@@AuRoBossyeah “only” 40 college teams actually average 50k+ in attendance, but the average across all 130 FBS teams was still 40k last year. Median team in attendance was between Boise and App State, so that gives you a ballpark of the average crowd.
@@chris-ih1dh I don’t think comprehension is the issue here I think you are just looking for an excuse to be an asshole. Certain stadiums double as NFL and CFB stadiums, nowhere in the comment does it specify whether they counted them for both or not.
Many states in the US operate two 'major' public universities - Alabama/Auburn, Michigan/Michigan State, Washington/Washington State, etc. Usually one of them is a 'Land Grant University', they were established around the time of the Civil War and were funded by the federal government by the sale of federal lands. These schools were founded to concentrate on agriculture, engineering and sciences. Over time they have expanded to be just as diverse as their sister 'main' universities. Texas A&M is the land grant school for Texas. (Michigan State and Washington State are the land grant schools for those states, while for example Rutgers and Purdue are the land grant schools for New Jersey and Indiana.)
Lincoln was doing a lot of other great things during the Civil War like creating all those public universities and colleges with the Land Grants Act and Building the Trans-Continental Railway.
Utah has 3 BIG schools. University of Utah, Utah State University "Land Grant University" agricultural, and a Private University, Brigham Young University. Also has 4 smaller universities, and at least a dozen colleges that have not reached university status, but are attached to one of the public universities.
I looked it up, the Packers "G" logo came first by only a few years, but both Georgia and Grambling State (in Louisiana), both of which also came up with "G" logo designs similar to the Packers, had both ran their designs by the Packers organization just to make sure there wouldn't be any issues and that they could use them. The Packers organization allowed both colleges to use the "G" logo designs they came up with! 🙂
The Packers were huge, I mean like the national team of the 60s. There's no way Georgia and Grambling just independently came up with their G logos without knowing it was Green Bay's.
@@rath7948 is correct. The Packers were THE dominant team in the 60's and when Vince Dooley came to UGA he asked and got permission to use the same logo.
Not sure if it's been brought up but in 2014, the highest attended football (soccer) match in the USA was at Michigan Stadium at 109,318 to see Real Madrid vs Man United
I think every soccer fan in America went to that game. On every Saturday during college football season , every college stadium is filled to capacity. The top ten college games total fans on a Saturday get over a million fans to the stadiums.
@@duhdoy08 Big ten Football has an atmosphere like no other, between Ohio state, penn state and Michigan, those 3 stadiums fit 300,000+ fans. I’m an Ohio state fan from Ohio but really want to make the trip to Ann Arbor to watch a game in the big house vs OSU. Also Ik the seating capacity is said to be 102,000 for Ohio state the biggest crowd ever was 110,000 and I’ve been to games with 108,000 before (they flash it on the big screen for todays attendance ) I’m also pretty sure Michigan has had 115,000 inside the big house.
As a student at the University of Georgia, the open West end zone is great! Combine that with the stadium built into a valley it allows us to look into the stadium on the way to classes and from the dorms! It’s so easy to walk onto the bridge and take pictures even if the stadium is closed!
Penn State might be in the middle of nowhere, but there's an entire city of 40,000 people dedicated to the college and there's so much to do. I went to college in York, PA and visited a few times. A lot of big colleges are basically their own mini cities.
@@lilcourtny08 It's about the community, Courtney, not the stadium. Even with your mistake of what the article is about, your comment is wrong. I have been to games in Lincoln, Madison, Ann Arbor, Columbus and others...they are all very similar in game day experience. Maybe give people a break and communicate instead of spouting such dismissive ignorance.
@@serenkoshire656 I went to State College area just to meet a girl I met online for 4 days of ....well, "amazingness". And a Fat Bitch Sandwich at "Are U Hungry?"
Each College/ University have their own Traditions that they do at every game. There is one team that has a tradition of waving to the kids that are patients at the Children's Hospital next door to the stadium during every home game.
Not sure if it was mentioned, but the reason there were no seats in that section of Kyle Field (Texas A&M) is because of the long tradition of the students standing throughout the game in support of their team. The tradition is called “The 12th Man.” There’s a very good story behind it and several RU-vid videos explaining it!
