College football is a pageantry. Pregame, marching bands, halftime, school traditions, mascots, cheerleaders, rivalries, tailgating and much more. College football is huge.
@melissa carpenter Hi and thanks for the comment, it is totally off the scale, we have nothing like that going on in anything over here, it looks great too. Cheers
@@BritPopsReact yup its every bit as big as the nfl to be honest. College stadiums of bigger teams are 100,000 plus. Some of the marching bands like Ohio State are world renowned and have a lot people reacting to them. You should check them out. They even did a show in London that blew a lot of peoples minds over there. And these are normal games not championship games
To answer your question, these all appear to be standard weekly games, not finals or playoffs. College football is a huge event and it dominates the Saturday afternoons all over the U.S. at colleges and Universities. People will travel from all over a state to attend the games of larger schools whether they attended that school or not. Allegiances are usually formed at a young age and last a lifetime.
The most important aspect of college football you have to wrap your head around is that the most successful programs are in "College Towns." College towns aren't big metropolis's they are mid-level population centers.
College football is massive in the US, multi billion dollar industry. Also 8 of the top 10 of the largest stadiums in the world are college football stadiums. If you guys wanna see more I recommend reacting to the college football traditions video.
This is EVERY Saturday during the college football season!! We take our teams very seriously in America and every college has a band that usually performs at halftime!
I was watching Steven Frys video about College Football some years ago, and it made me realize how rich our country is. You have a giant stadium with 100k fans that spend a fuckload of money to get in. Plane tickets, RVs, hotels, etc. You have well coaches teams with top of the line facilities and staffs. All sorts of crazy/expensive shit going on. Imagine seeing this, coming from a poor country and seeing this. Then realize it's happening at 50+ other places in the country. 5, or more, places in Texas alone
College Football is so huge here because of the intense state pride people here have for their state and their pride in their state schools. And state vs state rivalries are intense. And schools within the same state are even bigger rivals. Every red-blooded American sports fan marks their calendars for Sept 1st every year. Autumn in the US is simply glorious. It is so much a part of who we are.
Even our High School Bands sit in the bleachers with the rest of the folks and students during the game. We play when our team scores a touchdown. When there’s a stop of any kind on the field we play from the stands as well. We actually play and sing and try to get the crowd motivated along with the cheerleaders. We have a school song that our band plays at every game. Our job as the band is to motivate people and create team spirit and make it a fun and interactive game. I loved Band and always looked forward to the game, it was so much fun!❤
Georgia Bulldogs fan here. This is most games atmosphere. Regular college football season is 12 teams and fans enjoy each and every game. Sanford stadium in Athens Georgia holds over 92,000 fans and the atmosphere is electric. Really have to experience it to fully understand. Go Dawgs!
Also a massive Dawg’s fan. The games are truly a wonder to be a part of with the players, students, band, alumni and cheerleaders. Absolutely love going to the games. Go Dawgs!!
Not everyone lives close to a city to see a pro team, there are alot more college stadiums throughout the us. fun fact, college football actually pre- dates the sport professionally. If yall ever come to the states I recommend you hitting up a college game you won't regret it.
Iowa Hawkeyes, after the end of the 1st quarter, everybody turns towards the childrens hospital and waves. One of the best new traditions in college football.
Professional football is a job, college football is a passion . Roll Tide Roll ! Let's go Bama ! This is weekly at Bryant-Denny stadium in Tuscaloosa Alabama
This is normally a half day event. Tailgating before and after the game. Tickets and be hard to get and the cheap tickets are normally around $50.00. Season tickets can take years to get. I think it's changed recently but it used to be you could leave your tickets to your decendants. That's how much people love their college football.
Night games are the best. Retired from tailgating but typically 1/2 day off on Friday to prep. Up at 4-4:30 am on Saturday, 20 mins to campus, start setting up around 5:15ish. Tables, chairs, coolers, satellite dish, electronics, tents, generator, food, etc. Done around 7:30 am. Drinking while watching college gameday on ESPN for 3 hours. People start rolling in slowly until you get to 11am and then more and more. Start cooking food 2-3pm. Watch early games. People start heading to stadium about an hour before kickoff. We watched game at the tailgate. Game over around 11-11:30 pm. Take about 2 hours to take everything down and get it all packed back up. Head home. Pull in driveway 1-2 am. Recover Sunday. Night games typically are a 19-21 hour day for us door to door and only 20 mins there and 20 mins back are driving. It’s beautiful.
3:15 I'm from Madison, where this team (University of Wisconsin Badgers) plays and when this tradition started they actually had to stop it for a number of weeks so structural engineers could come in and make sure the stadium wouldn't collapse lol. Camp Randall is one of the oldest stadiums in the country so it wasn't initially built with the most modern engineering prowess. But they got the go ahead, the stadium will stand, so the crowd can jump around.
The second college in the video is my hometown school here in Louisiana. They are the Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers (LSU). A full stadium on a Saturday night in the stadium is absolute chaos and very very loud. Stadium holds about 102,000 and the fans have gotten so loud a few times that nearby earthquake sensor’s registered 2-3 on the scale. Our band is huge and very good. Our mascot is a Tiger and we have a living 800 pound tiger living in a giant enclosure right outside the stadium. That little chant they were singing is quite profane and the band is forbidden to play it (they do anyway) or be fined $25,000. They’ve been fined several times over the past decade but they’re gonna keep doing it because the fans love it!
@sheetstainzz Thanks for the comment, we were blown away by the sheer size of everything. None of our lower teams get anywhere near that support, heck even some of the Premier league teams struggle. All the best to you
Our college football has a huge alumni support as well. It starts hours before the game with tailgating and just fills the stadium. Even high school football in some states is just off the chain.
You are watching a typical Saturday College football game in the US. You are watching Division 1 schools (the biggest that are most well known), but there are almost 1000 smaller colleges that have this same kind of weekend; just not 100,000 fans, but thousands will be there. It's the best fun!! Regarding the players, only 1-2% of high school football players play Division 1 college football, and about 1% of those players have an opportunity to play in the NFL. Also, remember, these are just college kids - their primary reason for being at school is for their education. They are between the ages of 18-23. They have a very strenuous schedule to be college athletes in any sport. Mixing training with school.
