British Reaction to College FOOTBALL Traditions
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- čas přidán 8. 08. 2023
- Today we are checking out college football traditions in this reaction video.
After my reaction video on the rules of american football and the biggest hits in the NFL i'm now ready to see the hype of College Football and my reaction to it.
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College football is huge here in the US all games have between 70k -120k people there. At pretty much every game
It’s amazing to have that
It is crazy. Every. Single. Game. At all of the dozens of big state universities. So cool.
This comment is so wrong, the highest capacity is like 110,000 and only the top 20 programs or so get that sort of attendance regularly
Thank you will brown
I would have said 20-60k per team on average.
Some schools, Ohio St, Michigan, Tennessee, Alabama, Penn St etc.. have over 100,000k
Michigan has the most seating capacity in college football, with 107k seats. This comment is very flawed, but doesn’t take away from the point he was trying to make. And that is American football is so big in our country, and the prides and traditions are monumental and inspirational. Nothing beats the traditions we follow in American football here in the US. I’m sure other countries have there traditions they love so much, that is Americans wouldn’t understand.
The second one with all the orange and the checkered field is Knoxville Vols in TN where I live. They took the field goal because it was the first time the Vols beat Alabama (our biggest rival for a reported 100 years+) after 15 years of defeat…so fans ripped the goals out of the field and threw them in the Tennessee river outside of Neyland stadium. 😅 it was a night to remember lol
Sounds like they had a real party
@@nickjreacts it was nuts lol then the school posted on Twitter “hey guys remember when we tore the goal posts down? Yeah that was awesome. Anywho, we need $150k for new ones to play this weekend. Please donate” while the athletics department has a budget of $170 million a year…needless to say UT got roasted alive but they did meet their donations goal 😂
When I played football for Ohio State University in the mid-eighties, we would always play at home in front of 100,000-plus. Most road games would get between 70,000 - 110,000.
Also,
In the US TYPICALLY Fridays are for high school football, Saturday's are for college football and Sundays & Mondays are for pro football.
Oh wow that’s amazing that you played for Ohio state! That must of been a real good experience for you? I don’t even know how this system works, did you get a scholarship?
@@nickjreacts Yes, I received a scholarship. There are some players who are just students and still play on the football team that tryout and play on the team with no guarantee of a future scholarship, they are called Walk-Ons.
When I was in high school I was recruited by about 50 schools to play for them.
I at some point had to choose five schools to do an "official visit".
My 5 visits were to Ohio State University, Penn State University, Bowling Green University, Minnesota University and Michigan State.
During these visits, they basically pull out the red carpet for you and your family.
There are a lot of different rules as far as when a college can communicate with you, visit with you, allow you to visit with them, etc. Things are a little bit different nowadays, with NIL, which stands for name image and likeness. This basically can allow players to get paid to play..
Yes the adrenaline you feel during these games can be a little bit intense.
It's been fun watching you figure out how great of a game American football can be. If you have any questions hit me up.
O-H!!!
@@jesselee128ableI-O Let's go baby!!!!
And Thursdays all three.
West Virginia University crowd singing John Denver "Country Road" is the best.
prices vary wildly depending on the match up. i have gone to see Alabama (top team in a top conference) play Middle Tennessee State (hails from a much lower conference) for as little as $35. Alabama vs LSU (regular conference rival for Alabama) is about 10 times that. Alabama vs Georgia in the SEC (southeastern conference- one of the biggest/most successful conferences) championship game is gonna 10x the price of THAT game for similar seats. Power 5 Conferences are SEC, B1G (pronounced big 10- coast to coast mostly North of Mason-Dixon line), ACC (atlantic coast), Big 12 (teams mostly from Texas and the heartlands) and the soon to be defunct PAC12 (pacific coast). Each conference has their own blue bloods and top tier teams and champions and ideally at the end of the season those champions play each other for national championships. there have been several different ways of deciding the championship through the years- starting next year it is a 12 team play off. currently it is a 4 team playoff- teams are decided by a committee. SEC teams (specifically Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Florida and Georgia) have won 13 of the last 17 Nattys. the other four have gone to Ohio State (B1G), Florida State and Clemson (both ACC). Teams leave conferences to join others according to TV contracts- which sounds awful (it is) but that is how they can afford those super sized stadiums and cool light effects at the end of the day.
Still learning about the different conferences, I’ve learned more watching the new Netflix documentary
By far, college football has more passionate fans. If you attend university as a student, you automatically have an prideful intimate relationship with the team. You attend classes with the players. It's local pride and even more special when some of the players are from the surrounding community. Professional NFL teams and players have far less intimate relationship with the fans, hence less passion.
I can imagine that when you leave college that many people continue to watch and support the college they went to
@jfreitag88 not really tbh. I'm a die hard Jets fan and while I would argue the AFC east is probably one of the more passionate divisions if not the most passionate you really cannot compare an NFL atmosphere to an SEC atmosphere. Bills, Jets, Pats, Phins, and some other teams here and there like KC the Eagles and Cowboys all have a close atmosphere but college football is just on another level. The NFL is a family friendly product, and as such won't ever allow the ultras like behavior that goes on at CFB games. I mean TN stormed their field and tore down their uprights and threw them in the river after the last time they beat Alabama for christ sake. When was the last time Bills Mafia did anything close to that? I honestly wish the NFL had more of a CFB atmosphere and more stadiums of Metlife size to accommodate that vibe. Only SEC teams can go 0-17 for years and still sell out the entire stadium, any NFL team bombs that hard for long enough and they're on a fast track to considering moving. Pro sports in general in the US need to take a page out of college's book and just allow things to be a bit more wild, you'd see the passion more then.
The stadiums are on campus and the top 15 largest stadiums are college.
