British Guy First Time Reaction to Best College Football Traditions & Environments
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Not only did they take down the goal-post but they marched it out of the stadium, down the street, and threw it into the Tennessee river.
Much respect.
Well worth the SEC fine. Love to see it any time it's not us playing Tennessee.
W Alabama fan respect
@claytondennis8034 yeah lol! The fine should probably go up. Lol. Rich alums just donate enough to cover it😂😂
We had to sacrifice the goalpost to the Tennessee River to give thanks for the victory
Roll Tide 😢
Jump Around was in Wisconsin. Sometimes the stadium is rocking so hard, the crowd will register as a mild earthquake miles away
Facts
College football is another animal. Arguably better than, more loved than NFL. It’s not free it’s just people’s hometown or where they went to school. Definitely not free. College football is a party. So much fun. Every week.
College football is 10,000 times better than the bland, antiseptic, corporate NFL.
Couldn’t agree more. Watched both my entire life and would MUCH rather watch college.
@@signal4790 bruh, facts.....two top 10 rivals facing off in primetime....nothing else like it
That alabama v tennessee game.....
agreed, and sooooooo far from free.
I’m not saying NFL crowds aren’t loud, but the atmosphere in college football, especially on a big rivalry game night is absolutely on another level
Exactly it’s like high school football game but 100x better
Nfl is a better product in my opinion but nothing like a live college game atmosphere is absolutely better
@@benjamindouglas862 you’re 100% right. I prefer watching NFL games but if I had the choice between going to a live Cowboys/Texans game compared to live Texas/Texas A&M/Texas Tech, I’d much rather go to a live college game.
@@CamoHSU2310 I grew up in the north in a basketball state so I never was into college football until I went to university in the South. There is nothing like homecoming tailgating.
Growing up in Arrowhead Stadium I’d say otherwise
To answer a question, no, fans aren’t separated. The visiting school is usually given an allocation of tickets in a certain area of the stadium that they can sell (5000 seats at my alma mater, Notre Dame, for an 80k stadium). But you can sit anywhere except maybe the students sections and people are usually pretty nice. Fights are rare.
Part of what makes the games so much fun, especially the night games, is you spend the whole day tailgating beforehand. Drinking, bbqing, playing games in the parking lots. Every school has their own traditions and most of the big ones have been playing longer than the NFL has been around.
Fans are separated for OU-Texas. That’s the only one I’m aware of.
Uga Florida are separated but those are outlier games
Fights aren’t that rare lmao
6:36 fun fact of Wisconsin’s Jump Around. You can actually feel the stadium shake when all the fans jump at the same time.
Facts
I live in madison and I can verify this as fact😊
Michigan Stadium, the first stadium of this video is the largest stadium in the United States and the Western Hemisphere, the third largest stadium in the world, and the 34th largest sports venue in the world. Its official capacity is 107,601, but it has hosted crowds in excess of 115,000.
GO BLUE!
it’s just doesn’t look like it because of the way it’s built. I’ve went IRL and it’s massive just doesn’t look like it on camera
@@moonbros5637 it's bigger on the inside
GO BLUE!!!!!
GO BLUE!!!!!
If you come from the UK, it's not just the game. Especially at the bigger, more traditional football schools, the tailgate atmosphere if AMAZING! You want to talk about parties? This is where all that energy you're seeing starts... in the parking lots w/ lots of great bbq & libations.
Those are home games so almost everyone is from the home team and yes we wear the team colors. The one with the "war chant" is Florida State University Seminoles and yes, our mascot is a horse and rider called Renegade and Osceola and during home games Osceola has a lit spear that he plants at mid- field before the game. The BEST mascot in college football. Come for a game in Tallahassee, FL. You'll love it! (Also there's a lit spear outside the stadium for a week before home games.)
1:33 After 15 years, Tennessee beats Alabama. There's a long tradition, over a century, of tearing down the goal posts in college football.
In Knoxville they carry the goal post down Cumberland avenue and then drop the post in the Tennessee river.
@@michaelcooley4553 I wonder what their annual goalpost budget is?
@@pillarofdawnit was a $100,000 fine last year just for rushing the field that night, and then they needed another $150,000 for a new goal post.
The fans at 5:28 are chanting "USC" (I think), which, in this case, stands for the University of South Carolina. There is another school that also goes by USC; that one is the University of Southern California.