Just a normal college games guys!!!!! We do love our football in America!!!! We sell 100,000 tickets+ weekly in Austin Texas for the University of Texas games 🤘!!!!!! and we don’t have any professional teams except for soccer and they sell 21,000 tickets per game!!!!! So says Austin Tx!!!! 😎🍸
Penn State holds well over 100,000 fans. These stadiums are on campus. If a player goes to a Division I or even smaller school and are good he has a good chance of getting drafted into the NFL. HE’ll maker millions there!
Not exactly accurate. Only 1.6% of college football players get drafted in the NFL, and fewer than that end up making the cut and actually playing in the NFL. It's not enough to be "good." Even great players go undrafted depending on the needs of each NFL team roster. The truth is that only a handful of college players have a "good" chance of getting drafted and making "millions" there.
During a Penn State White Out game...the little Out in the Country, 4 hours from Everywhere becomes the Third Largest City in Pennsylvania........Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, then State College, Happy Valley Penn State!
These are normal games during the season. Some college football stadiums hold more than 100K people. People get to the stadium early and tailgate in the parking lot and then go into see the game and then go home. It's an all day affair.
What will really blow your mind is that these stadiums host 6-7 home games a year. But, that also means each game is a major event because there aren't many each year. And it's all day as others have mentioned. Tailgate before, go to the game, tailgate after. Great times.
The first one was Penn State(Nittany Lions) in State College PA -called Happy Valley! This is every Saturday and games are on network TV all day!! Game u had was the White Out. Once a year. Every game one side yells “We Are” other side “Penn State”. This goes on for awhile when one side yells Thank you & other yells You’re Welcome. College players are on scholarship and may(?) get a small stipend. I was at a Friday night FB game from the time my son played flag FB thru HS Varsity. LOVED EVERY MINUTE!! Then in the fall it’s Penn State on Saturday- get there early- tailgate- students start camping out in tents 48 hrs before game!!!
Florida State U. alum here. The atmosphere at college football games is palpable. You wouldn’t regret a trip to check a game out. Love y’all Brits thanks for the video cheers mates
I read somewhere that they had to try to get folks to stop doing Jump Around at Wisconsin because they were worried it would bring the stadium down and they had to reinforce it before they could reintroduce the tradition. A lot of these fan responses get so loud that they register on earthquake sensors, which is pretty impressive.
When we went on vacation to Gatlinburg and going through Knoxville we were praying to miss the traffic that was heading to the Vols vs Gator game. It is insane the level poeple love their team.
1st clip in the video is at Penn State University (State College, PA) about 30 minutes from my house. My sis-in-law is exactly that into college sports. I've been to Wisconsin games before ("Jump" crowd) because the little college I went to would regularly let fraternities & societies from other small schools or charity groups get together to man concessions stands during games (& a good chunk of the money get donated to the charity your group works for or your fundraiser). That goes for quite a lot of the bigger colleges - they are very connected to the community in the areas surrounding the campus.
Hi both, and Happy New Year to you. I know college football in the US is absolutely massive, they probably have more fans in there stadiums for college football than we do for our premier league. Wouldn’t you love to be in that crowd…. Great upload ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alabama averages over 100,000 per game...the town of Tuscaloosa (the 5th largest town in Alabama) where it is located has a population of 100,000....the closest town of any real size is Birmingham an hour drive away.
3:38 High School AF is on Fridays, College Saturdays and NFL on Sundays, primarily, and other days. College AF is 12 games long; not including Bowl Games, playoffs and the National Championship.
4:00 These are generally just standard games, however it appears most of these are night games, which means it is usually a big game (either against a big rival, or more likely both teams are ranked in the top 20 or so teams in the country, so it is a huge draw and the powers that be decided to make it a night game with a national television audience). But you will get minimum 80-90% of this atmosphere at any game you go to of any of these teams.
Nebraskas entrance is far more about the legacy and legends of the team than the flashiness of other teams. (Also, their current stadium, Memorial Stadium, is now 100 years old!)
Regarding the size of U.S. college football stadiums: I've frequently read that of the 10 largest stadiums in Europe and the U.S.; the largest 9 stadiums are college stadiums in the U.S.
These Stadiums are filled like this every weekend for every game and it gets bigger has the game goes into the championship at the end of the season. A must watch is Army vs Navy.
WEST VIRGINIAAA!!!! MOUNTAIN MOMAAAAAAA!!!!! TAKE ME HOME!!!!! COUNTRY ROADS!!!!! WVU fan here. The whole stadium sings that after every home game victory!
We live in central Illinois. Our town that we live in has only 1200 people. We live an hour away from what we consider our local college team the Fighting Illini but yet when they’re playing, huge amounts of people from our town and surrounding towns drive to see the Fighting Illini play and we also go see them when the Nebraska Cornhusker’s come to play the Fighting Illini as the Nebraska Cornhuskers are my husbands favorite team.
The University of Michigan's, Michigan Stadium aka "The Big House" is the largest stadium in the western hemisphere and 3rd largest in the world. Official capacity is 107,601 and they've had an attendance of over 100,000 for the last 308 home games straight. Even the games held during the 2020 pandemic shortened season. There are only 12 games in a regular season and about half of those are at home, so they've had over 100,000 people in attendance every game for decades. Even with 100,000+ in the stadium, for big games(Ohio State) there's often another 100,000 people outside tailgating. Most of these games are normal regular season games. Games are every Saturday from early September to the end of November, then they have Bowls and the College Football Playoff. The National Championship was actually this last Monday, and the Georgia Bulldogs won for the 2nd year in a row.
These are normal games and weekly during football season , I graduated from the university of Oklahoma, we also have a great fan base. And it gets a lot more intense when we play our rivals The university of Texas. It also has to to do with pride where generations of family members are alumni of the university.
College football is the best! Every school has their own band. They perform at halftime, and play the school’s fight song when they score. You can see how intimidating it can be to be the traveling team when you have this kind of home field advantage, although every team has fans that travel to be at every game too.
8:15. That’s University of Alabama where I spent every Saturday home game right there in those stands for 4 years. That’s the student section behind our “Million Dollar Band.” I went to a Wisconsin game once, and the “jump around” actually registers on the Richter scale as a small earthquake. 😂
For the most part, high school games are on Friday night, college games are on Saturday afternoon and the NFL plays on Sunday afternoon. When you here the term Friday Night Lights, they're referring to a Friday night high school football game.