It’s crazy how big the stadiums are
There are some high school stadiums about that large!
@@nickjreactsto answer your question about the size of the 1st, it's 107k
Way late here but a thing to note is that the United States is massive and only has 32 NFL teams. However, there’s like 150 teams at the highest level of college football, and it’s likely you live in a town with a team or near a team. So it’s a lot more accessible.
And hundreds more of lower level colleges and universities across the country, most of which have a team.
Rivalry games are what separates college football from the NFL. A big time college football rivalry game can be like a championship game in its own right to the fans. And some of these rivalry games have been played for over 100 years.
@@beegee1960 Don't forget the High School games.
If you haven't already check out the highlights from 2022's Army Navy game. They're the military acadamies, and they play each other every year. Navy has the all time lead over Army.
No I haven’t seen that, I will have to check that out
Florida state war chant at 11:30 is a great experience...especially at night games against uf or Clemson.
Oh I love that war chant! It’s amazing
Especially when Renegade takes the flaming spear out to center field. I was in The Orange Bowl one year sitting next to a student from the opposing team. after quite some time of the chant, he said it was driving him crazy, when does it stop? I had to tell him ... when they left.
Most games are played on Fridays and Saturdays, however, because just at the division one level, there are over 250 schools, there’s not enough TV networks to put all of them on at the same time. Sometimes there are games scheduled on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to fit everyone in.
That’s makes sense
With exception of parents and alumni of the schools (and the coaches of course), the games are all students--players, marching band members, cheerleaders, mascots.
bigger schools often have a lot of fans who have really no relation to the institutions outside of being fans as well. Know many a mf in Michigan who is a Michigan fan but has never been to the school nor has anyone in their family, they are just Michigan fans.
2nd one was Tennessee and it seats over 100,000. One of the best places to see a game. And that was just a regular season game against one of their rivals.
Would love to experience of a game like that
I got to go to a game at Neyland Stadium a few years ago. It is definitely an experience. “My” team was the visiting team and we got beaten soundly. Our stadium was the one at 5:40 with an EDM tune called Sandstorm with the white towels and “USC!” Chants. Nothing like a game at good old Willy B! (Williams-Brice, capacity 80,250 but we’ve squeezed 82k+ in there)
at 9:30 you were watching Alabama and they were singing "DIxieland Delight" by the group Alabama, and in between the verses they were shouting their slogans: "Roll Tide" (Alabama football team is known as the Crimson Tide). after that was Louisiana State University (LSU); their stadium is called Death Valley. there are always more than 100,000 people at the games. it gets so loud during the games that it even sets off seismographs. i believe they are singing to Garth Brooks "Calling Baton Rouge", but i'm not absolutely sure since i was having a little trouble hearing. they always yell "T-I-G-E-R-S" after every score. yeah, i'm a lifelong fan. American college football games are the greatest.
Great music
Geaux LSU!!! 💜⚜️💛
This is actually insane! We don’t even get this hype at the end of the premier league 😅
Exactly, the support at a college football game
Friday nights for high school football, college ball on Saturdays, NFL on Sundays, Monday night & some Thursdays
so you can have a full weekend of football on tv
One pro and three college on Thursdays.
The first one was Univ Michigan which seats about 107k but when you count everyone in the stadium it can be as high as 114k
The size is crazy and the experience being there must be amazing
I will be at The Big House in a couple of weeks for opening day. They just added new monitors at either end. They are only the 3rd largest screens but the only stadium with two of them. Should be an electric day.
@@Macdelaven Hey I just realized -- 2023 is the 75th anniversary of your guys' last National Championship! Congratulations! Here's to another 75!
Go Bucks!
When I attended the University of Michigan in the 1980s Michigan Stadium held 101,701. Later on capacity was increased. You can Google the current capacity.
Just looked it up. 107,601 capacity now. Built in 1927 and still rocking today. BTW, if you include players, officials, press and staff events can total over 115,000. Michigan Stadium is the largest sports arena in the USA.
Must of been a experience going to college there
I was an engineer for a local radio station and got to watch from the press box while we were on air broadcasting the game.
There are 7, 8 college football stadiums with capacities of over 100K each.
The history of stadiums looks interesting, I have seen most of them have been around a long time… over 100k is just crazy
@@nickjreacts - The high end of college football stadiums go for size; the high end of NFL Stadiums go for bling. $5 bn for SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles!
@@nickjreactsmany stadiums have been around since the early 1900’s to 1920’s. They were added on over the years to reach current capacity but the the stadium has likely been there for nearly 100 years in many cases for the bigger older schools
I went to the University of Oregon the one at the end of your video, the college atmosphere, especially at successful schools is incredible, it is WAY WAY better than professional games, really no comparison. You asked if the stadiums are bigger than the NFL, usually they are about the same but certain schools that have very historic powerhouse programs do have far bigger stadiums like Michigan and Tennessee where I believe both are around 100,000 seats where as a more typical one is maybe 65,000
65k is still a big stadium
Go Ducks!
Go Ducks!
3rd is Penn State Univ around 106k
4th is Virginia Tech about 66k
The top 15 largest football stadiums in the US are college stadiums. They hold usually around 75k-110k people. University of Michigan is the largest and it’s Nick name is “the big house”.
Yeah I’ve heard of the big house, I need to check out some videos on the college stadiums
@@nickjreacts According to Lloyd Carr Autzen is louder. 100K is big but its so spread out that the noise just leaves. But Autzen is a big bowl dug into a hill. At 70K max capacity the sound has nowhere to go but down on the field.
Hi! New subscriber! College football is something magical. You need to check out the college marching bands. The band has to play rather difficult music all while marching into all sorts of complicated formations. Also, check out college football entrances. See you again!