That is what they’re chanting.
Yes I go to school at USC WE ARE THE REAL USC WE WERE FIRST
USC Cali Baby❤️
When you asked if they were going to war, you were close. That's my school, Florida State University and they invented the War Chant which you heard, Sadly you didn't get to see the full open for the game but you can look it up on UA-cam because it's one of the top traditions in college football.
Jump Around is something different. The whole city shakes between the 3rd and 4th quarters of Badger home games
Jump Around measures on seismic meters like an earthquake.
If you want to see an awesome tradition, Google The Wave at Kennick Stadium. The University of Iowa Hawkeyes! It makes me cry with pride every single time! ❤
Native American with a flaming spear on horseback, chuck wagons, buffalo, vintage cars -- the stuff on the field in college football games is amazing.
That flaming spear is my team!! Woot go FSU!
@@TanyaQueen182mine too. Planting that spear is the best pregame ritual in all of college football, maybe college sports, but I'm kinda biased.
@@Tony-B23 I love it too, but the Hawkeye wave is on another level.
I don’t disagree. That spear slam hits different. For me, auburn releasing the eagle gives me chills.
@@TanyaQueen182GO NOLES
The first one they show is Michigan Stadium (the Big House), one home game against Note Dame on September 7th, 013 had 115,109 people attending. Michigan won 41-30. 😀
And the Big House will have new endzone monitors. They are tied for 3rd largest screen in the country but The Big House is the only stadium with two of them. Go Blue!
To put this in more context for the Brits, the Big House has also hosted the largest attended soccer game in the U.S and one of most attended matches ever when Real Madrid played Manchester United in a friendly in 2014. 109,318 people were there.
Don’t remind me lol
Nothing compares to a college football rivalry game at prime time when both teams are having a good season.... nothing is better!
"Are they going to war, whats going on"
Every American Football game is going to war. They gave blood sweat and tears in practice. They're both ready for blood, and to knock each other in the mouth. Strategy and physicality both equally important
it is a war allegory, for sure.
College football is much older than pro football, so it has extremely deep roots. Teams represent their state or a significant portion of it. And it's the highest level of football outside the NFL, so the college kids they cheer for may go on to the NFL and become stars. Instead of clubs being the main athletic path to the highest pro levels, our athletes in basketball and football are brought up playing on high school and college teams. Recruiting star athletes is therefore a huge (and often controversial) part of the development process in high school and college athletics.
To us true fans of the sport, college is pure football without all the BS. It's epic in person.
Oh lord I rolled my eyes so hard I saw my brain.
There is nothing like it.
To correct a comment below, students do also pay for tickets but usually at a big discount price. Other tickets are generally pricey. Also, there are so many TV, licensing, and trademark deals that universities make money hand over fist. Take into account that they don't pay student athletes so they reap all the benefits (barring this year's new NIL deals which student athletes can now make money. Top college athletes are making millions now. But that's a whole nother story! Lol).
With Darude Sandstorm they were chanting "USC! USC!" cause that was University of South Carolina 👍
I think it depends on the school. I went to Arizona State and students did not have to pay for sporting events... for football games we would stand in a separate line (for the student section) and show our school ID. We would get a wristband and that was basically our ticket. For basketball it was a voucher system, where it was a first come first served thing.
I graduated almost 10 years ago, so maybe it's changed.
But yeah, ticket prices are pretty expensive regardless the sport.
@savemepunk3191 yeah at Baylor we were charged a flat $350 fee every year and that paid for any ticket to a home game for any sport for the year, including any playoff games we hosted. That was nearly 10 years ago though so I'm not sure if it's changed.
Ain't that big of a discount I assure you lol. When I was in undergrad our student section tickets were still 90% the cost of the opposite end zone.
@savemepunk3191 yeah cause you guys are trash at football lol. Sorry bud
@@savemepunk3191you paid for tickets I imagine, just in student fees. That’s how it was at Virginia at least. Every single student paid, it covers the portion of the administrative budget that ticket fees at other schools do, and as a result you get in “free” with a student ID.
You only see one color at each game because the distances between colleges is so great that you get few away fans. For example, there’s a huge rivalry between Ohio State University and Michigan. The colleges are separated by 250 miles, so getting to an away game isn’t easy.
rightttt, gotcha! i forget how big america is and how long it takes to get from state to state
@@L3WGReacts I know, right? It’s nearly the equivalent of traveling the entire length of Ireland north to south.