FYI even high school football games have bands in the stands. Generally as a courtesy the home team and the visiting teams bands will alternate playing for support of their respective teams. Also each teams bands will play after a score by their team.
Can’t believe they didn’t have Texas A&M on there. The stadium is biggest in Texas and top 4 in the country at over 104,000 capacity. When the crowd sways side to side sawing varsity’s horns off the press box on top moves side to side as well.
Alabama fan here. That last tradition you watched is called the “rammer jammer”. At Alabama home games (capacity 101,000) and road as well, after Alabama wins which they almost always do the band plays the rammer jammer, the words go like this: “HEY (opposition nickname) HEY (nickname). HEY (nickname) WE JUST BEAT THE HELL OUT OF YOU, RAMMER JAMMER, YELLOW HAMMER GIVE EM HELL ALABAMA! Alabama’s State bird is the yellow hammer.
South Carolina is the university playing "Sand Storm" The players inter the football field to "2001" then the crowd goes wild with "Sand Storm" and shoot off canons when they score =) I live about a mile away and know when they score by fireworks and canons ! Our last home game we scored so much they ran out of gunpowder for the canons and shot all the fireworks by halftime =)
If you’re referring to artillery, it’s spelled canNon. Canon refers to a guiding set of principles, laws, etc. Or a musical round. Or an official in a cathedral, or… Lots of definitions for caNon. Look it up!
@@barrycounts490 I went to Furman Mr. University of Second Choice- that’s why I know the difference. Too bad you don’t. And no, you didn’t get an education wherever you parked it.
College stadiums in division 1A are typically much larger than NFL pro team stadiums. Many college stadiums have capacities of well over 100k and they sell them out EVERY week. Not just for championships. Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State are renown for huge capacity and crazy atmospheres. Again, every home game. And every other college isn't too far off from the big colleges. As big as NFL stadiums and packed every home game with crazy fans. It's an experience, to be sure.
The big conferences have stadiums that seat more than NFL stadiums. The University of Michigan has the largest football stadium. It seats close to 110,000.
There are over a 100 teams in division one college football. They stadiums hold up to 105,000 people. This is a weekly event starting in the Fall, the bowl games are at the end of the year. These stadiums hold more people than the professional stadiums.
Some key points: seasons are 12 games Only 6 or 7 are home games, so they are huge events. An all- day affair or weekend at Penn State, which was 1st in this vid… get there early no matter whether the game is at noon or 4pm… tailgate with food and alcohol on the college stadium grounds. It’s a blast! … better with a win, of course.
Home team always has home field advantage for obvious reasons. Conference championships, Bowl Games and national championship games are played on a neutral field. Each college usually has it's own stadium just for football.... The bands perform the whole game and march on the field at halftime. Every student in the band is also on a scholarship. Unbelievable amounts of money from media companies pours into college football.
I know I’m late to this party, but just wanted to give you some perspective on a regular college game. The University of Nebraska has sold out every single game since 1962 and has a capacity of just under 90 thousand. On football Saturday, the stadium becomes the 3rd largest city in the State.
College football was already huge and the second most popular sport in America before the NFL was even founded in 1920 and in many parts of the US was even more popular and still is.
Regular game's. Where I come from Alabama. Football is not just a sport it's a way of life to us. You should see 👀 the tail gate party's. That's every weekend.
There are 69 professional soccer clubs in England. USA is much larger and there are only 32 NFL teams. To fill in the gaps, people cheer for local college teams. Now that being said College Football is older, has more tradition, and more pageantry then the NFL. Go Iowa Hawkeyes!!!
Yes Wisconsin now allows only a few sections to jump. When they first started it the entire stadium would jump and yes they did put cracks in the foundation.
It is so interesting to see your candor and surprise. College Football is the most coveted of all American Sports. Much more popular than professional football. We do love pro ball, but College is unimaginably great. You recognized Alabama, and I appreciate that, ROLL TIDE, but I don't think that UGA (Georgia); Tennessee; LSU (Louisana State University); Clemson; Ohio State; Michigan; Oklahoma; Texas; Texas A&M; U Cal @ Los Angeles; BoiseState; Strathmore (Strathmore?); and I almost forgot Auburn; made it to your vid. I have listed only a handful of teams/schools, but I tried to be fair. I know others have addressed these questions y'all had, but those Stadiums are generally filled to capacity when the teams play at home. You said it's big money, so be it. The money is not what the fans look for....it is love of the sport, loyalty, and winning!😊
Game day college football is an all day celebration, folks arrive early, set their grills, smokers and other various cooking appliances, and proceed to tail gate party, you'll never eat better grub and everybody is welcoming.
Hey gents! Yes these are massive college football stadiums and fan bases! There are 12 games a season with a National Championship at the end in January. And these are just regular season games and not necessarily a playoff or championship. And they are just college student athletes from 18-24 years of age. The largest stadium as you know is the University of Michigan with 107k+ seating capacity!!! Watch my University of Central Florida Knights! Cheers from Orlando, Florida!
When all the fans are doing the hatchet chop movement with their arms, that's a call/sign of support for the Florida State University Seminoles. Their mascot is a Seminole indian (Osceola), on horseback that will ride out onto the field.
A few things to bear in mind: football started at the collegiate level LONG before it existed in the NFL. So the fan bases are much more firmly entrenched. The first college football games took place in the late 1860’s, just shortly after the Civil War. The NFL wouldn’t come around for more than than half a century after that. Two: a number of NFL teams have moved over the years, such as the original Cleveland Browns (now Baltimore Ravens), Baltimore Colts (now in Indianapolis), Oakland Raiders (to L.A., back to Oakland, and now Vegas), Chicago Cardinals (to St. Louis, then Arizona), Houston Oilers (To Tennessee Titans), L.A. Chargers (to San Diego after just one season in L.A., now back to L.A.) With college football, fans never have to worry about them moving. 3, they’re much more accessible. There are 130 Division 1 FBS football programs, and roughly again that many FCS, not to mention Division II and III. You usually don’t have to go far to go to a game, and the tickets are more affordable than the NFL. 4. Most of the stadiums are much much older AND bigger than NFL stadiums (at least when it comes to the top 50 or 60 stadiums in college. Most of the stadiums (Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium notwithstanding) of the Big Ten conference are over 90 years old, and Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium is over 100 years old. They are much more intimate environments. Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium seats around 70K, but the seats are the closest to the field of any stadium in the FBS. Fans in the front row have been known to at the very least talk trash to the opposing team, and sometimes actually mess with them by stealing their stuff.