Yeah Ive seen some stuff about the bands I will defiantly have to check some videos out on that
Especially HBCU bands. Worth the price of admission alone, those bands are incredible
2nd one is Univ Of Tennessee 100k capacity but if you count all people in stadium around 103k. Used to be 107k ish before putting in more expensive seats in some areas. That game was last year and UT beat Alabama on FG on last play of game.
So a last minute winner, sounds like a great game
@@nickjreacts Its an all-time great game. I highly recommend watching it and the celebrations afterwards where fans rush the field and tear down the goalposts. They then threw the goalposts into the Tennessee River.
Yeah, UT was fined $250,000 by the NCAA for rushing the field and tearing down the goal post after that win. I'm an Alabama fan and was so upset after that loss but it was a fabulous win for Tennessee.@@flying_houseboat8668
5th is Univ South Carolina about 78k
6th is Univ of Wisconsin about 76k
You should look up videos about "tailgating at college football games"
Yeah 100% it’s on the list
Every game!
Most of these are the reaction as the home team is about to enter. The answer to your question is that the largest NFL Stadium, Metlife Stadium, Home of the NY JETS/NY GIANTS has a seating capacity of 82,500. 14 college stadiums seat over that. Michigan Stadium, home of the Michigan Wolverines has an official seating capacity of 107,601 but has held in excwss of 115,000 and is the THIRD Largest stadium in the world. College football is really bigger than the NFL, the rivalries are better, the traditions are better, nd there are only 32 NFL teams but over 130 Division 1A, also known as the FBS for football bowl series, the top tier in college football, but smaller colleges all have football so it is quite easy to get to a college game on Saturday afternoon anywhere in America than an NFL game on Thursday night, Sundays, or Monday night
It makes so much sense when I read the comments! You want to enjoy something local
Yeah, most of this is pregame hype. Some of it is near the end when victory is pretty much a lock. “Jump Around” at Wisconsin is done between the 3rd and 4th quarters. If you’re at a game of a successful team, it’s basically a four hour long party.
I’m in Louisiana and our flagship college is Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers. When full the stadium will hold around 102,000 people. Our stadium is one of the loudest places to play as the fans get so loud and stomp and jump. Three times since 1950ish, the fans got so loud that nearby earthquake seismographs registered the sound as 2.0-3 small earthquakes! There’s nothing like it. There are many many college teams around the US and teams are grouped with other teams that are geographically close to each other into conferences. Each conference has 10-14 teams in them. Each team plays 12 games. Teams play “conference” games which are games they play against other conference teams. Conference games must be won by teams to get to playoffs. They also play “non-conference” games. Loses in non-conference games won’t keep teams from making playoffs. Each school has a rival that is usually the one game that definitely fills stadiums and are the most fun. You get to the stadium early morning on game day and you tailgate until kickoff..listen to music, play games, cook and eat amazing food and drink enough beer to float a battleship. After tailgating all day, fans are really loud and rowdy. Most college games are played on Saturdays around the country because NFL/Pro games are played on Sunday. Some college games will be on a weeknight especially early in the college season so the players go to class the next day after weekday games unless they played at their opponents campus. Players are excused if they have a long bus ride home day after game but they are expected to return to class when coach tells them to. Also they are required to maintain 3-3.5 GPA to play. At 9:35 is where you see my states school.
Oh wow thank you, thats so much good information and the earthquake thing is crazy that it gets that loud
Almost every stadium is on campus, or at least exclusive to the school that uses it. If my mind serves me right, there's six schools that share with the city's NFL team. Tennessee State (Nashville), UNLV (Las Vegas), Temple (Philadelphia), and South Florida (Tampa) all do it because it's cheaper than building their own. Pittsburgh does it because there's just not room in Pittsburgh for more than one football stadium. Miami does it for who knows why, they really should have their own stadium.
Ive seen the miami one and that explains why it looked so good
The Miami Hurricanes had their own stadium, The Orange Bowl. They played there from 1937 to 2007. They had it to themselves until the Dolphins were founded in 1966. The Dolphins would play there for until they moved to Joe Robbie Stadium in 1987. Joe Robbie Stadium, over time got name changes and upgrades.
They eventually demolished the Orange Bowl, and now the Hurricanes and Dolphins share a stadium again.
Usually, these are Saturday games.
So they get sunday to recover before back to college on monday?
Yes. School and football practice during the week. If they are traveling to another university to play, they will usually travel Thursday or Friday for a weekend game.
There's a lot to unpack and comment in this video, so bear with me XD. First, I'm a student at Nebraska (yes I know, we've been bad for a while, but I have hope), but a lot of my family went to the University of Notre Dame and I lived very close to the University of Oklahoma for over 10 years and I've been to games in their stadiums.
To answer the questions to the best of my ability that I think I can answer, here I go:
For stadium size and location:
Nebraska's stadium holds about 88,000 people, it's on camps - right next to the old Chemistry building which is now more of a Computer Science/Multipurpose building, and just 100ish meters from the tallest building on campus. I have been to games when the stadium has been packed to over capacity - 91 or 92 thousand. But to put the 88k into perspective, the STADIUM becomes the 3rd largest city/town in the state when it is filled to capacity, which has happened for every home game since the 80s (maybe later, we're like 380 home games in to the sell-out streak). Keep in mind that campus in in the 2nd largest city, so for a time, it usually becomes the largest city in the state. (We also sing Mr. Brightside like in the first video, but that's a pretty common song).
Notre Dame's stadium is also on campus, directly south of it's library tower ("Touchdown Jesus" as it's called on gamedays due to the picture of Jesus making a semi-touchdown signal form with his arms...... Notre dame is a Catholic University). It is smaller at about 72,000 people, but there are many activities on gameday and the days proceeding it. Football is, much like I alluded to in Nebraska, a semi-religious event when they play there, and I would say that another 20 to 30 thousand come to the campus simply to participate in pre-game events and tailgating, but then watch the game either outside the stadium or at bars around the town that ND is in.
