British Guy First Time Reaction to Best Atmospheres in College Football
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In the States
Pro football is about supporting your team.
College football is about supporting a location and a culture.
This. College football is, underneath it all, about the place you call home.
College football was around for well over half a century before the NFL was established, so many of the traditions of college football go way back. The passion for college football in general is much higher than NFL and the stadium atmosphere for college games simply can't be beaten
Exactly.
It's a bait he's not actually impressed like all these videos
The video of the Iowa Hawkeyes and the fans with the lights out they are all waving at the kids in the children hospital across the street. They do it at the end of the 1st quart every game. This game in particular they were playing University of Northern Iowa and at half time both bands went on the field and spelled FTK (for the kids) with the state of Iowa around them and everyone waved to the kids at the hospital while Pat Green preformed Wave on Wave. It is the best tradition in college sports and people travel all over to experience the wave. There is never a dry eye in the crowed when you hear the kid captains story.
absolutely, one of the most beautiful aspects of the sport. disagree with Iowa being the best atmosphere though, i like big 10 football but the stadium atmosphere doesnt compare to the best SEC schools. everybody talks about how great Penn State games are, i would rather go watch LSU play McNeese at Death Valley than watch Penn State play OSU at Happy Valley. big 10 is the clear minor league to the SEC, atleast in terms of stadium atmosphere. and this is coming from someone who went to a big 10 school
My Alma. The wave to the kids is great.
Why football beats soccer in the U.S., The college that starts at 1:40 is the University of Iowa, which is a a major medical college. (They are also a regular college) The fans are waving at the big building next to the stadium which is the children's hospital. They do that at every game. The stadium holds 69,250 fans.
OMG I didn’t know this!! Awww!!!
Took my friend from London to a college football game at the University of Oklahoma. He's a massive Arsenal supporter. His mind was blown. There were 87,000+ in attendance at the game, and he was going on and on about how the Emirates isn't near that and how Wembley seats just 2k more. What really blew his mind was the atmosphere OUTSIDE the stadium hours before the game. He loved the tailgating, the pageantry, bar scene, and festival like atmosphere before the game. I've been to a few Premier League games over the years, and I'd say College Football is much closer to the fandom and passion to that than the NFL is.
College football is definitely the closest American sporting events to European football as someone who’s been to both. NFL teams vary from market to market, KC, Seattle, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Green Bay, are probably the only NFL cities that hold a candle to College football in terms of atmospheres
Hey I went to the University of Oklahoma! I can confirm all of this is true. There really isn't anything else like it.
BOOMER SOONER BABY!!
what game was it?
@@akjdhajkdjhaghjkadh9804 OU Army in 2018.
We have enormous pride for the State/City we came from or grew up in. There are over 300 plus teams with their own traditions and fan bases.
Other collegiate team sports draw respectable crowds (especially for basketball), but football always draws the most fans.
Well, it starts with high school sports in the USA. Football again is the most popular. Every Friday night high school game is an event and almost all the students attend, along with family and friends of the players. There are marching bands, cheerleaders, dance teams and color guard just like in college. There are also "special" traditional games like the Homecoming Game with the Homecoming Queen and King and the Thanksgiving Day game. So the hype starts in nearly every high school in the country and escalates when you get to college games.
Friday night lights!
American football started with colleges in the 1870's so it was already huge when the NFL started in 1920.
I haven’t watched a NFL game in about 40 years. I watch college football all day Saturday during the season. Can’t miss Georgia, Alabama, LSU. Saturday in the south is hot wings, beer, cherry bombs and speakers around the grill blasting. Family, kids running around. It’s the coolest thing ever having a family of college football fans. Every weekend is like a holiday.
My only gripe with college is the early-season games. Week 1/2/3 when teams like Georgia, Alabama, LSU win 63-9 becomes a bore-fest
We understand when you say Uni. Most of these places have university in there name. We say one goes to college, usually, but they attend a university. A university is a collection of colleges, e.g. engineering, agriculture, business, fine arts, etc. To graduate from a university you have to take additional basic general courses in addition to your college's required courses. For example i was in engineering collage so most of my courses were engineering related like strength of materials, chemistry, machine design, control systems, etc. But in order to graduate i also needed to take things like a foreign language, geography, film studies etc. I even took fashion as one of my art requirements. You usually can choose anything you want as long as you get enough credits in each of the university's areas of study. My math and science requirements were fulfilled with my college courses so I didn't need to take any additional ones in those areas.