There are 8 college stadiums with at least 100k capacity, Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Louisiana State, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas. College football tends to have larger crowds in the south.
Absolutely not true. Us northerners pack the stadiums just as much as you southerners and have the 3 biggest stadiums in the country in the north and all 3 are usually sold out for every home game.
American Football, both College and the NFL, have very short seasons. We're talkin' 12-17 regular games per season with just half of those at home. A home football game is a reason to celebrate. Colleges do this very well.
SEC Florida here. When we play one of our biggest rivals Georgia. We can't even play in each others stadium anymore because it got so out of hand. We meet in the middle every year and play at a neutral stadium, which is in Jacksonville.
I went to Virginia Tech or technically known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Stage University. The other shorten name is Virginia Tech Hokies. They usually play Enter the Sandman as the players enter the field. At the top of the entrance, the players would touch a blarney stone for good luck. The team mascot is a turkey. To get further enthusiams, the cheerleaders would shoot free t-shirts into the stands aiming high and low. Another part of the university is the Corp of Cadets destined to join the military after graduating. They would wear uniforms and square their meals (fork or spoon) by moving forward, then up, then into the mouth. This is just for the first year though. After that they can eat normally.
Some context: every college has a band, they travel with most of the sports teams. The clip featuring all the people with their phone lights on are waving to the children at the hospital across from the stadium (University of Iowa)
Most of these games are rivalry games. The top schools sell out all of their games. The first one was Penn Stste that does a “white-out” once a year. Many college stadiums are larger than any NFL stadiums.
Passion of College Football stems from the regional rivalries. The regions love to hate each other. In a way, its a continuation of the Civil War. North/Big Ten vs South/SEC. Alabama is the preeminent team. That is why you see so much excitement when they get beat.
I LOVE THAT THE DAD JUMPED AROUND AND GOT IT IN MORE THAN HIS SON.... I'm old :_) edit: I love your dad, he is so perfect. reminds me of my dad, dude knows everything, and he'll let you know when you ask, otherwise nicest bloke.
The big college football competitive teams always sell out. I was on a several years long waiting list to get season tickets until I gave up and bought someone elses's season tickets on the 40 yard line. After that 3 years ended I had to attend the University of Michigan to get my own season tickets for several years. I also got a degree. Students could only get one set of season tickets (discounted) so I had to drag a fellow student to the long ticket line and then I bought her tickets. haha. Same with the Rose Bowl in California. But lucked out with the 40 yard line. $50 in late 1980s as a student when tickets were being sold outside the stadium for $600 each.
This is indeed on weekly basis though some games arw bigger rhan others. Like the whiteout or blackout games where they ask people to wear a specific color.
Not special games. We just LOVE our college football! There are about a dozen stadiums in America that hold 100,000+ people and ALL of them are college stadiums! The NFL has the best players since football is their job but nothing compares to the college game experience. Bands, cheerleaders, dance teams, student sections, live mascots, traditions and generations of family cheering together . It truly is special.
Pops, most of the teams were too nebulous to identify correctly, until we got to just before 5:00, where the fans were acting as if their hands were hatchet blades, which is a fan move called "The Chop", as if swinging a tomahawk, and identifies them as being from the Florida State Seminoles fan base. The mascot is duel: (actual Chief) Osceola (ah-see-OH-luh), who lived before 1850, and the horse he rides is Renegade.
Colleges have built in fan bases. There are tens of thousands of students and they organize the colors and Pom Pom’s and such. Like Penn state has their annual white out game which is famous and everyone wears white. Also they have alumni that come and local people that don’t have a pro team nearby. There are also only like 12 games a season so it’s not a lot of games. Every Saturday in the fall and into the winter. These are regular games not championships. It’s fun and very popular. The ten largest football stadiums in the US are college stadiums.
College football is a pageantry. Pregame, marching bands, halftime, school traditions, mascots, cheerleaders, rivalries, tailgating and much more. College football is huge.
@melissa carpenter
Hi and thanks for the comment, it is totally off the scale, we have nothing like that going on in anything over here, it looks great too.
Cheers
@@BritPopsReact yup its every bit as big as the nfl to be honest. College stadiums of bigger teams are 100,000 plus. Some of the marching bands like Ohio State are world renowned and have a lot people reacting to them. You should check them out. They even did a show in London that blew a lot of peoples minds over there.
And these are normal games not championship games
College football is life
@@BritPopsReact yeah my team In Louisiana averages around 100,000 people in the stadium every game. And we only have 4 million people in our state
@TelorDEsuvage and don't forget LSU fans have caused a couple of earthquakes ( literally) from the noise
To answer your question, these all appear to be standard weekly games, not finals or playoffs. College football is a huge event and it dominates the Saturday afternoons all over the U.S. at colleges and Universities. People will travel from all over a state to attend the games of larger schools whether they attended that school or not. Allegiances are usually formed at a young age and last a lifetime.
The most important aspect of college football you have to wrap your head around is that the most successful programs are in "College Towns." College towns aren't big metropolis's they are mid-level population centers.
Pretty much cities built around the college. Some have become big cities while most stay college towns
A lot of schools have stadiums with capacities larger than the town's population
There's no big-time CFB in NYC. The nearest blue blood program is Penn State.
College football is massive in the US, multi billion dollar industry. Also 8 of the top 10 of the largest stadiums in the world are college football stadiums. If you guys wanna see more I recommend reacting to the college football traditions video.
Actually I’d do college football entrances over the traditions video
Also, to really blow your mind, the HIGH SCHOOL football State Championship in Texas drew a crowd of somewhere between 58,000-63,000.
when it comes to high school football texas takes it to another level
@@Nick_4545 facts
We had 42000 at the Union vs Jenks game in Tulsa.
@@Nick_4545 Almost on that Florida level. Not quite.
@@Ozarks420haha yup. And that’s just a regular schedule game. Big rivalry tho
This is EVERY Saturday during the college football season!! We take our teams very seriously in America and every college has a band that usually performs at halftime!
