I love that some people think this is fake because everyone is wearing the same color. LMAO REALLY? That's what you base your "assumption" on? I'm a Coug and if you aren't wearing maroon (versus white or gray) then you should be naked with maroon paint. :) If you're a UK sports buff, you should really attempt to go to a college football game if you cross the pond. And to get this "experience", go to one of the local rivalry games. (We save the BEST of our insults for those games!)
Why is college football so popular outside the Northeast? Do you not have professional teams? Also, why would ANYONE spend such a significant chunk of their time and money every Autumn supporting the team of a university they never attended (maybe they didn't even GO to ANY college)? I'm not even a fan of the Patriots, but I at least get how so many people are emotionally invested with them. What I don't get is college football having such a broad appeal in the South and Midwest.
I moved from Michigan to Alabama, and Alabama is ABSOLUTELY BONKERS about college football. Seriously. During the football season it takes up about 60% of the local news . I'm not kidding. If I hear one more mention of Alabama versus Auburn, I think I will scream.
If you don't believe go to an the Iron Bowl yourself. This game between Auburn and Alabama happens yearly and its known as the Iron Bowl which is considered the biggest rivalry in all of american football. I went to this years game and it was no different to that years game or the year before.
Alot of college games are crazy like this...but if this is Alabama vs Auburn then it's called the Iron Bowl which a special game so I think that would account for alot of hype. Love college ball because it's about the team and school not about the millions!
Why are the American wired up to the moon? A fighter jet flies over head and men punch the air?????? Sad.... Oh look. British Airways over head. YEA MAN. *Punches the air* ****ing radical man.
I was a student at Auburn and I can say that this is not a result of crazy camera tricks.. it's very real. I was born and raised in Alabama and I've never understood the obsession with football, despite the multitude of family members and friends who tried to drill their fanatic obsession into me. It really is a cultural thing that parents teach their children from birth and emphasize as much or more than things like religion.
Yes, if the colliseums of Rome have any successor its the American football collegiate system, definitely. It's something that can't be fully appreciated without experiencing it.
Anyone coming across the pond to come visit, please go to a CFB game. I got the the University of Central Florida, come 10 hours before to tailgate with all of us. I've been looking for this documentary for a long ass time. Thanks for posting. BTW this is the real deal, AUB and ALA would be a great game to go to. Notre Dame, UM, any SEC school...you'll catch on when you get over here. All the best and remember soccer and football are two different sports, both awesome as fuck.
@issyvoo2 Nope. He was having a great time as you should when you travel and it is quite evident you don't have any clue of what you're talking about.
@Mgoblue1017 I hope you don't really think college football is about "school pride" and "bragging rights". The men running the ncaa are as greedy if not more than anyone running any professional sport.
Cheers from East Carolina University. Got my season tickets today and I can't wait. Our stadium only holds about 50,000; but the noise on gameday is deafening! For those of you from other lands, if you're in America during the Autumn: GO TO A COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME. It will be one of the most incredible experiences of your life.
I guess I never thought that this would seem strange to someone from another country. This is quite typical, and happens on 100's of college campuses, every saturday of the fall. Ytb search: "fans or atmosphere" of any major college and you'll find the same. Penn state, Virginia Tech, Wisconson, Oregon, any school.
To anybody around the world who wants to watch American football: watch college. You will see more passionate fanbases than the NFL, bigger stadiums than the NFL, crazier games than the NFL, and young men who are not playing for millions of dollars but just for their school's pride and bragging rights. I like the NFL, but it doesn't even touch college.
That is the greatest rivalry in college football. I'm glad, as an Alabamian, that the rest of the world got to see the Iron Bowl. It honestly is the greatest spectral our state puts together. Roll Tide
Im just laughing at all the europeans that think this is crazy...college football here is insane. It has way more passionate of a fanbase than the NFL. Its not just about school spirit at the colleges...college football unites ENTIRE STATES here. Like someone else said, a lot of division 1 college football stadiums hold more than 100,000 people...and there are over 120 division 1 schools.
Yeah, this happens all over the US when there are college games between rival schools. This isn't the only one, and it may be large, but I've seen ones just as large here in California...like the Cal/Stanford games
To those who think this is a joke or camera trick, some colleges draw over 100,000 per game. And this stuff happens all over the country on Saturday's during football season.
Auburn is no "medium size college", at least not with respect to their football program. And this game, also known as "the Iron Bowl", between Auburn and Alabama is one of the more intense rivalries in college football.
I would not call it "camera tricks." Rather, the editors took the most spectacular scenes & added a triumphant, vibrant tune to emphasize their point(s).
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Interesting to note: These two "medium" universities in Alabama are back-to-back national champions, with back to back Heisman trophy winners (unprecedented in history).
This is just typical deep south football, unfortunately. I think its great for spirit, but I lived in Florida for 5 years, and too often programs like music were being cut, but NEVER football. Football is very much a religion for the states like Louisiana, Alabama and DEFINITELY Texas.
I live in New York and things are clearly quite different than they are in Alabama but I was surprised that someone thought this was staged or due to camera tricks. LOL Not every single college football game is that crazy but a majority of them are and I think it reveals that Americans are organizational masters, incredibly optimistic, and not prone to violence. The majority revel in coming together to celebrate virtually anything.
@petruz1993 It's not celebrating nothing. It's college students blowing off steam and cheering for their team whilst getting drunk. Do you not know people who do this in your country? Most societies have sport at most levels, they just don't have the money that American schools have to make it look like the superbowl and to accomodate massive amounts of people.