@@L3WGReacts I just did a quick Google search. The average distance between the big 10 universities is 451 miles, roughly the distance from London to Inverness.
And not just distance, but the home team controls the ticket sales. They're going to apportion the large majority of tickets to home fans and release some fraction to the visiting team.
Not that game. Osu makes up half the big house. At the shoe? Osu fans won't give up their tickets for that game.
At 8:46 is my state’s flagship college team LSU, Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers. Our stadium holds 102,000 people and the fans get so loud that three times in the schools history the noise has set off nearby earthquake sensors registering as small earthquakes! It’s wild and insanely loud!
Straight Facts Kerri👍"The Bayou Bengals" What an atmosphere at "*The Real Death Valley."😳(*never been there) I hope your school will have MERCY on my favorite school joining the NFL "minor league" aka The S.E.C. My school is University Of Texas.I hated our stupid people in charge think we can compete in that conference.I was like nooooo! noooo!😳 I fell out of my sofa when I heard Texas is leaving The Big-12 from my local news sports reporter.We can't even beat Iowa St.,or TCU.We are NOT good enough and a long,long,way off.What are we doing?😡 I'm sooo! scared we going too be playing for last place with Missouri and Vanderbilt every year.Kerri we don't have the recruits.The Best HS in Texas football is Galena Park North Shore Houston,TX ,and most of Top players like #18 Chasson signed with LSU a few years ago did.The 2nd Best HS is Austin Westlake.A QB you might heard of Drew Brees is an alumni.Well,they are coming in '24.UNFORNATELY! Thank You Kerri GEAUX TIGERS!🐯 We (Texas) are TOAST
I'm mostly disappointed they were playing "Calling Baton Rouge" and not "Neck"
As a Bama fan who has been to Death Valley MANY times over the years, I have got to say it is my favorite 'away' stadium in which to watch a game. FANTASTIC atmosphere and one of the loudest places on Earth. Roll Tide and Geaux Tigers!
Not an Iowa Hawkeye fan, but "the Wave" to the children's hospital after the 1st quarter is simply the best tradition in all of sports.
College football has a ton of passion because it's usually players from our area on the team. In the NFL you have players from all around the country. At LSU (Louisiana State University) the majority of the players are from Louisiana or the bordering states.
Geaux Tigers! 💜⭐
Not to mention they play harder! They’re playing for a chance at a career in foot ball…. Leave it all on the field every game.
Texas is the same way. 6 starters this year are from cities within the Austin Metro. They grew up watching the horns and to get to put that beautiful burnt orange on is a source of pride.
Here in Alabama, we have the greatest college football team dynasty ever, The Alabama Crimson Tide! Bryant-Denny Stadium has a seating capacity of 100,077 and is the tenth-largest stadium in the world!
We are also home to The Auburn Tigers, whose stadium, Jordan-Hare Stadium has a seating capacity of 87,451. We are super serious about our football here... Lol
3:17 to answer your question, no it isn't. we have a HUGE amount of pride for our college teams. We definitely show lots of support for our favorite NFL teams, but college football attracts much larger and louder crowds.
Crazy thing about college football is games are an all day event. Fans arrive to campuses early and tailgate the entire day where they eat,drink, reconnect with friends, watch other games, and take part in the traditions outside the stadium. So by the time kickoff rolls around that night, most of the fans have been there for 10-12 hours. If you need a point of reference, look up “The Grove” at Ole Miss. You could probably do an entire reaction video on just the different college football tailgate scenes.
5:00 is at University of South Carolina. We have Sandstorm which will play throughout the night and everyone goes wild. They were chanting USC. I am in the Carolina Band so I get to see this every time we play at Willy-B. Definitely one of the best college football traditions
Go cocks!
The second stadium shown (w/ the orange and white checkerboards in the end zones) is Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee where UT plays their home games. I have been there a half dozen times and it is amazing as it seats over 100,000 spectators but there is not a bad seat in the house with the giant scoreboards for replays and stuff. And Volunteer fans are some of the most passionate fans anywhere (especially now that the program is on the upswing again). Tailgating, the "Vol Navy", the Vol Walk and singing Rocky Top are all great UT traditions.
The current list of the eight largest college football stadiums are...