I was watching Steven Frys video about College Football some years ago, and it made me realize how rich our country is. You have a giant stadium with 100k fans that spend a fuckload of money to get in. Plane tickets, RVs, hotels, etc. You have well coaches teams with top of the line facilities and staffs. All sorts of crazy/expensive shit going on.
Imagine seeing this, coming from a poor country and seeing this. Then realize it's happening at 50+ other places in the country. 5, or more, places in Texas alone
College Football is so huge here because of the intense state pride people here have for their state and their pride in their state schools. And state vs state rivalries are intense. And schools within the same state are even bigger rivals. Every red-blooded American sports fan marks their calendars for Sept 1st every year. Autumn in the US is simply glorious. It is so much a part of who we are.
Even our High School Bands sit in the bleachers with the rest of the folks and students during the game. We play when our team scores a touchdown. When there’s a stop of any kind on the field we play from the stands as well. We actually play and sing and try to get the crowd motivated along with the cheerleaders. We have a school song that our band plays at every game. Our job as the band is to motivate people and create team spirit and make it a fun and interactive game. I loved Band and always looked forward to the game, it was so much fun!❤
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Friday night football is a huge community event, especially in rural areas
Georgia Bulldogs fan here. This is most games atmosphere. Regular college football season is 12 teams and fans enjoy each and every game. Sanford stadium in Athens Georgia holds over 92,000 fans and the atmosphere is electric. Really have to experience it to fully understand. Go Dawgs!
Season is 12 games long. There are a hell of a lot more than 12 teams, regardless of what an SEC fan thinks.
GO DAWGS
Also a massive Dawg’s fan. The games are truly a wonder to be a part of with the players, students, band, alumni and cheerleaders. Absolutely love going to the games. Go Dawgs!!
Woof, woof, woof!!!!
Not everyone lives close to a city to see a pro team, there are alot more college stadiums throughout the us. fun fact, college football actually pre- dates the sport professionally. If yall ever come to the states I recommend you hitting up a college game you won't regret it.
Iowa Hawkeyes, after the end of the 1st quarter, everybody turns towards the childrens hospital and waves. One of the best new traditions in college football.
That's awesome
Professional football is a job, college football is a passion . Roll Tide Roll ! Let's go Bama ! This is weekly at Bryant-Denny stadium in Tuscaloosa Alabama
Roll Tide!
Roll tide my friends 😂😂
RTR!
Roll tide 🐘🐘🐘
The funniest thing is that these are just regular games, and none of them are championship level teams 😂💀
This is normally a half day event. Tailgating before and after the game. Tickets and be hard to get and the cheap tickets are normally around $50.00. Season tickets can take years to get. I think it's changed recently but it used to be you could leave your tickets to your decendants. That's how much people love their college football.
Night games are the best. Retired from tailgating but typically 1/2 day off on Friday to prep. Up at 4-4:30 am on Saturday, 20 mins to campus, start setting up around 5:15ish. Tables, chairs, coolers, satellite dish, electronics, tents, generator, food, etc. Done around 7:30 am. Drinking while watching college gameday on ESPN for 3 hours. People start rolling in slowly until you get to 11am and then more and more. Start cooking food 2-3pm. Watch early games. People start heading to stadium about an hour before kickoff. We watched game at the tailgate. Game over around 11-11:30 pm. Take about 2 hours to take everything down and get it all packed back up. Head home. Pull in driveway 1-2 am. Recover Sunday. Night games typically are a 19-21 hour day for us door to door and only 20 mins there and 20 mins back are driving. It’s beautiful.
At Oklahoma the waiting list is years long for season tickets.
3:15 I'm from Madison, where this team (University of Wisconsin Badgers) plays and when this tradition started they actually had to stop it for a number of weeks so structural engineers could come in and make sure the stadium wouldn't collapse lol. Camp Randall is one of the oldest stadiums in the country so it wasn't initially built with the most modern engineering prowess. But they got the go ahead, the stadium will stand, so the crowd can jump around.
That’s funny I’m from the Madison area and my comment was pretty much the same thing.
The second college in the video is my hometown school here in Louisiana. They are the Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers (LSU). A full stadium on a Saturday night in the stadium is absolute chaos and very very loud. Stadium holds about 102,000 and the fans have gotten so loud a few times that nearby earthquake sensor’s registered 2-3 on the scale. Our band is huge and very good. Our mascot is a Tiger and we have a living 800 pound tiger living in a giant enclosure right outside the stadium. That little chant they were singing is quite profane and the band is forbidden to play it (they do anyway) or be fined $25,000. They’ve been fined several times over the past decade but they’re gonna keep doing it because the fans love it!
I was wondering if they'd decipher the words to Neck lol
GO TIGERS!
Loved your reaction boys! To answer your question yes this is a weekly basic. Most of these games are just regular games every week for these fans.
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Thanks for the comment, we were blown away by the sheer size of everything.
None of our lower teams get anywhere near that support, heck even some of the Premier league teams struggle.
All the best to you
Our college football has a huge alumni support as well. It starts hours before the game with tailgating and just fills the stadium. Even high school football in some states is just off the chain.
You are watching a typical Saturday College football game in the US. You are watching Division 1 schools (the biggest that are most well known), but there are almost 1000 smaller colleges that have this same kind of weekend; just not 100,000 fans, but thousands will be there. It's the best fun!!
Regarding the players, only 1-2% of high school football players play Division 1 college football, and about 1% of those players have an opportunity to play in the NFL. Also, remember, these are just college kids - their primary reason for being at school is for their education. They are between the ages of 18-23. They have a very strenuous schedule to be college athletes in any sport. Mixing training with school.
Just a normal college games guys!!!!! We do love our football in America!!!! We sell 100,000 tickets+ weekly in Austin Texas for the University of Texas games 🤘!!!!!! and we don’t have any professional teams except for soccer and they sell 21,000 tickets per game!!!!! So says Austin Tx!!!! 😎🍸
You CANNOT imagine the energy being in the middle of that. Words cannot describe it. Flyovers by military jets always make it special too.
University of Nebraska has some of the best fans in college. very dedicated, even in bad years, and incredibly kind to the oppositions fans.