@kestasjk I realize a number of people have probably already said this, but there's no tricks. I was in the marching band that year and was at that game and he really did catch the spirit. The Iron Bowl is that big, intense, colorful, faintly ridiculous, and out-and-out AWESOME. :)
In fact, the only thing he got wrong is the size of the two universities. AU and UA are division 1A, the largest in college sports. They're medium in that bracket, but they're bigger than most US colleges.
People should check out the rest of the Stephen Fry in America series, because it's really excellent. He did his research well for Alabama, because honestly nothing sums up our state's culture better than this game.
nah just think "soccer" is boring and football has more tradition and more fun to play/watch. The US seems way cooler than Europe so gonna try and get into some Uni. American football is on tv less than shitty snooker :L but football equipment is so expensive here . 150 pounds for a decent helmet and gloves are 40 pounds
@TimoFSteel Yeah equipment is expensive over here too. If your ever over here you definitely got to go watch some college games. In my opinion the atmospheres are way better than the NFL. And if your ever in Idaho during the AF season you definitely got to get over to Boise and watch a game on their blue turf.
Many Europeans dont understand this becasue its an amature sport. Sure they have crazy fan support for pro sports over there, but this kind of support at the college level probably seems kind of crazy to them. This just shows how serious and passionate Americans are about their football. A HIGH SCHOOL in Texas just recently spent $60 million on a brand new 20,000 seat stadium.
@TimoFSteel I thought you might have been American. It's cool to see a European who actually likes American Football. I hate it when people rant on AF that have never even played it, or watched more than a couple of games.
This years Iron bowl was straight fucking crazy. Bama blowing a 24-0 lead... Then later in the day Boise State blowing a 24-7 lead, and Kyle Brotzman shanks his way into Boise States history books.... what a horrible day to be a BSU fan. At half time of the Iron Bowl it looked like BSU was one win away from a trip to the national title. Fast foward 8 hours and BSU just lost and is headed to the Las Vegas bowl. Thanks a lot Bama, Nevada, and Kyle Brotzman.
@accountnumber90 By not taking advantage of opportunities. It should have been 31-0 or even 38-0 at halftime. And that punt interference penalty BSU got in that Nevada game was one of the worst calls i saw all year. Thats where the momentum changed. If that ref wasn't a dumbass BSU would have had the ball inside Nevada's 30 with a chance to take a 31-7 lead.
@accountnumber90 Bama should have won. I hated seeing Scam Newton and the Barners celebrate after the win. Hopefully the NCAA brings the hammer down hard on those cheaters.
The amazing 60 yard bomb from Kellen Moore to Titus Young made the Field goal miss even worse.
Auburn/Alabama is a great rivalry!! This English dude needs to come up to Lincoln during a Husker game we'll show him how it's done!! tailgating from 4a.m Saturday morning till midnight. The sea of red, the tunnel walk, it's just one of the best college football atmospheres in the nation. God I love college football so much!! GO BIG RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Brainabutler26 lol not rain on your parade, but for an Auburn game(well any SEC game really) tailgaing starts Thursday and ends Sunday afternoon. with 90,000+ in the stadium (to spite only holding 87,541) with at least another 10,000+ outside the stadium that come just to tailgate. Now i know big 12 football is pretty close to being the same but unless you've been to"Death Valley", "The Swamp", T-Town, or down to the Plains you ain't experience college football
@Taz20005 I wish you were right, because the 36-0 2008 Iron Bowl was awesome, but, my friend, that game was played in the cozy confines of Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. This game, I believe, was the year before (possibly 3 years before), based mostly on the fact that DJ Hall was still in uniform for Alabama, and he was not during the 36 - 0 game
You think this is absurd? Check out the "White out" at Penn St. games where 110,000 are decked out in white and the crowd is rocking to Seven Nation Army and Zombie nation, its insane!
@striker300southpaw I'm a husker fan but I love the white out at Penn State, and JoPa is the man!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to play Penn State every year, I hope I get to see JoPa in Lincoln before he retires
Oh man, if this were in Europe, you would need to bring in the swat and every policeman in the city to keep the "intense" fans from going "Mad Max" on eachother. There would be orange signal flare smoke covering one side of the stadium, ppl would try to climb over the fence and the kid with the silver boomerang would be on a killing spree... At the end those jets would have to drop napalm like in 28 weeks later to prevent the spread of post apocalyptic sports horror.
Poor Brits. Ya'll have no idea what you're missing. :) In all seriousness, if it looks a little too familiar, Hitler modeled his Nuremberg rallies after American college football games.
It is very much for real. Just for some perspective, the University of Alabama's (the other school mentioned) home stadium seats 101,821 people. The University of Michigan (another university in the North) seats 109,901 people. Far more than Wembley Stadium in London. So yes, it's for real, there are really that many people there and it really is that awesome!
WAIT; I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I'm from the North, and I can't understand why they'd be playing "Battle Hymn of the Republic" in the South. Am I missing something?
I swear to God...the lot of you all are the dumbest people ever! You guys are soooooooooooo dumb that you all really do think I'm being serious, even though I stated that what I was saying was factious. Clearly none of you even know what that word means. Fucking pathetic morons.
That's nothing, you should see a University of Michigan vs. Michigan State or vs. Ohio State game in Ann Arbor. The capacity of The Big House is now 109,901.