Fun fact about LSU’s Tiger Stadium. Huey P. Long, a 1930s Governor of Louisiana was a huge Tiger football fan and went to enlarge the stadium. The legislature passed a bill authorizing the construction of new dorms, so Long got his people to amend the bill so that dorm rooms were built into the stadium, and the stadium was enlarged. I went to LSU in the 1980s, and those dorm rooms were still there.
@@RossM3838: In the 1980s those dorm rooms did not have air conditioning, it was so disgusting 🤢. Yes, that stadium is not without good seats, most seats are close to the field.
@@Raykibb1 the steepness of the stands makes the seats good, even the nose bleed ones. What makes lsu games so much fun though, are the fans. They are nuts and have a grand time who ever wins. I think that those rooms under the stands are now used for storage Living in them or taking a class in them would certainly be odd
Michigan Stadium known as "The Big House" is a great stadium to visit. The crowd is very chill and welcoming, however you do sit very close together. It was actually built into the ground not above it like most stadiums, that is what gives it its unique look and why it doesn't need the tiers. If you wanted to visit a stadium based on how good the teams are right now Georgia, Michigan, Bama, and Ohio State are probably in the top 5 going into next year.
I'm a stadium collector myself, baseball fields mostly. I've got 937 baseball fields in 34 different countries and all 50 states. I try and add more and more soccer stadiums on my travels. I've got Emirates Stadium I've got Stamford Bridge. I've got the old Olympic Stadium in Munich, Rheinenergie Stadium in Cologne. Some in Austria and France. So so so many more to go! Love the off the beaten track old historical stadiums and grounds too!
Nice video. You can't go wrong by visiting any of these stadiums. The only one that I visited in person is Michigan Stadium. The fact that it's all one tier of seats is impressive. Plus, it's partially dug into the ground so you don't even see the stadium from a distance until you're up close. Premium seats will be expensive but not usually as steep as NFL, but as is the case with college and NFL, the cost will depend on the importance and/or rivalry of the 2 teams.
I've been going to games at Michigan Stadium since 1975 and ended up graduating from there in 1984 and still go to games. There is nothing like watching a game in what has become known as "The Big House" since it is the largest in the USA. So many great game day traditions too.
@@StandStrong614 Don't be jealous just because you (and your team, if you were actually able to graduate from somewhere) are not smart enough to even understand how signals work. All those big boy schools that changed their signals and Michigan still kicked their ass are still looking for another excuse to blame losing on.
Brazil's Maracana has long been reduced to under 100K. (The most seats in any sporting venue is Indianapolis Motor Speedway with 250K+ seats; it surpasses 400K w/infield crowds.)
Let's Go Blue!! I'm all in for Michigan! We have a huge rivalry with two teams. Our in-state rival Michigan State University and our neighbor to the south OSU. So we say we hate state and it covers both!! Love the content gents! Have a great day! Also each college has a "color" day. So penn state is white, Michigan is yellow, etc. Always an amazing experience!
Hats off to UM lighting up the crisler arena last night in support of what MSU has been going through. So many have shown support and love. Some things are more important than rivalries.
I think you'd have to include Notre Dame in that list of rivals. And, interestingly enough for the purposes of this video, Notre Dame Stadium was built based on the blueprints from Michigan Stadium (which itself was somewhat modelled after the Yale Bowl) because it was during the depression and it saved a little money. They did scale it down and move the tunnel but other than that you can see the resemblance.
I’ve been to “The Big House”, Michigan Stadium, twice. The second time was for the home opener this past season a couple weeks ago. The first time was in 2014 for a friendly match between Real Madrid and Manchester United. There was a crowd of 113,108 people there. The largest audience for a soccer - football - match in US history. Both times were absolutely incredible. You can’t fathom the scale of the stadium until you’re in it. It’s amazing.
Y'all would LOVE a game at Kyle Field! The seatbacks you saw in Kyle Field are something folks pay extra for that they attach to the bench to make sitting more comfortable. That is why they are scattered about--not everyone chooses to have one. That really only happens on the West side of the stadium because everyone in the student section in the East stands stand up for the entire game.