Go Big Red!!❤
In the larger stadiums you'll see upwards of 90,000 to over 110,000 fans in a packed stadium. It's so fun
Penn State holds well over 100,000 fans. These stadiums are on campus. If a player goes to a Division I or even smaller school and are good he has a good chance of getting drafted into the NFL. HE’ll maker millions there!
Not exactly accurate. Only 1.6% of college football players get drafted in the NFL, and fewer than that end up making the cut and actually playing in the NFL. It's not enough to be "good." Even great players go undrafted depending on the needs of each NFL team roster. The truth is that only a handful of college players have a "good" chance of getting drafted and making "millions" there.
During a Penn State White Out game...the little Out in the Country, 4 hours from Everywhere becomes the Third Largest City in Pennsylvania........Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, then State College, Happy Valley Penn State!
These are normal games during the season. Some college football stadiums hold more than 100K people. People get to the stadium early and tailgate in the parking lot and then go into see the game and then go home. It's an all day affair.
What will really blow your mind is that these stadiums host 6-7 home games a year. But, that also means each game is a major event because there aren't many each year. And it's all day as others have mentioned. Tailgate before, go to the game, tailgate after. Great times.
The first one was Penn State(Nittany Lions) in State College PA -called Happy Valley! This is every Saturday and games are on network TV all day!! Game u had was the White Out. Once a year. Every game one side yells “We Are” other side “Penn State”. This goes on for awhile when one side yells Thank you & other yells You’re Welcome. College players are on scholarship and may(?) get a small stipend. I was at a Friday night FB game from the time my son played flag FB thru HS Varsity. LOVED EVERY MINUTE!! Then in the fall it’s Penn State on Saturday- get there early- tailgate- students start camping out in tents 48 hrs before game!!!
Florida State U. alum here. The atmosphere at college football games is palpable. You wouldn’t regret a trip to check a game out. Love y’all Brits thanks for the video cheers mates
At 8:00 they chanting “O…. H…. I….. O” because theyre ohio state and each letter is yelled from a different quarter of the stadium.
I read somewhere that they had to try to get folks to stop doing Jump Around at Wisconsin because they were worried it would bring the stadium down and they had to reinforce it before they could reintroduce the tradition. A lot of these fan responses get so loud that they register on earthquake sensors, which is pretty impressive.
When we went on vacation to Gatlinburg and going through Knoxville we were praying to miss the traffic that was heading to the Vols vs Gator game. It is insane the level poeple love their team.
Hope you enjoyed Gatlinburg! I live in the Smokies. They’ve tried hard to make Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge nice for the tourists.
Go Vols!! 🏈
@Amy oh, we love going anytime we can. Love the pirates show and splash country and we old timey photos every year.
1st clip in the video is at Penn State University (State College, PA) about 30 minutes from my house. My sis-in-law is exactly that into college sports.
I've been to Wisconsin games before ("Jump" crowd) because the little college I went to would regularly let fraternities & societies from other small schools or charity groups get together to man concessions stands during games (& a good chunk of the money get donated to the charity your group works for or your fundraiser). That goes for quite a lot of the bigger colleges - they are very connected to the community in the areas surrounding the campus.
That is every weekend in the fall. EVERY WEEKEND!
Hi both, and Happy New Year to you. I know college football in the US is absolutely massive, they probably have more fans in there stadiums for college football than we do for our premier league. Wouldn’t you love to be in that crowd…. Great upload ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alabama averages over 100,000 per game...the town of Tuscaloosa (the 5th largest town in Alabama) where it is located has a population of 100,000....the closest town of any real size is Birmingham an hour drive away.
Well it’s to be expected with ~5x the population
In most of our states, the highest paid state employee is a college sports coach. Making more than governors, senators, university presidents, etc
3:38 High School AF is on Fridays, College Saturdays and NFL on Sundays, primarily, and other days. College AF is 12 games long; not including Bowl Games, playoffs and the National Championship.
4:00 These are generally just standard games, however it appears most of these are night games, which means it is usually a big game (either against a big rival, or more likely both teams are ranked in the top 20 or so teams in the country, so it is a huge draw and the powers that be decided to make it a night game with a national television audience). But you will get minimum 80-90% of this atmosphere at any game you go to of any of these teams.
Nebraskas entrance is far more about the legacy and legends of the team than the flashiness of other teams. (Also, their current stadium, Memorial Stadium, is now 100 years old!)
Regarding the size of U.S. college football stadiums: I've frequently read that of the 10 largest stadiums in Europe and the U.S.; the largest 9 stadiums are college stadiums in the U.S.
These Stadiums are filled like this every weekend for every game and it gets bigger has the game goes into the championship at the end of the season. A must watch is Army vs Navy.
College football is the greatest sport that will ever grace this earth. There is nothing like it.
WEST VIRGINIAAA!!!! MOUNTAIN MOMAAAAAAA!!!!! TAKE ME HOME!!!!! COUNTRY ROADS!!!!! WVU fan here. The whole stadium sings that after every home game victory!
We live in central Illinois. Our town that we live in has only 1200 people. We live an hour away from what we consider our local college team the Fighting Illini but yet when they’re playing, huge amounts of people from our town and surrounding towns drive to see the Fighting Illini play and we also go see them when the Nebraska Cornhusker’s come to play the Fighting Illini as the Nebraska Cornhuskers are my husbands favorite team.
I was at a college football game were the crowd reached 120 decibels. Same loudness as a jet engine.
The University of Michigan's, Michigan Stadium aka "The Big House" is the largest stadium in the western hemisphere and 3rd largest in the world. Official capacity is 107,601 and they've had an attendance of over 100,000 for the last 308 home games straight. Even the games held during the 2020 pandemic shortened season. There are only 12 games in a regular season and about half of those are at home, so they've had over 100,000 people in attendance every game for decades. Even with 100,000+ in the stadium, for big games(Ohio State) there's often another 100,000 people outside tailgating.
Most of these games are normal regular season games. Games are every Saturday from early September to the end of November, then they have Bowls and the College Football Playoff. The National Championship was actually this last Monday, and the Georgia Bulldogs won for the 2nd year in a row.
the big college stadiums have higher crowd capacity than NFL stadiums. some go over 100k people
These are normal games and weekly during football season , I graduated from the university of Oklahoma, we also have a great fan base. And it gets a lot more intense when we play our rivals The university of Texas. It also has to to do with pride where generations of family members are alumni of the university.