@2:05 is Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. They built the hospital specifically overlooking it so the children being treated could watch the games.
When you’re right outside the Virginia Tech stadium when they play enter sandman for the Hokies entrance you can feel the vibrations! It’s wild
Eight of the ten largest stadia in the world are devoted exclusively to American college football. There's a multi-use stadium in North Korea which holds the #1 position. Then, I believe the Melbourne Cricket Ground is #10.
I'd have to double check, but if memory serves, there are 13 college arenas larger than the biggest NFL stadium.
There are about 120 American universities which field college football teams at the highest amateur level. Average stadium size amongst them, best guess, is about 50,000 - IE larger than all but a handful of EPL parks.
There are hundreds of universities at successfully lower levels - more or less organized by enrollment and athletic budget.
There is no system of promotion and relegation. That concept is completely foreign to American sport.
With association football/soccer gaining popularity, there is a groundswell of support for the implementation of pro/rel in the American soccer pyramid. Given that there are well over 100 fully professional clubs in the US, and the increasing popularity of the game, there certainly is the infrastructure to support it.
I'm a life-long Celtic fan, but also follow MLS closely. I'd estimate the quality of the American pyramid to be about 1 league behind the English league system. Ergo: MLS = Championship, USL Championship = League 1, etc. But we're improving dramatically, and quickly.
The one where they are waving their phones up in the air are doing so to wave to the children watching from the Children's Hospital next to the stadium. The children are all patients at the Children's Hospital undergoing Medical Treatments and every home game they get to watch the game for free from Children's Hospital. This kind of tradition that particular stadium is a recent tradition that was started after one of the coaches granddaughter spent time in that hospital before she died.
Yeah the NFL is soulless. College football has the real passion
True, NFL as big as it is, soulless is a perfect description. College Football is parsecs more passion.
Nfl is were you bring your kids to the game. College football you leave the kids at home get shit faced at the tailgate and sing your lungs out during the game
@@jfreitag88because college football isn’t as big in buffalo NewYork as any school in the south eastern conference. Those schools have been there since before most NFL teams where down there so the culture for college football is wayyy stronger.
@@jfreitag88 when did I speak on the experience at a bills game? Can you quote the sentence. When did I compare the atmosphere of both? All I said was that Buffalo New York has a stronger culture around the NFL than teams in the south because college football is bigger in the south than the NFL. This is why many people have the argument that college football has a better atmosphere than most NFL teams. Stop trying to create arguments and actually comprehend what you read.
@@jfreitag88 compare a jags game to a Florida gators game or a Falcons game to a Georgia bull dawgs game. Carolina panthers to a Carolina gamecocks game, Titans game to a Tennessee game. Plus the biggest stadiums in the nation are all college stadiums. Michigan, LSU, Ohio st, Alabama, Taxes A&M, Tennessee all have bigger stadiums than any NFL team. Create actual comparison where there’s deep culture for both college and NFL football. No one gives a damn about college football in Buffalo NewYork so ofc Bills Mafia can be as big as it wants.
Also I wanted to say, please check out the Texas A&M marching band as well as Ohio State. You won't get it until you see it! AMAZING!
To answer your question about the differences in crowds, College is a sport, NFL is a huge business so the love of the game is quite different. Yes, the schools are a business of a sort but it's raising the future, there's the catch.
A College Football game, is an all day event, if you include tailgating. Tailgating is when you and your friends/family arrive hours before the game and have a cookout. The game itself might be at 4 PM, but you arrive around 7 AM for food, & drinks. College Football games are televised, if you have basic cable you can watch games from around noon to 10PM, sometimes later, Eastern Time.
Another thing that benefits College Football over the NFL is the size of the USA and the lack of NFL teams in most states. Of the 50 states only 23 have NFL teams. Most states have at least 1 D1 FBS College Football team. NFL teams can move, except the Packers, College teams don't.
Anyone who buys a ticket can attend a College Football game and people will travel to watch them. The largest stadiums by capacity in the U.S. are College Football teams. If it's a major rivalry game, tickets may be sold out by gameday.
Lol. It's not just for big games it's like this every Saturday
Every Saturday at my house during the season is a party.