College football IS over the top and awesome, but I'd like to point out that the band spectacle part of it is relatively minor compared to the actual game, but this video kind of picks all those parts out over the course of a few hours and puts them end to end.
kertasjk and all other doubters i poromise u this is no joke college football stadiums hold 100,000+ screaming fans and especially in the south where there arent as many pro teams alabama vs. auburn is one of the biggest games in the country its called the iron bowl a team in LSU's stadium is called death valley and once the crowd cheered so loudly it registered on the richter scale this is no trick look up a few college ftball vids if u dont believe me :)
@kestasjk lol. you guys seriously can't be that ignorant to american college football? mirrors, are you freaking kidding me? hahahahahaha!!! btw, auburn is not "no more than a medium sized college." it's a large university in the most prominent college football conference in america (the SEC). google it.
@kestasjk Actually, it's not uncommon at these college football events for everyone to wear the same color, not unlike many other huge sporting events (maybe even soccer overseas? I'm not too familiar with international soccer). I'm not saying it's not mirrors, and I've never been to a college football game myself, so I could be wrong. However, those college stadiums are huge and engineered for noise. University of Michigan's stadium easily seats 100,000 people.
@FurlogTheGiant : I would imagine that you know that this is not a trick and that they are wearing the same colors to support their favorite team. In fact, I'm sure you know that. The reason why it is such large scale is because college football in America is such big business. Each of these teams have television contrcts and bring in millions for their respective schools. It is not nearly as 'amatuer" as you are lead to believe.
@FurlogTheGiant "It's done with mirrors, notice how everyone is wearng the same color? That's a dead give away that it's done with mirrors"
You really are ignorant beyond belief....You act as if you're an expert on this topic yet its so obvious to anyone who has ever attended an American Football game that this is exactly how it is.
@FurlogTheGiant I can assure you both that it is the real thing. I am a current Auburn student and have been to the game in question and many others like it . Everyone is wearing orange and blue because they are our team colors. If you do not believe me just watch any big time college football game or look up videos of college stadiums online. In fact look up college stadiums attendance records.
I went to a Purdue game once and everyone was required to have a ventriloquist dummy on each arm to make it look like ther are 3 times the people there.
@FurlogTheGiant You can believe what you like, but like I said I was there you were not. What you are saying is like me saying the whole world cup is a scam built with mirrors. It's just not true. Also, in the student section at Auburn for a big game their is no room to move, people are covering the stairs.
@FurlogTheGiant : That would never be done at any level of college sports. Nor would it need to be done at any division one program. The stadiums are simply filled with fans.
@FurlogTheGiant : That would never be done at any level of college sports. Nor would it need to be done at any division one program. The stadiums are simply filled with fans.
@FurlogTheGiant lol there were no camera tricks. That's how college football is. Everyone wheres there school colors. Don't believe me...? Search Penn State White Out
@FurlogTheGiant Haha... You're horribly wrong. As I attend the University of Alabama, the school seen in Crimson, I can attest to this accuracy of this video. Actually, the stadium shown holds but 87,000 while my University's has a capacity of 101,000.
sry man, but I went to a Purdue game once and everyone was required to have a ventriloquist dummy on each arm so every person would look like three people on TV.
@FurlogTheGiant That's pretty hilarious. I've never heard of anything like that happening in the SEC. I'm surprised it would happen in the Big 10, but this is Purdue we're talking about, not Ohio State.
@FurlogTheGiant Mirrors?? What, are you one of the people that question the moon landing too? Go to any SEC or Big 12 school game and the stadiums will look like this. The reason everyone is "wearing the same color" is, (wait for it) because they are! Since those are the home team's colors (gasp)! Sorry Furlog, the world is not out to get you.
@FurlogTheGiant LOL i live in the US and i'm actually a huge fan of Auburn (the team in orange) i promise you there is no camera tricks no special effects done to this video, this is actually what its like at a game. Yes if your not associated with anything like this it may seem absurd and ridiculous on camera, but in person its incredible. You just feel the energy in the stadium from the 87,451 fans!!!
Michigan, Ohio St, Tennessee, Penn St, Texas and Alabama all get regular crowds over 100,000 at their American Football crowds - all of them are colleges. Michigan have had a crowd of at least 100,000 for every home game since 1975. And Nebraska have sold out every home game since 1962. Its not like their stadium is small either. Capacity there is over 81,000 which is bigger than every British stadium except Wembley.
Yes, but have you ever noticed that the "fans" always have their mouths wide open? Now go look at a pic of a rubber fuck doll. Then you'll see how they fake these crowds.
@FurlogTheGiant - Mirrors? You are joking right? You must be. Come to America and tune into any college football game and see the 90 thousand plus stadium full to the max for every game. I have been to a UT football game and it is EXACTLY like this, he should of come to Texas. Nice try but it isn't unusual for the home team to get an advantage and have more people wearing their team colors. I invite you to check out a college game on Youtube and I dare you to say it's mirrors,lol.
It's no trick. College Football is a major staple of American communities. For example, I live in Colorado, and when Colorado State University and the University of Colorado have their annual game on Labor Day weekend, it's hard to meet anyone in the state without an opinion on the topic. I suppose it's because colleges invented the game. Also, because most states have only one professional team, it's a day where football fans in the same community can root against one another for a change.
chuy 1530 is right; this was one of the biggest college games in the country. However, at any American university, you'll always see the bands and dancers out on the field before the game - just usually not on this scale.
I love that some people think this is fake because everyone is wearing the same color. LMAO REALLY? That's what you base your "assumption" on? I'm a Coug and if you aren't wearing maroon (versus white or gray) then you should be naked with maroon paint. :) If you're a UK sports buff, you should really attempt to go to a college football game if you cross the pond. And to get this "experience", go to one of the local rivalry games. (We save the BEST of our insults for those games!)
colliegirl29 2 weeks ago 2
his face at the and says it all!!!!!!!!!
Hermy1138 2 weeks ago 2
College football is a BIG business,too. Many schools earn millions from it
Tane0707 3 weeks ago
That look on his face at the end is priceless.