1. Michigan Stadium -107,601
2. Beaver Stadium (Penn State) -106,572
3. Ohio State -102,733
4. Kyle Field (My Texas A&M Aggies) -102,733
5. Tiger Stadium (LSU) - 102,321
6. Neyland Stadium (Tennessee Vols) - 101,915
7. Texas Longhorns stadium -100,119
8. Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama) - 100,077
College Football is wild, unpredictable, and exciting. Most of the big SEC college teams are in the middle of the Southern Bible belt. Religion is very much a common place here in the south. I maybe misquoting here, but I believe it was legendary Florida State Seminoles head coach Bobby Bowden who said there are two types of religion in the South. God, and college football and that is very true. Even if you stay at home to watch the games on TV, its still a family event. Whole families gather to eat, drink, and watch football on Saturday. Its a blast whether your at the game, tailgating outside the stadium, or cheering your team on at home. Can't wait for football season to start!!!
And the sports bars air only that game on their TV's!
Yes I live in the south and myself and whole family are big Alabama fans . College football is huge in the south and so are the rivalries. Seeing this guy enjoy the energy from a game is so good to see. There is nothing like being in the stadium with all your closest friends watching a game. So fun!!
Go Gators
GO BLUE!!!
I’ve been there multiple times for Mr Brightside! The Big House holds the most people out of any college stadium with 105,000+ every week, the vibes in there are untouched
I went to Baton Rouge ONE time for an Alabama vs. LSU night game (2012, look it up-- it was such a great game). That atmosphere was unlike any game I've ever been to, and I've seen games in Tuscaloosa, Auburn, Athens, Knoxville, and both Mississippi schools. LSU fans were insane. Vomit, piss everywhere, 15 person fights, blacked-out 18-30 year olds. Great time!
LSU football is its own animal! Geaux Tigers! 😊
I'm a Michigan fan, getting the experience of singing Mr. Brightside with over 100,000 people is one of the coolest experiences
It never gets old if you have went to multiple games as well. You actually look foreword to that moment, and notice if it has not happened late in the game. Like this years Big Ten Championship they did it after we won, and I totally noticed near the end of the game that we had not done it yet.
That second one where they took the goalpost with everybody was in orange was Tennessee after they beat Alabama this past year. It was the first time in 16 years that Tennessee won (they play each other every year), and that goal post was found in the neighboring Tennessee River the day after the game.
Look up “Neyland Stadium Goalposts” on google maps lol
I went to a white out game st PSU for the first time when I was 7 and it CHANGED me. I didnt even go to that school ultimately, but i have been a fan of the team my whole life.
The annual Red River Showdown between the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Oklahoma is played at a neutral site almost exactly halfway between the two campuses at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas,Texas during October literally right in the middle of the State Fair of Texas. The stadium tickets are split exactly in half for each school. It is one of the top interstate rivalries in all of American sports. 🔥💯 #BoomerSooner #HookEm
Agreed! BOOMER! (From a former resident of OK now in KY.)
HOOK EM! 🤘🏻
Glad to have y'all in the SEC next year! Good schools, good tradition, great competition. We all know that you're not gonna get rolled.
🤘🏼 Hook 'em!
Yes, THIS is college football. TX vs OU is my favorite game of the year.
College football is so much fun. Alumni, students, donors all come together every game.
I grew up an hour away from Beaver Stadium and went to many Penn State games. The atmosphere is incredible and so much fun!!
Wisconsin resident here and UW Madison fan. We're the school that does the Jump Around celebration and it's crazy. The entire stadium shakes like crazy.
College football makes me happy… The school spirit, the bands, the traditions!
3:18 I was at that game against Notre Dame when I was a freshamn at Virginia Tech, and all I can say is that it was the best football game I have ever been to (even though we lost…). Tech may not be the best at football anymore, but we always show out for the games. The Enter Sandman entrance is something everyone needs to experience once in their life.
FSU home games at Doak Cambell, still to this day give me chills at kickoff...and I've been a Nole for 35 years. That warchant rocks your soul
The craziest clip I’ve ever seen that truly showcases the insanity of a big college football game was Penn State vs Michigan I believe in 2019. Michigan was playing at PSU and the crowd as Michigan took the field for the first drive has to be one of the loudest most intimidating crowds in any sport ever. I can’t imagine what it was like being there.