Oklahoma's Stadium is on campus as well, slightly smaller than Nebraska's at around 87,000. With that said, when the wind blew right, you could hear the cheers from miles away. I have the least experience with this team as I only went to one game, and wasn't much of an "OU" fan.
With the 2nd/3rd video, I assume that's when Tennessee (the orange/the team that plays their games in the stadium) beat Alabama last year. Alabama is VERY good, and the students and fans rushed the field and tore the goal posts down.
Most College Football Games are played on Saturdays, but there are games on weekdays as wwell sometimes - like in the case of Nebraska this year, who is playing their first game on Thursday, it's an away game/they are the visiting team and going several hours away. The game starts at 7 PM and will likely go to 10ish PM.
For your question on price, it depends on seating. But generally from my experience, the NFL games are more expensive, especially in the "season tickets" sphere meaning you get tickets for all the home games for the season. I can't speak to that a whole lot, but as a student I had to pay only 180 USD for this season of season tickets, which comes out to about 30 USD a game, though I also pay 45,000 USD for college, so it makes sense why I get them cheaper.
The horse in the stadium is one the oldest traditions for that university, Florida State University. Their nickname is "Seminoles" and while I don't feel as if I have all the knowledge necessary to explain the tradition properly, I do know that the man on the horse is supposed to represent a famous chief of the Seminole Nation of Native Americans. He carries a heavily decorated spear (for lack of a better word coming to mind) that is on fire at the top, and then he stabs it into the logo at midfield. I do also know that the Seminole Nation does support the University using their name as a nickname (or last I knew they did), and I would assume that they are alright with the depiction of this specific chief by the university, but I don't know for sure.
Your last comment in terms of wanting to see a game, I 100% understand! As I said I'm most familiar with 3 teams/stadiums, but I have a bucket list for College Football Games in the dozens of locations, including many/most of the places that you saw in the video. Hope that you watch and react to the Pt 2 that is there!
Wow thank you for such a informal comment
Just wanted to add, the last one is Oregon and its tradition to play Shout between the 3rd and 4th quarter. Tickets for students are free but first come first served. Lastly, Autzen Stadium, where Oregon plays, is literally one of the top 5 loudest stadiums in the US due to the design of the stadium yet the stadium only holds about 54,000. It hit 127 decibels, only two other stadiums have beat that.
This is every game. Every time. Every game is an event. I’ve been to plenty and every time is like the first time. It’s amazing. College football in the South is a religion. Some of these have 80,000 capacity to 105,000 capacity. And this is just the party IN the stadium. There’s a festival outside every game with tailgating.
This is way better than the NFL because everyone on the field is in school there. And they aren’t paid. This is all passion.
So they don’t get paid anything? Where does all the money for tickets go?
@@nickjreacts to the college. The players have a scholarship so they don’t have to pay for school, the school uses football to pay for everything and a few of the players make it to NFL. On top of that the entire local area makes lots of money on game weekends.
The players are getting paid for name, image, and likeness. Players are getting paid directly out of high school now. There are players making millions. The best players get paid more than others. Some are even staying in college an extra year instead of leaving early to the NFL because they are getting paid now
@@nickjreacts Nowadays, yes, they do get paid. Not by the schools but with sponsorships and endorsements which the NCAA used to forbid. The best players on the teams, who get scouted and recruited well ahead of their time at the college, attend the school for free, often with a ton of perks over a regular student too. However, just a couple of years ago, the only bonuses you were ever going to get from playing college sports was free college and the extra perks on campus.
For the big schools, the football program generates an absurd amount of money and funds a significant portion of the school's athletic programs. Some of the smaller sports (like water polo, field hockey, etc) could probably all be funded solely with the profits of the football program.
Not taking away from the crazyness of these stadiums but there are a few reasons they are bigger than nfl stadiums.
1. Lots of bench seating, individual seats take up much more room. Not that all seating is benches just in the nfl only one stadium has benches. And ironically its in a small town that is more like a college town than an nfl city, Green Bay.
2. Ticket prices tend to be much cheaper, especially for students who depending on the school can get in for next to nothing or even free.
3. College football is just massive, depending on where you live its more popular than the NFL. It also has a bigger draw because even non football fans will go for college allegiance because its a much more party atmosphere than the nfl.
4. Even if you are an nfl fan you may not live anywhere near an nfl team so going to college is the best your going to get.
5. This is just american football in general not college but also falls under why the stadium seat so many. The season are very short compared to other sports. The nfl season is 17 games and then the 3 week playoffs then superbowl. Thats a max of 21 games in a season so your looking at a best bet of only 12ish home games a year. The college season is only about 12 games( so teams play 1-2 more or less). So your only lookig at 6-7 home games.
Yeah i can imagine with how big the country is and how many teams are in the NFL you might have a long distance to reach a NFL game so makes sense to watch college football. The bench seats is something i didn't know thats interesting
@@nickjreactsyou can always request a padded seat. When you buy your season tickets and request the seat (it's padded and has a back on it) they will put it there at your seating location. Also, lots of folks bring their own seat.
NCAA national championship is 50 older than NFL, much older and much bigger than NFL attendance in most cases, the bigger stadiums are over 100,000 and the biggest attendance for a single game was over 150,000. Students go free. Some have newer stadiuns but most were built between 1910-1930 and then enlarged and enlarged over then years.
Yeah I’m interested in the history of the stadiums, when was the NFL formed? I’m sure a players best experiences are from his days in college
@@nickjreacts NFL was formed in 1920. The first game played in college was in 1869 between the universities of Princeton and Rutgers.
