Dutzymate Reacts to Best College Football Entrances for the First Time 

Organized chants? You guys do the same thing with your singing. Its organized.

I think you’re missing two things about the fact it is “just college.” First college football predated professional football by half a century. The rivalries within states and across state lines are intense because they’re about identity. A sense that we are from here and it’s better than where you’re from. Second, a lot of college town are small towns in rural areas where the university is the largest employer and industry. People who are from small towns in rural states seldom get to see a professional game and may never see one because it’s too far away or too expensive. But they can drive a short distance maybe less than two hours and see a high quality Division 1 level college football game (one of the major programs) with little problem. I grew up in Tennessee before the Tennessee Titans were a team, but I could drive two hours south and see the University of Tennessee play some of the top programs in the country. I could drive two hours north or east and have the same experience. And the next town over from me just 10 miles away had a mid tier college team as well. Only 30 cities have professional teams but hundreds of towns have college teams making it accessible to almost everyone and local talent from the region tends to play close to home. Families and friends get to see the former high school stars play on a big stage in front of a national television audience that millions of people will watch. This adds to the excitement, along with the days long tail gate parties before the games.

Every college has their own stadium The number on your jersey also correlates to the position you play (although they loosened up the rules lately). Lineman have the highest numbers 1.6% of NCAA players make it to the NFL but certain colleges like Alabama have a much higher rate due to their recruiting

Football in America puts a heavy emphasis on presentation and pageantry. That’s why the entrances are always so grandiose; it’s like “WELCOME TO THE GAME HERE IS YOUR TEAM!!!!!!!!” Each team gets their own time to enter the stadium to be presented to the fans separate from the other team. They don’t enter at the same time.

Our mid season college football games are more lit than the world cup.

There are a lot of us in the US that prefer watching college ball over professional ball (NFL). American College Football is one of the most electric sporting atmospheres in the world

All colleges have stadiums. Some are smaller. Some are larger. It depends on how successful the college has been over the decades. Many colleges, especially the older ones are more successful just because of how long they have had programs. The longer you have been playing the game, the more time you have had to build fans. Fans help to create traditions and atmospheres. The wealthier fans (called boosters) can help buy the college new buildings, which then helps the school grow. The college becomes a community. It helps create jobs. It helps build towards a better future for that area. The more people that attend that school, the more awareness of that school is spread throughout the country. Eventually, after decades (lots of schools are over 100 years old), you have just developed traditions. Something that might be silly elsewhere in the country is so important to your school and to your fans. As far as I know, each state has a state college but not every state college has a football program. Many states have more than one college that plays football. It helps to build rivalries between the schools and their fans. Some states like Nebraska only have the one major college. So in Nebraska, everyone is a fan of Nebraska and they just hate the schools of states around theirs. Rivalries build up grudges that cause an anticipation for that game each year. If you are a fan and you want to watch your school beat your most hated rival, you might completely pack out the stadium so that you can be there to watch it. Here's an example: My college is Clemson (which was the very first team shown in this video). Clemson is in the state of South Carolina and our team mascot is the Tigers. In South Carolina, we have two major colleges and then two more than are on the periphery. The two major schools are Clemson and South Carolina (the Gamecocks). So of course, the two schools and their fans hate each other. We have other schools that we hate but we hate South Carolina the most. Every November, the two schools play each other. Except for during Covid, the two schools had played each other every year for over 100 years. In all those years, we've built up this fiery rage for each other. So Rivalry Week is important. For one week every year, lines are drawn in the state. You pick a side (unless you remain neutral) and your sporting existence revolves around that one game. When it's over, the winning school gets to laude that win over you for a whole year. That kind of mocking aspect just adds fuel to the fire. If you add in that the colleges are playing for not only a national (meaning above every other college in the country) championship but are in smaller conferences that each have their own champions, you grow to have rivals all over the country. Clemson is in the Atlantic Coast Conference. We play colleges like Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, etc for the ACC Championship. This causes rivalries to form. The champions of each major conference will be the most likely choices to make the playoffs which decides the national champion. You build rivalries against other colleges that are commonly champions. It's just this interconnected web of traditions, rivalries and ultimately fan supported and created history that is all besides the fact that guys are playing for their chance to become a player in the NFL.