I was at the game, our student section was like being next to a jet engine, we miiight have gotten away with playing Mo Bamba at full blast past the point they’re supposed to turn off all audio but the moment was insane regardless
@@Bigthursdayfan Mo Bamba was the icing on top. I’m so jealous you got to see that live lol.
Haha. “They going to war?” you nailed it. That’s my team, FSU and it’s the war chant. We have a strong Native American influence for my team. Love it.
The first 3 stadiums each hold over 100,000 people, by comparison, Camp Nou (after renovations) will hold 105,000 the only stadium in Europe to hold over 90k.
Also, fun fact about the goal posts at 1:33 that happened at Tennesse and the posts ended up in the river nearby.
Tennesse and Alabama were once bitter rivals, for emphasis, they play on the 2nd Saturday in October, 2022 broke a 16-year Alabama winning streak. It was won on a last-second field goal, so this game was also an instant classic.
Tennessee and Alabama are still bitter rivals.
This game brought the rivalry back hard.
@@12hairyjohn*3rd*Saturday in October. 😊 #GBO!
The Big House (Michigan Stadium) has over 107,000 seats. They are routinely sold out.
It is a vibe. Go to Ann Arbor on a home game day, it is insane!!
It is not free.
Gives me goosebumps….no atmosphere better than college football…and if you want to get the best experience ever got to a Michigan/Ohio State game…it’s dubbed ‘THE GAME’ for a reason
There is nothing like a college football experience. From tailgating through the club and private after party, it’s all just a vibe. SEC is known for it’s partying.
Florida State's mascot is a Seminole Tribe Native American, that's why a Native American rides into the stadium on a horse with a burning spear. People in the stands are chanting & moving their arms up & down in what is called the "Tomahawk Chop" which is a type of cheer. (In the history of the USA, Native Americans' main weapons when fighting were tomahawks & spears.) University of Oregon are the Ducks, that's why there is a guy in a duck costume.
There are about 6,000 colleges & universities in the USA & all of them have their own mascot & school colors. (This is the same for high schools & the National Football League.) However, only about 800 have football teams because of the cost of a football staff, stadium, travel expenses, etc. They also have chants they shout or songs they sing. [For instance, when Pennsylvania State University plays at home, they call for a "White Out" (their colors are navy blue & white), which means as many fans as possible wear white to their home games to show they support their team. Usually when Penn State fans go to games at other stadiums, they wear blue.] Football fans have shirts, hats, towels, flags, & all kinds of other things in their colors with their school name on it.
Most stadiums do have a student section just for students in their home stadium. Rest of the stadium is usually mixed with people for both teams though majority being for the local team because they live nearby or parents drive to games to see their kids play. There are groups of seats reserved for season ticket holders (people who buy all the tickets for every home game).
These film clips are of American college football (not soccer). They are college students & are not professionals & usually have received college scholarships that cover the cost of their tuition & books. Crowds for American soccer are smaller & not as animated or rowdy as football games. Energy at football games is very high & students, parents, faculty, & people who live nearby are very supportive of their teams.
Though students & faculty can buy tickets to games at discounted prices, tickets for everyone else start at $70 up to $1,000 FOR EACH GAME, which varies depending on the school & where the seat is located in the stadium. Cost for parking your car at the stadium costs $50 to $100+ per game. If it is an important game or a playoff game, prices are higher. (Colleges that have won a lot of championships, have higher prices.) Games starting the end of August are usually already sold out. It costs a lot to be a dedicated football fan.
FSU isn’t the braves it’s not the tomahawk chop, it’s the warchant and yes it’s the original Atlanta and KC stole it
@@lisab.9956 you can be wrong that’s ok. Also he is called Osceola not chief osceola there was only one and that isn’t him. And it’s the warchant not the tomahawk chop all because the internet says it doesn’t mean it’s true you are wrong
I'm from Michigan, been to the big house multiple times, and it NEVER gets old when they do that. 💙💛
I BLEED maize and blue 😂
Bro I still remember back in the 90's when FSU had the "Spirit Spear"... the more noise the crowd made, the brighter it got... Literally had to take it down because of hearing damage...
The energy of a college football stadium is unmatched. It's so freaking fun. And people start tailgating in the parking lot at dawn. It's a party within a party.