Go Irish! ☘️
@nickjreacts in Oklahoma, college football is older than the state!!! The first FB game that the University of Oklahoma played was against a high school team in Oklahoma City in the late 1800s. There were no other football teams in the area. The entire season was just that one game!!!
@@OkiePeg411 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Used to Travel the trains Across The Country
College AF is more popular than NFL. College AF stadiums have larger capacities than NFL; a number of them are 100k plus. Michigan stadium is the largest at 107,601 and it’s the second largest in the world. During the AF season (Aug-Feb), High School AF is played on Fridays, College on Saturdays and NFL on Sundays primarily (includes other days of the week).
107k capacity is crazy not even just by the size but the fact that they can get that size of a crowd in as well
That isn't exactly true. Depends on what metric you go by. Attendance? College for sure by they have like 150 teams compared to 32 NFL teams. Wana go by TV viewers? NFL by a mile, but less games to go to so makes sense. NFL dwarfs college football in revenue but not sure that is a great comparison since idk how they allocate mech sales as support for a college team.
I'd say that it's as simple as they are two different breeds of the same animal and it shouldn't be so much a contest for popularity between the two but a semiotic one regardless of which you like more. College needs the NFL to make kids dream and push themselves to get the best product possible, and the NFL needs college as it's feeder league or finding/building talent would be a nightmare
College football is only bigger in the south and parts of the Midwest. West coast and northeast are more into NFL.
check out the college stadiums of the big 10 .
thats a video definitely on the list
“Week 0” of the new college football season begins on August 26 w/ Notre Dame playing Navy (dubbed the Aer Lingus Classic) at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland - do try to watch the game if you can
Oh wow thats something i want to see, do they play in other countries every year?
College football games outside of the United States aren’t very common, although they’re apparently becoming more of a staple like the yearly NFL games in London; in fact the first college football game in Ireland was played at Lansdowne Road back in 1988 (Army vs Boston College) so we can probably expect to see more of this in the future - I believe Sky Sports will be broadcasting the game a week from today if you’re interested @@nickjreacts
There's even some High school football stadiums that large!!!
Most every NCAA stadium is that large.
So high school have big stadiums as well?
Yes! There is a compilation video on CZcams of high school stadiums. Of course, my state of Texas has quite a few on the list.
the 15 largest stadiums in US are all college football with many over 100,000 capacity.
I’m gonna watch a video on the biggest USA stadiums
He done the top 10 stadiums
The last was the University of Oregon, the birthplace of Nike.
i didn't know that one
7th is Univ of Alabama is 100k
8th is Louisiana State Univ about 103k
That music you couldn't identify is Country. More specifically, classic/traditional Country. And as it was the Alabama game, I can only assume the artist was the country band Alabama.
It worked well
Most college stadiums are actually pretty old, though most have undergone major renovations repeatedly; of the 25 largest college stadiums, 17 were built in the 1920s or earlier (Wisconsin's Camp Randall Stadium dates back to 1917), and only two date to after World War II.
That gives them more history
Memorial stadium in Illinois was built in the 1920s as a memorial to the World War One vets.
Penn State, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio State, and Texas all have 100,000+ seats. There are a couple others too I think.
Most FBS Division 1 (top tier) college teams have 50,000 seats or more, the lesser ones at that level have 30,000 seats. And most NFL stadiums hover around 50,000-60,000 capacity, college football is king here. Anyone who tells you otherwise is from an NFL city.
NFL traditions can be cool, but the pageantry and traditions are nothing like college. The college football here is more like European football in terms of importance. Many fan bases are religious about their college teams here.
Yeah I think it’s a great way to have sports for local people, I’ve seen the prices of the Super Bowl tickets so if you can enjoy a great atmosphere for a more sensible price then that’s amazing
@@nickjreacts yes, though depending on the school some tickets are way more expensive than NFL tickets. It’s weird but college sports hold a special place in American hearts.
@@calebward9284 oh so some are more expensive than NFL? I see the way people support college as the same way I support my local football(soccer) team I guess and that makes games more fun
Some of these stadiums hold over 100,000 people. The white Penn State stadium at 3:22 holds up to 110,000 and is the 4th largest stadium in the world. The Michigan stadium (the yellow one at the beginning) holds up to 115,000 and is the 3rd largest stadium in the world.
You should definitely check out "Best Jukes In Football History" by The Highlight Factory next!
The size of these stadiums is crazy, and defiantly I will check out that video
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Now you can add another 92,500 seats at the Rose Bowl to the mix! Big Ten 2024!
@@kaziu312 More than that... by the time the Powers That Be get done cutting BCS back to just four conferences, who knows how many total seats the B1G will have?
2:20. Tennessee beat mighty Alabama for the first time in 15 years.
Ive done a reaction to that actual game in my new video and with your comment just realised that game is also in this video
Generally college game tickets are cheaper, because the seats aren’t as nice and there’s less amenities. College stadiums are bigger but NFL stadiums are nicer. You go to an NFL game for a fun day, but you to a college game to watch football.
I can imagine some of the NFL stadiums look amazing but it seems the college stadiums have more history to them
Yes. Plus the local community weren't hit up for tax breaks to pay for them with the threat that otherwise the team would move, like they love to do in the NFL. College teams make the money to pay for their facilities.
As to the history, there is generally more history with the programs that organically sprung from their stadiums. The pre-game rituals and entrances are chock full of them.
Did you watch to see which team has the best entrance? Even though I went to Kentucky, hands down that honor goes to Virginia Tech. I put Tennessee's next, then Clemson's.
A horse is one of the more normal things on the field.
How about a buffalo? Yep.
