Graham Family Reacts to College Football Traditions For The First Time 

I’m not an Iowa fan by any means. But I have major respect for their tradition to let the kids at the hospital know that they support them and are there with them. Major respect to the Hawkeyes ❤

NOTE : Unlike European soccer games [especially the English ones], violence at college football games in the US is virtually unknown. This is a quote from an article published by Arizona State University : [Open Quote] Violence at these events is rare in North America compared with European countries, particularly when compared with violence at soccer matches in Britain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium. 4 Problems with "football hooligans" in Britain are so widespread that violence occurring at events elsewhere has been labeled the "spread of the English Disease." [End Quote]

Here in America, professional football is a sport. College football is a religion.

Plan your trip carefully. College football starts at the end of August normally. Since you're talking about going to Texas. The Texas State Fair is September 27th. That usually coincides with the Texas vs Oklahoma football. So you can get some college football and the Texas state fair in the same weekend.

There is no atmosphere on earth like a high profile college football game. It’s absolutely electric. The season is from early September until late November for the regular season.

The uniformed students on the field during "Enter Sandman" are the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, not the band.

The army navy game is my favorite game of all when Westpoint and the Naval Academy face off their intro videos they release every year on my favorite traditions to watch with my family. Our great grandfather is Westpoint graduate and served during World War II.

The Iowa college is not just a college it's one of the greatest medical schools in the world. The place is huge I go up there so they can try to treat a genetic disorder I have. I'm in my 40s and I'd be dead already if not for them.

Lifelong Iowan born and raised, lifelong Hawkeye fan (Go Hawx!). Waving at the children's hospital is one of my favorite things about going to the games now. I'm not crying, you're crying! LOL Really though, we take it quite seriously. The longer documentary about how the tradition began will break your heart. 😥

Congrats Garin! They were not aggressive enough. It was cool seeing Kat and Jono singing Sweet Caroline that was awesome. Peace from Central Texas.

1:53 - I was at that game between Tennessee and Oklahoma. That stadium of over 102,000 people set the decibel record in the stadium that night. You couldn't hear yourself think, and the entire stadium had your body vibrating. If you're planning to come in October, I highly recommend you try to get tickets to the Tennessee/Alabama game. It's an intense rivalry that has been going on for a century, and this year promises to be one of the more important games in recent history. If you want a taste of what's possible, look up the 2022 game and the aftermath. The tickets will be expensive, but you will never forget a night in Neyland Stadium like that. The crowd will be nuts, and the stakes are likely to be high for both teams midway through the season.

At 4:51, I am a Wisconsin fan so that is called Jump Around at every Badger home game in the 4th quarter that music starts playing and the whole place is bouncing, you should go to experience the true Wisconsin football, which is drinking beer, eating cheese, and just brutal smash mouth football , hope y,all go and ON WISCONSIN.

The Ohio State University is only 10 minutes away from my apartment. There is a famous cheer if someone yells "O-H!" Answer back "I-O!"

The college games, comprising 12 regular season games, start early September and run through November and then the "Bowl" or Championship games begin and run through December with a few games on New Years Day. College is a lot more fun than professional and most of the stadiums do sell beer.

It's more than the sheer amount of fans, THE SPIRIT of College Football (everywhere) MOSTLY in the South where it's TURNED UP A NOTCH! Growing up in NYC we could only experience thru Television THE GRANDEUR of College Sports in the Southland! Just Spectacular fans and environment.

So many of the college stadiums hold close to or over 100,000 seats... it's amazing! I live one hour from the Columbus, OH Buckeyes Stadium, GO BUCKEYES!!! my friend!

4:13 that's the University of Alabama. What is being played is a medley of songs by the legendary country music group Alabama.

