The University of Southern California pretty much plays the same tune, "Tribute to Troy", each time the team starts a drive down the field, a 'majestic' fanfare repeated incessantly through the game. A friend of mine, an alumnus of the crosstown rival UCLA band, told me that they would sing lyrics for this: "It's the only song you know... it's boring and it's slow.... we really wish you'd go..."
College game day is a full day event. From the tailgates hours before the game to the halftime shows and marching bands, fireworks, drinking. It is like no other sporting event.
I went to the classic Montana Brawl of the Wild rivalry game last year between the MSU Bobcats and UM Griz, my friends and I got there at 3am and there was already nearly 5 thousand people there when it was 0 degrees. Granted, College Gameday was slated to start at 7am and it was the first time ever they had gone to Montana. Some people had said they went to the bars Friday night, and as soon as they left the bars they headed straight to the stadium at midnight. Crazy scenes. Eat shit Grizzlies, go Cats go!
@@ImThe5thKing Lmao, I visited my friend in college in Boulder, CO and it was the two Colorado teams duking it out and he lived in a college house with 6 other guys. We did the same thing, drinking and partying all night and heading to the stadium right afterwards. I still have no idea who won that game lmao.
At 14:35 the reason it was so crazy is because that was Tennessee's first win over Alabama since 2006. Fans rushed the field, tore down the goalpost, and threw it in the river lol.
One of the best rivalries in college football that is often overlooked, is the Army vs Navy game played every year. It doesn't matter what the records are, it's just about bragging rights, amongst players that have decided to serve their country.
@@BarabooTycoon 100%! There are 3 days I take off every year from work, without fail for the last 3 1/2 decades: 1 - Navy vs Army (GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY!); 2 - Michigan vs. That Team down South; 3 - my Birthday.
Another thing is fanbases of bigger schools that travel everywhere their team plays,, and buying tickets throughout the stadium turning an away game into feeling more like a home game. This was a reality check for Maryland and Rutgers when they went to the Big10. The pride fans feel when taking over the other schools stadium, same as any fans taking over another team's stadium, makes them even louder as their team scores/winning the game!!
You should go over there. They literally cordon off the opposing fans and there is absolutely NO mixing of the fans. Obviously this dates back to the era of massive hooliganism, but it still remains.
My house is approximately 3 miles from the Virginia Tech stadium. I can routinely hear the crowd during their games. And yes can confirm that the jumping of these crowds shake the ground enough to be registered on earthquake detectors.
Daz, regarding the Penn State v Michigan clip, what happened was because of the crowd noise Michigan couldn't get the play off in time to beat the play clock (40 sec after the ball is signaled ready for play by the official), so rather than incurring a 5-yard penalty for delay of game, they burned one of their three timeouts allotted per half. Cheers to you and Aidan!🍻
Penn State will be opening at home at night Sept 9 2023, so another similar atmosphere will happen. It's not officially a White Out, which will be against a conference team later in the season, but this is being called a Helmet Stripe (white with a blue stripe down the middle just like the team's helmets) and it will be LOUD. I'm so fortunate to have had PSU season tickets since 1986 and don't miss a home game. All of American college football is rich in tradition. I truly appreciate every college's game rituals and chants, so I enjoy your videos.
College football stadiums have student sections which are usually the loudest and craziest part of the stadium. The rest of it is filled up with regular people. You might find that alumni and their families are a sizable portion of that.
Hey guys. Couple of things. Many (most) of the big time college football teams carry 100 or more on the roster. Many of them are way down the chain and may not play at all. It allows the players who are new and learning the chance to be part of it even in their first year and to be available if there are injuries etc as well. LOL, I think some of the bands have more than 50 or 60 in them. Clemson is in South Carolina. One of the cool traditions wasn't included here. Univ. of Iowa's stadium is right next door to a big children's hospital. Many of the students volunteer there. Every home game at the end of the first quarter, the entire stadium crowd (home and visitors) stand and face the hospital, and all the kids who are capable of being walked or wheeled to the windows facing the stadium go and look out and the entire stadium waves to the kids. Also, there are sections of seats set aside for students and also fans (including students) of the visiting team. Most of the college teams have fans who are alumni and also just locals who have been die hard fans for years or even generations.
I was in the Ohio University Marching 110. Back in the day, we had 110 members, but it expanded to around 160 or so by my time. May be more these days.
When I was in the Mighty Sound of the Southeast (University of South Carolina marching band) there were 325 of us!! Most of, if not all of, the bands for SEC schools are probably a couple of hundred each.
The marching bands are seated in a section in the stands. They play during every timeout (which happen after a change of possession or when called by one of the teams) and the end of every quarter. They aren't allowed to play while the action is happening. They are a major part of the college football experience.