Eight of the 10 largest stadiums in the world are dedicated to American college football teams: Michigan Stadium (home of the Michigan Wolverines, capacity: 107,601), Beaver Stadium (Penn State Nittany Lions, capacity: 106,572), Ohio Stadium (Ohio State Buckeyes, capacity: 102,780), Kyle Field (Texas A&M Aggies, capacity: 102,733), Tiger Stadium (Louisiana State Tigers, capacity: 102,321), Neyland Stadium (Tennessee Volunteers, capacity: 101,915), Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas Longhorns, capacity: 100,119), and Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama Crimson Tide, capacity: 100,077) They’re larger than the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Camp Nou and Wembley Stadium, in part, because American football was a college game for about a half century before it became a professional game, so you could say it’s very much engrained in America’s cultural DNA The season begins in a little over a month, so do try to watch some of the games if you can

Americans don't set off flairs in the stands. Our fireworks go off in the sky. Setting fires does not equal better atmosphere.

My reaction to your reaction: Meh, he’s British. Bless his heart. The only way I guess you can appreciate it, is to experience it in person. Not exactly sure what the word “go” did to you as a child. May want to unpack that “go” trauma. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Some chants are organized cause certain chants are traditions. Respect 🫡 the tradition

It is the best atmosphere for sure. I get hyped watching from home 🤣🤣🤣

College football has a bunch of traditions based on a number of things pregame rituals like tapping the sign is used as metaphorical inspirations. Like a quote, or good luck charm, basically folklore

Hardly such a thing as an unorganized chant. There is no time to do so. These stadiums are huge. Tradition is everything in College Football!

About 55 guys play every game. Teams (all) have 85 scholarship players with an additional 40 preferred walk-ons or true walk-ons. 125 total. Starters and 1 or 2 bench players at every position play every game. Except QB & kickers . These playing bench players also make up the special teams . It's not actually a 3rd specialized group Except for kickers & long snappers. All developing players who do not play are used on "Scout Team" . They simulate the tactics of the weeks opponent in practice all week.

It’s actually funny cause LSU has a history of the #7 as well, they have been giving who they deem their “mvp” or best player the number 7 it’s a tradition they have done for like the past 15 or 20 years

The difference I think is that there’s just way less drinking in American sports. You guys often have like hooligan culture and we literally cannot have that drinking is much more restricted and expensive and everyone drive’s especially in these rural college towns. Sports and everything is much more family oriented if people got as drunk like Europeans do they would get arrested. That’s definitely a big difference.

I haven’t seen all of European football fans but college football fans in the USA are top notch

This is very difficult to explain, but. To your point about “organized” cheers or things that happen during the pregame and game itself, it is much more prevalent in smaller venue sports to have an atmosphere that supports on the spot cheers that are just about whatever is happening with the game, best example would be college basketball because the most people you can get in those arena is 20-25k so it’s much easier for a large amount of people to say and catch on to thing quickly. When there is 100k+ people it’s very very hard to get chants and things happening.

I graduated from one of the universities that was featured in the video. I was also a member of the marching band, so I attended every single game for the 4 years I was in university. It was also a school that sent a band to every away game, so I got to experience other stadiums and their traditions. They are all so unique dating back well over 100 years, including the age of some of the stadiums. They are on par with stadiums such as Old Trafford or Anfield in terms of age with most of them being much bigger now as they've increased capacities over the years. My university's stadium was built in 1923. Its biggest crowd was just over 88,000. The Michigan Stadium you saw in the video seats well over 110,000. As far as atmosphere, these were just entrances you watched. Yes, some chants are coordinated by cheerleaders with signage, but many happen organically within the stadium during the actual game, often times started by the massive student sections within the stadium. One of the schools (Texas A&M) featured in the video has 35,000+ in their student section. There are also away ends/visitors sections. Most conferences require the away team be allotted with 2,000 seats up to 10,000 seats in the Southeastern Conference. Depending on the conference or league and travel distance, there be just a few dozen supporters for the away team. Big universities with a massive following such as Ohio State, Georgia, Oklahoma, Nebraska, or Alabama travel far and wide and often invade the home team's stadium with 10,000+ supporters at an away game. As a Spurs supporter, I've been to games at Wembley, White Hart Lane, Emirates, and TH Stadium. College football atmospheres inside the stadium are more similar to the atmospheres in European football leagues, including the Prem. The NFL is not even close. Most professional sporting leagues atmospheres in the US are lame compared to college football. The NFL is famous for its tailgating in parking lots, but college tailgating and atmosphere is superior to anything the NFL and Premier League have outside the stadium. Campuses turn into literal festivals hours before the game. I've written too much without saying everything I wanted to. Long story short is that college football history spans longer than NFL and Prem/First Division Football. There are DEEP roots for fans of the teams, each with unique traditions that are unparalleled in professional sport. Really enjoyed the reaction. Hope you react to more college football videos!

