance too!! USC is about at 7th in the B1G conference! I have no idea where Oregon and Washington are ranked, but after last year, I think Washington might be able to be at least mid-tier.
This was great, i've been to three NFL games in the states and while they were fun with good people they most definitely lacked somewhat of an edge that I cannot describe. I also managed to see a few hockey games out there, I enjoyed the NHL atmosphere way more; it would be great to see your take on that experience.
College football is just different. Younger crowd combined with generational lifelong fans, HUGE rivalries… it’s much closer to European football experience than NFL is. Same with college basketball. Attend a FSU-Miami game in Tallahassee…. It’s insane. While stationed in Spain I went to several games in Moron… loved the atmosphere and watching in person is so much better.
if you want a rivalry game or derby go to ohio state versus michigan, florida vs georgia, or alabama versus auburn. these games will have the best atmospheres and you will see a few middle fingers being held up
I think you would have had a lot more fun if you interacted and talked to people there... it makes sense that you had a bit of a strange experience because you were all alone! I think going to sporting events is a social thing and you could have asked people all these questions you had about why people love college football so much
Yea its a bit strange that he didnt hook up with some fans so they could explain to him what its all about and how to enjoy it more.Its like your granny going to a rave on her own or a teen going to bingo,neither would understand whats going on!
AwayDays, just in case you don't already know, LA Memorial Coliseum was the site of the track & field events during the 1984 Olympics. Whether an athlete makes it into his sport's pro level or not, he/she still has the education, and thus won't be forced into working in a garage instead. The teams have 11 players on the field at a time, however, there's a separate squad for both offense and defense. The "man on a horse" is the mascot--a Trojan.
Rooting for a college team is similar to rooting for your country in the World Cup or Olympics. You feel represented by the school and the passion and shared pure belongingness of being able to root for your school is the best feeling ever
College football is bigger in America because it's more accessible because people have pride for their universities and oftentimes these communities don't have a pro team. College football has been around longer than the NFL too. "College towns" are a big thing in the US too... a lot of times a huge chunk of a town's economy is college related. Like in Baton Rouge (Where I went to university and grad school) it was all about Southern and LSU when it came to entertainment and night life. The Saints was the pro-team but the universities in Louisiana had a different level of pride. It was especially sacriligeous to talk shit about LSU in Baton Rouge and a lot of other places in Louisiana because so much of the state's attention went towards LSU sports. Football is the biggest but basketball was also huge too.
@@DeborahVerret-yp9fp AT&T stadium holds 80,000 and its the 19th biggest football stadium in the country - college and NFL included. Not small by any means lol
@@philoneussquire3877 Look at the number of seats in other stadiums.. LSU 102, 351. Alabama 100, 077 Ohio State 102, 780. Texas A & M 102,733. Texas 100, 119. Michigan 107, 601. You can bet that USC and other stadiums will upgrade to a larger seating capacity in the future.
@@DeborahVerret-yp9fp a better comparison: there are 134 FBS stadiums and 128 FCS stadiums across the country. An 80,000 stadium would be ranked 17th largest out of these 262. So larger than 93% of D1 stadiums
No one know who college athletes are except for their cities. Stop comparing us do the UK. We are massive. And the tailgating is for the football fans to party before the game, not for the team. Even bad teams tailgate and small unknown teams.I feel like you’re intentionally being obtuse or you’re just really dense.
And why are Brit’s so weird about movies. I’ve seen dozens of British films and when I go to the UK, the furthest thing on my mind is what happened in a movie. Why do you all think we’re lying about everyday items? Do you do this in other countries or just the One it’s socially ok to shit on? The one you copy.
SOCCER is a word that was created in the United Kingdom to differentiate the sport from RUGGER FOOTBALL aka Rugby. It is a shortened version of ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. British players adapted the word Association into ASSOC Football which later became ASSOCER Football, and now SOCCER today.
Next visit you need to attend a college football game in the Southeast for comparison (best bet is Alabama or Georgia). We tailgate better, WAY better food selection and the game atmosphere is much more enjoyable. Specifically with your tailgating experience, you can walk up to ANY tent and tell them you're a Brit visiting to enjoy the American football experience and they'd invite you in with open arms like you're family. That's just how we do it in the South!
40 UKs could fit inside America, so… It is usually true that in American College football, as with football in England, you should experience a good atmosphere no matter which. However, cause it’s so large, sporting atmospheres are very different all across the country. So for college football, the Midwest or the South is the best fan culture.
You're right about it being like your university team but imagine that it's your university team and some of them are actual students but the university have also given Jude Bellingham and Cole Palmer a scholarship to play for them.
Without seeing your reaction yet, the fact that you went to the UW vs USC game, what a game to have watched live, I was completely stressed watching it on TV! What a game.
Oh man, where do I start. While USC is a great school, you really need to go to the SEC or BIG10 to see some great games. You also need an American fan/guide to tell you about the history, rules, traditions of college games ect. Alot of college football teams are older than some Premier League teams and each have very deep history and traditions.
Keep in mind that sadly the next game USC plays will be in the B1G. Next year we will have to specify. Although the other teams from the pac outside of la going to the b1g both have good environments.
The reason people cheer for moments instead of just scores in American football opposed to soccer is because field position is SO MUCH MORE important in American Football than soccer. Even compared to Rugby, which I assume you're more familiar with, it's more important.
It wasn’t that he was clueless to me. It was that it felt like he seemed hellbent on having a bad time from the second he started filming. He complained about _everything._ He whined about having the privilege of getting to enter the walkout tunnel, when I would’ve killed to get to witness that and I’m not even a USC fan. He mocked the players by calling them "middle-aged students" _within earshot of the players,_ he mocked the school band by saying "I bet they pulled these guys off the street" _within earshot of the band students,_ he even had the audacity to bitch about how the fans in attendance were enjoying themselves! _Who complains about good vibes?!_ He might be the most miserable person I’ve ever had the displeasure of seeing on the internet.
@@dexterwilliams2520 its a foreign concept to us that you guys are there more for the entertainment value than the actual game, thats why he acts like that...
@@cptspeedy6358 I think you forgot to add the part where that excuses insulting a bunch of 18-21 year old students, which is a good half of my complaints. These are men and women who've only just started adulthood, trying to further their education by getting a university degree, only to be put down for taking part in an after-school activity by some snobby tourist calling them "middle aged", "pulled from the street", or "just going to work in a garage when they graduate". Culture shock is no excuse to be a tosser.
I hate to break it to all the British people watching this… but. If you play American football, starting for a D1 school. Especially quarterback? Even if you don’t make it professionally, 9/10 your degree, name/likeness will get you a business/position of success almost instantly. Most of these players goals are to get to college. The ones you see working in a “garage” have a special set of circumstances
Yea because instead of ur government putting money towards health care and looking after the poor in your shithole country, they spend their money on failed sport stars. Ever wonder why real football players have similar salaries to nfl players despite real football having a viewership 10 times more than the nfl. It’s ur government pumping money into while also bombarding the tv experience with ads
No one is surprised about that, but rather the popularity. I may be biased as a born American but even while being in England for so long and never experiencing the scenario, it is admirable, why would you “hate” to break it to British people? If anything it sounds envious as soccer/football is so strict and requiring that a lot of people go all out only to not make it, and they become mighty depressed and suicidal, even while being good players.
I think that it's fair to note that there's a difference between seeing a game at USC, when they've already had a couple of losses on the season and seeing a game in the midwest or south at schools like Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, or Georgia, when they're in the midst of competing for a national championship. The loudest, often most raucous, crowds can be found at Louisiana State University (LSU). They nicknamed their stadium Death Valley, and it gets out of control on a Saturday night. In fact, in one game against Auburn University in 1983, the crowd got so loud, it registered as an earthquake at the campus's seismology lab.