I am a Penn State Alum which was the first school in this clip. The stadium is full of students, parent, friends and Alumni. Last game was 110, 000
You have to remember the size of states and populations. Alabama has 5 million people the stadium holds 101,000 people. At most home games 2/3 are the home team fans and 1/3 is the away team fans. They close down roads near the stadium on game day and party on the streets. As far as crazy the main rival for Alabama is auburn (auburn is another Alabama state school) they hated each other so much the stopped playing from 1907 to 1948. The Alabama state congress threatened the schools with sanctions if they didn’t start playing again. The last super crazy thing was a couple decades ago when a crazy alalabama fan poised the trees that were older than the school and part of a tradition and killed them all. He actually bragged on a radio show and that’s how they caught him. If you wanna really take in the size of these stadiums get on a map app and type in Bryant-Denny stadium.
ROLL TIDE !!!
The real championship game for the past 10 years has been Alabama and Georgia.
Honestly, I cried over those trees and I’m a diehard Georgia fan.
@@bethwright4826 yeah that guy was a nut.
My niece was confused as to why a college stadium is bigger than an NFL stadium, but many of them are. The games are attended by alumni, friends, family, and fans. The largest stadium and Alumni base is Michigan.
Actually, many fans of college football have no friends or family at these schools, nor have they ever attended. There's a lot of college teams in areas of the United States that have no professional team, and the fact that college football has existed for many years BEFORE the pro teams came along, makes them ultra popular with all kinds of people not directly related to the school these teams are affiliated with.
College basketball is also huge. But generally college fans are more passionate because unlike the nfl not every state has an NFL team so these college teams are “local” in a sense so they have the regional ties to fan bases that support the school and the crowds are a mixture of students athletes family members, just fans of the team and or school alumni that support their school and team. I’ve been to both pro and college football games from an atmosphere stand point college is so much better it’s not even close.
Fact about the Nebraska one in this video with the kids walking out in 27 numbers with the team. They were the brothers of the late Sam Foltz, a punter for Nebraska that died in a car crash earlier in the week. They honored him that game by having his brother walk with the team on the field and then went on the field with 10 guys on punt team with no punter to honor Sam. Really touching story and sad.
Side Note: The U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force Academies also have football teams that play in the college league.
YES, THIS IS AMERICAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL WE HAVE THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD!
Basketball is the second biggest college sport in the us but nothing beats football
Of all college traditions, one of the most beautiful is the Iowa Hawkeyes. I have watched several videos of the fans waving to the kids and their families and I cry every time
"Why do they do that?!"
Cuz it's fun and quite an adrenaline rush performing under the lights sometimes!
At the University of Michigan. Their stadium was expanded to seat more fans. I believe it seats more than 100,000 fans now.
@3:04 No, the players are most likely between 18-22 which is the average age of college/university students working on their Bachelor´s (or Undergraduate) Degree. Also don´t forget some universities have a student population of 50,000+ and the universities have been around longer then the NFL.
College is older and has more tradition that pro sports. Plus, college sports are more local. My analogy is like think of Europe as the United States since it’s about the same size. Imagine there was only one major soccer league in all of Europe and it was spread out with 32 teams in the whole continent. Only a few cities would have a team. That’s how the NFL is for us. If you didn’t live in a city with a major team but had a local team around you to watch, you’d have a much bigger sense of closeness to it. Like for example, I live in eastern Tennessee. The closest NFL team to me is a 3 hour drive, but our college team (with a 102,000 seat stadium) is 15 minutes from my house. Who do you think I care about more?😂
Not a Penn State fan, but when they white out a night game…that place is insane!!
The last video is Alabama against Vanderbilt...they are singing the yammer jammer song!!
College kids hv the passion... doesn't matter what song they play everybody will sing & dance.
Yes, this is college.And remember college also have baseball basketball and much more.
it amazes me how the sports are so popular in college
@@L3WGReacts American football started with college so this is it's roots. The first game was in 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton Universities.
college basketball is just as popular and just as hyped up
Lots of us are alumni. Many of these schools produce tens of thousands of college graduates every year. After ten years, that's a quarter of a million or more alumni of a school. And it's not just 10 years... You'll see a lot of old-timers at these games as well. "Class of before I was born." And we go to these students games because they walk the same halls we walked, share the same traditions, eat in the same halls, sleep in the same dorm beds, and know the same professors. ;-) It's like a family.
Sometimes it's directly about family. Kids grow up going to the games with their parents, who met at university and became who they are at university. And as they grow up, they grow up dreaming of going to the same school that mom and dad went to, and working for years on their skills so that someday they'll get a chance to be out there representing the same school. And then, when they graduate, they take their kids to the games... In many of these schools, there's a huge multigenerational thread running through families. Don't forget these schools are in many cases 100-150 years old, and are strongly associated with a state or a community, often the largest employer in their state or community.