Yeah, football is a goddamn religion.
F1NGER 1 month ago 7
they used the creepy music from alien at the start lol
IntheeyesofMorbo 1 month ago
war fucking eagle.
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only rednecks care about college handegg.
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Why is college football so popular outside the Northeast? Do you not have professional teams? Also, why would ANYONE spend such a significant chunk of their time and money every Autumn supporting the team of a university they never attended (maybe they didn't even GO to ANY college)? I'm not even a fan of the Patriots, but I at least get how so many people are emotionally invested with them. What I don't get is college football having such a broad appeal in the South and Midwest.
trilobright 1 month ago
@trilobright Why are people emotionally invested in NFL teams? Do these reasons not apply to college football?
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trilobright 1 month ago
No camera tricks lol. This is actually quite normal. I went to LSU (Louisiana State Univ.) and our games were alot like this.
osayaaa 2 months ago 3
@osayaaa Roll Tide!
piercetrojans 1 month ago
Hilarious that people think this is fake.
newyawker123 2 months ago 6
I moved from Michigan to Alabama, and Alabama is ABSOLUTELY BONKERS about college football. Seriously. During the football season it takes up about 60% of the local news . I'm not kidding. If I hear one more mention of Alabama versus Auburn, I think I will scream.
hippiebutnot 2 months ago 4
If you don't believe go to an the Iron Bowl yourself. This game between Auburn and Alabama happens yearly and its known as the Iron Bowl which is considered the biggest rivalry in all of american football. I went to this years game and it was no different to that years game or the year before.
copper4eva 2 months ago
Lol if you think this is fake. The southern states don't joke around when it comes to their college football.
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RevSyd 2 months ago
fake..............
patsyd80 2 months ago
Alot of college games are crazy like this...but if this is Alabama vs Auburn then it's called the Iron Bowl which a special game so I think that would account for alot of hype. Love college ball because it's about the team and school not about the millions!
JessicaCasarez 2 months ago
Why are the American wired up to the moon? A fighter jet flies over head and men punch the air?????? Sad.... Oh look. British Airways over head. YEA MAN. *Punches the air* ****ing radical man.
ulsterbeefsnr 3 months ago
@ulsterbeefsnr You type this like I'm the weird one...
felixchump 3 months ago
obviously whoever made this video does not understand that college sports are as popular as pro sports in the usa
jobbles1000 4 months ago
Roll Tide.
joelkizz 4 months ago
I was a student at Auburn and I can say that this is not a result of crazy camera tricks.. it's very real. I was born and raised in Alabama and I've never understood the obsession with football, despite the multitude of family members and friends who tried to drill their fanatic obsession into me. It really is a cultural thing that parents teach their children from birth and emphasize as much or more than things like religion.
EmilyH91 5 months ago 9
at the end lol in his head he's thinking ... whats wrong with america???
kevinishere55 5 months ago
@kevinishere55: No, at the end he's thinking "Christ, were those fighter jets?!"
PooPoo2U 4 months ago 4
War Eagle!
kudzuhive 5 months ago
Yes, if the colliseums of Rome have any successor its the American football collegiate system, definitely. It's something that can't be fully appreciated without experiencing it.
warc8us 5 months ago
They want a real stadium? Bryant Denny > Jordan Hare any day
DarthVader631 5 months ago
What documentary was this a part of?
swisscheeze13 5 months ago
Anyone coming across the pond to come visit, please go to a CFB game. I got the the University of Central Florida, come 10 hours before to tailgate with all of us. I've been looking for this documentary for a long ass time. Thanks for posting. BTW this is the real deal, AUB and ALA would be a great game to go to. Notre Dame, UM, any SEC school...you'll catch on when you get over here. All the best and remember soccer and football are two different sports, both awesome as fuck.
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@TheeHurriShane You do realize that Stephen Fry was mocking you guys, don't you?
issyvoo2 5 months ago
@issyvoo2 Nope. He was having a great time as you should when you travel and it is quite evident you don't have any clue of what you're talking about.
TheeHurriShane 5 months ago
@issyvoo2 No he's not. He's saying "it's crazy and massive, but it's awesome too"
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@issyvoo2 No he's not. He's saying "it's crazy and massive, but it's awesome too"
keewaTV 5 months ago
@Mgoblue1017 I hope you don't really think college football is about "school pride" and "bragging rights". The men running the ncaa are as greedy if not more than anyone running any professional sport.
codykicklighter 5 months ago
It's no trick, it's the most prolific part of our culture.
Khogg32 6 months ago
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Khogg32 6 months ago
how damn cool is college football?
PatRick4001 6 months ago
Cheers from East Carolina University. Got my season tickets today and I can't wait. Our stadium only holds about 50,000; but the noise on gameday is deafening! For those of you from other lands, if you're in America during the Autumn: GO TO A COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME. It will be one of the most incredible experiences of your life.
dcbandnerd 6 months ago
I guess I never thought that this would seem strange to someone from another country. This is quite typical, and happens on 100's of college campuses, every saturday of the fall. Ytb search: "fans or atmosphere" of any major college and you'll find the same. Penn state, Virginia Tech, Wisconson, Oregon, any school.
bebomac5 6 months ago
His face at 3:01 is priceless
mair469 7 months ago
To anybody around the world who wants to watch American football: watch college. You will see more passionate fanbases than the NFL, bigger stadiums than the NFL, crazier games than the NFL, and young men who are not playing for millions of dollars but just for their school's pride and bragging rights. I like the NFL, but it doesn't even touch college.