@@OPTIC23100yeah, but American sports have no real atmosphere either, and only appear to have one because of their crowd sizes, I think Germany has the best atmosphere for sports.
The main reason is that the USA doesn’t have organized ultras. So it’s hard to create culture, chants, and connection when the fans are so disorganized.
@@BrisbaneBroncosfan67It’s fucken college!!!! In America college is where you have the best 4 yrs of your life studying,partying(attending the Saturday home football games)and growing up. You guys in Europe think youre adults at 16. In America we start college from the age of 18 graduate from college at about 21 get the degree in the field that we studied for four years and you go be an adult,get married,buy a home and have some kids and that’s the start of your life as an adult the end! Lol
Eh the biggest issue is that he went to a game in not just California but SoCal. If you go out to the parts of the US that take football seriously (the South and the Midwest) people take it very seriously. People being attacked and even sometimes killed, college campuses being destroyed (think Iron Bowl) and families unironically being split up (think The Game). It is also important to note that because these are two different sports, the role of the crowd is much different. Generally the crowd is meant to get as loud as possible (so the offense of the opposing team can’t work and gets a false start or a bad play). This is why despite having stadiums shaped like bowls that don’t keep sound in, the loudest recorded stadium is in the US. You won’t see tifos cause they wouldn’t really help in American football, but you will still hear chanting, fight songs, and singing. The great thing about college football is that because America is the size of a continent, there are so many football traditions that grew up in their own corner of the country. It just so happens he went to the corner with let’s face it, some of the worst fans. All this being said, I wouldn’t say American fans don’t take it seriously, they just A) express it in a different way, and B) he went to USC😐.
Ellis, As an American fan of both kinds of football, I want to say that you've turned many people off by your insensitive and frankly rude comments and your dismissive attitude. I know you have now clue whats going on and thats fine but that doesnt give you cause to belittle the players, band ect. Thats like if an American football fan went to see a soccer match and was badmouthing the club, the supporters ect without knowing what was going on. You wouldnt appreciate it. You also should have asked people to explain the rules and some history of college football so you wouldnt be as ignorant. The majority of college football teams are infact older than Premier League clubs. USC for example is older than Liverpool FC. Ive seen your football videos and you actually go and talk to fans and ask them about the club, give predictions ect. Why didnt you do that here? Majority of people would have welcomed you and invited you for beers and food while talking to you and explaining the game to you. College football is the closest we have of a community club like in Europe. Our schools that we attend ARE our community. I urge you to rethink your decision about not attending another college football game and go into it with an open mind and maybe change the condescending attitude. Respectfully Cliff Russo
Do Europeans typically go to foreign counties just to point out how, in their own country, they just wouldn't do things like that? No, I think most people go to other countties to enjoy the differences in the local culture. However, it seems many Europeans come to the US expressly to complain about the differences in culture.
Saw this video on another channel and just had to say it feels like he's more invested in keeping up the unbothered attitude than even trying to enjoy it. As an American who doesn't particularly care for football, but is constantly inundated by it and surround by fans of a local team, I simply just, don't go to games. He was given a ticket, decided to go, and complained the whole damn time?
I. Was. In. LA. To. Interview. Giorgio. Chiellini.
This video was a bonus I fully appreciate there’s better atmospheres for college football out there I just don’t have any desire to experience them :)
bro has free healthcare but cant see a dermatologist
@@ThinkHarderr what a dick comment.
Visit LSU Tiger Stadium "Death Valley!" Loudest stadium in college (university) football!
Go to a game in the south
If you stay until the end the bands play for a while and parade through the college playing.
Only like 2% of college players are ever drafted to the NFL. So for most, this is as far as they’ll get. So it means a lot to them.
As for fans, university Alumni will usually be a fan of their university for the rest of their life.
Also, their are 133 top division college teams across the USA as opposed to only 32 NFL teams. So for most, the college team feels more local and closer to home.
Also, there are a lot of college football Traditions… for example, as a Wisconsin fan, we do “Jump Around” at the beginning of the 4th quarter, and it always ends up showing on the seismograph! So even if we are losing, the crowd gets hype and the players do as well
@@vortexathletic Choreographed pish.
@@MGWA6891it might look that way cause it’s a TRADITION; and people have been doing it for many years. Most teams have their traditions, just like Liverpool’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” which was written by an American.
@@MGWA6891 heck, Man City’s Poznań is just a lesser version of “Jump Around”
@vortexathletic The difference I see is that in the U.K., the actual sporting event is the main attraction. In America, it's sporting events are used as an excuse to put on a show, and fans only sing in unison when it's rehearsed and/or choreographed. DE-FENCE or whoo or yeah is all you get. It's actually tragic tbh.
One of the biggest reasons colleges have such large fan bases is because it actually is a local community. The US is so large that the closest NFL team can be 5+ hour drive whereas your local college is generally less within an hour or two. More akin to closeness of clubs in Europe.
I think there’s a regional pride to it all. Of course some states have big brands: Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska historically. It’s hard for parents to play in the NFL, but it’s easy for our parents to be alum of these universities. We are Michigan men, we are buckeyes and Sooners. We are there through the generations.
There’s much more organic traditions you can find in college football. Carmen Ohio, Death Valley, the schooner, eyes of Texas. In the nfl and other leagues, the traditions are on the field, not off of it.
There's also the fact college football was here long before the NFL was started.
its about love and pride too. for example, Texas A&M is in a very tiny town, but the fans from Dallas, Houston and Austin travel to their every home games cuz they love the team and they are some proud alumnis
It depends on the region as well. The NFL was late to create franchises in the south, so CFB always remained king there. There's still 5 or so states in the south with no NFL representation at all. And Tennessee only got the Titans about 25 years ago (whereas UT football was huge long before that).
As a person in Montana the closest nfl team is like 12 hours out
This is like living in a house your entire life then watching someone who's never been there before walk around with a blindfold on and describe it to you
😂😂😂😂😂😂
You should do the same but for cricket or rounders or whatever they call the abomination of baseball they have over there and just shit on it and don’t even go to a game too. That’s exactly what he’s done here
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@@gamemasteroffun Baseball was invented in England and it was originally called rounders they are pretty much the same game, both good for a quick P.E lesson but ultimately shit to watch. Hence why it's not popular in England but Americans seem to love watching boring sports.
An important point about the random stuff like the YMCA is you have to understand these games are nationally televised. There are times in the game when there is a "TV timeout" where the TV has gone to commercials. During those times those little "distracts" are to keep the fans at the game entertained while there is literally nothing happening in the gamer due to TV breaks. It's not just because. It's for this reason that a lot of those little "breaks" happen.
Get rid of TV breaks, I went to a college game last year and felt like players were standing around for too much. If soccer can have zero commercials why not football.
@@mikeramirez4405that’s where they make the bulk of their money, tv deals
@@mikeramirez4405I like having TV breaks. They make the suspense build and the game last longer. I’d rather watch my favorite team for 3 hours than just an hour. Also players need the rest
@@mikeramirez4405because it’s a different sport. That’s why
@@mikeramirez4405because football players get hit and tackled every play, when a soccer player gets lightly touched he lays on the ground scream crying for 15 minutes
I do enjoy that you complained the entire video about how you weren't going to like it, then found the most boring aspects of the game day experience to see, ran onto the field, and then complained that it wasn't Leeds.
He came equipped with his own personal rain cloud.
You mentioned people cheering for moments like a blocked punt more than when a touchdown was scored. A blocked punt is a rare event. Only might happen once or twice a season for a team. Touchdowns can be scored multiple times per quarter.
Also it's USC, they have one of the best offenses in the country and one of the worst defenses. They will celebrate defense more because of how rare it is there.
