The Greatest American Sports Fans - European Reacts 

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Here's a fact to stun Europeans. Eight of the ten largest athletic stadiums in the WORLD are football stadiums on the campuses of US Universities.

If someone says you could pass as a “Florida man” it’s pretty much tongue in cheek way of saying you’re kinda crazy. lol

This guy Picked the 2 BIGGEST RIVALS in Michigan and Ohio St to be his 2 teams. 🤣

The second video, the Boston Bruins crowd singing the national anthem happened right after the Boston Marathon Bombing. It was a very emotional and moving moment.

"If I go to America I will be singing the national anthem" - Why not. When I was in Canada I attended an outdoor performance of the Vancouver Symphony and sang "Oh, Canada" as well as I could.

You should check out the tradition at Iowa university where everyone waves to the children’s hospital that over looks the field. All players and the crowd stop and turn to the hospital to wave at these children that are suffering from severe illness and look forward to seeing the game every time the team plays at home. It’s very, very moving.

When those stomps hit in those stadiums it vibrates enough to read with earthquake equipment. 😅❤

I've always found it super intriguing how good it feels to have a large crowd of people just sing a song or chant a team slogan together. whether it's sports stadiums, the crowd favorite "sing along" at a concert, or a large church singing hymns they all give such a feeling of unity.

John Denver christened the new Mountaineer football stadium when he performed Country Roads during the pre-game festivities before the Mountaineers faced Cincinnati in the 1980 season opener. We now sing Country Roads after every home victory. I try to get home for at least two WVU football games a year. So much fun.

College sports have such passion, tradition and pageantry. State and regional pride play a part in the passion.

Andre. When you said that even though you are not an American, you would definitely love to come to America and sing our National Anthem. I started to cry. It really makes my heart swell with pride for my country. To know that someone from across an ocean can understand how much it means to us to have pride and passion for our country and it's flag. And you understand what our flag represents. Thank you so very much my friend. Thank you. And much ❤ and blessings to you and your family. From the Great State of Texas 🇺🇸

The song "Build Me Up, Buttercup" was a hit song in 1968 by the music group The Foundations. Buttercup is a small bright yellow flower. It is also used as a term of endearment.

Your reactions make me genuinely smile. It is a nice change to see America from the eyes of someone that does not live in the States. Thank you for your kind words

There have been several occasions that a college football stadium has been picked up by seismic detectors. So, technically the fans have created a small earthquake. That’s mind boggling. And as a West Virginian we would love to have you visit us my friend.

I'm from Portland, the those crowds make me heart smile. Thank you for appreciating Americans and our passion and pride. Hello from Oregon.☺️💚

My favorite thing about the goose clip is the attendance says "who cares" 😂😂

There is a mix of pro and college. College kids tend to have more energy. You forget there are 50 states and most have state colleges: Utah State, Ohio State, Michigan State etc

Michigan and Ohio are football rivals. The states are neighbors and there's history about a section of territory that belonged to one state and was taken over by the other---very old history. That's how the rivalry started.

Jump around at Wisconsin registers on the richter scale as an earthquake. Everyone loves Jump Around but as a wisconsin fan, singing buttercup when the speaker cuts out and the game is still going is so fun

I'm 64 years old and I still tear up every time that the national anthem is sung...the story behind that song is amazing!

No, the song is SWEET CAROLINE... not CAROLINA. It has nothing to do with North or South Carolina. A gamecock is a rooster bred for cockfighting. A wolverine is very large and ferocious relative of the weasel family.

Build me up buttercup This tradition started simply because of peoples' love for the song, according to the WAA, and its popularity grew after the song was featured in the 1998 film, “There's Something About Mary.” The fans loved participating in this new tradition, so by the 2000s the song was played at almost all games.

Sweet Caroline actually became famous by Boston Red Sox Baseball in Massachusetts. Neil Diamond writer and singer came to sing in person after suicide bombers atta ked the Boston marathon. Britain now uses this song

Early in the vid it's the Portland Timbers and the Seattle Sounders, the greatest rivalry in Major League Soccer/futbol, both teams are in the Pacific Northwest and along with the Vancouver White Caps play for the Cascadian Cup which is a regional contest for bragging rights not consequential but taken very seriously.