Mgoblue1017 7 months ago 60
That is the greatest rivalry in college football. I'm glad, as an Alabamian, that the rest of the world got to see the Iron Bowl. It honestly is the greatest spectral our state puts together. Roll Tide
MrTroy2052 8 months ago
lol at his face after the flyover 3:00
oJKBo 8 months ago
Im just laughing at all the europeans that think this is crazy...college football here is insane. It has way more passionate of a fanbase than the NFL. Its not just about school spirit at the colleges...college football unites ENTIRE STATES here. Like someone else said, a lot of division 1 college football stadiums hold more than 100,000 people...and there are over 120 division 1 schools.
gmenfan48 8 months ago 4
Yeah, this happens all over the US when there are college games between rival schools. This isn't the only one, and it may be large, but I've seen ones just as large here in California...like the Cal/Stanford games
phoenixdown7 8 months ago
To those who think this is a joke or camera trick, some colleges draw over 100,000 per game. And this stuff happens all over the country on Saturday's during football season.
No camera tricks.
keliffa 9 months ago
Auburn is no "medium size college", at least not with respect to their football program. And this game, also known as "the Iron Bowl", between Auburn and Alabama is one of the more intense rivalries in college football.
ousooner83 9 months ago in playlist crowd tv footage
only in america, thats why its the land of oportunity. Wish i was a born american sometimes
hcytkr 9 months ago
Stephen Fry is the man.
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I would not call it "camera tricks." Rather, the editors took the most spectacular scenes & added a triumphant, vibrant tune to emphasize their point(s).
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Interesting to note: These two "medium" universities in Alabama are back-to-back national champions, with back to back Heisman trophy winners (unprecedented in history).
JuniperSprouts 9 months ago
This is just typical deep south football, unfortunately. I think its great for spirit, but I lived in Florida for 5 years, and too often programs like music were being cut, but NEVER football. Football is very much a religion for the states like Louisiana, Alabama and DEFINITELY Texas.
greenapple123100 10 months ago 3
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Soccer is better he he he.
drugobianconero91 9 months ago
@greenapple123100 err football pays for tons of shit music does not, i got $10,000 in need grants from MSU last year...thank you football team.
badgerattoadhall 8 months ago 3
I live in New York and things are clearly quite different than they are in Alabama but I was surprised that someone thought this was staged or due to camera tricks. LOL Not every single college football game is that crazy but a majority of them are and I think it reveals that Americans are organizational masters, incredibly optimistic, and not prone to violence. The majority revel in coming together to celebrate virtually anything.
yngguy4u 10 months ago 34
@yngguy4u Amen brother.
Kmagnus80 10 months ago
@yngguy4u Or to celebrate virtually nothing, as in this game xDD
petruz1993 10 months ago
@petruz1993 It's not celebrating nothing. It's college students blowing off steam and cheering for their team whilst getting drunk. Do you not know people who do this in your country? Most societies have sport at most levels, they just don't have the money that American schools have to make it look like the superbowl and to accomodate massive amounts of people.
yngguy4u 9 months ago
@kestasjk I realize a number of people have probably already said this, but there's no tricks. I was in the marching band that year and was at that game and he really did catch the spirit. The Iron Bowl is that big, intense, colorful, faintly ridiculous, and out-and-out AWESOME. :)
In fact, the only thing he got wrong is the size of the two universities. AU and UA are division 1A, the largest in college sports. They're medium in that bracket, but they're bigger than most US colleges.
kelincihutan 11 months ago 3
People should check out the rest of the Stephen Fry in America series, because it's really excellent. He did his research well for Alabama, because honestly nothing sums up our state's culture better than this game.
anAmishGuy 11 months ago 2
War Eagle!!
Logan5635 11 months ago
Many things have been said about America and Americans, some are true some are not but you can never say we Americans are boring. ;-)
kacplaymyst 11 months ago 6
nah just think "soccer" is boring and football has more tradition and more fun to play/watch. The US seems way cooler than Europe so gonna try and get into some Uni. American football is on tv less than shitty snooker :L but football equipment is so expensive here . 150 pounds for a decent helmet and gloves are 40 pounds
TimoFSteel 1 year ago
@TimoFSteel Yeah equipment is expensive over here too. If your ever over here you definitely got to go watch some college games. In my opinion the atmospheres are way better than the NFL. And if your ever in Idaho during the AF season you definitely got to get over to Boise and watch a game on their blue turf.
eskimobronco 1 year ago
Many Europeans dont understand this becasue its an amature sport. Sure they have crazy fan support for pro sports over there, but this kind of support at the college level probably seems kind of crazy to them. This just shows how serious and passionate Americans are about their football. A HIGH SCHOOL in Texas just recently spent $60 million on a brand new 20,000 seat stadium.
eskimobronco 1 year ago
@eskimobronco my team's adult team in england players cant afford £100 to go for a game in paris
TimoFSteel 1 year ago
@TimoFSteel Are you American, British, Russian???
eskimobronco 1 year ago
@eskimobronco Just Russian and Scottish but live in England and want to go to the USA
TimoFSteel 1 year ago
@TimoFSteel I thought you might have been American. It's cool to see a European who actually likes American Football. I hate it when people rant on AF that have never even played it, or watched more than a couple of games.
eskimobronco 1 year ago 3
Clearly camera tricks. It was so non-fantastical that Stephen Fry nearly shed a tear at the end.
badcoincidences 1 year ago
This years Iron bowl was straight fucking crazy. Bama blowing a 24-0 lead... Then later in the day Boise State blowing a 24-7 lead, and Kyle Brotzman shanks his way into Boise States history books.... what a horrible day to be a BSU fan. At half time of the Iron Bowl it looked like BSU was one win away from a trip to the national title. Fast foward 8 hours and BSU just lost and is headed to the Las Vegas bowl. Thanks a lot Bama, Nevada, and Kyle Brotzman.