Love this, it’s just Ellis wandering around a massive stadium all day with no idea what’s going on 😂
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@@awaydaysfootballin certain American states especially the American south college football is the only sport out there so that’s why it’s so big in this country @15:09 was the tailgate ( usually students miss the pregame festivities to just go to the game and thus they get a specific section which is near the 50 yard line ( called the student section ) ironically i have family who went there ( I went to a community college) so that’s why you had so much going on( the band , the song girls ( southern cal doesn’t have traditional cheerleaders )
Not even that, complaining about random crap that shouldn't be offensive to anyone. Seriously, he needs to chill TF out!
This was my highlight too like th incredulous: how many players are there?
Also USC barley has a student section- there’s teams who are very popular like USC but I’m telling you to go to any of these night games- Penn St, Clemson, Michigan, Ohio St, Florida, shoot even Florida St- I’m probably missing a lot but these schools are insane atmospheres. When you say you don’t need to go to another game- I’m telling you, just being a night game makes a HUGE difference
As a American who has watched you for years this video is awesome to see.
While USC is a great team and a good environment if you ever get a Chance to come to a SEC game you 100% should.
i was praying he went to bama vs georgia and just edited the vid crazy fast lol
Any SEC school or my favorite school Nebraska would be awesome.
I was hoping it was Michigan vs. Ohio State. You want a derby? THERE'S a derby. The college Old Firm Derby, more or less.
@@SuperJNG18 that or the iron bowl and egg bowl
needs to go to the iron bowl
You know he's British because he just complained the whole time 😂
It's jealousy.
not really we have it way better here@@ernst91
@@ernst91what is there to be jealous about
@@jalex685that its actually a good time soccer is boring and the fans are rude to eachother its happens in America to but not as much. You can see how everyone having a good time dancing and celebrating.
College is the sickest thing to watch, football and basketball it’s always good to watch
This is incredible. As a USC band alum who attended this very same game I loved seeing the things you noticed and how you figured everything out through your lens.
As a english guy who went to USC for a year abroad studying was funny to see this.
More people care about college football than the NFL in the US. This is because people grow up with it, family went to the school and the kids dream of going to the schools and there's a lot more 'school spirit' over there. If you go to uni in the UK you go to get pissed and get an education, americans treat it as a lot more than that and the media attention makes it different to the UK, the kids on both teams will have been training to get to college for years, the fact the US is so big makes it an achievable dream and a way to get what would otherwise be an unaffordable education, especially at a school like USC thats $65k per year.
There's only 32 NFL teams in the whole country, so people could live hrs from their closest NFL team, its a bit like supporting your local team over just a big PL club. Also, it's also more of a gameday experience, whereas in the UK people go to the pub, go the game then go home. In the US people get there hours before, get drunk tailgate or go to the frat parties.
Like people say in the comments, if you do go again go to one of the big rivalry games in the SEC, that's where you'll get the atmosphere, you'd expect. USC is a great school but nowhere near that for a gameday.
I always thought the passion you see from college football fans is more like the passion you see from fans for their club in Europe, it might not be life or death at the end of the season like in Europe, But I feel like people are connected more to the teams in college football than the NFL for reasons you mentioned.
I played on UoD's rugby team. And also done a bit at USC. So funnily, I feel like being part of the rugby team here, and say going out drinking during the rivarly week (so when UoD vs Abertay in EVERY sport) the level of "School Spirit" was better than the USC vs UCLA atmospere. BUT that only applied to the people actually playing the sports. Most students didn't care, but the folks on the teams would. I mean when I was there, we lost to Abertay at rugby. We were two full divisions higher than them. (Think EPL vs 1st division...) Our players were ready to scrap if they rubbed it in, in a nightclub.
Like, I see the bell turn blue and the stadium just didn't care. (much like this year...). It just didn't matter.
Yeah i was so disappointed when I saw the college representing college football was USC, nothing against them, they just have a mid atmosphere. Even amongst Pac schools, not just when comparing it to an sec game or b1g game.
@@tescomealdeals4613Number one rule for attending any football game in the USA for the first time..don’t do it in California lol
Yeah, SoCal football atmosphere is blah. Too much else to do in California.
College football is so popular because of many reasons. You have deep rooted traditions and rivalries dating back to the 1800s (College football is older than pro football). There are at least one, if not multiple college football teams in just about every state, whereas only 23 states have NFL teams. The crowds are largely made up of 18-21 year old college students, so they get a bit more rowdy. There are also multiple divisions of college football, like English football. To me, college football is the most like English football as far as history and tradition go. Most teams grew from small clubs for the college students to play football into what they are now
Nothing compared to Europe mate
@@Schalke_und_der_FCT I didn’t say it was buddy.
@@Schalke_und_der_FCT you guys have tiny stadiums and half the time they are filled
Also in NFL, there’s a chance that a team will move, in College football, no chance that happens! It’s definitely a lot more ingrained in the day to day culture and overall culture of American sports!
@@espben360lol poor oakland
As an American from Los Angeles, this is amazing.
I think college sports is very popular mainly because of how much more chaotic and exciting it CAN be compared to professional sports sometimes. These kids are giving it all to show up and do their best rather than a pro who've already made it. Plus, you also hit it on the nose when people follow their college for the rest of their life because it feels apart of their identity. All the cheerleaders and band members, people on the field, etc. are mostly students who the people in the stands used to be basically. Definitely a lot different when comparing the cultures! Loved the video!
You live in LA, respectfully and I mean respectfully, you have no clue what college sports mean. And that’s not your fault, it’s because of where your located you were never given that opportunity. West coast college athletics outside of Oregon and sometimes Washington have no idea how important college sports is.
Fight on!
I am English and love watching college football on TV - now just via youtube. I started taking an interest around eight or nine years ago and found it fascinating and also confusing regarding how the system works, but took time to learn and understand it - I know what power 5, group of 5 and fcs etc means. No preference for any team but did enjoy watching Clemson when DeShaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence were qb's there. It is on my bucket list to watch a college game someday - whether this will happen is another matter.
That’s cool! Do you primarily watch college football or do you watch the NFL as well? I like both, but I like the NFL more because it actually has a playoff system (with 7-8 teams always fighting to get the last playoff spots in the final weeks of the season) and you potentially get to watch the players stay in the league for 10+ years (whereas in college they’re only on your team for 3-4 years).
@@civichoo6017 what is your opinion on the relegation and promotion system including the play offs for them and the qualification system for continental tournaments, ex. europa league or the cl
@@sirkle3087you want to know my honest opinion? I think soccer is shitty. Relegation isn’t going to remove the fact that soccer has an embarrassing amount of flopping or that a lot of games end in boring 0-0 ties 😴 i actually feel like a worse person after watching a soccer game-there’s no athleticism, no manliness, and no honor whatsoever in that “sport.” Hey, you asked, soccer lover 😂
@@sirkle3087Another American Football fan here with the opposite opinion, I love the promo/rel system that y’all have over there. I don’t think it could ever work for the NFL specifically because the rosters are just so massive, but I think most Americans would at least love to see it come to the MLS. Also love how in European competition and cups, the well-run smaller clubs often get a chance to try and take down much larger opponents. Our College Basketball tournament, which we call March Madness, is our closest equivalent, but I would love to see something similar to like an FA Cup for example be added to a major American sport.
Much respect to you for getting interested in American football -- I know that many Europeans don't like the stopping/starting of American football, but that's why it's so much fun to watch -- the offense and defense are playing a guessing game (pass or run? Left, right, or middle? Play action or draw?) and each play allows the fans to guess along and see the strategy of both teams. That being said, it does take a certain basic level of knowledge to enjoy American football (esp. the down-and-distance info), but once you learn it, the game is much more fun to watch (Similarly: people who think soccer is boring probably don't understand the offside rule -- once you understand that rule, soccer is much more interesting.)