The fandom of college football in the US is many times more intense and passionate than for NFL because the participation is direct. A lot of people who go to these games go there not as a "fan" but as a member of a community a century old that is woven directly through all of the most important parts of their lives.
Liverpool and Manchester United played an exhibition match last night August 3, 2024 at Williams-Brice stadium, home of the University of South Carolina (sandstorm) and over 77,000 people showed up to watch 🤙
I've seen the USA vs European fan video that you're referring to, and yes, it was biased. At the same time, the atmosphere in college sports is livelier, possibly due to the fact that the average attendee at a pro sports event is older than that at a college event.
You should have a part 2 to show the largest college stadium in the country with the best fans and the #1 team - MICHIGAN!!
Students, family, friends, alumni and anyone who wants to go attends football games. I live in Las Vegas and a lot of people support the local university's football team.
The first team is Penn State, second largest stadium in the country, third largest in the world. 110,000 people. It's the loudest stadium, and considered to be the toughest place to play because of it. The "white out" is what you saw, and it's the most intimidating atmosphere in the sport.
Should run back some cfb vids as the season kicks off this week
No other sport in the US has crowds like this. Football has the biggest and most fanatical fan base of all sports. College football is even bigger and more fanatical than the NFL. College is about rivalry and school pride. The fans at these games are more engaged and wilder than professional sports. The entire day of the game is one big event. It starts in the parking lots before the game with tailgate parties. People hang out and cook food and drink all day before the game. By the time they open the stadium and start letting people in, the crowd is already juiced so they are filled with excitement and ready to roar. Nothing like American college football anywhere in the world. It is a unique experience, especially for people from other countries who see it for the first time. The crowds are a mixture of students from the participating schools, friends and family of students, alumni of the school and the general public. These aren't just games to the fans, it is a larger than life event.
BRO!!!!!! I think you would be shocked at how big our high school football games get!!!!! In some states and some towns, they pack a high school stadium....
College is bigger and better than the NFL, IMHO. It's not just a game, It's an event. The NFL has it's place but college ball stays with you and the whole town or city. I don't even watch pro ball because it's jaded, this is united and people support it for the love of the future these young people have no matter what field they go into.
Agree. Hell, it's a way of life. College football is woven into the fabric of American life because our colleges are woven into the fabric of American life. They're not just your team, they're your people, your city, your town, your neighborhood, your family.
The nfl is generally in large cities and areas with thousands of things to do and multiple professional sport options. For example, in the past 25 years Boston has won the Super Bowl six times, World Series 4 times, the NBA finals twice, and the Stanley Cup once. They also have a pro soccer team, woman’s football team that has won a ton, an indoor football team, and then on top of that have about 80 colleges in the state. The most popular sports college being Boston College. It’s really hard for BC to get the fanbase that Alabama has where Alabama doesn’t have a professional sports team and only a couple of colleges in the state. Most of these colleges that have these atmospheres are the only show in town so it attracts both the students and the locals. So many of these fans can’t get into the school they root for, but it’s almost like British soccer in the sense that the lack of real choices creates fanaticism.
You have to realize, some states don’t have a pro team to root for so we have our college teams. You should watch the special on the Iowa Hawkeye wave.
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How is University of Michigan stadium not represented? Holds the largest number of people. Also check out the crowd singing Mr. Brightside.
University of Michigan Stadium is called "The Big House" and holds over 107,000. Every game is full.
The largest College stadiums hold around 103-110,000 people. Majority of the power 5 conference schools are around the 70k-90k mark
Football basketball and baseball are forsure the biggest
I LOVE college football. Watch the Texas Tech Masked Rider come in before the game starts. It’s amazing
Univ football is very personal. there is Nothing like it when in crowd. I have had beer spilled down my back at hockey, had beer and nachos tossed across me at lower level baseball, but Uni football, even at lower divisions is fantastic. I think that Uni wrestling and baseball is only on par here in the states. I do not follow cricket or rugby but love the love of it... but US stateside... Uni football can split a family.