eskimobronco 1 year ago
@eskimobronco
I know man, I know. Those games left me speechless (especially Bama). I mean, how do you blow a 24-0 lead??!! HOW?!!
accountnumber90 1 year ago
@accountnumber90 By not taking advantage of opportunities. It should have been 31-0 or even 38-0 at halftime. And that punt interference penalty BSU got in that Nevada game was one of the worst calls i saw all year. Thats where the momentum changed. If that ref wasn't a dumbass BSU would have had the ball inside Nevada's 30 with a chance to take a 31-7 lead.
eskimobronco 1 year ago
@eskimobronco
There was also that fumble by Ingram, that drop (which was a touchdown in the bag!!) by Richardson and when Mcelroy got sacked AND injured. Bah!!
That missed field goal that would have sealed it for BSU was painful!
accountnumber90 1 year ago
@accountnumber90 Bama should have won. I hated seeing Scam Newton and the Barners celebrate after the win. Hopefully the NCAA brings the hammer down hard on those cheaters.
The amazing 60 yard bomb from Kellen Moore to Titus Young made the Field goal miss even worse.
eskimobronco 1 year ago
Forgot that game was in bd. And didn't even think to check player names
Taz20005 1 year ago
Auburn/Alabama is a great rivalry!! This English dude needs to come up to Lincoln during a Husker game we'll show him how it's done!! tailgating from 4a.m Saturday morning till midnight. The sea of red, the tunnel walk, it's just one of the best college football atmospheres in the nation. God I love college football so much!! GO BIG RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainabutler26 1 year ago
@Brainabutler26 lol not rain on your parade, but for an Auburn game(well any SEC game really) tailgaing starts Thursday and ends Sunday afternoon. with 90,000+ in the stadium (to spite only holding 87,541) with at least another 10,000+ outside the stadium that come just to tailgate. Now i know big 12 football is pretty close to being the same but unless you've been to"Death Valley", "The Swamp", T-Town, or down to the Plains you ain't experience college football
Taz20005 1 year ago
yay war eagle! @eskimobronco that sure happened, didn't it? hahahaha. i was in the stadium to witness the glorious 28-27: choke bama choke!!
SoMuchToSay41 1 year ago
The Barners and Scam Newton are going to lose to Bama come Friday!!!
eskimobronco 1 year ago
The 4 people who disliked this are dicks.
badsushichef 1 year ago 7
@badsushichef Bama fans lol, they dislike anything that makes Auburn look good. Even tho the Iron bowl in this clip Auburn lost 36-0
Taz20005 1 year ago
@Taz20005 I wish you were right, because the 36-0 2008 Iron Bowl was awesome, but, my friend, that game was played in the cozy confines of Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. This game, I believe, was the year before (possibly 3 years before), based mostly on the fact that DJ Hall was still in uniform for Alabama, and he was not during the 36 - 0 game
THX10538 1 year ago
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@FurlogTheGiant The Purdue crack was great. Yes, I know you're having fun with us.
phantomcat1000 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant That Purdue crack was great. Yes, I do know you're having fun.
phantomcat1000 1 year ago 3
You think this is absurd? Check out the "White out" at Penn St. games where 110,000 are decked out in white and the crowd is rocking to Seven Nation Army and Zombie nation, its insane!
striker300southpaw 1 year ago
@striker300southpaw I'm a husker fan but I love the white out at Penn State, and JoPa is the man!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to play Penn State every year, I hope I get to see JoPa in Lincoln before he retires
Brainabutler26 1 year ago
He calls them a "medium sized college" but the thing is they currently have 23,000 + students currently enrolled taking classes.
deejerman86 1 year ago
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@deejerman86" have 23,000 + students currently enrolled taking classes" yes thats a medium size college msu has like 45,000
badgerattoadhall 1 year ago
Oh man, if this were in Europe, you would need to bring in the swat and every policeman in the city to keep the "intense" fans from going "Mad Max" on eachother. There would be orange signal flare smoke covering one side of the stadium, ppl would try to climb over the fence and the kid with the silver boomerang would be on a killing spree... At the end those jets would have to drop napalm like in 28 weeks later to prevent the spread of post apocalyptic sports horror.
BonScottAC 1 year ago 28
@BonScottAC thats why they dont Serve alcohol at ncaa games :)
badgerattoadhall 1 year ago
@BonScottAC that's just passion
robban775 1 year ago
@BonScottAC thats why you cant buy or bring in booze
badgerattoadhall 8 months ago
@BonScottAC Here in Canada, we just had a terrible riot over a lost hockey game.
issyvoo2 5 months ago
And that was only an Auburn game. Should have gone to a Notre Dame, The Ohio State, Texas A&M.
Also, go to Texas and check out a high school (prep school) game.
dessonville50 1 year ago
Poor Brits. Ya'll have no idea what you're missing. :) In all seriousness, if it looks a little too familiar, Hitler modeled his Nuremberg rallies after American college football games.
Oh yeah. There are 116 other teams at this level.
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KansasForever1981 1 year ago
It is very much for real. Just for some perspective, the University of Alabama's (the other school mentioned) home stadium seats 101,821 people. The University of Michigan (another university in the North) seats 109,901 people. Far more than Wembley Stadium in London. So yes, it's for real, there are really that many people there and it really is that awesome!
accountnumber90 1 year ago 2
@Dresdina That's an Auburn song set to Battle Hymn of the Republic. They're singing, "Glory, glory to Auburn, A-U-B-U-R-N!"