This video showed some traditions but left out several, like Bevo the Longhorn Cow, 12th man, Washington Huskies Fans, Boomer Sooner Wagon racing across the field, the greatest 20s of football, Colorado Buffalo. Also the very first stadium was the largest capacity. There 23 college stadiums that hold over 70k people
At 8:20 the crowd responses are…
Spend my dollar “on beer!”
Parked in a holler neath the mountain moonlight “Roll Tide!”
Hold her up tight “against the wall!”
Make a little lovin “all night!”
A little turtledovin on a mason-dixon night “F Auburn!”
Fits my life “and LSU!”
Oh so right “and Tennessee too!”
My Dixieland delight
The school is the University of Alabama, Roll Tide!
The Tennessee clip where they tore down the goalposts, the network broadcasting it had a camera mounted on that goalpost. I don’t think they ever got it back.
The tickets to Oregon Ducks game have the primary color you should be wearing called out on them. The playing of “Shout” at the end of the third quarter is simply iconic.
The sad thing is, you didn’t even get to watch the best versions of some of these traditions. College football is the absolute best dude.
I'm a FSU fan (the ones with the ear chant and horse( , but that Sith Carolina entrance gives me those bumps every time i see it!
They were chanting USC - the initials of their school, the University of South Carolina.
I played in the marching band for 4 years at my Univerity, and game days were always long and exhausting but so much fun. By no means was my uni's football team the best, nor is our stadium the largest, but we did go to the Fiesta bowl when I was there, so that was an amazing experience.
The White Out at Penn State, there is nothing like it. The best tradition hands down is the end of the third quarter in Iowa. Everyone turns around and waves to the children at the children's hospital.
Speaking as an Iowa fan, the White Out, especially at night, is quite intimidating.
There are about a dozen stadiums in America that hold 100,000+ people and ALL of them are college stadiums!
10:14 That’s Florida State University, Mascot is the Seminoles. Before every home game they do the music and Tomahawk Chop and they have Renegade with a flaming spear and they throw it into the ground. It cut off the best part
There is nothing more fun than going to a big time college football game. Tailgating before the game, getting absolutely hammered, and then going to the game, slowly sobering up before going out after to get drunk again. I was at the game when Missouri beat #1 ranked Oklahoma at home in 2010. We rushed the field, tore down the goal posts, and walked them to Harpo's bar to cut it into pieces as is tradition when we rush the field in Missouri.
At most universities students are required to pay activities fees each semester which enables them to attend some events free, but the numbers that can actually attend a football or basketball game are limited. In most cases students sit at one of the end zones. The rest of the seats cost plenty, depending on the location. There are always some seats set aside for fans of the visiting team.
I’m at Georgia Tech and it’s nothing like that here 💀
@@wckdaintgood I go to Georgia tech and the only thing that’s different is the limited number of student tickets (cause nobody goes to the games we never reach the limit lol). Students sit behind end zone in freshmen hill and tickets are free cause the athletics fee. Away fans sit in corner at techwood/north ave (unless it’s uGA they just buy out the whole stadium)
Being a season ticket holder and third generation fan of Michigan I can attest that college football is by far mor involved than the nfl
College football is in a class of its own. Every Division I school for the most part can easily sell out every single home game they have, there’s just so many traditions in college football that make it so much more entertaining and interesting than any professional sport.
11:06 It all depends on where the teams are playing at and whos got the home field. For example. Mississippi St. could be forced to go to Georgia if the game is set to be at Georgias home stadium. Then there could be Mississippi St. fans in the crowd mixed in but it would mostly be filled with the fans of whoever has the home field. In some cases stadiums will have sections dedicated to the "opposing team" but it wouldn't be very big.
I live about 45 minutes from Virginia Tech and when I first moved here I went down to the campus before a big game and was sitting in my car outside the stadium during the Hokies entrance and my suburban was literally vibrating! I’ve always been a Hokies fan so that was way cool and so much fun! When the VT shooting happened everyone in my small town was freaking out because all we heard for hours were sirens going down the interstate by us but the news hadn’t gotten out yet so nobody knew wtf was going on! It was a freaky feeling
I don't know WTF the shooting had to do with anything.