I think the Iowa Hawkeye wave is probably the most impactful with the children's hospital. Rupp Arena at UK is great, especially big blue madness. 20,000 to watch a scrimmage.
There is a video that gives the backstory on the Iowa stadium attendees waving to the children in the hospital across from the stadium. Get out the handkerchiefs for that one. A real tear jerker.
Kroger stadium at UK just got a very expensive remodel recently(last year I think). I live in Lexington, haven’t been able to go to a game since the renovation but it looks great in pictures. We’re not just a basketball school anymore lol.
16:33 The Tomahawk Chop. Iconic with the Seminoles, Kansas City Chiefs in NFL and Atlanta Braves in MLB, and racist in Canada apparently. Always a great chant in sports. Cheers guys 🍻
The difference with the Florida State Seminoles is that they are supported by and work with the Seminole Tribes in Florida and are also supported by the chief of the Seminole Tribe in Oklahoma. The tribes approve of the use of the name, images and logo and have input on the design and accuracy of Osceola's clothing and it is sewn by the women of the Seminole Tribe. There's a difference in exploitation and admiration. FSU is the latter. (I want to add just in case you think there is bias: I'm not an FSU fan nor from Florida. I just don't like when people use a broad brush without knowing the context of certain situations.) WPS!
@lanarose198 agreed and the Washington commanders have a petition by the redskin tribes to bring back the name and has over 60k signatures and the redskins logo was actually made by a redskins chief of that time... cancel culture has no clue on the things they ruin when canceling something
Clemson University is located in Upstate, SC. The town of Clemson has a population of around 17.000 people. The student body including grad students is about 28,000 students. The stadium, known as Death Valley, has a seating capacity of 81,500. And the fans fill the stadium for the 6-7 home games each season. They travel in from all over South Carolina and the surrounding states with some even flying in from across the US. The NFL wishes that they could be like College Football.
You're missing one of the best - Kyle Field in College Station, home of the Texas A&M Aggies, their marching halftime band, the energy and feel of the crowd, plus it's bigger than most of these on here.
The game between LSU and Alabama was something else.. the last two plays of the game with the fan jumping and screaming registered as two small earthquakes on the seismograph located on the other side of the campus.. 🙂
Having been to Lane Stadium, the atmosphere is absolutely electrifying when Enter Sandman starts up. A big one that I think you missed out on is at the University of Iowa. The atmosphere there, at the end of the first quarter, is simply amazing and shows the hearts of people. I implore you to look that up and watch what they do. Keep up the great reaction videos.
UGA fan here....The Hokie's have the best pre-game entrance in the land...And it isn't close. Bucket list item to visit Blacksburg for a night game to hear it!
Yeah that Penn State whiteout was crazy vs. Michigan back in 2019, I remember being in the student section in the stadium there, and everyone was yelling and this mic doesn't do it justice (as a TV mic closer to the action), but being in the stands we couldn't even hear the refs' whistles for the timeout Michigan had to take because it was so loud!!
The Florida State pregame (with the Tomahawk Chop), he cut out the best part when a real Seminole in war dress is chosen to ride his Paint Horse into the stadium with a lit spear which is planted at a special place. It's way cool to watch.
I went to Clemson. They get on buses because the hill they run down is actually a much larger one (Fort Hill Street basically ends at the top of that hill), so the locker rooms are at the other end of the stadium. Looking directly at the hill from the field, for the stands to the right, if you enter from what you think is ground level, you’re actually in the upper deck. Being physically located in a valley makes it fucking LOUD.
Me as a USC (South Carolina) alum when they talk about Clemson winning 36 in a row at home: STREAK BROKEN!! 🐔 🤙 31-30 and looking forward (for once) to playing them at home for us this year!
@@bigbabolatonestly, I don’t mind that we get left off of these lists/videos- it helps with surprising people when they actually go to Williams-Brice! 😬 🔊
Great channel guys ! Love the Office Blokes but father and son are so enjoyable to see ! You guys have great chemistry and it's a pleasure to watch ! Keep up the great work ! Much thanks from Canada ! 👍👍🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️
When I was a student Penn State (1993-1997) the rules were a bit different about crowd noise. At one point the refs penalized our team several times over because the Beaver Stadium crowd was too loud, which just made us angrier and louder. I'm really glad the NCAA ditched that stupid rule! I'm glad you and Aidan are enjoying these videos. I hope you guys and the other Office Blokes get a chance to come over for some games before long and enjoy the tailgating too.
The Ohio State's dotting of the '" i " is super legit in my opinion. As a Texas fan, not big on the aggie band but I will say Kyle Field is a wild environment.