Your point about why college is bigger is spot on. I live in the same state as an NFL team, which a lottttt of people don’t, and I’m still a good 3 and a half hours away from the team. Meanwhile right in my home town there’s a college football stadium that holds 55K

The Hokies from Virginia Tech (Virginia Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) are a Turkey, not a chicken, named HokieBird. Therefore... Hokies. And the HokieBird is Orange and Red, therefore, an Orange wig.

5:48 Penn State has number 11 that they call “The Sticks” that is designated for their best Defensive linebacker. Many many many exceptional linebackers wore that number. Lavar Arrington back in the day, Bowman, Micah Parsons more recently and now Abdul Carter. That’s one of the only ones I can think of apart from classic QB numbers (7,8,10,12)

Nothing like being there. When your grandson is a collage player. When the crowed is cheer your grandson name. it makes me cry with joy ever time.

Fun Fact: The gamecocks are named after a Revolutionary War hero, Thomas Sumter "the fighting Gamecock" a gamecock is a rooster

College football is a multi-billion dollar industry just within the U.S. Nothing else compares to it.

I don't know if a lot of people said it but college football is so fun because a lot of the players aren't going to the NFL so they put their all into it since it's likely the last time they'll play at that magnitude. My favorite part is that due to that, upsets have such a high chance of occurring

In college football there's a party even before the game all day tailgating it's not just when you're in the stadium some people be camped out for a couple of days. I don't know if you guys have it like that over there but it's insane.

Chants and songs might work in basketball where the crowds are smaller but they just don't work in stadiums that seat 100k+ people. On top of that crowds have a job in American football. When ever the opposing offense is on the field your job is to be loud. On 3rd downs and when the opposing team is inside your 20 yard line, the crowd has a single job - make noise. A LOT OF NOISE. If you can cause the opponent to get a false start or throw off their timing you can help your team. Yes, the crowd cheers when your team has a big play or scores but most of the time, you are yelling, clapping or stomping on the seats to make noise to throw off your opponent. When your team is on offense you cheer between plays but when the offense lines up, the crowd goes silent like you are watching a pro golfer hit a tee shot. American Football stadiums get loud. Like REAL loud. The loudest crowd on record is 144db for a Kansas City Chiefs game at Arrowhead which is an outdoor stadium with no roof/over hang. Until you have actually been to an important game that is close in score you won't really get just how loud the stadiums can get. Not only are they loud but they stay loud for extended periods. When you turn to the person next to you and they can't hear anything you say unless you yell it a foot from their ear, then you will get it.

European Football has like 2 hours of game where nothing happens which allows the crowd to pay more attention to chants and shit like that. In the USA organized chants are considered childish (seen alot on High School Sports but not really after that). American sports are fast paced and dont allow for an extended period of time to organize chants

In college sports, you're there to support your team, nothing more. I'm a ManU fan so I'm familiar with most English rituals. Unlike British tradition, in the US fans don't have separate entrances, exits or stands. We mingle with our opponents & rivals fans. Your school becomes a part of your DNA. There are songs; modern ones, old ones (fight songs), songs that are meant to take the piss but again, you're there for your team. I remember my first trip to London and I saw a woman with Michigan Wolverines (my college team) shirt on. When she walked past me I said 'Go Blue" and she said it back. It's a bit like being in a secret society. "Roll Tide" 😄

Answering some questions: 1) yes there’s a lot of players. No, less than half receive playing time. I was on a big time college football team and I barely received practice time lmao 2) the people were dressed like turkeys bc that college’s name is Virginia Tech Hokies; a hokie is a turkey 3) not every college does this, but there are certain numbers that have special importance on certain teams. For instance, the best defensive player at LSU wears number 7. One of the best players on offense/defense at Florida usually wears 1. A lot more that I can’t recall 4) Hard Rock stadium is actually the Miami Dolphins (NFL) stadium, but the Miami Hurricanes (college) also play there 5) idk about the Nebraska horseshoe, but the very first clip was Clemson, and they were touching Howard’s Rock before they ran out to the game. Idk the importance I just know it’s Howard’s Rock lol 6) a very small percentage goes to the NFL 7) a lot history: the first games were in the late 1800s, which means that some rivalries started before the respective states were even a thing. They started earlier than the NFL 8) I was born in Europe and follow soccer closely as well. Even tho football is my favorite sport, I can’t compare the fan experience. I’m from Eastern Europe too, and that shit gets violent and crazy, not like football’s little chants. Although the actual gameplay is switched (football violent and crazy, soccer less so)