Alabama’s band is called The Million Dollar Band and they are singing Rammer Jammer.
College football is the best! Every school has their own band. They perform at halftime, and play the school’s fight song when they score. You can see how intimidating it can be to be the traveling team when you have this kind of home field advantage, although every team has fans that travel to be at every game too.
8:15. That’s University of Alabama where I spent every Saturday home game right there in those stands for 4 years. That’s the student section behind our “Million Dollar Band.” I went to a Wisconsin game once, and the “jump around” actually registers on the Richter scale as a small earthquake. 😂
For the most part, high school games are on Friday night, college games are on Saturday afternoon and the NFL plays on Sunday afternoon. When you here the term Friday Night Lights, they're referring to a Friday night high school football game.
This kind of enthusiasm occurs every Saturday all over the country.
Most fans in the stadiums "graduated" from the universities, or are students. That is why there is so much passion and love for their teams.
FYI even high school football games have bands in the stands. Generally as a courtesy the home team and the visiting teams bands will alternate playing for support of their respective teams. Also each teams bands will play after a score by their team.
College football is the most watched sport in America. College is the only feeder system to the NFL so it makes sense why its become so massive.
You have only scratched the surface of college football! More reactions please!
Can’t believe they didn’t have Texas A&M on there. The stadium is biggest in Texas and top 4 in the country at over 104,000 capacity. When the crowd sways side to side sawing varsity’s horns off the press box on top moves side to side as well.
Alabama fan here. That last tradition you watched is called the “rammer jammer”. At Alabama home games (capacity 101,000) and road as well, after Alabama wins which they almost always do the band plays the rammer jammer, the words go like this: “HEY (opposition nickname) HEY (nickname). HEY (nickname) WE JUST BEAT THE HELL OUT OF YOU, RAMMER JAMMER, YELLOW HAMMER GIVE EM HELL ALABAMA! Alabama’s State bird is the yellow hammer.
South Carolina is the university playing "Sand Storm" The players inter the football field to "2001" then the crowd goes wild with "Sand Storm" and shoot off canons when they score =) I live about a mile away and know when they score by fireworks and canons ! Our last home game we scored so much they ran out of gunpowder for the canons and shot all the fireworks by halftime =)
If you’re referring to artillery, it’s spelled canNon. Canon refers to a guiding set of principles, laws, etc. Or a musical round. Or an official in a cathedral, or… Lots of definitions for caNon. Look it up!
@@katherinehughes7234 Sorry i didn't go to South Carolina =( i got my education from Clemson =)
@@barrycounts490 I went to Furman Mr. University of Second Choice- that’s why I know the difference. Too bad you don’t. And no, you didn’t get an education wherever you parked it.
College stadiums in division 1A are typically much larger than NFL pro team stadiums. Many college stadiums have capacities of well over 100k and they sell them out EVERY week. Not just for championships. Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State are renown for huge capacity and crazy atmospheres. Again, every home game. And every other college isn't too far off from the big colleges. As big as NFL stadiums and packed every home game with crazy fans. It's an experience, to be sure.
The big conferences have stadiums that seat more than NFL stadiums. The University of Michigan has the largest football stadium. It seats close to 110,000.
There are over a 100 teams in division one college football. They stadiums hold up to 105,000 people. This is a weekly event starting in the Fall, the bowl games are at the end of the year. These stadiums hold more people than the professional stadiums.
Just your average Sat night in every town in America. I'm from Wisconsin JUMP AROUND!!!!!
Some key points: seasons are 12 games
Only 6 or 7 are home games, so they are huge events.
An all- day affair or weekend at Penn State, which was 1st in this vid… get there early no matter whether the game is at noon or 4pm… tailgate with food and alcohol on the college stadium grounds.
It’s a blast! … better with a win, of course.
Home team always has home field advantage for obvious reasons. Conference championships, Bowl Games and national championship games are played on a neutral field. Each college usually has it's own stadium just for football.... The bands perform the whole game and march on the field at halftime. Every student in the band is also on a scholarship. Unbelievable amounts of money from media companies pours into college football.
Both Highschool and Colleges have Pep Bands in the stadiums during the game. Then at halftime, the band usually performs the halftime show.
I know I’m late to this party, but just wanted to give you some perspective on a regular college game. The University of Nebraska has sold out every single game since 1962 and has a capacity of just under 90 thousand. On football Saturday, the stadium becomes the 3rd largest city in the State.
Got to see Ohio State marching band do Ohio script
The Hollywood Blockbuster routine!
College football was already huge and the second most popular sport in America before the NFL was even founded in 1920 and in many parts of the US was even more popular and still is.
Regular game's. Where I come from Alabama. Football is not just a sport it's a way of life to us. You should see 👀 the tail gate party's. That's every weekend.
Stephen Fry actually had the same reaction to American football college GameDay.
If you also want to see a marching band for college football, check out the Texas A&M video..not only amazing, but INCREDIBLE !!
There are 69 professional soccer clubs in England. USA is much larger and there are only 32 NFL teams. To fill in the gaps, people cheer for local college teams. Now that being said College Football is older, has more tradition, and more pageantry then the NFL.
Go Iowa Hawkeyes!!!
Yes Wisconsin now allows only a few sections to jump. When they first started it the entire stadium would jump and yes they did put cracks in the foundation.
It is so interesting to see your candor and surprise. College Football is the most coveted of all American Sports. Much more popular than professional football. We do love pro ball, but College is unimaginably great. You recognized Alabama, and I appreciate that, ROLL TIDE, but I don't think that UGA (Georgia); Tennessee; LSU (Louisana State University); Clemson; Ohio State; Michigan; Oklahoma; Texas; Texas A&M; U Cal @ Los Angeles; BoiseState; Strathmore (Strathmore?); and I almost forgot Auburn; made it to your vid. I have listed only a handful of teams/schools, but I tried to be fair. I know others have addressed these questions y'all had, but those Stadiums are generally filled to capacity when the teams play at home. You said it's big money, so be it. The money is not what the fans look for....it is love of the sport, loyalty, and winning!😊
Game day college football is an all day celebration, folks arrive early, set their grills, smokers and other various cooking appliances, and proceed to tail gate party, you'll never eat better grub and everybody is welcoming.