@@VL1975 it’s just become a habit. When I go back to my hometown and I run into people I know and they find out where I’m currently living that subject always comes up. So, like I said, it’s a habit. And I don’t know why you had to reply like you did with the attitude
@@christypriest30 Because why bring up a negative thing into a discussion about football traditions!? It's like as if I talk about 9-11 every time I talk about the Yankees...lol
I honestly believe that Collegiate Fans and Football/Soccer Fans have more in common than any other sport.
The level of intense Fandom is so similar. Difference is the college stadiums all house about 90-120 thousand people whereas even Wimbely caps at 90k. It's unreal
I’m a U. Of Michigan alum and the BIG House is the largest in the country! The VIB when everyone is stomping and yelling is amazing! I still live here in Ann Arbor, and on home games, the population of Ann Arbor goes up about 50%.
I'm a Texas fan that has been to a lot of stadiums around the country and the FSU War Chant you said was dope is amazing in person. The fans stand and chop with their arm like a tomahawk while chanting to the drums. When Chief O and Renegade (the horse) ride out he's holding a flaming spear and slams it in the game prior to start. I went to the FSU v Miami one of their rivals games and it was a blast.
College sports draw a bigger crowd than professional. The athletes are almost as good, they play for love of the game, and students are fiercely loyal to their school. What you see is played out every week in over a 100 locations.
Almost as good? LMAO GTFOH. Students are loyal to their school? Then why do they transfer all the time now!? You live in a bubble.
6:03 is Jump Around. It's the university of Wisconsin's tradition at the start of the 4th quarter. It shakes the lights in the press box and actually registers as an earthquake on the Richter scale. It's consistently voted as the best college football tradition.
Loved seeing my university represented even if it’s been a little while since I graduated! It’s the one you said looks/sounds like a club 😂 they were chanting U-S-C for the University of South Carolina
College football is the South’s Saturday religion. I’m an Ole Miss graduate and we tailgate in the Grove. Our tent has food catered from local restaurants and it’s not unusual between our friends and our sons, we entertain appropriately 50-60 people each home game. My husband graduated from Miss State which is known as for their baseball. Their new baseball field has apartments you can lease for a game or season. You have outdoor padded seating area and indoor living/dining/kitchen for drinks and food. It also includes a wide television to watch the game because Mississippi is hot and humid as hell during baseball season. The apartment includes a single bedroom. I rented one for my husband’s birthday. We went down the night before to check everything was ready for our guest. We had the university cater the majority of the food with drinks provided by us and food from classic college diners to round out the offerings. We hosted about 30 people and had a blast.
I've always preferred college football over the NFL. There is just something about school pride.
Being at Michigan Stadium singing Mr. Brightside is an experience. I've been going to games there for years. So fun!
Love college football. Fell in love w it growing up in Texas and my father took me to my first Texas home game. I lost my mind when we got “Texas Fight” going full stadium. Been throwin up the horns ever since.
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College football is a religion.
Couple of interesting footnotes for you:
The country song (“Dixieland Delight”) being played at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and home to the University of Alabama Crimson Tide, is by a band called Alabama. They are a legendary country band who were very popular in the 1980’s and still beloved to this day.
The stadium where you remarked that everyone is wearing green is Autzen stadium, home to the Oregon Ducks. The song they were playing that everyone was singing along to was “Shout”.
In the classic movie “Animal House”, Otis Day & the Knights play this song at a Delta frat party. The movie was filmed in part on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. (It was the stand in for the fictional Faber College.)
You should check out college football traditions (Ralphie, the mascot of the U of Colorado, Bevo, the Mascot of U of Texas, and the greatest of them all, Uga, the English Bulldog that is the mascot of the U of Georgia.
It’s almost college football season and Fall is nigh. The best time of the year.
To put this into perspective: 20 years ago I took my wife to a college football game for our 1st anniversary. Georgia, my alma mater, beat Georgia Tech in Sanford Stadium in Athens, GA. That’s how romantic I am.
What’s going on at the 10:15 mark is what’s called the tomahawk chop. It’s done at EVERY university of Florida State Seminoles home games
The team is named after the Seminole Indian tribe that’s native to that specific region of Florida.
The tomahawk chop is also performed at Kansas City Chiefs home games as well
They have home and visitor “sides” but the way tickets are sold, many fans are mixed together in the stands, except maybe the home student sections. At Ohio State University, “Block O” is in the south side of the “Horse Shoe”, which is the name of the stadium.
FLORIDA STATE - FLORDA STATE - FLORIDA STATE WOOO!!