I feel like American sporting events, specifically college games, are really not that different than European football when it comes to chants. I’ve been to a few matches, and is saying Go Blue or Go Hokies any different than Tottenham fans saying come on you spurs, or arsenal fans saying come on you gooners? There are a few spontaneous chants at European games, but there are a lot of chants every game like Chelsea fans do their carefree chant every game.

Just wait till he hears that Minnesota HIGHSCHOOL hockey pulls in over 20k in some games and currently holds the record for largest attendance in an indoor hockey game

Honestly, I feel like college football is the most similar American sport to European soccer. Most of the stadiums are old, have tons of history, are part of the small communities in which they live, and are rich in tradition. Like, sure, it's fun to have your NFL rivalries like Packers vs Vikings, but in college football, the rivalries are sometimes counted in the HUNDREDS of meetings.

Atmospheres in US tend to be more wholesome, it's a lot of children and grandparents there. European events tend to be more wild not as conducive to having your 4 years olds at a game. Organized chants are very collegiate, have a story behind them and you would understand it more if you went to a US University. We're just as patriotic to our Universities as we are to our country. Everything is tied to history here, the why's to everything has a story. Even down to the silly signs. We don't tend to think things are stupid, being concerned with something being stupid isn't really a very American thing in this particular regard. It's more a why not point of view. I get why you feel that way and why some may be not your speed it's all down to cultural differences at the end of the day. Completely understandable that some things could seem silly.

The pregame and halftime shows are all about the sociological term "in group cohesion versus out group hospitality."

Bro💀 your chants are the same 4 songs

The top level of college football has 133 schools, the NFL has 32 teams. The vast majority of college football players never make it to the NFL. Players join the NFL by being selected in the NFL Draft. The draft is held every Spring, and consists of 7 rounds where each of the 32 NFL teams select a player per round. The number of players drafted is between 250-260. Drafted players are then signed to contracts by each team, and report to training camp during the late Summer. Being drafted doesn't guarantee a player a place on the team, as they can be released if deemed not up to what the NFL team is looking for. All professional sports leagues in the U.S. have an amateur player draft, which is the primary way teams in the NFL, NBA, and NHL restock their rosters.

" Think about it this way: D1 FBS teams can give full-ride scholarships to 85 athletes on their roster. However, most FBS D1 teams will have 118-130 student-athletes on their roster, and those additional spots on the team are filled by talented walk-ons."

virginia tech actually has a tradition of wearing the #25 which belonged to a famous coach the team once had. So each week a different player will wear it and I believe it goes to the MVP from the previous game. They also shoot off a canon, that was made in 1963, for every touchdown. And there's an old lunch pail that now carries the names of the 32 that died at VT during a shooting in 2007. There's a lot of tradition in every team but it definitely seems weird if you've never seen it before

I go to the school with the war chant entrance and I’d say we’re about 80% full at least every game.

The first college football game was played in 1859. The player's performance makes their number famous. It's not the number itself. 🇺🇸

as far as numbers, or what jersey number you wear, usually depends upon what position you play, defensive lineman wear a certain set of numbers, cornerbacks, safeties are given a different set of numbers its that way with every team in the league, each team has 11 players on the field at any given time, you either play offense, or defense, or a special teams players. teams are constantly rotating their players in and out during the course of a series so chances are every player on the team will play at some point during the game, even if it’s only for a play or two , he say you’re not a big fan of organized chants, but if you have 111,000 people screaming fans yelling Go-Blue can give you chills

there are some good examples of chants starting randomly mostly in the NBA, if you search up like funniest free throw chants you'll see

Nothing like American football tailgating though 💥 The 4hr party & BBQ before the game.