Believe it or not, College stadiums are usually bigger than NFL stadiums for the larger programs.
Hey gents! Yes these are massive college football stadiums and fan bases! There are 12 games a season with a National Championship at the end in January. And these are just regular season games and not necessarily a playoff or championship. And they are just college student athletes from 18-24 years of age. The largest stadium as you know is the University of Michigan with 107k+ seating capacity!!! Watch my University of Central Florida Knights! Cheers from Orlando, Florida!
We have great tailgating parties before every game. Anyone is welcome…..so come on over and join us !!
When all the fans are doing the hatchet chop movement with their arms, that's a call/sign of support for the Florida State University Seminoles. Their mascot is a Seminole indian (Osceola), on horseback that will ride out onto the field.
A few things to bear in mind: football started at the collegiate level LONG before it existed in the NFL. So the fan bases are much more firmly entrenched. The first college football games took place in the late 1860’s, just shortly after the Civil War. The NFL wouldn’t come around for more than than half a century after that. Two: a number of NFL teams have moved over the years, such as the original Cleveland Browns (now Baltimore Ravens), Baltimore Colts (now in Indianapolis), Oakland Raiders (to L.A., back to Oakland, and now Vegas), Chicago Cardinals (to St. Louis, then Arizona), Houston Oilers (To Tennessee Titans), L.A. Chargers (to San Diego after just one season in L.A., now back to L.A.) With college football, fans never have to worry about them moving. 3, they’re much more accessible. There are 130 Division 1 FBS football programs, and roughly again that many FCS, not to mention Division II and III. You usually don’t have to go far to go to a game, and the tickets are more affordable than the NFL. 4. Most of the stadiums are much much older AND bigger than NFL stadiums (at least when it comes to the top 50 or 60 stadiums in college. Most of the stadiums (Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium notwithstanding) of the Big Ten conference are over 90 years old, and Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium is over 100 years old. They are much more intimate environments. Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium seats around 70K, but the seats are the closest to the field of any stadium in the FBS. Fans in the front row have been known to at the very least talk trash to the opposing team, and sometimes actually mess with them by stealing their stuff.
The biggest stadiums in the country are college football stadiums
"CHOUT" 😂! As we used to say in Brooklyn back in the day: that man got a way with the wordplay!
There are 8 college stadiums with at least 100k capacity, Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Louisiana State, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas. College football tends to have larger crowds in the south.
Absolutely not true. Us northerners pack the stadiums just as much as you southerners and have the 3 biggest stadiums in the country in the north and all 3 are usually sold out for every home game.
American Football, both College and the NFL, have very short seasons. We're talkin' 12-17 regular games per season with just half of those at home. A home football game is a reason to celebrate. Colleges do this very well.
SEC Florida here. When we play one of our biggest rivals Georgia. We can't even play in each others stadium anymore because it got so out of hand. We meet in the middle every year and play at a neutral stadium, which is in Jacksonville.
I went to Virginia Tech or technically known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Stage University. The other shorten name is Virginia Tech Hokies. They usually play Enter the Sandman as the players enter the field. At the top of the entrance, the players would touch a blarney stone for good luck. The team mascot is a turkey. To get further enthusiams, the cheerleaders would shoot free t-shirts into the stands aiming high and low. Another part of the university is the Corp of Cadets destined to join the military after graduating. They would wear uniforms and square their meals (fork or spoon) by moving forward, then up, then into the mouth. This is just for the first year though. After that they can eat normally.
" hey georgia, hey georgia, hey georgia...we just beat the hell outta you rammer jammer yellow hammer give'em hell ALABAMA!!"
LOVE IT
Some context: every college has a band, they travel with most of the sports teams. The clip featuring all the people with their phone lights on are waving to the children at the hospital across from the stadium (University of Iowa)
Most of these games are rivalry games. The top schools sell out all of their games. The first one was Penn Stste that does a “white-out” once a year.
Many college stadiums are larger than any NFL stadiums.
This is EVERY game. No matter where it is. It's a huge deal.
Passion of College Football stems from the regional rivalries. The regions love to hate each other. In a way, its a continuation of the Civil War. North/Big Ten vs South/SEC. Alabama is the preeminent team. That is why you see so much excitement when they get beat.
I LOVE THAT THE DAD JUMPED AROUND AND GOT IT IN MORE THAN HIS SON.... I'm old :_)
edit: I love your dad, he is so perfect. reminds me of my dad, dude knows everything, and he'll let you know when you ask, otherwise nicest bloke.
The big college football competitive teams always sell out. I was on a several years long waiting list to get season tickets until I gave up and bought someone elses's season tickets on the 40 yard line. After that 3 years ended I had to attend the University of Michigan to get my own season tickets for several years. I also got a degree. Students could only get one set of season tickets (discounted) so I had to drag a fellow student to the long ticket line and then I bought her tickets. haha. Same with the Rose Bowl in California. But lucked out with the 40 yard line. $50 in late 1980s as a student when tickets were being sold outside the stadium for $600 each.
This is indeed on weekly basis though some games arw bigger rhan others. Like the whiteout or blackout games where they ask people to wear a specific color.
Not special games. We just LOVE our college football! There are about a dozen stadiums in America that hold 100,000+ people and ALL of them are college stadiums!
The NFL has the best players since football is their job but nothing compares to the college game experience. Bands, cheerleaders, dance teams, student sections, live mascots, traditions and generations of family cheering together . It truly is special.
College football has the richest tradition in ALL of modern sports
Amazing crowds , spectacular!
Pops, most of the teams were too nebulous to identify correctly, until we got to just before 5:00, where the fans were acting as if their hands were hatchet blades, which
is a fan move called "The Chop", as if swinging a tomahawk, and identifies them as being from the Florida State Seminoles fan base. The mascot is duel: (actual Chief) Osceola (ah-see-OH-luh), who lived before 1850, and the horse he rides is Renegade.
Colleges have built in fan bases. There are tens of thousands of students and they organize the colors and Pom Pom’s and such. Like Penn state has their annual white out game which is famous and everyone wears white.
Also they have alumni that come and local people that don’t have a pro team nearby. There are also only like 12 games a season so it’s not a lot of games. Every Saturday in the fall and into the winter. These are regular games not championships.
It’s fun and very popular. The ten largest football stadiums in the US are college stadiums.