Notre Dame plays Navy to start our college season. It's in Dublin Ireland this year. It should be on your TV. At the end of August . Go to it Brother. It's like nothing you've gone to. I know 6 people traveling from Southern California for the game. It's thier Holiday for 23'. He said he hopes the kid don't expect Christmas gifts this year. Lol
So some background and a couple factors that make college football so crazy in regards to fandom, passion, tradition to make it what it is:
1. Like many have said, college football dates way back over a 100 years, FAR older than most of the NFL
2. Most colleges are associated with a region or state that people are from, or deeply connected to by family, friends, etc.
3. States are fairly comparable in size to countries in Europe, and so how France vs. England is a HUGE rivalry, so is Michigan vs. Ohio St., Texas vs. Oklahoma, Tennessee vs. Alabama, etc.
4. There’s also bragging rights for best state team: Florida vs. Florida State, South Carolina vs. Clemson, USC vs. UCLA
5.The universities in the US are VERY LARGE! Most D1 college football teams have student bodies 10-15k on the low end, and 50-60k on the top end. Usually 5-20k ppl in the stadium are students, and 30-60%+ of the rest are usually alumni of the school over numerous generations. So between alumni and state citizens, most big football programs have fanbases in the millions.
6.College teams have large bands that play fight songs at key moments of the game, and provide entertainment at halftime. NFL mostly do not.
7.The stadiums are BIG and OLD (60-100+ years). Most NFL teams trade out stadiums like pants every 20-30 years, and they usually hold substantially less than college stadiums do. They are usually nicer with better amenities, but don’t have anywhere near the character and nostalgia the college stadiums do.
-Perfect example, I’m a TN fan and they played a game at the Titans NFL stadium that holds 67k and set the attendance record last weekend at 69k after it has existed 25 years (and they are about to build a new stadium that only holds 60k). Tennessee’s home (Neyland Stadium) holds 102k, and the record is ~108k
7. Many of the alumni go to these schools for 3,4,5,6+ years (main variables being drinking and degrees lol), but have bled, sweat, and cried in doing so, and invested so much time and money in the schools when they’re done. So just like you if the school was your own grown kids, you want to see them when you can, and want them to succeed!
Hopefully this helps somewhat explain why college football is so crazy in the States, and why it’s such a uniquely beautiful thing! 🥹
OMG! September is so far away!
What he doesn't know is every college team in the nation you can have the same atmospheres and crowds on a Saturday afternoon
Usually a cfb team’s fan base is alumni plus their immediate family
You need to remember, each little town you have has their own team and the population of the United States as a lot larger.
Who says the drinking age is 21? The tailgate parties are the best pregame experience. College football has a much younger crowd & is a blast, a must see event.
If it's a big game for championship or a title or nemesis games then most of these college team will play on the NFL Stadiums but there are some massive College Football stadiums as well
College basketball is also hectic depending on the college but not anywhere close to college football. Football is like a religion in the United States
You should react to college footballs most heated moments..good amount of pre game fights
College fans are absolutely more hype than NFL fans. 1) College students are 18-23 and fucking nuts. 2) Some of these fans are multi-generational. Just as an example, some of the Texas A&M fans I know have had 7 generations of family members attend and cheer for the Aggies. It's a family tradition and basically part of their identity at this point. 3) No matter what, I, as an alumni of my school, am forever part of that family. How can you not be hype about that?
University is generally 4 year and colleges are two year, with lots of variables.
I know this "Clip" is old, but wanted to say...Look for the NEW ENGLAND Patriot's game DURING SNOW! "WE WILL, WE WILL. ROCK YOU!! Ha,Ha. Not caring that it's snowing, Using the snow to "EGG ON" the team!
Funny enough it is not just college the fun thing is it starts in high school. The weird thing in my state is that if a large town is in a championship then there are some people mostly like you said friends and family. The really small towns will almost close completely down if their town makes it to a championship. I am not kidding, we have double A towns (largest sometimes triple A size) than A size towns or schools (medium size towns) and than the smallest towns (mostly rural) are the B schools and those championships televised are insane the stands are jam packed and every standing spot is taken by both teams it is truly inspiring.
Yes our football players will kick the tails of your football players
College age in the US is generally 18-24 but students are all ages. Those fans are students, friends and family.College football is a huge moneymaker for the colleges. Coaches are paid very well, often in the millions and sometimes they’re the highest paid employee in the state. They recruit high school players from all over the country to come play for them. Star college players are often recruited by the NFL. A huge difference between college sports and professional sports is the presence of the marching band at the games. Those college marching bands are amazing and have their own national competitions with each other. Then there’s the cheerleaders standing in the field leading all that cheering you hear. Dude, you’d have so much fun.