Going to Los Angeles to experince the atmosphere of college football is akin to going to Taco Bell to see what's so good about Mexican food.
The smallest Southern school is worth the tailgate. Out West, their battery powered grills die b4 u can smoke a Butt for 8 hrs
Once you understand the rules, you’ll get the excitement. It’s just one of those it applies to all sports really, once you get an idea you’ll have a better understanding of what those moments mean
I fall asleep watching a quarter, never mind learning, the endless stupid rules!
At least Hockey and Baseball are interesting. 🫡
@@WeAreThePeople1690Baseball???? Lol I use baseball as visual melatonin! If American football was so boring it wouldn’t easily be the most watched sport in North America.
@@cjboyer4355it’s only like that because of how much the nfl pays to have ingrained in your culture. If you showed it to anyone else it the world, they would get incredibly bored by it.
@@BrisbaneBroncosfan67 that’s not true it’s growing massively in Germany, it’s already pretty popular in Canada they have the second most competitive pro league the CFL, it’s popular in Mexico, and growing in the UK. At the end of the day it’s far more popular then Aussie rules football.
@@BrisbaneBroncosfan67 The NFL is probably more popular than the A-League in australia lmao... pubs fill out for the Super Bowl but not the A league grand final or Aus Cup final... and no, it's not ingrained in Australian culture.
College Football is a big deal for students and alumni of the school. It’s also important to note there are tons of towns and cities across the country that would never be large enough to have a professional football team. Universities are often a big employer and economic engine for many communities across the country, so they become fixtures in the community. There really isn’t any comparison between most American and UK universities. Top level college football and the NFL are also heavily adapted for TV audiences, so that’ll explain the many pauses and crowd engagement efforts.
Yep. I live here in San Antonio, TX and spurs used to be all the city had when it comes to sports. Now UTSA football also is massive (the school I attend)
@@espben360 I also could’ve given a simpler answer: College football is just a lot of fun.
I think the best way to explain the college football system from someone who isn't English or a Yank is that the Power 5 conferences are equivalent to Europe's Top 5 leagues. The best players often end up there with the elite players going to the bigger schools. Each team is trying to be the best in their respective conference based on their performance the whole season. They then play for the equivalent of their country's cup final at the end of the regular season (Championship Sunday).
After that the top 4 (soon to be top 12) in the whole country which basically means the leftover undefeated teams (RIP FSU) play in the college football champions league at the end of the season (Playoffs). This is determined by a committee rather than performance and there's always one controversial pick in the top 4.
The rest of the teams who have won enough games throughout the season go "bowling" which are basically glorified Carabao Cup games to earn extra money for the school and the students get free stuff.
But it would be a SEC game you would need to go to, Alabama, Georgia, LSU and soon Texas + Oklahoma basically created an American Super League so it would be the best one to attend.
But also in ‘why would you watch college because it would be weird in the UK’ - if every professional football league around the world restricted players under 21 from entering and you had to play for a university team in the meantime, people would 100% watch a league full of like Mbappe, Haaland, Bellingham over the last few years
@@darthconquerus this is a great point that I think could put it into perspective for our friends across the pond
The big 10 is better
As a diehard Washington Huskies supporter, you should’ve gone to an SEC rivalry game to truly see the beauty of this sport. Those guys are nuts… or at least gone to a Washington vs Oregon game, in either stadium as we are the two loudest and crazier fan bases in the west coast and are bitter rivals. Uw v USC Is not a rivalry .. btw you walked so close to Dillon Johnson and Rome odunze which is amazing as well as Caleb Williams aka the goat
This might be the most "stay in your lane" video ever.🤣
USC has very subdued fans like fulham or bournemouth you need to go to a rivalry game in midwest. From the tailgate to the shaking of the stadium, you'll have a tremendous experience
As a Fulham fan, I am completely outrag…..no wait, your actually completely right 😂
No we don’t our fans are very passionate
You should be steering them to the south, to the SEC specifically, that's where they live and die college football. I say that as a supporter of a B1G team.
A school like Michigan or Penn State would be great. Or an SEC team like Georgia maybe as well.
100% Midwest or south. Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, Texas, Oklahoma...... take your pick of those for a big game, and it will blow away Pac 12 atmosphere outside of Oregon and maybe Utah.
You should watch a game like Michigan- Ohio State, Auburn- Alabama, Texas- Oklahoma, or Georgia- Tennessee. I think those atmospheres would blow you away. Some individual stadium experiences are special, like at Louisiana State, Florida State, or even Wisconsin, for example.
I have been a fan of the game since 1995.
I am from Scotland I am 42 now.
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@@alanfox691 if Georgia had beaten Alabama, FSU would have been in the playoff. Change the system.
Also, American college football should have a relegation system.
georgia vs florida would be better as there is far more history
Minnesota vs Wisconsin
Minnesota vs Michigan
Minnesota vs Iowa
Minnesota vs Minnesota those damn Minnesotas.
I've been to Michigan vs Ohio State in the Big House - amazing doing that with 110000 people!!
American sports fans in general usually treat home games as a mini festival where supporters can chill & relax and soak up the atmosphere before the game starts, while, football supporters tend to go for a pint before going to the stadium and take their seat 5 mintues before kick off. It's more of a fanfare experience in the states to here in the UK.
Thats because its a joke over there, its advertising, its done to promote those colleges, colleges that drain the wallets of their students. Im not saying English football is Gods gift, because its not, But if you are going to a game so you can chill & relax and soak up the atmosphere, You are a pussy. Id love to see USC or Wash U somehow play a team from Serbia or Greece, see their weak fans with their pompoms and tubas get their skulls cracked by some real ultras, people who would die for their teams.
I think that's an excellent way to describe it
going to a football game takes 3 hours between the streets usually being clogged, tailgating before and after the game, and then trying to find your seat or going to a sports bar and then actually watching the game/going to the game
Imagine every single academy player in England was collected into its own competition, and then distributed regionally to a bunch of higher education institutions. Now also imagine that all players have to wait until they are 21 before they're allowed to play for a proper club, generally meaning they have to play 3 seasons before they can go pro. That is the level of college football; as if every footballer in England was required to actually play their age group until they were 21.
This would mean that for players like Phil Foden would've had to wait until about 2 years ago at a university before being able to play for a normal club, instead of making his debut at 17. So, the level of player can be quite good, sometimes incredible; but it also means that there's a very wide range. For every Trevor Lawrence in college football, a big celebrity and well-known talent, there's also the Spencer Petras level players, whose analogue in England might be a QPR striker who only plays for the U21 team because he's under 21 and they couldn't get anyone better.
(Even Iowa fans should know Petras was never really good enough)
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People in the United States will even show up for high school sports. The record attendance for a high school American football game in my state is roughly 31,000.
Even Highschool, 15-18 yrs old, is big in America. 2k to 10k fans is not uncommon.
Don't, you'll break Ellis's already mushed brain haha
As someone from the UK who is a huge nfl and college fan I will admit this video triggered me alot 🤣🤣😭
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College cheerleaders, the marching band, all the players, the trainers- lots of people travel all around the country to support the team. My sister was a college cheerleader; she got to go to Alaska and Hawaii, I was so jealous.
So...all bullshit not much action.