2 hell yeah react to part 2 Those stadiums get so loud on the field that they rival plane engines taking off. Stadium noise 100 to 135 decibels. Outside the plane when a Boeing 747 jet is taking off 130 to 140 decibels. The jumping up and down in the stadium shakes the ground underneath so much it gets picked up by earthquake detection equipment.

“ Sweet Caroline “ Neil Diamond song, you should play it on your music channel.

The first 5.40 minutes is pro sports, the rest is all college. Michigan Stadium @ 22.30 is the 3rd largest stadium in the world, bigger than anything in Europe. What's incredible is that unlike in Europe where you have football hooliganism and sometimes rioting, at US sporting events there is rarely any fighting or violence other than perhaps a couple of drunk individuals in the stands. Widespread fighting is practically unheard of. People go to show their pride and have fun.

""Florida Man, that was such a compliment....thank you!'', lol.

Fun fact, Ohio and Michigan and Ohio went to war with each other so that also helped the rivalry🤣

I actually think your intro is amongst the most charming. I always try to give a like.

The guy with the goose 😂 There is always one guy that ta kes it too far. Lol I love it!

There's a part 2 for this and in it is the "go cubs go" song in game 5 of the world series in 2016 where the Chcago Cubs won the world series for the first time in 108 years. We have a song called "Go Cubs Go," and i've never heard the city of Chicago louder than that night singing it. We were down in the series 3-1 and needed to win that game or it was over and we ended up coming back and winning at all. The parade for the championship was the 7th largest gathering in human history 😂

The song "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond, isnt about North or South Carolina. He, not too long ago, said he wrote the song after seeing a sweet photo of Caroline Kennedy in 1969.

Was born and raised in Ohio.... live in Tennessee for about 30 yrs now... stull pull for Ohio State... but my grandaughter graduated from University of Tennessee.... we cheer them on now too. The collage football is way more popular then the professional teams ❤

I think John Denver's "Country Roads" is the State Song of West Virginia.

The University of Oklahoma team name is the Sooners. It is in reference to the Oklahoma land rush of the late 1800s. The teams mascots are Boomer and Sooner (the 2 horses pulling the wagon.) The Conestoga wagon is called the "Boomer Schooner". One side of the stadium is shouting "BOOMER!!! then the other side answers, "SOONER!!!"

I have been dying laighing this entire reaction!!! You are so hilarious!!! 😂 "Buttercup" is a term of endearment. Its also a flower. "Build me up, Buttercup" is sung by "The Foundations"

America would love to have you visit.

ANDRE YOU GOT ME WITH THE THUMBNAIL You gotta react to that game and the aftermath😂 it was in 2022 and the first time Tennessee beat Alabama in 16 years. The fans stormed the field and tore the goalposts down lol

As a Wisconsin football fan who"s been to Camp Randall several times, I can say this about our two clips: Jump Around happens between the third and fourth quarters, and is insane. Everyone's jumping, and the whole stadium shakes. TV commentators have said that even the press box shakes. Buttercup plays during a commercial break, usually in the second half. Not only is everyone singing, but when the song stops playing over the speakers (after the break is over and the game resumes) everyone still sings. On Wisconsin!

Gamecock is a bird found in the Carolinas. It is a species of rooster typically bred for fighting.

I don't mind the pauses at all, the only time I get aggravated is when they're playing the national anthem, or Phil Collins In the Air Tonight,you don't pause during the drum solo,😉 other than that cheers I did enjoy you going back and look at how many people there were! A good thing for trivia you might want to take this video and study the teams in the histories, and what rivalries there are, there's also the Army-Navy game, there's a movie that I would recommend that you watch, it's called Rudy. It's a bit of an old one but it's a good film. And because West Virginia is my home Though I live in Florida, there's another University in West Virginia called Marshall. They made a film about it a few years ago and about the tragedy with their football team! It's a good film as well! I enjoy your reactions you don't need to be self-conscious about your pauses! You're a student after all! And that's how you learn! 🔥🤟😉🇺🇸

I was born and raised in WV. John Denver came to Charleston WV, August 1971 and sang Country Roads. The Streets were Packed! People from all over WV came to see him! Of course now it is considered the state song by most Mountaineers. When I was in Wiesbaden, Germany in 1987 with the Air National Guard, we were walking around town and heard music and singing---singing Country Roads! There was a group of people from a Nursing home brought to one of the outside pubs singing our song!! We joined in and fortunately one of our guys spoke German and told them where we were from! We had so much fun with these people! Music is the INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE!!! In that part of Germany, it reminded me so much of WV while going down the Rhine river until you looked up and would see a castle!!