Basketball in college is huge
College football is just different. I mean every game means more, 1 one loss means you are probably out of the playoff 2 means you are definitely out. It’s just so much better I mean look the NFL is fine but realistically I’ll only watch 18 games, my team (the falcons) 17 games and the Super Bowl but for college football we are 2 weeks in and I’ve actively watched part of 29 games already.
You don’t understand how BIG - student number wise - that these colleges are - PLUS family, friends and alumni!!!!
Basketball is the next biggest attendance college sport, then lacrosse, gymnastics, baseball & soccer, not necessarily in that order. Depends on the
College location as to preferred ‘other’ sports.
Pro sports fans are just as crazy!
Basketball is hype too
You should check out the Appalachian State against Troy Insane ending 2022 college football video that PSC highlights created! It shows a crazy ending to a college football game and it shows fans reactions including the opposing team in that video. It’s not a large stadium like some of these but it’s still like 35,000 and has good views of the blue ridge mtns along with fans rushing the field!
The NFL today is for the well off, tickets starting at around 90 dollars for nosebleed seats. College football is for all the people. Most college stadiums are in small towns, and the fans drive for hours to attend the games. College stadiums are much bigger than NFL stadiums. If you want to see the best college entrance, watch the Florida State video.
Those who attend are students alumni families of players and rest are fans of their teams
The Sacramento Kings basketball team shoot a purple laser from the arena into the sky.
College football is more like European football in terms of history, traditions and passion. NFL teams play in major American cities while most college teams are located in smaller cities and towns so their whole community is invested and involved just like in European football. Even if you attend that college or not, it's still your town's team and this the whole town goes to games. Old, young, male and female.
The NFL is just the commercial, big money sport. No where near the atmosphere, passion or history of college football. Obviously the level of play is better cause it has the best of the best players but other than that college games are way more exciting and entertaining. If you want an amazing American football experience, go to a college game.
Added bonus: Way, way more women at college games! NFL games are a middle aged sausage fest. Just a bunch of 50 year old pot bellied men sitting quietly drinking beers. College football games are like going to a cool nightclub compared to NFL games. Lots of eye candy all over the place.
You should check out high school football stadiums
Watch a Penn State whiteout in the second largest stadium in USA; 108,000
Look at people singing Mr brightside in the big house
I promise you a football game barbeque at my place is a lot more fun than attending one at the stadium.
Football teams are generally 70-100 players
Catch the Virginia Tech Enter the Sandman - their theme song by Metallica. It's great.
I like to remind non-Americans that unlike European and South American soccer crowds, these crowds are mixed men, women, boys snd girls.
College football in America is DEEPLY cultural, and all based on state and school pride. It’s really simple.
There’s no comparison….college atmosphere is wasaay crazier than the NFL
Disappointed not to see the UW Huskies at the most beautiful stadium in the US!
NFL might get the fame internationally. But the levels of fanaticism in college football, the NFL could only dream of. The rivalries between schools go back generations. It’s just not hometown fans but students, former students, their families, their kids, etc. From historically iconic rivalries to small school ones, college football is an experience. College basketball is just as fanatical but just smaller venues. But no less passionate.
We love our American football as much as Europe loves theirs, but we only get 18 season games, you get 38. Fans pick teams in both college and pro just to extend the number of games. College fans are more enthusiastic and generally younger and the games are more fun.
Depends on the NFL team. Some NFL teams fans are ridiculous lol They are die-hard fans. But college football has more of a fun vibe but college fans can get ridiculous too. Football culture is the best. The tailgate before the games even start are food, drinks, games and bonding in the parking lot of the game BEFORE the game. Or even at peoples homes. Football rivalry week in college football is sick almost everywhere in the US. GOOD TIMES. There are more college teams than nfl teams, so people tend to support the hometown team, their college/alumni team or just their favorite. And you’re a fan forever. 😊 OH-IO!
The video you saw was uk fans vs American soccer fans I’m guessing
Come to a Niner game. Youll feel the violene lol. Shiiiiiit is no no joke, and ive been to multble celtic fc games
College football is the best sport ever ever.
Seattle SeaHawks fans are legit!!!!! :)
Hard to compare NFL to college crowds. How good an NFL team is has a lot to do with how the crowd reacts. The stadiums are more luxurious with bigger seats in the NFL and they are more expensive to attend(usually) , but nothing compares to the way college stadiums are crammed in. The NFL blows away other sports in tv ratings but college for live at the game experience is the best.