Cheerleaders are useless
@@Fattoofit-z1z damn I had no idea soccer had so much “action” with all the flopping and mindless running around 😴 shit is barely a sport 😂
@@civichoo6017 one of the WORLDS most popular sports you mean? Unlike AMERICAN FOOTBALL but of course you yanks think that the world revolves around you lot. A small minority outside of the states cares about egg hand
@@civichoo6017 “mindlessly running around”
Technically you are mindlessly running into eachother in football whereas soccer you go past
The way this video comes off is you went expecting to hate the experience. Then, you went somewhere that, while a big historic stadium, is in LA. It's COLLEGE football, for an unforgettable experience and atmosphere, you don't go to a big city with many other things to do. You go where the college is the main attraction. That means a smaller city. Look at the historically popular football programs and where they are:
Ann Armor, MI pop. 121,536
Austin, TX pop. 964,177
Tuscaloosa, AL pop. 100,618
Tallahassee, FL pop. 197,102
Athens, GA pop. 127,358
Columbus, OH pop. 906,528
State College, PA pop. 39,525
Baton Rouge, LA pop. 222,185
South Bend, IN pop. 103,353
Knoxville, TN pop. 192,648
College Station, TX pop. 120,019
There are more to list, but you get the picture. Still, you went to LA, pop. 3.849 million. On that list, only 2 cities approach 1 million and they are clearly exceptions when looking at the populations of all the others. The atmosphere isn't there. It isn't what you were saying about soccer - going to one place is the same as going to another. It's not that way in college football.
I don't know why the algorithm gave me this video. You clearly don't care, didn't go where the atmosphere will suck you in, and don't care to try and experience it. You just...existed there for that time. Your sponsor wasted money on this. Nobody wants to watch someone who is not into it being "forced" to be into what they don't like with things like running out on the field with the team and complaining most of the video. Stick to what you're passionate about, it's clear you don't care by your tone and words in the video, and even by your pinned comment about not having any desire to experience better atmospheres. This is garbage.
Yea its pretty bad,would be like me going to the opera,i dont have a clue what its all about but then not seeking out opera fans to explain to me what its all about or how to best enjoy/experience it.Just sit there like a sad sack on my own complaining about the woman and her high pitched vioce singiing in Italian!!! Pretty futile exercise
You forgot Lincoln
This was very disappointing. I feel like you went into this with a lot of preconceived notions and without much of an attempt of understanding it or even enjoying yourself .
To clear up the idea of College sports to you: College athletics in many cases pre-date their professional league counterparts by atleast a few decades. In American football there was a time when there was no NFL, no professional league, and as a result College football was the highest level of the sport and the biggest games each year were played by College teams. Many of these programs are at or over 100 years old, so they have generational appeal.
America is a very very large country and it does not have a tiered professional pyramid . For American football, for the most part, there is one large professional league that has placed 32 teams in many of the largest cities in the country. Many people do not have a professional team anywhere near them and their local university is the highest level football they can attend. People have gotten passionate about it through the years, so much so that the NFL won’t even consider impeding on territories with known diehard college football supporters. For much of the American South and Midwest teams College is far bigger and far more important than the pros.
The athletes are amateurs , and yes they are college aged . At some point they will declare themselves to eligible for the draft where NFL teams will select college players one by one.
I think one mental block may be that amateur teams in England are generally considered low quality. For the top college programs many of these players are only a year or two from playing in the NFL and their skill level is nearly on par with professional players.
I think it’s very condescending of you to say that these fans are casual and don’t care. American sports fans are just as passionate about their sports as any soccer fan around the globe . There are many that drive hundreds of miles to see their team every week, spend thousands on tickets, have season tickets left in wills and are inherited when someone dies.
The YMCA thing may have been irritating to you too but Im sure many Americans would be irritated having an English bloke screaming “Marching on Together” while having a scarf shoved in his face. The English and soccer are not the be all end all of sport or passion.
I sincerely hope you will reconsider your stance and give it another chance . I personally do not come from an area where College sports are popular, so my interest is casual , but I deeply respect the passion of the fans.
He was negative as hell. Americans are very different people. We go into things trying to have a good time and experience something different. He appeared to go into an experience looking to tear it down and criticize it. Hes looking at our college and comparing it to theirs. He can’t compare 18/21 yr olds to 16 /17 yr olds. They do college at a much earlier age than we do. I don’t get how some Brits can be so closed that you can’t see that things are different from where you live and it’s alright. It’s okay if people don’t do things like what you’re use to. I just don’t understand why some Brits make such a big deal about what we do in America. Lol
@@Kim-427 I’m right there with you Kim, it really felt like he went into this scoffing at it and just looking to mock it. College sports have a lot of wonderful and very old traditions and American sports fans are just as passionate about their teams as the Brits are.
A lot of it is perspective he takes one moment of fans singing YMCA and interprets it as fans not caring about the game. With that logic could make the argument that ultras/supporters are often more focused on songs and chants and Tifos than what’s going on on the pitch, so does that mean that they don’t care ?
Does American sports sometimes have a bit of silliness to it? Ofcourse! And that’s fine! So do the Brits with soccer. Many premier league clubs have mascots in costume. Crystal Palace has cheerleaders. Many football songs are based around cheesy pop music from the 60s on and even show tunes. Just because it’s sung with a British accent and with a scarf in the air doesn’t make it any better or more passionate .
I love and respect American sports and the passion Americans have for their teams . It’s a shame this vlog tried to mock it instead of understanding and embracing it.
I knew from the minute he said ‘this is the only college football game I’m going to’ that he was never giving this a fair chance .
@@HACLumpsIt annoys me how we Americans really welcome the UK UA-camrs. We support their content that’s mostly about us. But,They literally mock us and criticize use and we support that. People have said to me on other pages that I make too much of it. I tell them no you guys don’t get when you’re being insulted. lol I can take constructive criticism. But,With the Brits they spend more time comparing how they do things right and we do things weird and wrong.
@@Kim-427 It’s really a shame. Americans are supposed to be the closed minded ignorant bunch yet Americans have embraced British soccer and its culture full force , the Premier League is extremely popular now. Many British UA-camrs come to America and are completely condescending and rude.
Theres another British UA-camr I once watched who went to a baseball game, I believe the Phillies with his friend. They knew nothing of the sport or what baseball fans are like. So they wanted to be as “stereotypically” American as possible so they painted their chests and wore #1 foam fingers the entire time laughing about how silly it is in their fake American accents and how they were going to fit in. Ofcourse they went to the game and no one was dressed like that and people looked at them like they were idiots. They didn’t even try to enjoy the game they were more focused on getting on the video board.
I’ve known British people who embraced American sport and truly loved it, but so many are just so elitist that they can’t even be bothered to try to understand it or genuinely enjoy themselves. It’s truly their loss, America has some very exciting games and some of the most passionate fans you will find in the world.
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So glad to see you do this, non Americans have no idea how special college sports are here
USC is significantly different than the average college experience in the US. Hope you come back man!!!!
how is it different?
@@aryzen2781 USC is one of the largest, most followed, and most successful College Football Programs in history. But since its located in Los Angeles, the second largest city in the country, it doesn’t have the same regional/community draws as other programs due to its proximity to other schools like UCLA, and to NFL Franchises like the Rams and Chargers. Take a school like Notre Dame for example, the town that Notre Dame is in (South Bend Indiana,) are major fans of Fighting Irish football, because its such a small College Town, in an area where the NFL team that most people are fans of from there is not within driving distance. But even that is not even close to the same as SEC Schools which are in most cases the most popular teams in their states. Like Alabama, and since the state of Alabama has no pro teams, most people in the entire state lives, eats, and breathes Crimson Tide football.