And yes, Auburn games are always this crazy, especially against Alabama. Alabama games are just as crazy, btw.
I can't believe he didn't show Tiger flying around the stadium and landing on the field.
rioduran 1 year ago
WAIT; I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I'm from the North, and I can't understand why they'd be playing "Battle Hymn of the Republic" in the South. Am I missing something?
Dredsina 1 year ago
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badgerattoadhall 1 year ago
@Dredsina errr yes it is sorry
badgerattoadhall 1 year ago
@Dredsina
Blood shed and God. Two things we in the South know of!
keliffa 1 year ago
@0:48 - It's Britney, b***ch!
lcozzarelli 1 year ago
Auburn Sucks.
Gary3785 1 year ago
what's so absurd about it? it happens like that every week in just about every stadium
hawleywe 1 year ago 3
I swear to God...the lot of you all are the dumbest people ever! You guys are soooooooooooo dumb that you all really do think I'm being serious, even though I stated that what I was saying was factious. Clearly none of you even know what that word means. Fucking pathetic morons.
LOL
FurlogTheGiant 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant Factious or facetious? Clearly you're having a bit of trouble with the word as well ;)
lcozzarelli 1 year ago
Furlog is trolling. Mirrors and ventriloquist dummies? LOL
vigilanteartist 1 year ago
War Eagle!
bssplyr4christ 1 year ago
That's nothing, you should see a University of Michigan vs. Michigan State or vs. Ohio State game in Ann Arbor. The capacity of The Big House is now 109,901.
slwallwagner 1 year ago
C'mon
I sure everyone here has gone to "Rubber Fuck Doll" night at good ol' State U. ???.
That's another trick to "fill the stands"
FurlogTheGiant 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant stop trolling, Furlog ;)
lcozzarelli 1 year ago
Camera tricks? LOL
wahtization 1 year ago
God, I love college football. The atmosphere on game day is unlike anything on earth.
... Oh, and GO HOGS!!!!
vigilanteartist 1 year ago
camera tricks? haha, really? Jordan-Hare Stadium seats more than 87,000 people. No tricks were used.
john8781 1 year ago
umm this is pretty normal in College Football, no camera tricks lol
r2d23678 1 year ago
Probably one of the best games iv ever been to. i was only about 20 feet away from him
Parkerc33 1 year ago
College football IS over the top and awesome, but I'd like to point out that the band spectacle part of it is relatively minor compared to the actual game, but this video kind of picks all those parts out over the course of a few hours and puts them end to end.
kilowattson 1 year ago
HAHAHA! He is in utter disbelief at the end. It's fantastic how alien the whole affair seems to him.
By the way, there is no video slight of hand to embellish the spectacle. College football really is that over the top, sometimes.
betterinsodapop 1 year ago 3
Another reason I don't like sports.
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joeillg 1 year ago
Camera tricks? It's an average NCAA football game. Go Wisconsin!
ProfessorAR 1 year ago
The cheesy music does make it seem a bit absurd though....
ProfessorAR 1 year ago
kertasjk and all other doubters i poromise u this is no joke college football stadiums hold 100,000+ screaming fans and especially in the south where there arent as many pro teams alabama vs. auburn is one of the biggest games in the country its called the iron bowl a team in LSU's stadium is called death valley and once the crowd cheered so loudly it registered on the richter scale this is no trick look up a few college ftball vids if u dont believe me :)
SpEeDoUt88 1 year ago 3
WDE! The Iron Bowl is one of the biggest college rivalry games in college football. It's ridiculous and awesome at the same time. lol
JKFrazier 1 year ago
It's done with mirrors
notice how everyone is wearng the same color? That's a dead give away that it's done with mirrors
FurlogTheGiant 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant knew it
kestasjk 1 year ago
@kestasjk ehh not really. no camera tricks. thats not even close to being the biggest college stadium either. gotta love college football
fballer1917 1 year ago
@kestasjk lol. you guys seriously can't be that ignorant to american college football? mirrors, are you freaking kidding me? hahahahahaha!!! btw, auburn is not "no more than a medium sized college." it's a large university in the most prominent college football conference in america (the SEC). google it.
arkansasrazorbackfan 1 year ago
@kestasjk Actually, it's not uncommon at these college football events for everyone to wear the same color, not unlike many other huge sporting events (maybe even soccer overseas? I'm not too familiar with international soccer). I'm not saying it's not mirrors, and I've never been to a college football game myself, so I could be wrong. However, those college stadiums are huge and engineered for noise. University of Michigan's stadium easily seats 100,000 people.
SoftBank47 1 year ago
@kestasjk it's not though (jordan hare stadium on wikipedia)
grundian 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant : I would imagine that you know that this is not a trick and that they are wearing the same colors to support their favorite team. In fact, I'm sure you know that. The reason why it is such large scale is because college football in America is such big business. Each of these teams have television contrcts and bring in millions for their respective schools. It is not nearly as 'amatuer" as you are lead to believe.
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amc987654321 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant Nah, those are just our team colors.
AubOrange 1 year ago
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@FurlogTheGiant "It's done with mirrors, notice how everyone is wearng the same color? That's a dead give away that it's done with mirrors"
You really are ignorant beyond belief....You act as if you're an expert on this topic yet its so obvious to anyone who has ever attended an American Football game that this is exactly how it is.
RomeAndMarty4Ever 1 year ago 2
@FurlogTheGiant I can assure you both that it is the real thing. I am a current Auburn student and have been to the game in question and many others like it . Everyone is wearing orange and blue because they are our team colors. If you do not believe me just watch any big time college football game or look up videos of college stadiums online. In fact look up college stadiums attendance records.