The best way to describe why Collage sports are so popular in the states would be if the UK only had 4 Pro Football (Soccer) teams and the closest one to you was 50 miles away. But you have a college in your town or city that has a team. Yes, you would be a fan of the pro team, but you would go to the college game more often because it's right there. That is pretty much what college teams are like in the US.
You definitely need to visit “The Big House” in Michigan. Not only is Ann Arbor a beautiful city, the buzz through the whole town on game day is unbeatable. The walk over to the stadium with thousands of fans flooding the streets and to see the big block “M” drawing nearer is remarkable.
I have been several times as I am a huge University of Michigan fan. There have been well over 110,000 with standing room only tickets for some of the big rivalry games. It is a wild and great time. A night game is awesome there too.
Burrow actually played at Ohio State for 3 years, he's from Athens Ohio. He lost a QB competition to Dwayne Haskins who broke almost every single season record at OSU. May his soul rest in peace. Burrow then transferred to LSU, where he shredded almost every CFB QB record.
University of Tennessee graduate here. The main thing teams have to adjust to playing in these large stadiums is the noise. When you have 100,000 screaming fans in the stands, the noise becomes an almost physical force down on the field. It can reach 120 decibels (the record at Neyland Stadium is 125 dB). It makes it extremely difficult for teams to call signals on the field, and most teams that play in these stadiums on a regular basis have worked out non-verbal ways to communicate on the field. But attending a home football game at any of these stadiums is a nearly religious experience for the crowd.
I am also a VFL. 🧡 I used to live a few miles from campus, and during really big games, you could hear the crowd if you sat on my back porch. My mom used to mute the game on tv and just listen for the roar of the crowd to let her know whether or not my dad and I would be in a good mood when we got home.
some stadiums will put in the chairbacks on an individual basis (premium charge) other seats that didn't opt in for that sit on the bench...thats why some stadiums appear to have splotches in the aerial shots.
Of these stadiums, I have attended a game (on the field with a pass) at both Alabama and Texas. There are a lot of really nice stadiums and college game experiences throughout the country.
Fun fact: Tennessee started becoming known as the Volunteer state during the War of 1812. The eagerness of the Tennessee militia’s helped in key roles.
Michigan and Ohio started a war with each other in 1835. We have been at war on the football field for over a hundred years. Mish-e-gin!! My family had mid level end zone tickets for 70 years.
The fact that we’re still having the Olympics in other countries that have to spend billions of dollars on stadiums they will never use again, while every state in the US has at least one mega stadium is wild. Also side note.. Joe burrow was a QB at OSU then transferred to LSU and was the number one draft pick in his class.
As someone who goes to UGA i actually really like the end zone being open, especially since it’s by our student center and other busy parts of campus so it gives a nice view
Bench seating usually has numbers placed along it so you do have a specific "seat". However in student sections it is first come, first serve if that makes sense. Cheers boys!
Depends on the school. Places like Texas A&M have too many students (biggest student section in the nation) and the tickets are too expensive (highest student ticket cost in the nation) to do the general seating. They have everyone who wants to go pull tickets throughout the week based on class year. Depending on when you pull you get whatever the best available student section tickets are available.
Where I live in Northwest Ohio is actually a bit closer to Michigan than to Ohio State, so the rivalry is a big deal here. About half are Michigan fans and half are Ohio State fans. The annual game between the two teams is always the final game of the regular season. The Michigan stadium's nickname is "The Big House", while the Ohio State stadium is known as "The Horseshoe", or just "The Shoe".
Penn State does the white out--my old school--beautiful setting in what is approximately the geographic center of Pennsylvania. See the Ohio State game at Penn State--always a white out and typically a night game, too. Btw, 'Bama is 'the Crimson Tide"--their trademark cheer is "Rollllllllll Tide!"
Michigan, and Ohio State are about a 6 hour drive from each other so go to both. For fun stop at Notre Dame stadium which is almost half way between em.