You should do a video on the largest American college football stadiums. Eight of the ten largest stadiums in the world are American college football stadiums, seating more than 100,000 people - and they fill up. The White Out game gets more than 110,000 people in attendance. When they jump to “Jump Around,” it creates a small earthquake in the area. Many of our college football stadiums are bigger than other countries’ national stadiums, Olympic stadiums, and even the NFL (professional) stadiums. Our high school sports teams get big crowds, especially football.

Notre Dame is a great game day experience too, especially if you can get in the Dome when part of the band plays inside. Beautiful campus

Now you have to watch a cheerleading competition. Has Kat seen any of the marching band videos? If not, she needs to see that too. Congrats on the win, Garin! If hockey wasn't aggressive at some point, it wouldn't be hockey, LOL!

Much respect to the kid with Ohio state gear he was raised right!!

1. Y’all might be the most wholesome family EVER!! 2. I’ve been to the grove in Oxford, Mississippi and people set up and start tailgating the night before 3. I went to military school for high school and every student was required to go to them. I can’t tell you the rush it feels playing in front of a thousand people so I can only imagine what it’s like in the huge stadiums!

The biggest college football stadiums are bigger than the professional teams' stadiums. College football in the U.S. is older than the pro game, so the traditions go back much longer. Also, only the larger cities have professional teams, but big universities all over the country have teams, even in rural areas, so the college game is much more widespread. The major college conferences have huge broadcasting contracts and apparel deals, etc. People tend to be more loyal to their universities than to their city teams in many cases. This is especially true across the South and much of the Midwest.

Go Vols!! I live in East Tennessee so I have to support UT which is literally 20 minutes from Gatlinburg/Sevierville and the newest Buc-ee's!

What makes college football even more mind blowing is how many fans travel between states to watch their team play. The farthest I have traveled to see my team play was 244 miles (392 km). I have lived in Texas for 23 years now but will never stop cheering for my Missouri Tigers. M-I-Z

Great video, guys. I love your enthusiasm for life in general and for _our_ enthusiasm, too. You folks make it more interesting to see our own country through your eyes because we are able to see some of the good things about our nation and our people. Through you, we see our patriotism, our openness and welcoming spirit, our love of life and our friendliness toward others. So thank you for that.

American college football starts at the end of August. There’s a number of amazing traditions. Virginia Tech, Clemson, Ohio State and Tennessee are some of the universities I have visited to watch games at. If you’ll make it over here you will have a great time wherever you go to see game

Comradery that keeps us going. You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us.

If you visit the Smoky Mountains National Park in October you can easily get a shuttle bus from your lodging near the Park to a Vols game in Knoxville.

Alabama’s coach just retired. Look up the field was named after him and the 1st home game felt so powerful. All the traditions without him. I don’t even like college football but I almost cried

Love your Ohio State hat! Repping the best of the best college football team: the Buckeyes🌰❤

So glad to hear your boy having the passion & appreciation for big crowds. And he plays hockey!!! Hell yeah brother. Hope to see him on my team’s power play in the coming years. Also a beautiful reaction video for a whole family to learn about a great part of our culture. Let it rip, fam!

As Kentucky fan going to Kroger field and when they start playing my old Kentucky home it brings tears to your eyes. Plus them cowbells at Mississippi state are the most annoying thing ever

They have some colleges and universities that offer animal husbandry courses and veterinary training.😊😊😊

The script Ohio is a big tradition for Ohio State. Also, one of the senior or most senior tuba players gets to dot the "i" at the end. My band director in high school attended Ohio State and was able to dot the "i" twice his senior year. It was a big deal for him.

The one with all the fans in red jumping around at 4:53 is the University of Wisconsin Badgers in Madison WI which is where I live. It is insane. The entire stadium shakes. They actually had to have structural engineers come in when they first introduced it to make sure the stadium could handle it.

Cowbells at Mississippi State make 65,000 sound like 1 million. One of the hardest environments to play at.

Baylor also plays a special song after the 3rd quarter called Word Up. Everyone dances and the tubas go into the stands.