Great video, guys! Love seeing your reaction. I've seen Arsenal and Tottenham play in the Emirates stadium and the Derbi Barceloni when I visited Valencia, but nothing compares to the atmosphere of a college football game. I grew up near Neyland stadium, so I've seen the University of Tennessee play several times with my dad and those are some of my favorite memories. You guys should definitely visit and attend one, we'd love to have you. Get there early for the tailgate!
You and your son should come to the states and go to a game. Im an LSU fan and have season tickets yall can have. Its not just a game, its a life changing experience. GEAUX TIGERS
@@BigBilly-io3kf YES!!! New Orleans is just 40 to 50 minutes away. LSU is known for having the best tailgating and gameday atmospheres!!! I would love to give my tickets up for him and his son to have an experience of a lifetime
Occasionally there's a special player who plays both sides but not so much anymore. Last 1 of any significance was Charles Woodson who won the Heisman in 1997. Was a shut down Cornerback on defense, intercepted a pass in the endzone against Ohio State, returned a punt for a td, against Ohio state, and caught a big pass on offense, against Ohio state to set up a td.
That “Jump Around” was the 1st full capacity after Covid lockdowns ended! It was the 1st major CFB is back game! Watched this at the bar (Ohio State fan bar) and ppl were just in tears! Everybody was just so happy to get shit back to normal
Alabama is the older brother in the Southeastern conference (SEC) they always beat their opponents. So when they lose to the Tennessee's or the LSU's its always storm the field, often times removing the Field Goal posts. Most recently the posts ended up chopped up and at local campus bars.
One of the most exciting things walking down the tunnel getting ready to enter the field with 60-100k screaming fans. The game is played with so much emotion to begin with.
In high school some players will play both offense, defense and special teams. When they move up to college level (and pro) they just play one, but some of them will play special teams while playing either offense or defense.
You might remember, Daz, that a knuckleball is a rare baseball pitch thrown by very few pitchers that has no spin on it at all. The kicker's FG to win wasn't kicked ideally -- you could see the lack of spin -- so it was akin to a knuckleball pitch.
All teams have a hierarchy (1st string, 2nd etc) which is why there are so many players and all coaches use different strategies using them. But one situation seems fairly universal and if it’s a runaway where your team is way up, coaches will put in the second string instead their first string to lessen the chances of their best players getting unnecessarily injured chances when it’s clear they are going to win anyway
Great reaction guys. I respect true sports fans that appreciate other sports like you guys do. In the Penn state white out clip the penalty is a Delay of Game because the ball has to be snapped(play has to start) in a certain amount of time. False start in when someone on the offense flinches or moves before the ball is snapped (other than motions) for example this is usually when a lineman will move thinking that the snap count was on 1 when in reality its on 2.
Hey Daz! I've been a huge fan of this channel and the main OB channel for a couple of years. Although it's not necessarily college football related, I would recommend checking out Penn State's "THON". Every year, the students at Penn State (the same Penn State as the "Whiteout" holds a 46-hour no sleeping, no sitting, dance marathon to benefit childhood cancer research. The 2023 THON took place this past weekend from Friday night to Sunday afternoon and raised over $15 million dollars to benefit childhood cancer (this broke our own record for money raised for charity by a university). This year I was honored to be selected as a dancer for the event along with 706 of my fellow students to remain dancing for all 46 hours. Topics I recommend looking for would be the "THON Line Dance" which details every major news event of the last year (this year included her majesty the Queen's jubilee and tragic death), or even the "Pep Rally" (where each athletic sports team faces off against each other in a dance-off in front of the entire school). Even if you don't make a video for the channel, it is an awesome event that I recommend every person to at least research and know the basics for. For over the past 40 years, we have directly raised money to fund research for a cure for cancer as well as making sure that families at our sponsored hospital have not received a bill for medical treatment (which in America could be up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per family). Again, I absolutely love the content you post with both your son and the other two blokes, and hope you make time to research the amazing cause I have donated so much time to my entire life. Cheers!
I'm from Nebraska our team are the Cornhuskers. We have one of the most loyal fan bases there is. We have sold out 389 consecutive home games approximately 60 years that would be 1963. We are there win or lose. We even celebrate the fact that there is an ex player in almost every Super Bowl. I believe there is a family picture in every house across this state that they are showing off their Nebraska Cornhusker attire. GO BIG RED ♥️
It's odd having a video about the best atmospheres in college football and not seeing Nebraska represented. Even after two decades on the slide, Memorial stadium is still a football paradise. Here's hoping Rhule puts us back in the thick of it! GO BIG RED!
Fun channel guys. The craziest thing about these insane college crowds is that most of these teams suck yet these maniacs still come out and go bat shit crazy. It's awesome.