A buffalo ha, is there a video on CZcams of that? Sounds crazy
@@nickjreacts - YT channel: RSHighlights; it's in "Best Traditions in College Football Part 2" (which has more variety of stuff on the field than Part 1).
@@nickjreacts - Coolest college football halftime shows are at Ohio State. Their best one is probably "Ohio State University Marching Band Performs Tribute to Hollywood Blockbusters." *Everybody* loves it.
University of Oklahoma has 2 horses pulling a Conestoga wagon. The horses' names are Boomer and Sooner.
Don't forget Texas' mascot, Bevo. An actual Longhorn street on the sidelines.
Boy you got a LOT to learn about Americans and Football! LOL! Our "college" teams usually have bigger turnouts of fans/spectators than yall's "soccer" championship games, and many of our college team stadiums can hold probably the entire population of Southampton(?). LMAO! My home team stadium (Virginia Tech) seats almost 66,000 people, and we're not even among the 25 largest college stadiums. Yeah, I guess you could say that Americans do LOVE their college football. 😎. Come and join us for a few games if you get the chance - you'll never looks at sports the same way again... or the people/fans. *We don't tear-up cities, cars and stuff like that when our teams win either. Ha...
Hell, some of our High School football games and stadiums will blow your mind!
Also college football is a religion in the south 😂
That first stadium is Michigan stadium and can hold 110,000+ people. Yes a lot of college stadiums are bigger than pro stadiums. College football is a bigger than and makes more money than pro football
Interesting you say college football makes more money so do college football players get paid to play
College football isn't bigger and it doesn't make more money lol most stadiums are near campus so it's mostly students that's get in free or get tickets for cheap
Football schedules are middle school (grades 6-8) is Thursday, high school (grades 9-12) is Friday, college is Saturday, and NFL is Sunday
What’s the ages in grades I’m guessing it’s different to the uk
Grades 6-8 are 11 to 14 years old
Grades 9-12 are 14 to 18 years
They measure the speed of the ball out of the pitcher's hand (what you see on screen (usually 90mph-100mph). They also measure exit velocity, the speed of the ball off the bat (usually 105mph-117mph). And finally, they measure the speed of the ball from an infielder throwing to first base or an outfielder throwing to a base or to home plate (usually 85mph-95mph).
The ball travelling at 117mph is crazy and makes me wonder how far can they travel
@@nickjreacts It's hard to measure precisely because the ballpark structures get in the way, but the longest home runs on record are around 600 ft.
All of the top 20 largest stadiums in the United States, belong to college football. College football is below the NFL in terms of the NFL is where you go to get paid and where you go to play the top level of professional football. There are only 32 NFL teams across the country of 300,000,000+ people. Every town that has a college likely has a college football team. These are full-time students of the school who play college football on the weekend to try to get noticed and drafted to the NFL. There are double digit college football stadiums that can see over 100,000 spectators. The crowds are electric and never goes silent… There’s a marching band, cheerleaders, fireworks, tailgating parties… It may not have the talent of the NFL, but the NFL doesn’t even come close in any other category!
I’m going to do a video on the best stadiums
@@nickjreacts yeah, you should look at videos by wide world of stadiums CZcams page, he’s very good about not copywriting people who react to his videos, for college football stadiums. He has videos that break down and give you stadium tours of college football teams by conference. The power five conferences, the five biggest conferences in the sport, are the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, big 12, and Pac 12. There’s also conference USA, the Sun Belt conference, the American conference, the mountain west conference, in the mid-American conference. Those are the 10 big conferences and consist of 131 teams.
The largest stadium for any sporting event in the world is not a football/soccer/baseball stadium, but a stadium for the Indianapolis 500 car race. It holds 400,000 fans.
Sports are important in the US.
That’s nearly half a million wow
a racetrack is not a stadium, still huge though
So who's gonna tell him about the tailgating?
I’m going to check out a video about this
9th is Ohio State Univ about 104k
10th is Florida State about 80k
11th is Univ of Oregon about 54k
Ohio State is 3rd, FSU is 12th, and Oregon is like 25th lol
11th is Oregon?? What??? University of Missouri has at least 60k reduced recently from 72k, so not sure where you are getting those tiny numbers. There are like 30 college stadiums over 65k
They been play colllege football since 1869. 50 years before the NFL. I think it is more like your club football than anything else we have here.
Wow 1869, so what was the top flight league before the NFL? where did a player go after college football
@nickjreacts there were some loose semi pro teams. The green bay packers are older than the nfl, and it's forerunner the American Professional Football Association, APFA, and there was no one top flight league at least at first. The Super Bowl got started when two champions from two different leagues, the AFL and NFL, started to play each other. But there have been a number of these leagues. Most of the time a) they ran out of money or b) were merged with the nfl. Almost the whole AFC started out as its own league, the AFL. Even right now, nothing is stopping anyone from trying to replace the NFL, other than the fact that you will probably lose all your money.
fireworks at intro
It is important to note that students get in for free or at drastically reduced rates. So 25% or more of the people are likely students. Students always love to have free things to do for obvious reasons.
If when I went to college I got free tickets to events like that I must admit I would of been going to every one… must be a life experience going to college
@@nickjreacts It really is. Most people outside the US don't realize how important a part of life college life is for those who go. Lifelong friends.
@@nickjreacts For the schools in this video, student tickets ain't free. Maybe at smaller schools though. Sometimes even free general admission.
@bob_._. No, but they are greatly reduced. My kids all attended large SEC schools, and the season tickets were between $200-$300. As a parent, I just paid this along with other fees, books, etc. However, Vanderbilt, even though an SEC school, literally can't give their tickets away. The only time the stadium is full is when they play UT and the stadium is orange not gold. They actually make you sign a paper stating that you won't wear orange when they give away tickets to the UT game and tour ticket will not be honored if you do.