Check out the West Virginia-Notre Dame game where Metallica is on the Jumbotron and supporting the West Virginia Team. For more mind blowing sights, check out the Allen, Texas High School Football Stadium! The marching band has 600 members on the field at halftime! The Ohio State Marching Band has special guests to "dot the i" in their "OHIO" formation. They were helping an old man on to the field to "dot the i". The students in overalls were the Texas A&M University Yell Leaders. The school has the Aggie Corps and those students become US military officers. Check out the Texas A&M marching band with their military uniforms. A tradition at A&M is whenever A&M scores, you kiss your girlfriend!

I don’t know about the majority of Stadiums but I know that the Big names have around 85,000+ seats my VOLS the Orange team with the giant white T has a stadium called Neyland Stadium and has over 100,000 seats and it’s a stadium known for its noise we call it Neyland Loud where it’s on avg 100 dBs and it has peaked at 134 dBs and it’s because it’s built upward unlike most stadium where it’s elongated and the reason why is to keep the noise in the stadium and yes the noise makes it hard for opposing teams to hear and makes plays

College football is better than NFL in my opinion 😊 In the southern US it's almost a religion...Go Dawgs ❤

Come to a Michigan game. 114,000 people. Electric feeling.

You are wearing the correct hat young man.OHIO STATE!

I love watching these. There really is nothing like college football. Loving the kids OSU hat! Go Bucks!!

You guys have GOTTA bring lil mama over for a college game!! Man!! She’d go nuts in the crowd!!!

Aww, how cute is Garron! Good job, buddy!

I'm from Tennessee! We got the brisket and football in fall! That is cool you were watching our college football!

"The Wave" was created at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Watch “Virginia Tech vs Notre Dame Enter Sandman.” As a college football fan, this was honestly one of the most insane atmospheres I’ve seen.

I don't know if this video was the best representation of college football traditions as this barely scratches the surface of what some of these stadiums and fandoms will do

Aloha Kakahi'aka / Good Morning 🤙Baie dankie for an upbeat happy start to my day😁 I actually got excited when I saw the title to your reaction. Definitely do a Part 2, so fun🤙

I live in a major university city...actually just walking distance from the college stadium. It's just best to leave town when some of the unversities come to town, i.e. Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa.

There are over 150 universities in US with hockey teams.

If you want to follow Texas university sports, it's University of Texas in Austin, Baylor University, Texas A&M University in College Station, University of Houston, Texas Tech, and a few more. All these schools will fill stadiums.

This was the best watching your kids react.. come, have a stay!!

@Graham_Family_Reacts If you haven't, do consider an exchange program for Leah? I'm showing my age but, one of my favorite people during high school in 1976-77 was an exchange student from Mexico. The programs are offered to high school (@14 -18 y/o) students and college/university students, too. An incredible international opportunity. I know a German-national reactor who who became a high-school exchange student to my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. She returned as an exchange student during her collegiate career and now *lives* in Cincinnati. Jono and Kat, your family is great. Much love for each of you 🙂

Seeing it live in person. You think you got goosebumps now lol. When you can feel the electricity of the whole crowd man nothing like it

It warms my heart seeing the everyone being impressed with the fans and marching band at Lane Stadium while Enter Sandman played at around 6:00. For reference that's Virginia Tech and I would encourage your daughter to go there for her US college experience. I might be biased but I'm not ashamed!

I live in Virginia about 45 minutes north of Virginia Tech and I was in my car outside the stadium on campus when the team entered and they played the Metallica, Enter Sandman tradition and I could feel the ground vibrating from inside my car

The only thing better at an NFL game is really the tailgating. Even teams not doing that well have great tailgating party. College games do everything else better. And it is good talent & game play. You would also be surprised about high school level games. About Leah's age & older.

Oklahoma state has the biggest college football homecoming celebration (where former grads and family of students) come for the home game.. it’s wild the whole college town becomes PACKED with drunk humans seeing the giant paper mache murals and parade

Wisconsin Alumni, class of 2009! Best games ever!

Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. Wrote and sang the Country Roads. The song was first sang by John in 1971. It has been a smash hit all the way to today. One of the most beautiful times I saw played was when the NFL went to Germany. The Germans sang it and it was so wholesome.

Even my local 18 and under hockey teams (in the south of the U.S.) have a lot of ppl show up!

if you ever do come over. make sure you do Tennessee and Clemson. The have the best traditions.

With the Penn State game, the stadium holds over 100,000 people and the game shown here, is referred to, as the White Out game!!

You need to go to Tennessee to watch the University of Tennessee football in Knoxville and catch a Predators NHL game in Nashville

In the SouthEast (SEC) football is almost like a religion. I have been a UGA Dawg fan since attending my first game in 1985.Went to every home game for the next 11 years. Got to experience many other schools football Saturdays. It really is something to be a part of .If you attend a game at the rivals school they still treat you with kindness and you will not go hungry GO DAWGS SIC EM Augusta GA

Lol, she'd probably do well at the University of Kentucky in their equine studies program

Probably won’t see this since it was posted months ago. Some of the people in the dress uniforms are marching bands some are JROTC which is the cadet program for the military (students who in college with the intention of becoming officers in the military)

GOOOOOOOOODUCKS!!!!!!!! 🏈 Because you make me wanna “Shout”!

Another team that also has a children hospital where where they can watch the game and our players wave at them before getting ready for the game. WVU Mountaineers.

Don’t forget if you guys come to the states during college football season and plan on a game. Get to the game really early bc the tailgating experience is half of the enjoyment! You will meet so many great people eager to invite you in enjoy good food and a good time. We’d love to have you in Athens on a Saturday! Go Dawgs!!!

I cannot believe you didn't include LSU in this video. Death Valley on Saturday night! Wow, you wouldn't believe it!

So Massachusetts has a pretty similar population to Slovakia with just shy of 7 million people and the Boston College football stadium is still massive with a capacity of 54,000 while Harvard holds 30,000 there are 112 other colleges in Massachusetts too so it isnt like those are the only two with decent Football teams they also have to compete for spectators with one of the most successful NFL franchises the Patriots less than 30 miles away. Connecticut has only 3.6 million people and the University of Connecticut stadium holds 40,000 while Yale's holds 60,000. Rhode Island has just over 1 million people and stadium at Brown University holds 20,000 and University of Rhode Island holds just shy of 7000. College football is huge in just about every state even the small ones. Fun fact the Yale bowl is why post season championship games like the "superbowl" and "rosebowl" are called bowl. When the yale bowl was built in 1914 it had a capacity of 71,000 (it was reduced to 60,000 after renovations in 1994 and 2006) and at the time it was the largest stadium on earth. For nearly 2 decades the Harvard vs Yale game was the biggest spectator sporting event on the planet until the 1932 LA Olympics at the coliseum which is also a college football stadium. Even though New England college football rivalries have long been surpassed by other regions the harvard vs yale game still pulls in 45,000 people as it has done for more than a century.

Luv you guys. Perspective. There are thousands of college teams across our wonderful country that play at the same time every Saturday. Every stadium is jammed packed and rocking. Millions and millions are in the stadiums....10x are watching local or cable tv broadcast of their games. Football, basketball, and college hockey are huge in America. Add every NFL attendance with NHL attendance with MLB attendance and college athletics attendance dwarfs it. Mighican wolverines and Ohio state combined hold a quarter of a million people in attendance every Saturday. Think about that.

You guys should also react to College Football Miracles. Guaranteed enjoyment 👍🏽😊

Rival week can be some intense games.. the best team is Tennessee Vols lol Go Vols! It neat being on the Vol Walk and watch the Power "T" open and hearing the crowded sing "good ole rockytop"

Please react to, Your New Zealand Family go to American Mall for the first time! It's an amazing mall that they go to.