@@aryzen2781California sports generally have bad fans except like the Dodgers (when talking about the main 4 leagues)
As a European who became a huge fan of US sports and the uniqueness of college sports, I recognise it may be hard for us to conceive this many people caring about amateurs, but it also has to be said that we don’t have to cross an ocean in order to see an amateur sport being massively popular: Ireland has Gaelic football and hurling attracting massive crowds, even bigger than association football and athletes there are fully amateur, they don’t even get the scholarship a good college athlete might get. So we’re closer than we’d like to imagine, in the end, our football too developed in colleges and universities, the main difference between the US and other parts of the world is that their colleges decided to keep competing between each other, while teams such as the Old Etonians participated in the FA Cup along with teams from all different backgrounds
An important thing to remember is that new players in the league get drafted and they play college football first. So you get to see the top young talents. It’s like your first chance of seeing players like Evan Ferguson, Garnarcho, Bellingham for the first time .
Tailgating before any LSU game puts what you experienced to shame by miles, ours is one of if not the best tailgating scene in all of college football, plus you could easily walk up to any tent and the people would happily share their food/drinks with you because that's how we are. Saturday nights at Death Valley for games are always fantastic experiences.
As someone who has only visited LSU wearing opposing colors (Hotty Toddy!) this is 100% true. Slight abuse, then completely welcomed.
A quote from a friend who went to USC for graduate school, "These people have no idea how to do football. I miss the SEC atmosphere." And forced some of her friends there to go to an SEC game and they were blown away by the difference.
Ah...I think we from Wisconsin would heartily disagree with you. LSU did give us major props when you guys came up to Lambeau (instead of the normal lunatic Camp Randall experience, but Wisconsinites know how to tailgate and party regardless if it's NFL or CFL) in 2016.
I am going to Ole Miss at LSU 10/12/24, you think I am ok with Ole Miss gear? #HottyToddy@@realwickedbrew
Man did that USC tailgate game look weak. They're 10x better in the Big Ten and I'm sure even that doesn't hold a candle to LSU's tailgates.
For context about why college sports fans tend to be more passionate than pro sports fans: most pro leagues in America have 30 or 32 teams that are almost all based in large metropolises like NYC or LA. So unless you live in one of those cities it's hard to form a deep connection with those teams. However with college sports, there are 363 colleges in the top flight of college sports and tons more if you include division 2 and 3. So for a lot of people, their local college football team is much closer than their favorite NFL team.
Also if you're interested in giving college basketball a try I highly recommend going to an Indiana University game at Assembly Hall
How many times did this dude complain about them not being pros 😂
I think the reason is because to us Brits the idea of going to watch a college (University here) team is just unfathomable and doesn't happen at all in the UK. So to see 80,000 people cheering on a team of students just doesn't make sense to us.
@@unomas4250It's very local. There are 32 NFL teams and 50 US states, there multiple NFL teams in the same state. It's simply easier to form a culture around something closer to home and being more engaged in rivalries. the NFL is the most watched yes, but still college is alot more easier to feel associated with. Also we call themschools universities here lol it just depends.
@mustin2481 That makes sense. It's just something completely foreign to a Brit.
Luckily in the UK we have a thriving football (soccer) culture which means that most places have a professional team you can go and support. Obviously not all are in the Premier League, but we still have that opportunity to see professional sport on our doorsteps.
Mostly because in the British system, folks at the equivalent of a Division 3 school would still be semi-pro. It's the idea that folks at the *second-highest* level aren't getting paid is just alien. Which, I mean, it should be.
@@kylekonop4801they do get paid know though.
Thing is that you’ll find a college team within 1 or 2 hours travel, but with pro sports, there aren’t enough teams to achieve that. We are like Europe, but we cheer for college more than Pro.
this video can almost be summed up as "british man is confused/annoyed by fun at a sporting event" lol
When was he annoyed? Confused definitely, but not annoyed
cmon he was annoyed by the YMCA dancing and singing@@mattressfan335
@@mattressfan335 his snarky tone makes him seem annoyed/bothered
@@ericanderson4323 I think you're misinterpreting him, but if you're American that's possibly to be expected. I think British people are much less enthusiastic in the way that we express ourselves sometimes and maybe that can come across like we aren't having a good time at all. He said at the end of the video that he had fun. I reckon he's just quite deadpan in how he speaks
@@mattressfan335sounds like a miserable life to live 😢
As a supporter of this channel for years and growing up my entire life as a USC fan this was top tier content. Although I will say that the atmosphere at USC has not been the same since the early 2000’s (the glory days imo). The SEC really has the superior atmosphere when it comes to college football. It is damn near a religion in the south
He's going to read all of these comments about going to the south for a college game, and then cave-in and go to a Miami game and wonder why its worse 😂
same with the big 10
@@zacharypatterson423 really I guess maybe. if you're aroused by cornfields and overalls. And then the south bucktooth Cletus. beer, belly, militia Duh 🙄 members foul mouth unhygienic beer guzzlers. pork rind eaters RC cola flying the redneck banner confederate flag . only like the black players when they're playing. otherwise they wanna lock them up. Yeah legit ! 🤦♂️
The Big 10 has crazy atmospheres too, on the west the best are UW/Oregon but to really match the SEC energy they have to be playing really big games at home
@@basedlord88The Game, win or lose for either side, is one of those atmospheres you don’t miss. Same with red river.
One thing i think is important to note is that, while the players are students, division 1 football programs meticulously recruit top talent from all across the country, and to be recruited to play football at a division 1 school, you have to be a top talent in your state, so it’s not simply normal college kids from one school playing against normal college kids who go to another school. D1 college football teams are full of top tier athletes who were specifically recruited to attend that school solely for their football ability. That’s why the players you saw looked nothing like normal college students because they’re really not, theyre some of the biggest/strongest/best athletes in the country playing for a school that specifically recruited them as a player, not so much as a student.
That being said, teams do have a small percentage of what we call “walk-ons” which are normal students who try out the old-fashioned way and typically arent on scholarship like most of the recruited players.
Now they just pay them to leave other schools lol
Thanks. That’s what I was wishing he would realize. He kept talking as if this was just random college students playing each other when actually you have the best age 22 and under football players from a nation of 350 million people out there playing in front of you. This isn’t just your everyday University. USC is Div 1. Which means it’s like in the top 5% ranked of all college football programs.
What you will find even crazier is there are 10 stadiums that fit even more people than USC, with the highest being 107,601 for total capacity. And unfortunately you wont see even close to the best atmospheres college football can offer.
College gamedays and atmosphere's in the SEC are completely different and better than everywhere else in the country. Thats the ideal situation I'd reccomend for a first timer.
Loved the vid. I know you addressed this in the video, but if you ever want to go back and watch another game, the best game to watch would be Ohio State vs Michigan. They are two of the best teams and they have the biggest rivalry in the sport. They also both have stadiums with 100,000+ people and the environment is ridiculous. definitely the best game you could watch
Go Blue!
Ik he said not to do this in the comments but I was very disappointed when I saw he chose to have USC represent college football. I guess it makes sense cause LA is much more accessible for international travelers, but I have always viewed USC as a rather underwhelming environment, similar to other urban colleges like Pitt or Miami most of the time.
This isn’t even something imo that the SEC or B1G does better, games like the Oregon Washington game, Civil War, or pretty much any game that matters at Autzen Stadium prove that the PAC can hold its own.
Pitt class of '10 here and you are absolutely right about us...
Also, the best pregame “tailgating” in college football, bar none, is found in the Southeastern Conference - Ole Miss, Georgia and Alabama are three schools you *must* check out
They where even tailgating for Baseball at South Carolina 😂
Be honest… you needed to include LSU! So spirited and THE BEST tailgating food ever!
Ellis walking around the pitch-side confused on where to go is like when you try and find your classroom in your new school😂
Not “pitch-side”, just say side line😂
To keep it simple, many people enjoy college sports more so than pro sports is because it's way more competitive because the players are trying even harder to reach the top level if that makes sense
It's not just about the football game. College alumni often feel a very strong loyalty to their school, and the students currently there have a lot of school spirit. The hugely attended football games allow everyone to share in keeping the school spirit and traditions alive. That's what makes it so unique from the NFL.