@@selfcarewithstephanie3519 Yeah, at my school it was free but that was 20 years ago. They may have to pay now.
Top 50 MLB Plays of the 2023 Season so far is a good one.
Isn’t it just a bunch of home runs lol
@hifijohn My next video is the rules of baseball because you said about baseball… just so I understand the rules first
Nick, is this similar to the college sports crowds in the UK??
The structure of professional sports is different in the uk, we have college teams but thats not the route to going pro. The Premier League (soccer) is the highest league in the uk but every team has a academy and players will join from 9 years old and train and play games for that team going up the age groups to then hopefully get called up to play for the first team.
That last one in there is University of Oregon fans singing "Shout" by the Isley Brothers (but in its "Animal House" form) at the start of the fourth quarter, which is a longstanding tradition. The University of Oregon is very proud of the fact that Animal House was shot on the University of Oregon campus. You'll get shout at the start of the fourth quarter in football games, and at appropriate times in other sporting events including basketball games.
Just to clarify any confusion, the term "college" is a catch-all term for all schools of higher education. There's trade schools, 2-year junior colleges, and 4-year universities. But to just make it simpler, we just call all of those colleges. So college sports encompass both junior colleges and universities. The traditional student age ranges from 18 to about 22 or so. I've seen some Brits think that these college players are the age of what y'all call college in the UK. No, what y'all call college is what we call High School and includes Grades 9 - 12. And are called Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior. We also use those same names for college years as well, but of course some students take longer than the 4 years to complete their degree, or less if they cram as many classes in as possible. I, myself, took 5 years to complete my degree, but that due to switching majors in the Spring semester of my Senior year. Yeah, I crammed 2 years worth of courses into 3.5 semesters. The half semester was one summer semester. I started out in the sciences with pre-engineering in junior college, but quickly realized that I still hadn't fully grasped Calculus from High School. Then I switched to Computer Science. But I could grasp the programming languages and logic behind them. So I eventually switched to History. Something I always loved growing up and to this day. Unfortunately it didn't help in finding a job. But it didn't matter, because 2 years after graduation, I had a bad auto accident that crippled me for the rest of my life. Yeah, that sucked. However I did work for about 10 years after my accident in jobs I absolutely hated. Desk jobs for the most part. Got laid off for the final time right before the 2008 economic crash, and haven't worked since. For 2 reasons. One, the passage of ObamaCare in 2010 was a major job killer. And trying to get a job in that environment coming off the Great Recession was damn near impossible for someone like me. And two, after effects from my injury crept up and sent me into multiple years of physical therapy and surgeries that didn't really help. And now, I can barely walk. Covid really screwed me up. I don't know if it was the lockdowns, the vaccine, or actually catching it, but I have not been the same since late 2020.
Oh I’m sorry to hear about your accident, you have experience some real life changing experiences and I’m sure after 5 years of studying a desk job was just not where you wanted to be. I think history is a great subject and it’s something Ive always enjoyed… what type of history did you learn & what college did you go to?
10:59 the song is aptly named "War Chant". and yes the man is riding a horse, he "Plants the spear" before every home game at Florida state as a like Declaration of war that this is our land. the team is very in tune with local native american culture
College sports are bonkers. It's so awesome....
Yes I agree it’s crazy
College football is King in America. The history and the pageantry is unrivaled and unmatched by anything else. Whole communities are passionate about their schools.
It’s great to be like that! Everyone getting behind a sport and celebrating it
I f anyone comes to visit the US, sure, go see the grand canyon, statue of liberty, whatever, but to Experience AMERICA, you must attend a college football game, best bring your best "party self" and prepare more than you think you have to! You will remember forever...well, the bits you remember, lol! I promise you will not be disappointed
I want go to a college football game, it’s on the bucket list
Definitely a vibe mate.100k in the stands AND what you can't see in these vids is that there are 20k outside just hanging at the tailgate and not even going in. The tailgate is one massive party in the parking lots. What makes these all day events so special is that all kinds and ages of people are there doing their thing. Babies all the way to great grandmas. Bands, cheerleaders, flag groups, twirlers, charity groups, you name it.
Oh wow that many outside as well
On average about 3.2 million people attend division one college football games across the country EACH WEEK. The first stadium is Michigan and can fit about 110,000 people. Tickets are typically cheaper than NFL, but that can vary depending on school and season record. Atmosphere is insane. I recommend going to one. Against a good opponent, probably either Michigan, Penn State, Norte Dame, Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and maybe a few others I’m forgetting. If you can find tickets, that is.
College football is another level
Top ten stadiums in USA are college.
The 5th school is my college, University of South Carolina. In the video they are doing Sandstorm which is one of the best college football traditions. It is so much fun. We love it here in South Carolina. I am in their marching band and we have so much fun
Oh amazing it must be a great experience! Your in the marching band as well? What do you play?
The last one was University of Oregon, and that’s the song they play between the third and fourth quarter of the game. It’s an old R and B song that was used in the film “Animal House” that was filmed on and around the university of Oregon
I live in Alabama and college ball is a religion, on game days the town is empty. WAR EAGLES! ROLL TIDE!
thats a great way to do it with everyone in town fully behind it
I used to be a computer technician with many offices that our company had around Alabama and one was a very short distance from the University of Alabama and If that office had an issue on a day that was a home game they knew to not expect me to come help that day. The traffic and people near the stadium was unbelievable.