The 1st Clip is the Clemson Tigers. They board a bus on the other side of the stadium and are taken to the other side. Clemson Stadium is called, "Death Valley". It seats 82,500. The stadium is a bowl set into a hill. It makes the sound amplify. It makes 82,500 sound like 120,000. One of the loudest crowd noise recorded was here. Clemson had a 29 Home game winning streak until last year. The 4th longest EVER. We won the National Championship in 2017 and 2019. Players come off the bus at the top of the Hill and Touch "Howard's Rock" before running down the hill to fireworks and Balloons and 82,500 screaming fans. It's called, "THE MOST EXCITING 25 SECONDS IN SPORT". Rick Charleston SC

Death Valley at LSU on a saturday night with 100,000 liquored up Cajuns would be “enlightening” to the wildest european soccer fans.

notre dame is playing navy in dublin ireland aug 26th 2023 . college football .

If you think there’s no banter or vile chants in college athletics, go to a student section at a rivalry game. I’ve heard the most wild things, bunch of drunk 20 year olds with hatred for the other team, North Carolina v Duke in basketball and Ohio state v Michigan in football is wild! Especially in the student section

The first college football game was played in NJ in 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton University.

Gotta look at greatest College football traditions..

Let's Go Brandon was a pretty authentic chant started at a NASCAR event. LOL 🤣

Also, LSU has a number tradition #7 is given to the best player/playmaker on the team number 18 is given to an offensive and defense player and those are basically your team captains

A lot of schools "retire" the numbers of their all-time best players. So its kind of the opposite of having many great players with the same number; its sort of a "the last person to wear this number cannot be surpassed" thing.

I don’t think one atmosphere is better or worse. They both have great aspects, and aren’t really replicated by anything else.

11 players for each team at one time allowed on the field (pitch). Typically a player is either offense or defense player, but either can be a "special teams" player--who play when there is a punt, a kick-off, an extra point (point after TD, which is a kick) or field goal attempt (3-pt kick attempt)--so mostly when one of the teams is kicking the ball is when there is special teams play--still only 11 players. College teams "dress" a lot of players, even though many may not play unless there are injuries during the game. It is considered an honor to "dress" for the game--a reward for hard work, improvement, contribution to the team during the practice week, etc. Teams typically take somewhat fewer players for away games, so it is an additional honor to be selected to travel and dress for away games--even if you don't expect to play.

I think a big difference is that the atmosphere of college football is top down whereas european football/soccer is bottom up. Most of these schools tradition is rooted in some militairy outfit that came from the school. Our bands fall into 3 traditions, military, parade, and show bands. Lsu is a hybrid of military and show band. Theyre my favorite.

Hard Rock is owned by the Miami Dolphins, and is shared with the Miami Hurricanes. It is also the home of the annual Orange Bowl game, one of the biggest games of the year in College Football. It also host College Football Playoff games.

The university of Florida has a tradition where the best offensive and defensive player wear #1 and all teams have retired numbers or numbers that greats have worn

go big blue is so iconic tho!!

Most American football teams I've been on usually reserve single digit numbers for the best players and only about half of the team gets playing time although it depends.

There is HS teams that have stadiums that fit 10k+ people. in Florida, California, Georgia and Texas football is king

Numbers in American football imdicates what they play occasionally like 60+ is linemen 30-59 is linebacker 0-29 is skill positions like quarterback wide reciever etc

Great video:) enjoyed it all the way through!

A good example for specific numbers is the number 7 for lsu thats normally given to like the biggest playmaker on the offensive or defensive side

It's true a very small percentage of University athletes go to the professional level, But every one of them who tries earns a college degree paid for by their football scholarships. So they will go on to be Sports Network commentators. Some may become head coach at other universities or even at a high school someday, or they may be a specialist coach for an NFL team But many of them will also become doctors and lawyers and business owners with degrees from some of the best universities in the world and especially in the country. They know when they sign up that they're working for their degree first. There have allso been some great players who were had a career-ending injury and we're never able to go on to the NFL but they still had that education.

7:13 Hard Rock Stadium was built for the Miami Dolphins of the NFL and a possible MLB expansion team. Once Miami U decided to move out of the Orange Bowl they moved into Hard Rock Stadium as another tenant to the Dolphins. Later the Marlins (MLB baseball) moved out into a new baseball only stadium on the site of the old Orange Bowl. But its an NFL venue used by a college team. Theres a couple of those, but not many.