College Football is great. Have made a few trips from Australia to watch and the atmospheres have been great, even in blow out games.
As you must be aware, many of the best punters in college football are from Australia (generally converted from Aussie rules football). Tory Taylor is awesome!!!!
Brit gets opportunity of a lifetime paid by someone else, proceeds to mock it, insult those that enjoy it, complains constantly, completely ignores the history and traditions of the game, skips the opening kickoff for some popcorn, and ends by saying "it was fine".
Most annoying person ever.
Fun Fact: This stadium is being turned into a frickin' NASCAR Track here soon. NASCAR Starts their season with the LA Busch Clash now...
Loved seeing this, as someone who is from Florida and coaches football I can’t recommend a big SEC or B1G game enough. The key is to get involved in a tailgate (especially a crawfish boil in SEC country) then experiencing the game. Football in the southeast of the US and some big ten schools is life or death.
Your point about moments also happens in traditional football, too. Not as big though, goals still win out, but because touchdowns are almost expected to happen, anything that helps prevent or push that are much more pivotal moments. So a sack of the quarterback on 3rd down is very much like a solid tackle on a break in the 18 that doesn't become a penalty. A big defensive moment that will definitely get proper cheers.
edit: also might be thinking of some moments where the band is playing certain cheers to help hype up the crowd, and completing of chants gets some celebrations, too.
And interceptions/fumbles are HUGE defensive moments for that reason of getting your team the ball at likely a better position up the field compared to a regular punt or kickoff. It's more like a midfielder winning the ball close to well, midfield, and sending it straight up on a rush.
The stereotypical British in Ellis came out in this video
As soon as I saw you were in California I knew you weren’t doing this anywhere close to right 😂
The LA schools' fans are in for a HUGE culture shock when they start playing in the B1G this year!! Realize that even lowly Rutgers is ahead of UCLA in terms of revenue generated (without media money considered), in ticket sales and merchandise?!! AND in stadium attendance too!! USC is about at 7th in the B1G conference! I have no idea where Oregon and Washington are ranked, but after last year, I think Washington might be able to be at least mid-tier.
This was great, i've been to three NFL games in the states and while they were fun with good people they most definitely lacked somewhat of an edge that I cannot describe. I also managed to see a few hockey games out there, I enjoyed the NHL atmosphere way more; it would be great to see your take on that experience.
College football is just different. Younger crowd combined with generational lifelong fans, HUGE rivalries… it’s much closer to European football experience than NFL is. Same with college basketball. Attend a FSU-Miami game in Tallahassee…. It’s insane.
While stationed in Spain I went to several games in Moron… loved the atmosphere and watching in person is so much better.
if you want a rivalry game or derby go to ohio state versus michigan, florida vs georgia, or alabama versus auburn. these games will have the best atmospheres and you will see a few middle fingers being held up
As a Leeds fan in the US, I’m glad you were able to experience this!
I think you would have had a lot more fun if you interacted and talked to people there... it makes sense that you had a bit of a strange experience because you were all alone! I think going to sporting events is a social thing and you could have asked people all these questions you had about why people love college football so much
Yea its a bit strange that he didnt hook up with some fans so they could explain to him what its all about and how to enjoy it more.Its like your granny going to a rave on her own or a teen going to bingo,neither would understand whats going on!
AwayDays, just in case you don't already know, LA Memorial Coliseum was the site of the track & field events during the 1984 Olympics.
Whether an athlete makes it into his sport's pro level or not, he/she still has the education, and thus won't be forced into working in a garage instead.
The teams have 11 players on the field at a time, however, there's a separate squad for both offense and defense.
The "man on a horse" is the mascot--a Trojan.
Rooting for a college team is similar to rooting for your country in the World Cup or Olympics. You feel represented by the school and the passion and shared pure belongingness of being able to root for your school is the best feeling ever
College football is bigger in America because it's more accessible because people have pride for their universities and oftentimes these communities don't have a pro team. College football has been around longer than the NFL too. "College towns" are a big thing in the US too... a lot of times a huge chunk of a town's economy is college related. Like in Baton Rouge (Where I went to university and grad school) it was all about Southern and LSU when it came to entertainment and night life. The Saints was the pro-team but the universities in Louisiana had a different level of pride. It was especially sacriligeous to talk shit about LSU in Baton Rouge and a lot of other places in Louisiana because so much of the state's attention went towards LSU sports. Football is the biggest but basketball was also huge too.
Almost infuriating to see Ellis finally go to a college football game and he goes to watch fucking USC 😂😂😂
80,000 is a small stadium in college football, but so glad you enjoyed it. College football is all about the heart, spirit, and rivalry if the sport.
Bro I 80,000 is not a small stadium
@@daturtlez take a tour of other college stadiums and you'll find they're larger than 80,000
@@DeborahVerret-yp9fp AT&T stadium holds 80,000 and its the 19th biggest football stadium in the country - college and NFL included. Not small by any means lol
@@philoneussquire3877 Look at the number of seats in other stadiums.. LSU 102, 351. Alabama 100, 077 Ohio State 102, 780. Texas A & M 102,733. Texas 100, 119. Michigan 107, 601. You can bet that USC and other stadiums will upgrade to a larger seating capacity in the future.
@@DeborahVerret-yp9fp a better comparison: there are 134 FBS stadiums and 128 FCS stadiums across the country. An 80,000 stadium would be ranked 17th largest out of these 262. So larger than 93% of D1 stadiums
This man needs to attend a Fightin' Texas Aggie football game at Kyle Field
Imagine hating for having fans when you’re in college you were definitely the quite alone kid who didn’t get no attention in school lmao
No, its just a strange concept for people in countries where college/university sports aren't popular.
Ellis trying to wrap his mind around college football is everything I thought it would be😂😂 Love it
No one know who college athletes are except for their cities. Stop comparing us do the UK. We are massive.
And the tailgating is for the football fans to party before the game, not for the team. Even bad teams tailgate and small unknown teams.I feel like you’re intentionally being obtuse or you’re just really dense.
And why are Brit’s so weird about movies. I’ve seen dozens of British films and when I go to the UK, the furthest thing on my mind is what happened in a movie.
Why do you all think we’re lying about everyday items? Do you do this in other countries or just the One it’s socially ok to shit on? The one you copy.
SOCCER is a word that was created in the United Kingdom to differentiate the sport from RUGGER FOOTBALL aka Rugby. It is a shortened version of ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. British players adapted the word Association into ASSOC Football which later became ASSOCER Football, and now SOCCER today.
Next visit you need to attend a college football game in the Southeast for comparison (best bet is Alabama or Georgia). We tailgate better, WAY better food selection and the game atmosphere is much more enjoyable. Specifically with your tailgating experience, you can walk up to ANY tent and tell them you're a Brit visiting to enjoy the American football experience and they'd invite you in with open arms like you're family. That's just how we do it in the South!
40 UKs could fit inside America, so… It is usually true that in American College football, as with football in England, you should experience a good atmosphere no matter which. However, cause it’s so large, sporting atmospheres are very different all across the country. So for college football, the Midwest or the South is the best fan culture.
Our national parks combined are larger than the UK.
@@cadennorris960 New Zealand is larger than the UK
You're right about it being like your university team but imagine that it's your university team and some of them are actual students but the university have also given Jude Bellingham and Cole Palmer a scholarship to play for them.
So true, in terms of the squads Alabama vs Georgia is equivalent to like Brazil U23s vs Argentina U23s 😂
😂😂😂 On the other hand? Welcome to the United States where it’s not required to have a permit to have permission to watch TV 😂😂😂
“One of these will probably end up in the NFL one day” as Caleb Williams walks out
Without seeing your reaction yet, the fact that you went to the UW vs USC game, what a game to have watched live, I was completely stressed watching it on TV! What a game.