Last time the Dallas cowboys won anything. I had a pager!!!

The one with the Boston bruins has a story. It was shortly after the Boston Marathon Bombing. The city had been on a lockdown while they searched for the perpetrators. That was one of the first sports event afterwards. It was Boston standing together saying the terrorists they had failed and that Boston was not afraid!

Portland Timbers! That’s my boys!!! You saw some College teams, some farm teams (players being watched for brilliance) and some NBA. Do bring hearing protection. It won’t hurt your enjoyment of the blast.

As a Nebraska Football fan, I was disappointed to see that the wave wasn’t in that video. The atmosphere and fans here is just amazing, and it’s an awesome experience to be at a game The volleyball team also has a great atmosphere and I recommend you check out some Nebraska games!

Sweet Caroline (a gals name), not Carolina (name of two states).

You should see the BYU Marriott center, It's honestly one of the coolest and best basketball stadiums that I've seen personally.

South Carolina Gamecocks... A gamecock is a bird 🐓 Also, interesting fact! Williams-Brice stadium where the gamecocks play is often the stadium used in movies because we do not have much of a skyline and it's unidentifiable. 😊

"My team is Michigan. Michigan and Ohio. I support both." That, my Portugese friend, is the sound of you making the largest American faux pas you could ever commit in American football. Might as well say you support Liverpool and Man U. Auburn and Alabama. Barcelona and Real Madrid. Celtics and Lakers. All Blacks and Springboks. I think you might have inadvertently broken The Geneva Convention for hate and war crimes.

2 2222222222 I love watching you get excited about my country . This summer my husband and I are moving to your country to enjoy all the wonders Portugal has to offer.

"2" Awesome video as always. I love this one but so many more cool atmospheres to check out in part 2. Seeing the excitement watching this brought to you says all you need to know about whether you should watch more. Im glad you got to see a little more about how loud a college basketball game can get but this didnt show off how insane some of those crowds can be. The nicknames of the "student sections" in the crowds like "crazies" or "kennel" or "grateful red" speaks for itself. Now would be an awesome time to learn more about college basketball since it has the greatest championship tournament ever called March Madness....happening in a few weeks Also baseball crowds can get pretty crazy as well as you saw with Baltimore. There are a few videos about the loudest baseball crowds that would be cool if you reacted to. Even maybe one about hockey. Keep learning more about America through our sports fandoms!!

What you said about our National Anthem warms my heart. Bless you, bro. Right before the Auburn 'Reverse Rammer Jammer' clip was alabama performing their Rammer Jammer (....Hey, (insert other team)! We just beat the hell out of you. Rammer Jammer, Yellow Hammer, give 'em hell alabama). Reverse RJ is when Auburn beats them, they are our biggest rival. We chant the same thing, but change it to, "Hey, Bama....go to hell, alabama." We hate bama and they hate us, it's wonderful.

PART 2 FOR SURE !!

These are so amazing and it feels like a hundred years since I've seen such a bunch of happy people. Thank you!

I've been to a Wisconsin game during Jump Around as a visiting fan (Northwestern) and thought it was the coolest/most fun thing ever. Whole stadium shaking, feels like an earthquake.

I haven't been to others, but the Jump Around at Camp Randall (home of the badgers) is a blast.

Thank you so much for this. It has brought such smiles to me this morning. This is America to me. We are naturally tribal, and I think we find that through our sports especially college. I had so much fun watching this brought the old America back to me.