Jump around is the best tradition in Wisconsin and when the stadium is packed the upper decks will sway back and forth and like @halah34 said it will register in Wisconsin seismic graphs across the state (born and raised in Wisconsin)
The best game day atmospheres I’ve ever been to are - Virginia Tech, NC State, Clemson, South Carolina, and Texas Tech. Nothing better than a Saturday tailgate and game
That first game was at Camp Randell Stadium in Madison Wisconsin. Picture this, the stadium at capacity plus the field filled for a U2 concert. Zoo tv tour. I think the whole damn city had a contact high
Well, yeah, most of the audiences for college football is students, but there are also a number of older folks like me & Daz. The parents, of course, of the kids, as well as aunts, uncles, & other relatives. And yeah, you two should definitely react to some US college basketball.
I wish you could have seen the full entrance by Florida State. The Chief Osceola planting the spear in the middle of the field is one of the best traditions in college football.
Yes 1/2 the crowd is the Student Section, 1/4 away team people and the other 1/4 Alumni!. Aprox 80 players per team. Loud like a rock concert, over 110 dec. at times.
The rosters are quite large in Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football I don't know exactly, low 80's, maybe. Each position has 2-3 backups, it's called the "depth chart" in college football, there are the starters , next are the no. 1's on the "depth chart" , no. 2 on the "depth chart " , etc. you have 11 positions on offense, 11 on defense, special teams players. It's a lot of players. Very few recruits start right out as starters, they work their way up through the "depth chart". Plus, you need a lot of players because some get injuries during the season. Players can be out a few games to all season due to what particular injury they acquire.
Generally speaking players either play offense or defense. Occasionally you'll have a really athletic defensive lineman line up as fullback to be a lead blocker for the the halfback on the goal line or you may have a defensive back come play wide receiver, but that's pretty rare. Special Teams is usually comprised of reserve players of both the offense and the defense, but there are some coaches that will play their starters on Special Teams.
My niece went to Clemson. She's a crazy football fan. My college hardly had a football team and my grad school (Duke) was much more focused on basketball although football games also got big crowds. They wouldn't let grad students buy tickets at student rates (discounted) though so I never went.
Some players do play both offense and defense but it's rare nowadays in college football. Dont forget that players do get injured so the team needs to have depth by having 2nd, 3rd, etc. strings for each position. I dont know the current rulesfor roster but the max players is somewhere around 70-80 on a team i believe.
Wisconsin’s jump around is interesting because even the opposing teams jump too. Even smaller schools that are getting absolutely blown out find it fun
Yeah beating Bama is like a championship win for some of these rival teams who constantly lose to Alabama. Pretty much just shows how dominant they have been.
Do to cracks at camp Randall stadium university of Wisconsin now only lets the student section jump during jump around! When it 1st started the entire stadium would jump but it started to cause cracks.
Hey Daz. finally came across this channel. new subscriber now. A college football team can have a maximum of 105 players. however, there are only 85 scholarship players to a team. the non-scholarship players would be known as a walk-on.
From someone who is a Penn State fan has been to many games it is something else. And also, I think the location has something to do with it. Penn State is located right next to a Mountain so it’s very rural for the most part and the stadium sits on a hill and all you can see outside of the stadium are trees and more mountains. And you’re in the stadium with 100,000+ people just absolutely something else. On gameday State College, PA becomes the third most populated city in PA because of the amount of people who flock to State College
Only in highschool do some guys play both Off & Def . 125 on a college team Reasons why 1. 25 new 1st yr players need development. 2. Not just the starters contribute also 2nd string players rotate in the game about every position (except QB ) . 3. Scout teams Off & Def. Players not quite good enough are used as practice dummies. During the week of practice they simulate the exact schemes (plays) of the opponent .
College football games are wild. But Big Ten stadiums (beaver stadium, the horseshoe, and the big house in particular) are an insane place to be during a rivalry game. The noise is difficult to put into words, you can physically feel it. Big ten stadiums are something different
That first video is camp Randallfor jump around. When you are in the upper deck especially in the south end zone. You literally feel the bleachers shake. And you should check out the “5th quarter “ win or lose the Wisconsin band plays for the 5th quarter and it’s what we like to call organized chaos.
Bands DO play during the game, between plays. And after teams score usually schools fight songs. The BIG Ten has (by far) the best bands in college major conferences, originators of things like first to create formations on field (Purdue), chair stepping and so many other traditions.
A knuckleball is usually caused by the kicker hitting the ball too high causing it to spin erratically. Offensive and defensive players only play on offense or defense. Special teams are composed of players who exclusively play on special teams and offensive or defensive players who have a particular talent like speed, size etc.
I know you said this video isn't doing Alabama any good, but I think it does a great job of showing just how big of a deal it is to beat them. By their standards, it was a down year for them, but both Tennessee and LSU stormed their field like they had won the National Title. These were regular season games for crying out loud! Gotta love it!