The band low key cooler than the football team they can play them instruments 🥁
Running onto the field was legendary btw
Oh man, where do I start. While USC is a great school, you really need to go to the SEC or BIG10 to see some great games.
You also need an American fan/guide to tell you about the history, rules, traditions of college games ect. Alot of college football teams are older than some Premier League teams and each have very deep history and traditions.
Keep in mind that sadly the next game USC plays will be in the B1G. Next year we will have to specify. Although the other teams from the pac outside of la going to the b1g both have good environments.
you should go to a team in the south they have far more passion. teams such as florida, fsu, alabama, georgia have great atmospheres
I love how the thumbnail is the BYU stadium in Provo UT, with superimposed beach themes on it, with some skyscrapers lol
The reason people cheer for moments instead of just scores in American football opposed to soccer is because field position is SO MUCH MORE important in American Football than soccer. Even compared to Rugby, which I assume you're more familiar with, it's more important.
UK expat to the US/NY here. The spirit of college football (gridiron) is bigger than the Prem.
Atmosphere is like the bloody polar express
you pissed me off sooo much with how clueless you were lollll
It wasn’t that he was clueless to me. It was that it felt like he seemed hellbent on having a bad time from the second he started filming. He complained about _everything._ He whined about having the privilege of getting to enter the walkout tunnel, when I would’ve killed to get to witness that and I’m not even a USC fan. He mocked the players by calling them "middle-aged students" _within earshot of the players,_ he mocked the school band by saying "I bet they pulled these guys off the street" _within earshot of the band students,_ he even had the audacity to bitch about how the fans in attendance were enjoying themselves! _Who complains about good vibes?!_ He might be the most miserable person I’ve ever had the displeasure of seeing on the internet.
@@dexterwilliams2520 its a foreign concept to us that you guys are there more for the entertainment value than the actual game, thats why he acts like that...
@@cptspeedy6358 I think you forgot to add the part where that excuses insulting a bunch of 18-21 year old students, which is a good half of my complaints. These are men and women who've only just started adulthood, trying to further their education by getting a university degree, only to be put down for taking part in an after-school activity by some snobby tourist calling them "middle aged", "pulled from the street", or "just going to work in a garage when they graduate". Culture shock is no excuse to be a tosser.
you would be amazed to know that they held a NASCAR race inside that stadium 😂😂
You picked USC, a really cool team steeped in history for your first game. Awesome!
I hate to break it to all the British people watching this… but. If you play American football, starting for a D1 school. Especially quarterback? Even if you don’t make it professionally, 9/10 your degree, name/likeness will get you a business/position of success almost instantly. Most of these players goals are to get to college. The ones you see working in a “garage” have a special set of circumstances
Yea because instead of ur government putting money towards health care and looking after the poor in your shithole country, they spend their money on failed sport stars. Ever wonder why real football players have similar salaries to nfl players despite real football having a viewership 10 times more than the nfl. It’s ur government pumping money into while also bombarding the tv experience with ads
No one is surprised about that, but rather the popularity. I may be biased as a born American but even while being in England for so long and never experiencing the scenario, it is admirable, why would you “hate” to break it to British people? If anything it sounds envious as soccer/football is so strict and requiring that a lot of people go all out only to not make it, and they become mighty depressed and suicidal, even while being good players.
Watching this is like something out of High School musical 🤣🤣
Haha.... Urzzzz, Up the Reading!
The utter confusion throughout this whole video is just pure gold 😂
I think that it's fair to note that there's a difference between seeing a game at USC, when they've already had a couple of losses on the season and seeing a game in the midwest or south at schools like Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, or Georgia, when they're in the midst of competing for a national championship. The loudest, often most raucous, crowds can be found at Louisiana State University (LSU). They nicknamed their stadium Death Valley, and it gets out of control on a Saturday night. In fact, in one game against Auburn University in 1983, the crowd got so loud, it registered as an earthquake at the campus's seismology lab.
I’ve been bingeing your videos lately and this has been my favorite one so far!! I live near USC too, rough area
The difference is British people take it way too seriously while Americans don't take it serious enough.
Also, British people trying to gatekeep sports atmosphere when their own sports have no atmosphere is crazy ngl
@@OPTIC23100yeah, but American sports have no real atmosphere either, and only appear to have one because of their crowd sizes, I think Germany has the best atmosphere for sports.
The main reason is that the USA doesn’t have organized ultras. So it’s hard to create culture, chants, and connection when the fans are so disorganized.
@@BrisbaneBroncosfan67It’s fucken college!!!! In America college is where you have the best 4 yrs of your life studying,partying(attending the Saturday home football games)and growing up. You guys in Europe think youre adults at 16. In America we start college from the age of 18 graduate from college at about 21 get the degree in the field that we studied for four years and you go be an adult,get married,buy a home and have some kids and that’s the start of your life as an adult the end! Lol
Eh the biggest issue is that he went to a game in not just California but SoCal. If you go out to the parts of the US that take football seriously (the South and the Midwest) people take it very seriously. People being attacked and even sometimes killed, college campuses being destroyed (think Iron Bowl) and families unironically being split up (think The Game).
It is also important to note that because these are two different sports, the role of the crowd is much different. Generally the crowd is meant to get as loud as possible (so the offense of the opposing team can’t work and gets a false start or a bad play). This is why despite having stadiums shaped like bowls that don’t keep sound in, the loudest recorded stadium is in the US. You won’t see tifos cause they wouldn’t really help in American football, but you will still hear chanting, fight songs, and singing.
The great thing about college football is that because America is the size of a continent, there are so many football traditions that grew up in their own corner of the country. It just so happens he went to the corner with let’s face it, some of the worst fans.
All this being said, I wouldn’t say American fans don’t take it seriously, they just A) express it in a different way, and B) he went to USC😐.
Ellis,
As an American fan of both kinds of football, I want to say that you've turned many people off by your insensitive and frankly rude comments and your dismissive attitude.
I know you have now clue whats going on and thats fine but that doesnt give you cause to belittle the players, band ect. Thats like if an American football fan went to see a soccer match and was badmouthing the club, the supporters ect without knowing what was going on. You wouldnt appreciate it.
You also should have asked people to explain the rules and some history of college football so you wouldnt be as ignorant. The majority of college football teams are infact older than Premier League clubs. USC for example is older than Liverpool FC.
Ive seen your football videos and you actually go and talk to fans and ask them about the club, give predictions ect. Why didnt you do that here? Majority of people would have welcomed you and invited you for beers and food while talking to you and explaining the game to you.
College football is the closest we have of a community club like in Europe. Our schools that we attend ARE our community.
I urge you to rethink your decision about not attending another college football game and go into it with an open mind and maybe change the condescending attitude.
Respectfully
Cliff Russo
Don't encourage him to come here again. He can stay in his rain-drenched, miserable, mildewed island.
Stop complaining
You must be new here
@@awaydaysfootball Hardly new. It's just that your whinging is getting old and tiresome. Grow up.
Do Europeans typically go to foreign counties just to point out how, in their own country, they just wouldn't do things like that? No, I think most people go to other countties to enjoy the differences in the local culture. However, it seems many Europeans come to the US expressly to complain about the differences in culture.
This video and commentary makes me so proud to be American. Also, Liverpool baby !
Saw this video on another channel and just had to say it feels like he's more invested in keeping up the unbothered attitude than even trying to enjoy it. As an American who doesn't particularly care for football, but is constantly inundated by it and surround by fans of a local team, I simply just, don't go to games. He was given a ticket, decided to go, and complained the whole damn time?