The Portland Timbers (major league soccer) does have passionate fans, but the Seattle Sounders, their main rivals do too, Portland’s stadium holds 25,000. Seattle plays at Lumen Field which can hold 68,741 fans, which was the number of fans present when they beat Pumas UNAM for the CONCACAF Champions League crown. I’m really glad they showed our Boom-Boom-Clap vs their PTGC Chant. They filmed that at Lumen Field from near the opposing team’s seating section so you could hear their PTFC chant better. A normal match usually sees about 40,000. and they have a March to the Match pregame tradition from the headquarters offices to the stadium that has to be seen to be appreciated. The Sounders share Lumen Field with the Seattle Seahawks, which has some of the loudest fans in the NFL, they held the Guinness Book record until the Kansas City Chiefs beat them by a few decibels. That’s the equivalent to standing next to a jet plane taking off.

My grandnephews played hockey from about grades 6-10. They still love the game. Boston Bruins are our New England team. I'm not a sports fan, but I'll root for our teams..Bruins for hockey, Patriots for football, Red Sox for baseball, Celtics for basketball.

Yes, if the name is Utah State, then usually it was originally a state teachers college, which shortened to 'state' . . . Same with Virginia Tech, it is a technical college ( strictly engineering or other specific courses in mining or oceanography ) A University is usually a much bigger college. Yes, MD is the University for Maryland. Most of the ones in this video were college teams.

At the beginning of this video I thought, they HAVE to show the University of Oklahoma’s Boomer Sooner chant. I’ve experienced it a few times and my ears rang for the rest of the day afterwards. Our NBA team here in Oklahoma gained the nickname “Loud City” for OKC. We get a little rowdy when it comes to our sports teams over here. It’s definitely an experience of a lifetime getting to attend a game like any of these. I hope you will have the chance to do so someday!

This is only the second video I have caught of you; and your reactions are so genuine that it made me smile. Thank you!

Thank you for understanding what the national anthem means to Americans . ! Those that died for that flag !

Nothing beats the tribal fever of United States College sports. Every state has one or two major public universities and there are also several private schools with major sports programs. Several universities have stadiums that seat as many or more people as live in the town. College game day is huge.

Hee Hee! Caroline is a girl's name! A Gamecock is a rooster bred and trained for cockfighting - which is illegal.

Come during football season ( it is really short ), another part you didn't see here is tailgating! It goes along with the game!

Do part 2. I love how excited you get and sometime it’s so hysterical. 😊😅

Just a reminder, The Seattle Sounders are a soccer team. Seattle loves there Sounders and Seahawks!

"my teams are Michigan and Ohio and you cant do anything about it" I laughed HARD at this. It's possibly the biggest rivalry in College football hahaha

I understand your appreciation for the profiles of these iconic cars, yet it is how one FEELS whilst driving in one that is their true measure, the feeling is almost indescribable. In 1977, the first year I drove, I had a ‘68 Camaro SS convertible. Oh my, what a car. I traded it in for a Pontiac Trans Am with 455 HP, 4 speed manual transmission-which looked exactly like the white with blue wings in the video. I’m from NY, yet lived in VA to attend high school. Any car over 25 years old and is still operational is deemed antique and nears ‘special’ tags. I think this adds to the sales price, yet these cars can still be had-especially if you can do body work! Please know that almost all of these cars are still being manufactured, including the Ford Mustang! I could write about this for ages. Most important thing to say is that I LOVE your videos, and subscribed during the first one. With love from the capital city of Virginia, please come visit!!!

Michigan won the National Championship this year! Go Blue!

College football fans are no joke. We can be a little extreme at times but its all in good fun.......for the most part 😉 But American fans are very dedicated to their teams whatever the sport may be....so I find it funny when some Europeans say we aren't 💁🏻‍♀ 💛💙 #WolverineMom

A gamecock is a rooster bred for fighting and they love to refer to it exactly in the way that it sounds.

You make very entertaining videos and this one really made me smile. I appreciate you!

College football provides so much passion that many continue to support their team way, way after they graduate. Most for life. The rivalries are epic and the fight songs as well. Everyone knows the fight songs as soon as they start. ND, Michigan's, etc...❤

Go Blue!... thats a University Of Michigan reference. Yes... the best college team... dont care about anyone elses opinion. Lol. Born and raised in Michigan... the stadium is where I spent my weekends, from 18, to 25. Epic times.

I enjoyed every second of this. Gave you a like and sub. Thank you for your kind words towards the US. Best wishes with you and your channel's growth!

This is my favorite reaction you have done! WE LOVE OUR SPORTS!!!