I don't think you are allowed to say war eagle and roll tide at the same time. Gotta be some laws on that in alabama😢
@@pauliewalnuts2527 Gotta support em both when talking to out of state/country people.🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
@@Shadowcub69 nah. You gotta show em the rivalry. I mean it ain't been much of one but still it counts
All the fire works is before the game starts. Totally Awesome
There's no better feeling than being at a home game when it's a rivalry and the stadium is packed. There's nothing like it. Not even at pro level. Most NFL stadiums are about 60-70,000 people. Some of these colleges, especially the top teir schools, they can seat over 100,000 people and are always full. The very first one, Michigan Wolverines, that's the Big House. It seats 120,000 people but it can get close to 130 if they really try.
In that Tennessee game the fans tore the gole post down and took it out of the stadium and down the street. That’s gotta be one of the best moments ever 😂
Yeah it looked like a great time, must of been a real experience
Years ago I went to the Iron Bowl, University of Alabama vs Auburn University. This is a HUGE instate rivalry. The atmosphere was amazing! Colleges in the US have multiple sports programs. Hockey, track, swimming, gymnastics, football, basketball, etc! All of them supported by passionate fans and exciting run ups to National Championships. Many of these athletes get free rides (Athletic Scholarships)! NCAA is one of the reasons the US does so well in the Olympics. In fact many non American athletes attend and train at US universities. The facilities these colleges have and the revenue they get from their sport programs are astounding.
It is common for American to have a lot of "school spirit", meaning they have a lot of pride in their universities. Consequently, the former students (the alumni) retain this pride and become big supporters of the schools' athletic teams and donate a lot of money. The marching bands, cheerleaders, etc are all current students. The crowds are primarily students, family members, alumni or people in the communities in the same area of the school. Ticket prices are generally much lower than NFL games
From the videos I’ve seen it’s a great experience with everyone having a great time, I wish we had something like that in the UK
The first stadium was the Big House or the University of Michigan stadium. It currently holds 114,000. The second was the University of Tennessee which holds 108,000. The third was Penn State which hold 105.000. The largest college stadiums are significantly larger than NFL stadiums which tend to top out at 80,000.
Yeah 114,000 is absolutely insane! I’ve been to a stadium with around 70,000 so go Amagine another 44,000 people more than that must be crazy
The Tn vols video was when they beat Alabama
Ahh ok
As far as cost to go to a game, it just depends on the game. Big games (rivals, bowl games, etc) are going to be pretty pricey, while games against a struggling team, where everyone pretty much knows what the outcome will be, can be pretty cheap. It also depends on your section, with better seats costing more.
Sounds good to go to a easier game for a low price
You just hit a few of them... it's a country wide thing.
I will defiantly be reacting to more, that’s all they put in that video but I know there’s loads more videos to check out
I grew up in Florida, and my favorite team was the Florida State Seminoles. So the one of the guy on the horse that is chief, Osceola and the horse is called Renegade. They had permission from the Seminole tribe in Florida to start this tradition. Matter fact, the Seminole tribe gives them the horse. It was ranked as the top college entrance. You have to see where Chief Osceola rides renegade down the field and plants the flaming spear.
I'd go to a good college game before the NFL. Atmosphere is crazy. It's an ALL day thing.
In most cases the stadiums are on campus
College football and baseball are so personable, passionate, love our teams. We get involved and have soooo much fun!!! Itsan experience you have to go. The ppl are soo friendly, kind
With how big the country is the pro teams usually go to the same big cities, leaving a lot of areas without pro sports. So that is one reason why college sports is huge here. Just about every state has two major schools and plenty of smaller ones. Alabama has no professional sports team, but they have their colleges which they LOVE. For me its the closest thing we have to what the UK football scene is like. The a lot of teams to support from your area. Odds are you pick the one closest to you, sure a bigger better team is an hour away, but its nothing compared to your hometown.
In the United States high school games are on Friday nights, college football is Saturday nights, and NFL games are on Sunday nights, Monday nights or Thursday nights.
Are baseball and basketball the same?
@@nickjreacts Yes! during their respected game seasons.
Prices very between teams, depending on how good they are, but they're usually cheaper than the NFL games. However, sometimes can be more expensive.
Definitely come over the pond for a college football game.if your lucky you might even see a field rush
It’s definitely on the list to experience a college game in person
5:40 this is my alma mater, University of South Carolina Gamecocks 🤙🏻🐓 they’re chanting USC in the clip. they also do a lead up to 2001: A Space Odyssey that’s even more incredible than Sandstorm
Oh wow I need to check that out!
Students get discounted tickets, and college games are much more affordable than NFL tickets, and unless you live in NFL team city, you save on travel/hotel/food. An NFL game is a rare treat for most of us, but people I know have college season tickets.
It must add to the being in college experience to go to the games, the tailgating looks like a real vibe and I need to find out more about that! It’s something we don’t do in the UK
And the pre game tailgating is epic 👍😎
As a die hard Florida State fan, it’s awesome so see their war chant!
The war chant is great! What a great way to get everyone including the players hyped up for the game!
America doesn't revolve around money or oil or war or imperialism or any of the other stereotypes. We truly revolve around sport. The world could be ending, bombs falling from the sky, and we'll somehow find a time and place for a football game, basketball game, baseball game, boxing or wrestling match, etc.. We are are a competitive people to the nth degree, we just love competition in any form.
The uk is very much the same, there was no worse time than when all the stadiums was closed during covid and no sports being played
You need to check out Texas A&M. They are the home of the 12th (11 players on the field) stadium hold over 100k. They hold cheer practice the night before with an average attendance for that being around 50k per game.
I will defiantly check that out! Over 100k is just unbelievable
I live about 45 minutes from Virginia Tech and I was outside the stadium once just as the team was taking the field when they play Enter Sandman and I could feel the ground moving. Started around 4:10
5:47 This one is probably my favorite intro ( South Carolina)
The stadium looks absolutely insane and the light show! Looks like such a good experience