British Guy First Time Reaction to Best College Football Traditions & Environments

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jump Around was in Wisconsin. Sometimes the stadium is rocking so hard, the crowd will register as a mild earthquake miles away

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 YouTube because it's one of the top traditions in college football.

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! ❤

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.

Jump Around is something different. The whole city shakes between the 3rd and 4th quarters of Badger home games

Native American with a flaming spear on horseback, chuck wagons, buffalo, vintage cars -- the stuff on the field in college football games is amazing.

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.

To us true fans of the sport, college is pure football without all the BS. It's epic in person.

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.

Nothing compares to a college football rivalry game at prime time when both teams are having a good season.... nothing is better!

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. 😀

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.

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 👍