Tennessee played Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway which is a Nascar short track statum right on the border of Tennessee and Virginia . It held 156,990 fans.
I am sure you noticed when these stadiums were built. Of course, they have been expanded over the years. But it shows you that in the early days of football, the pinnacle for a player was at the collegiate level. Professional football was an afterthought. To this day, collegiate football is still more popular than the NFL.
Grew up in Alabama and I can confirm that Crimson Tide fans are some of the most crazy fans. I think it'd also be cool to experience the tailgating that happens especially around important matchups like Alabama v Auburn, Alabama v Georgia, etc. Oh and one thing to keep in mind is that a lot of colleges (if not all) will let their students go to the games for free, so there's probably always gonna be a crowd at these big schools.
Yes, that's what A&M stands for. There are a lot of schools that started out similarly - Michigan State used to be "Michigan Agricultural College", for example - but many of them have switched to a more generic name as they got bigger and added more areas of study. The White-Out is Penn State (other schools do similar things but they're best known for it; Tennessee sometimes does a checkerboard pattern of alternating orange and white sections, for instance).
Technically the A&M does not stand for anything anymore, it is simply just the name of the university. When the school was founded in 1876 it was The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. In 1923 they changed the name to Texas A&M College, where the A&M continued to symbolize Agricultural and Mechanical, as they focused on those programs alongside the military training requirements that existed due to the school's designation as a military training institution. In 1963, after announcing they were allowing both women and black students to enroll, they changed it to its current name- Texas A&M University. Due to the growth from a small agricultural and mechanical school into a larger university with all the academic programs offered, they decided the A&M would no longer an acronym. It would, however, be kept as a nod to the history, culture, and traditions of the school. (Side note: in 1965 they continued making major changes, as they dropped the mandatory corps enrollment for students. This caused the University to beginning growing much quicker. In the past 60 years the school has grown from that small, specialized institution into the largest brick-and-mortar university in the U.S.
Those seats at the Texas A&M stadium are probably season ticket holders who choose to have those softer chairs basically installed for games, it costs extra
In Michigan Stadium you can see every fan in attendance. Capacity’s number always ends in 1. That seat is reserved for Fielding Yost, who had the stadium built 100 years ago.
One thing that is interesting to look into is the build history of these stadium. Im sure you heard most were built in the early 1900s. They were at the time literally just a stand of bleachers. But over time they kept adding more and more seats. Like the university of alabama stadium started has 1 bleacher stands that held 12,000, then they added the other side to make it 24,000, then they added some upper seating to make it bigger, and finally they compelted to bowl to make it up to 61,000, and finally today you got the huge thing you see that holds 100,000+
Some of the stadiums are an odd shape because many of them are very old and they just kept adding on over the years. So it's not always symmetrical seating like you'd get if you planned it that way from the start.
4:50 Georgia pays the green packers for the G logo. I'm in Athens. It's a great stadium and that opening allows people to walk into the stadium to see it. People can't pass the hand rails because there's sensors but they can walk around in that opening. Great games in that stadium
I worked at the university of Michigan 2008-2015 I cooked for the football team out of schembechler hall. Ann Arbor Michigan is beautiful. They have Joes pizza in Ann Arbor, and zingermanns deli. When the game is going the kids can shake the whole town with the voice and feet.
Go to any of them but if you want to do it right then go when it is a big time matchup and they aren't just playing a cupcake game. If you do that then you'll hit the most frenzied atmosphere which is what you want. The absolute best would be to go to a rivalry game (think Derby).
There is one game you need to watch if you haven't already and that is the Army Navy football game that happens once a year. It is one of the oldest rival college football games. It is the Naval Academy Annapolis against the Army Academy West Point. It can be very crazy at the game to the point people can be kicked out of either Annapolis or West Point for simply fighting at the game or in at a hotel before or after the game.
@@officeblokedaz an author names John Feinstein wrote a book called "A Civil War" about the Army:Navy rivalry. A really moving/informative book should you have interest.