The one with the horse is Florida State University. The rider is Chief Osceola (I live in Osceola County) and the horse’s name is Renegade. Chief Osceola drives a flaming spear into the ground.
The students are doing what’s called the “War Chant” accompanied by the tomahawk chop movement of their hands. It’s one of the most amazing entrances in college football.
And there’s the Wisconsin Badgers and Enter Sandman. That’s amazing too
As a Texas-Ex I am offended that Kyle Field was not in this video. I can confirm that when the farmers "saw Varsity's horns off" during the Aggie War Hymn the stadium moves in rhythm. It is no less impactful than experiencing an earthquake for the first time: the ground under one's feet is NOT supposed to move.
After adding upper decks to the LSU stadium, it can seat 100,000. Game day against traditional grudge matches are HUGE in the SEC.
You've got it! It is a giant vibe to be in a stadium for a college football game! You're not even seeing the excitement after a big play by the home team. Electric!
West Virginia University singing Country Roads after a win is a total vibe they completely missed. WVU was so wild back in the day that we would literally burn couches after we won games (they outlawed it after things got a little too wild after a big win😬😂) College football is less about football itself and more about pride in the school/community. ❤
You definitely need to go to a great University/College game!!! Some are bigger than others so make sure you find the great ones you deserve it!!! My father and mother in-law went to LSU and at 88 they still get sooo excited watching it on TV!!! The sound you heard asking about what were they doing with the Florida Seminoles which are Native Americans and it’s the tomahawk chop.
There are more tickets available for the home team . and there are sections for the students which yet reduce priced tickets but there’s a lot of family and alumni there. It’s just it’s where you go it’s where you meet people it’s where you make friends and where are you get to know them sometimes for the rest of your life. It’s an awesome event!! One thing we can do in the US is throw a party a very loud and fun and crazy party!!
At around 10:30, that's my team. Florida State University (I'm in California). It's the Tomahawk chop/war chant. The school basically got permission from the native indigenous tribe - the Seminole tribe, and a warrior rides on the field on a horse and to pump up the crowd, you do the war chant/tomahawk chop.
The chant with the tomahawk chop is the Florida State Seminoles. They have an Indian mascot named Osceola and the paint horse is always named Renegade. Each college has a tradition specific to them. And no, it’s not free. Can be quite pricey to attend a game.
High school sports are huge as well. Look up Thompson High School in Alabaster, Alabama. Their season opening game is probably on UA-cam somewhere as it was televised. Thompson is a great high school in general.
FYI: houses. We have 2500 sq ft not counting the garage. 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath, bonus room and we live on the edge of a protected wetland/swamp. Paid $200k to build the house.
You should go to a Penn State White Out Game. It's one of the best experiences in college sports.
First clip was from Michigan, it’s the biggest stadium in North America and it’s usually at like 110,000+ people on gamedays. I went to school there and the first time walking into the stadium was absolutely surreal, it’s fuckin massive
I was like, “my college better be on here!” Literally the second clip! 😂
Go Vols!
Sooo happy University of South Carolina was included 😂 We had Darude come down this year because of how we do Sandstorm at the games. It was so dope
This is more like team chants or songs than anything, but there are some other really great traditions and performances that are worth checking out. The biggest stadiums hold over 100,000 people. You get students, alumni, and the community there. People are really invested in and supportive of their universities here (as we should be, because it costs a small fortune to attend one).
You got the music at the stadiums but if you want to get traditions there are A LOT of cool ones. Iron Bowl. Ole Miss's walk. Air Force's Falcon. Army Navy game,
Friday night lights is also special. Find a way to catch a small Texas town on Friday night. Everyone will be out supporting the team.
Two comments on college football (or basketball) - 1. Fans are usually more enthusiastic when they're connected - they went to college/uni there, their kid does, the family has several graduates. Fans are therefore college students and alumni, and they're hyped! (See also "March Madness" for college basketball). 2. Is there any other country in the world where the military plays sports against each other? Check out an Army vs. Navy game sometime. Same guys that would die for each other in war try to beat each other on the playing field. College football makes money from TV rights/commercials.
At 10:49 you ask a question about colors. Green and yellow are the colors of the University of Oregon, the university where the movie “Animal House” was made. The song being sung is from that movie. It is sung between the third and fourth quarters of every football game.