Yeah home games are fun! The whole point is to be as loud as possible when the opponent is on offense to disrupt them. At Baylor, we put the student section on the visitors side, with the freshman in the very front since they're the most excited. That's why everyone says its embarrassing to lose at home since it's a huge advantage.

The students in military-looking attire on the field are usually our college ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps.) Students who want to join the military get trained as Cadets while going to school, then once they graduate college, they become officers in our military. If they are wearing similar type attire, but are holding instruments, they are likely the school band. Some can be both!

It’s so much fun at the games. There’s a lot of foreign students going to school here in the states I’m not sure they contact for info but I’ve seen where some programs get the foreign students into schools and places to live while they’re going to schools in the states.

My boy has the right hat on

Well done! There are some amazing traditions at just about every major college and university in America. Don't feel bad about moving off to school either. I was raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia (on the East Coast). I attended schools elsewhere around the country and was granted three internships for NASA. I now live and work in the Silicon Valley on the West Coast. Although the U.S. stretches across a continent (and even into Hawaii), it doesn't feel quite so "international" because it only takes a flight or road trip to travel. During college, I would go home for the holidays. I would drive for 25 hours (at 70 miles per hour) non-stop to get home. Those were great ways to see different states on a road trip home. By the way, your family would make GREAT Americans. You could all move here and I think that you would feel very welcome!

They have a part 2 of this yall should check it out

OH YA, forgot to add come early. The tailgate party's start 5 or 6 hours before game time.

A big time college game day experience is 100x better than any NFL experience. There are tons to choose from. A great one is LSU in Death Valley at night and then u have New Orleans to hang out in before/after……with in my opinion the best food and music in the USA. And this is coming from a Los Angeles dude. Go to LSU!

You did not show Florida State University. Chief Osceola rides in on his horse, Renegade. Simply amazing!

The students in military uniforms are ROTC , military training.

Appreciate the great content from you and the fam. When you come over the pond, you need to pick what sport or sports rivalries you want to experience. European football isn't huge here obv, but American Football is. College is better than NFL if you're wanting crazy fans and the high excitement level. You can never go wrong with a Clemson or an Alabama game, even better if it's a Clemson vs Alabama game. College basketball has to be a UNC or a Duke game, best if it's Duke vs UNC game. The student's camp outside the arena at Duke the night before, wearing full body paint/face-paint. It's wild to see lol. I'm not big into baseball, so I can't comment on that. If you want pro basketball, the Lakers, Warriors, Knicks or Celtics have great arenas/history, but the biggest rivalry is Lakers vs Celtics since 1959. MLB is Yankees vs Red Sox 100%. NFL is Steelers vs Ravens. You and the fam just have to pick what you want to see on that trip.

Should hear when WVU plays Pitt, When they sing their song all the WVU guys say Eat Shit Pitt 😂

In the State Of Georgia our Dawgs always draw huge crowds. Even all those years we did not win a National Championship The tail gating is something to behold. Oh and our mascot is a real life Bulldog from Sonny Seiler's family in Savannah Georgia.

She should enroll in an study abroad program for a semester or 2.

When I took a couple of seminars at the University of Florida, it was deliberately scheduled for when the Gators were away, and there was *still* no parking in Gainesville...

You need to add the Texas Tech University Masked Rider leading the players onto the field. A black stallion. Beautiful

I’ve never been to a college game myself! It looks fun… love from NY

That marching band was the US Airforce Academy

You have to go to a Notre Dame game. Pure magic

Don’t know if you are aware but that last one with guy in overalls that is the 12th man of Texas A&M and they meet at midnight to practice their cheers for next days game. That was students practicing at midnight…..

Historically, there was no drinking permitted in the college stadiums, or anywhere on campus, for that matter. Tailgating took place cleverly just feet away from the campus border. But schools have come around and many permit beer sales inside, and most permit some kind of game day exception to campus drinking rules outside the stadiums.