Went to Penn State--as you look at these, just think of a kid who is good enough to start his first game as a Freshman--18 years old and is walking onto the field of a stadium filled with 106,000+ at least partially hammered college kids and parents, etc., (from the tailgate party before the game) and just 10 months before you played before 7,000 capacity at your high school. Besides your athletic ability, you have to have a certain kind of maturity, temperament, etc. to perform at your best.
The seats in most college stadiums are benches, and you get an assigned spot on the bench. You can pay extra and get a seat put there, rather than sitting on concrete.
I’m a Tennessee girl through and through, and there’s just something special about joining in with 102,455 of your friends to cheer on the Vols. I’ve also gotten to see games at Georgia and Alabama and was impressed with their crowd noise, but nothing beats Neyland Stadium. It’s Home Sweet Home to me. 🍊
If you come to America you gotta checkout Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (University of Florida) capacity like 89k but there’s always more. Great environment
Penn State has crowds in excess of 110,000! The white out is something to experience. LSU you had a game when the crowd was so loud and fans were jumping up and down that it registered on the Richter Scale as an earth quake!
No "row" seating where it's everyone you can cram on. Seats are numbered. Everyone has a ticket with a designated section, row, and seat.number. Some stadium seats have built in backs, others have attachable seats with back for rent, and it's common for fans to bring foldable, attachable seats with backs in school colors with logo they purchased through the school or an authorized vendor and use for years.
A lot of the colleges were "land grant" colleges where the respective states granted land for he establishment of colleges in the 1800s. As a result the campuses are large open and beautiful.
If you do come to America to one of these stadiums you might want to go on a Saturday or a Friday night because Saturday and Friday nights are game days plus if the team is good tickets are going to be outrageous
Penn State University actually has more students than the city of State College 47,000+ to 42,000+. At Penn State games there are more people in the stands than in the city and college combined. You are correct about what A&M used to mean, but I believe the university changed its name to just Texas A&M.
Not technically a football stadium, but the largest attendance at a college game was the Battle at Bristol in 2016 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Between the Tennessee Vols and Virginia Tech Hokies. The Nascar track was turned into a football field. The track holds over 150,000 seats, and the record for it was 156,990. I live near the area and it was mayhem for about a week.
I did not attend THE Ohio State University, but I've been a Buckeyes fan all my life. I've been in the Stadium 4 time: in 1992 and 1993 for back-to-back State Championship games for my High School (won both), for a "Battle of The Bands performance in 2011 (my son's High School was invited), and in 2002 for a football game between my Alma Mater, Bowling Green State University vs. the Buckeyes. That was a good game. Bowling Green was actually driving late for a chance to win, but was intercepted around the 30 yerd line in the final minute of play.
If yall are serious about going to an Alabama game let me know. All you will have to do is get to Tuscaloosa and I'll take care of the rest, tickets and the tailgate. The team is called The Crimson Tide and Roll Tide is our battle cry slash greeting. We have a pretty sweet tailgate setup.
Beaver Stadium, Ohio State and Michigan Stadium are all pretty close to each other. It's only about 400 miles from College Station PA to Ann Arbor, MI and Columbus Ohio is a little south of the most direct route between them. To see all 3 would be about 550 miles.
Just a note that “Roll” is a verb in the phrase Roll Tide. They say it as a cheer of encouragement. Also you should definitely visit tiger stadium. I’ve never been but it’s supposedly the loudest in football and just a big party.
The Crimson Tide is in reference to the Red Algae Blooms in the ocean that are deadly to everything around them and the slogan Roll Tide is the Red Algae coming in with the tide onto the beaches.
If you ever go see the Alabama Crimson Tide play in their stadium, you should go to a night game. The light show is spectacular since Nick Saban took over.
We'd be happy to have you visit here in Tuscaloosa Alabama...come for a home game day and tailgate...walk around our campus and have some of the famous Dreamland BBQ! Roll Tide!
Thats sooo funny you brought up burrow during Ohio ST part. Burrow started his college career at Ohio ST and after 2 years of not getting the starting job, he transferred to LSU and the rest was history.
Every one of those stadiums has a "listed" capacity, but has exceeded that total with standing-room-only crowds. Texas A&M, for example, held over 109,000 people when they hosted Alabama in 2021.