-War Eagle
joeillg 1 year ago
@joeillg
oh BS!
I went to a Purdue game once and everyone was required to have a ventriloquist dummy on each arm to make it look like ther are 3 times the people there.
FurlogTheGiant 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant You can believe what you like, but like I said I was there you were not. What you are saying is like me saying the whole world cup is a scam built with mirrors. It's just not true. Also, in the student section at Auburn for a big game their is no room to move, people are covering the stairs.
-War Eagle
joeillg 1 year ago
@joeillg
You must be the dumbest person ever.
What does it take to get into Auburn? Open the door?
HELLO!!! I was being facetious!
FurlogTheGiant 1 year ago 3
@FurlogTheGiant
...and yet they persist.
jessiessica 1 year ago
@jessiessica
it keeps getting better
FurlogTheGiant 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant : That would never be done at any level of college sports. Nor would it need to be done at any division one program. The stadiums are simply filled with fans.
quegold1911 1 year ago
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@FurlogTheGiant : That would never be done at any level of college sports. Nor would it need to be done at any division one program. The stadiums are simply filled with fans.
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joeillg 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant lol there were no camera tricks. That's how college football is. Everyone wheres there school colors. Don't believe me...? Search Penn State White Out
uknowimmancandy 1 year ago 2
@FurlogTheGiant Haha... You're horribly wrong. As I attend the University of Alabama, the school seen in Crimson, I can attest to this accuracy of this video. Actually, the stadium shown holds but 87,000 while my University's has a capacity of 101,000.
abigmusicfan13 1 year ago
@abigmusicfan13
sry man, but I went to a Purdue game once and everyone was required to have a ventriloquist dummy on each arm so every person would look like three people on TV.
These tricks go on and on.
Facetious
FurlogTheGiant 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant That's pretty hilarious. I've never heard of anything like that happening in the SEC. I'm surprised it would happen in the Big 10, but this is Purdue we're talking about, not Ohio State.
vigilanteartist 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant Mirrors?? What, are you one of the people that question the moon landing too? Go to any SEC or Big 12 school game and the stadiums will look like this. The reason everyone is "wearing the same color" is, (wait for it) because they are! Since those are the home team's colors (gasp)! Sorry Furlog, the world is not out to get you.
davidrzr 1 year ago 2
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vigilanteartist 1 year ago
@davidrzr I think someone missed the tone of the comment....
UD503J 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant
Orange and Blue are just the school colors which is why everyone is wearing it.
Crimson and white are Alabama's colors. The Iron Bowl really is an amazing experience.
stupidsax 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant LOL i live in the US and i'm actually a huge fan of Auburn (the team in orange) i promise you there is no camera tricks no special effects done to this video, this is actually what its like at a game. Yes if your not associated with anything like this it may seem absurd and ridiculous on camera, but in person its incredible. You just feel the energy in the stadium from the 87,451 fans!!!
deejerman86 1 year ago
@deejerman86 No Way!
I still believe it's mirrors, puppets and rubber fuck dolls. That's why it looks like there's so many people at the match.
FurlogTheGiant 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant
Michigan, Ohio St, Tennessee, Penn St, Texas and Alabama all get regular crowds over 100,000 at their American Football crowds - all of them are colleges. Michigan have had a crowd of at least 100,000 for every home game since 1975. And Nebraska have sold out every home game since 1962. Its not like their stadium is small either. Capacity there is over 81,000 which is bigger than every British stadium except Wembley.
echo6161 1 year ago
@echo6161
Yes, but have you ever noticed that the "fans" always have their mouths wide open? Now go look at a pic of a rubber fuck doll. Then you'll see how they fake these crowds.
FurlogTheGiant 1 year ago
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@FurlogTheGiant The Purdue crack was great. Yes, I know you're having fun with us.
phantomcat1000 1 year ago
@echo6161 Were expanding memorial stadium in Lincoln to 90,000+, it should be fun to have that many fans!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainabutler26 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant
This happens all over the US on Saturdays during football season.
keliffa 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant I dont know if you guys are being sarcastic or not but this is real, and it's not even the craziest it could be.
Kmagnus80 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant - Mirrors? You are joking right? You must be. Come to America and tune into any college football game and see the 90 thousand plus stadium full to the max for every game. I have been to a UT football game and it is EXACTLY like this, he should of come to Texas. Nice try but it isn't unusual for the home team to get an advantage and have more people wearing their team colors. I invite you to check out a college game on Youtube and I dare you to say it's mirrors,lol.
fee316 1 year ago
@fee316
ESPN has teamed up with EA sports to artificially add a crowd.
FurlogTheGiant 1 year ago
@FurlogTheGiant - Oh okay obviously you are being sarcastic, sorry I wasn't sure if you were actually serious about the mirrors or not,lol.
fee316 1 year ago
It's no trick. College Football is a major staple of American communities. For example, I live in Colorado, and when Colorado State University and the University of Colorado have their annual game on Labor Day weekend, it's hard to meet anyone in the state without an opinion on the topic. I suppose it's because colleges invented the game. Also, because most states have only one professional team, it's a day where football fans in the same community can root against one another for a change.
HeartlessConservativ 1 year ago 3
Nice video but it doesnt come close to capturing the intensity of The Iron Bowl
BigRigAuburnTiger 1 year ago
chuy 1530 is right; this was one of the biggest college games in the country. However, at any American university, you'll always see the bands and dancers out on the field before the game - just usually not on this scale.
swrdgrl 1 year ago