I wish it was mentioned that Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, where crowds broke the record to come in at 142.2 decibels has the Guinness world record… Allen Fieldhouse, which seats 16,300 fans, once held a Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd roar at an indoor sports event when the Jayhawks faced the West Virginia Mountaineers in a conference rivalry matchup in 2017.

Hello Andre. If you ever get the chance to visit the States, I highly recommend you attend a Saturday college game, tailgate party or a typical sports bar Sheer enjoyment. I'd be happy to stand by you as we both sing the national anthem.

I was at a Columbus Blue Jackets hockey game around 2014 or 2015 where the anthem singer's mic malfunctioned, so the crowd just sang in his place. It was magical, to be honest, even though we usually sing along. When we play teams based in Canada, we sing the version of the Canadian anthem sung at their home games; French (Montreal), bilingual (Ottawa), and English (Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver). At the local football (soccer) team's matches, the big anthem the supporters sing is "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You". We were the MLS champions for 2023, and have started 2024 with a win and a draw. We also have a fair bit of notoriety here for being a lucky ground for the US Men's team when playing Mexico. And then we have the Ohio State Buckeyes. You've seen the stadium in the video on college football stadiums. The atmosphere is very similar to what you see with the other colleges in this video, though each school has their traditions. The big one at Ohio State is "Hang On Sloopy", which is an old pop song from the mid-1960s that was recorded by a band from western Ohio. The fans also chant the bass line from "Seven Nation Army", but that's common at a number of schools. Sports culture in the US can be very tribal, in a way. Traditions are passed on, new ones develop, but participation in them marks you as a member of the 'tribe'. It's community, connection, and it can be very magical.

9:26 FYI, the mascot of Florida State is named after a local Native American peoples called the Seminoles. They are supportive of the mascot and the chant as the university makes a point of being honorable toward the heritage and history of the tribe.

From an American I love the respect you show brother ❤

Part 2? Absolutely! This was hilarious and I can't wait for Part 2! ❤❤❤❤

This was my first time watching your channel . I really enjoy how other countries takes to our sports mania. We do love our sports on all levels. Football is the biggest entertaining, with the bands halftime show...from Florida saw a comment about being weird or crazy pay no attention to that . The person who said you are Florida, means we have a lot of spanish people here . With your Portuguese accent you will fit in . Love your energetic reaction. Thanks

im from Michigan and love my teams! love America were a proud caring ppl come on over and visit we welcome you!

My FSU Seminoles made the chart! It's wild crazy at those games as I was there for 4 years. It's a put your sneakers on and buckle up experience! We love our sports!

You have more respect for America than many Americans

The footage of the Boston Bruins fans singing the National Anthem was a few days after the bombing of the Boston Marathon and the capture of the bombers. It was an amazing event. The footage from the Kansas City Chiefs game was not from the Super Bowl as the footage is from a game against the New England Patriots. GO PATS!!!

Good choice thanks for the video Andre

The Michigan Wolverines are the current National Champions 💙💛

I love your excitement over our American enthusiasm! One thing…. You said you had been informed that Ohio hates Michigan….. and then politely said hate, may be too strong of a word… Actually hate is not quite strong enough . The rivalry is real and the best in all the sports! O-H-I-O !!!❤️

WVU graduate and the stadium singing is wild the first time you see it

We all have rivalries from state to state. For instance I'm Floridian, when our Gators play Georgia, we have to play at a neutral stadium in Jacksonville. Because it got so out of hand. You should watch our UCF Knights in Orlando at the "bounce house" too. It's called the bounce house because the stadium flexes so much when it gets rowdy. We have lots of teams in Florida, 3 pro football teams, 2 NBA teams, 2 MLB teams, 2 pro hockey teams, 2 MLS teams, 3 powerhouse college teams-4 if you count UCF. We also love our Nascar at Daytona and bull riding/rodeo. We would love to have you visit Florida and enjoy our traditions.

Appreicate you, man. Being from America, means alot to me! WSU Cougars and FSU 'Noles (Seminoles) are my teams for college football

The second Portland Timbers video is actually in Seattle, Portland's biggest rival.

I’m West Virginian! 😊 Fun fact - John Denver was not West Virginian, and the song “country roads” was written for the state of Virginia. But we love it and adopted it anyway! It’s definitely my home.