Players numbers are related to their positions on offense. Offensive linemen cannot catch a pass or go down field on a pass until the ball is thrown. They wear numbers 50-79, and 90-99. Quarterbacks and running backs wear numbers 00-49, and receivers wear 80-89, and a few wear numbers 00-49.

The numbers really only matter on offense. They differentiate between eligible receivers ( players that can legally catch a forward pass ) and non eligible receivers. Players numbered 50-79 are called offensive linemen ( the huge guys) and they are not eligible. There will be 5 in every offensive formation and they must be on the line of scrimmage ( an imaginary line between offense and defense). Players with numbers 1-49 and 80-99 are eligible. 4 will be behind the line ( referred to as backs) and 2 will on the line and outside of the group of non eligible offensive linemen. They are called ends. There are no rules regarding the jersey numbers of defensive players but some have become traditionally associated with certain positions going back to when players would play on offense and defense. Of course, there are exceptions and rules differ from league to league.

Player numbers really don't mean a whole lot. However they kinda have a range of numbers for certain positions. Like Quarterbacks are usually in single digits, running backs in the teens, maybe 20s, and then linemen are usually between 40 and 99, and receivers and the defenders are like between 30 and 50 i guess. It's not an exact science, but that's the general rule.

I went to Virginia Tech. The school with the maroon and orange. Our mascot is a turkey. So those were turkeys, not chickens. The chant "Let's Go, Hokies" is a school tradition. Half of the stadium does the "let's go", the other does the "Hokies".

Hard Rock Stadium is owned by the Miami Dolphins of the NFL. The team that you saw the University of Miami Hurricanes played at that stadium also. The U as they are also know as do not have their own stadium. They rent from the Dolphins. The stadium is about 30 something miles from the University. The stadium is in Miami Gardens, Florida North of the City of Miami. The Dolphins used to play in the city at the Orange Bowl. They got a new stadium in the late 1980s. The Dolphins training facility is literally right next to the stadium. I am a Dolphins fan been 1 since 1981 since i was 6 yrs old. Used to like Univ of Miami until they went to the same conference as my favorite college team (other than my alma mater Savannah State Univ). Georgia Tech. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

The first one is from Clemson University, it's called running down the hill,they made them stop releasing the balloons. Go Clemson Tigers 🐅

2:25 dude, they took the bus from the other side of the stadium where the locker room is. This is after warm-ups and its the home teams entrance.

There are thousands of college players across the US, only about 1500-1600 make it to the NFL, about 53 players per team make the NFL’s 32 teams.

The jersey numbers are typically based on position. Refs need them.

10:10 Chickens are called “Cocks” here in some places. And in those places, chicken fighting is popular, like dog fighting. But the chickens that are used in these fights are called “Gamecocks”. And “Cock Fighting” is popular in the State of South Carolina which is where this team is. 🙏🏾

you havent " made it" until youre selling pants or whatever before retirement.

You've seen the speed and violence of American football. These guys have to get pumped up like gladiators. Serious injury is a possibility on every play. 🇺🇸

You should watch “college most eclectic moment”, or “college football traditions”

I think its just two different cultures. American football is more of an whole day event as oppose to EU football. Plus the crowds good but different in their own way. I think EU football fans focus more about their chants and rivalries, where Americann football fans focus more of the event, tail gating, half time shows, etc

When you were describing the special shirt Virginia tech wears #25 for a special teams player who did the best the previous game

The first entrance is Clemson University. They still get on the field before their entrance, and their locker/dressing room is on the other side of the stadium. The reason they ride buses is because when that stadium was originally built, there wasn't an attached locker/dressing room, it was in a fieldhouse across the street. When the locker room was first added to the stadium, the team ran out from the locker room from the other end but it was met by disapproval from the Clemson fans so they began riding buses around the stadium and returned to running down the hill like before.

a good example of a college football program with a special number is LSU (Louisiana state university) . every season the most talented or best defender on LSUs roster gets to wear the legendary number 7. the number 7 in the past at lsu is worn by the most legendary players in LSU defensive history. so just like man city and the number 7 its the same thing with LSU and the number 7.

At USC, the Number 55 is reserved for linebackers who the coach/school feels are special. Junior Seau, Willie McGinnis, Chris Claiborne, Kieth Rivers, etc.

This sport has both plenty of specialization and plenty of injuries, that's why the teams are so big. Hard Rock Stadium is home to both the Miami Hurricanes, and the Miami Dolphins. It was originally Joe Robbie Stadium after the Dolphins' original owner. There are not enough NFL teams to go around. When the NFL was founded in 1920 it 9 of it's original teams were located in either Illinois or Ohio. The remaining teams were: 2 from New York, 2 from Indiana, and one from Michigan. The Green Bay Packers were founded in 1919 but didn't join the NFL until 1921. There were 48 states at the time. College Football was far more widespread by then.

@5:00 when you asked why are there chickens. Virginia Tech are the Hokies and are a turkey so the mascot is a turkey

The percentage of college players that go professional is pretty low. Probably around 10%. But with two new leagues, the XFL and USFL (who are now merging, from 16 teams down to 12 teams unfortunately) are giving more college players an opportunity to play pro ball. Football teams are usually 52 players as there are two teams, offensive and defensive, plus special teams for kick offs and field goals, and then you got back up players. Each team on the field has 11 players. 22 players on the field at all times.

2:20 I think they literally just came from the other side of the stadium where the dressing rooms are.

Having just found this, I root for Notre Dame (full name the University of Notre Dame du Lac, "Our Lady of the Lake", team name the Fighting Irish) and the one special number I can think of is #3, which was the number they tended to give to their starting quarterbacks for a while. But outside of Joe Montana (who wore #16 in San Francisco and #19 in Kansas City) no one really made it big from Notre Dame wearing that number in a long time. Nor, it turns out, did any _quarterback_ become a big time player since him from the school, which is thought to be one of the reasons why Notre Dame is just not a top ten team these days (they don't send quarterbacks to the NFL, so the best quarterbacks don't want to go to their school unless they value the actual _degree_ they get).

In the US College Football (CFB) is much more popular than the NFL nationwide. CFB is about pride and pagentry for your university, city, or even entire state while the NFL is mostly just business. CFB started in 1869 while the NFL started in 1920. The largest stadium in the NFL holds 83,000 while the University of Michigan is the largest in CFB and the 3rd largest stadium in the world which can hold 115,000+ people. The University of Nebraska has a stadium of almost 90,000 and its been sold out every single home game since 1962 (389 games). The stadium itself actually becomes the 3rd largest city in the entire state on gamedays. Most NFL teams struggle to sellout their 35,000 seat stadiums even for big games. Counting every level there's nearly 900 college football teams in the USA, 129 in the highest league and 69 in the highest tier of that league. The NFL only has 32 teams and their fanbases don't stretch too far outside their metro areas. The vast majority of players are held to a higher regard in college than they are in the NFL as well.

The players get college scholarships and if they aren’t chosen by the NFL they have college degrees. Many of the stadiums were built in the early 1900’s. A team has a mascot that is often connected to the State in some way. There are so many players because they are rotated and/ or are 1st or 2 nd year players and don’t play as often but are practicing for the next step. The best go on to the NFL.

Americans has some similarbthingbwith Numbers, likebthe number 12 from Texas am ans seattle which simblizes the fan as the 12th Man on the field

Team work is what the Mass entrance of a team is what it’s all about. Lol

there is a more recent video of college football atmospheres

Numbers are important but the lower the number generally isn't like it is in soccer. Players sometimes want to keep their high-school numbers or they want the number of their favorite NFL player. 12 is a very popular number for quarterbacks. More Hall of Fame QBs have worn #12 than any other number. Bob Griese, Terry Bradshaw, Jim Kelly, Roger Staubach, Joe Namath and Ken Stabler. They will be joined by Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. 80 and 88 are the two most popular numbers for wide-receivers. In the NFL there are rules on which numbers a player can use. Quarterbacks: 0-19 Punters, placekickers: 0-49 and 90-99 Defensive backs: 0-49; Running backs, fullbacks, tight ends, wide receivers: 0-49 and 80-89 Offensive linemen: 50-79 Defensive linemen: 50-79 and 90-99 Linebackers: 0-59 and 90-99 In the first round of the 2023 NFL draft, only 11 of the 32 players had single digit jersey numbers.

Usually the players will get on the field about an hour before “Kickoff” ie the start of the game, and stretch or warm up for 40 minutes or so. After that they go back into the locker room for 15 minutes and do last minute prep, when they come back out is the main entrance that you see here.

The college atmosphere is so good because if you are a student the people playing in the games are your neighbors or friends.

and this is just D1 football, we still have D2, D3 and NAIA football. Football is big business