This was a great video to see and to get a better understanding of College Football traditions and in turn some of the history of the sport. That first one with the children's hospitals was so stunning. Really one of the best things I have seen in sport. Massive respect to those fans and my heart goes out to the children and families. What is your favourite college football tradition?

I am an ohio state fan. With that said. The Iowa tradition of waving to the kids in the hospital. Is by far the best thing in sports

As a husker fan who dislikes Iowa immensely, their wave to the Children's Hospital is by far the best tradition in college football because it goes beyond scoring points, winning a game, bragging about who's better, etc.

Alot of foreigners can't believe that this is college sports, but these are elite athletes. It is very very difficult to make a college team. Most are given paid scholarships to play and have been watched by college scouts since HS and persuaded to play for that school. Most play since they were young and by the HS level it's very competitive to just make the team. It's nice to root for your hometown team with some kids from your area and hometown pride.

Please watch the video to see how the Iowa wave tradition got started it's very sad but extremely inspirational

I love College fans. I am a lifetime Vol fan, my devoted enemy Bama fan is here, and we all acknowledge, Iowa's devotion to those children in the hospital is the most heartfelt gesture of all. A big wave back to you Iowa and all college fans for seeing the bigger picture. Y'all rock.

There's a tradition that started recently at the University of Utah called The Moment of Loudness that honors fallen players. Having been to a lot of home games myself, its extremely emotional and one of the best things I've seen in college sports along with Iowa's wave to the children's hospital.

There is NOTHING like a college football game. Not just the game but tailgating before and after the game. We had season tickets to the Penn State home games for a few years and we would take our RV, it was fantastic. Truly enjoyed ourselves.

Hawkeye fan here, i go to every home game and can tell you, waving to those kids is the most emotional thing ever. You can’t help but tear up. Best thing is the respect the away fans and players have as they join in. For a moment we aren’t rivals, we are humans showing those kids that we love them, we are thinking about them, and we got their backs.

One of the unique thing about the U.S. is how much emphasis we place on college (aka “uni”) sports. As far as I’m aware, no other country on earth makes as big a deal about college athletics (which is a shame, because you’ve seen how much it brings people together).

I went to school at the place shown in that first clip, and still live in the city and attend games. Honestly when you're in the stadium waving, and staring up at those windows with your own eyes surrounded by 70k other people all waving along with you, it's hard not to get emotional.

while students may know some of the players, the student section usually only takes up about 15% of the stands. So i wouldn’t say that they have relationship any different than an NFL team or player. People are so passionate about it because most people went to those schools at one point and universities are a much more local thing than the NFL.

As a WVU student the football program in West Virginia brings everyone together on a different scale. There’s not any professional sport programs in West Virginia just like a lot of other states, so college football is our one thing. Also the country roads clip is sung after every home win, and the team will join the students to sing with them in the student section.

You need to react to the army Navy game by tradition it is the last regular game of the college football season, because it is actually the oldest college football game played between teams. There is a actual saying about the army Navy game this is the only game where two teams are prepared to beat each other, hate each other ,but in a time of service to the nation everyday and even at war are on the same team . Watch the introduction videos on the army Navy game and you will start to understand., I highly recommend them. They are a history lesson all in themselves and something if you've never seen it you'll never forget it. Especially the tradition of singing" second"!

As a Bama fan who love all things Bama I have to admit the Iowa showing respect and love to those children and their families is by far the best in all of college football. It transcends winning or losing, team colors, bragging rights or championships. Its about the true spirit of human kind and a salute to those brave kids and the championship they win everyday of their life they are the true National Champions!

The second school that they showed was the University of Tennessee. You actually see two traditions in the vodeo here. First, the song is "Rocky Top". It is one of Tennessee's official state songs and the fight song for the University of Tennessee Volunteers. We sing it loud and sing it every time they score. Additionally, if you look at the stands, you will see that the fans in the stands have turned the stadium into an orange and white checkerboard with their clothes. This is an the same pattern painted on the field in both of the end zones. "Checkering Neyland Stadium" is reserved for a special game or two each year and is amazing to be there for!

In Iowa, no matter which team wins, there is no loser. There are many traditions in college football, but it's hard to beat Iowa's.

A BIGGER CONECTION WITH THE FANS . Since "college towns" are usually smaller communities than NFL metropolises there is a closer relationship between coaches/players to the fans . Not only are you more likely to see them on the street but you also have local EVERY DAY content. Radio & tv interviews, analysis, events, ect.. in addition players come back after make the NFL to do kids FB camps, events ... I live in a town of 100k with an addition 28k students. 51k show up to every game and even meet the teams at the airport after away games to show support.

Those orange guys singing “Rocky Top” are Tennessee. They’ve also been known to “checker” their stadium, where fans wear orange or white based on what section they sit in to make the overhead shots look like the stadium looks like a checkerboard

Current student at Auburn University and huge fan. Don’t know why Tiger Walk, the Eagle flying during pregame or rolling Toomers corner was not on here. These are long standing traditions that mean everything to the students and fans

I highly recommend looking up the Penn State white out game entrance. You saw a little bit of the atmosphere in this one but the energy of 100k+ fans is awesome when the team runs out.

If you get a chance, watch some of the Army-Navy game celebrations. At the end they join arms and sing each other's alma matres to each team's fans. All together in brotherhood. Very moving. This was especially moving during WW II when the men then went off to war.

As an Iowan I thank you for the kind words. 🙏 Go Hawks! #Until

As much as I like the Texas A&M pre-game tradition, nothing beats the Iowa Hawkeye tradition of waving to kids in the hospital.

As a Michigan fan, the Wisconsin Jump Around is one the best for me. Seeing that whole stadium jump like that is hella dope. #GOBLUE

The second one was a Tennessee Volunteers home game. The stadium holds over 100k people. When you get 75k to 80k people singing "Rocky Top" you can hear it well over a mile away

You need to see the famous Script Ohio from the beginning. It was voted the greatest tradition in college marching bands by other band leaders, and it is astonishing! Ohio State has the largest all-brass marching band in the world, and their halftime shows are on another level.

Florida state seminoles pre game is nice especially back in the 90s when the team was dominate

You ought to do a deep dive into the Army-Navy games. The military service academies are accredited colleges and field athletic teams like any other university. The US Military Academy (Army) plays annually against the US Naval Academy. By tradition, it is the final game of the college season. The student bodies of both academies attend en masse. It is a spectacle to behold. When the game is over, the teams salute the cadets/midshipmen by singing both schools' alma mater hymns together as one. By tradition, the winning team sings second. It's extremely emotional. The Chiefs of Staff of the army and navy issue orders on game day. Most of them are perfunctory - uniform of the day, I take sugar in my coffee, crap like that. The final order of the day, issued specifically to the teams, is to beat the opposition. Technically, the losing team is in direct violation of orders from the highest ranking officer in their branch of service.

I love this guy. He really is taken by the American football experience. I believe he's Scottish based on the way he talks. I'd like to sit by him in a football game. You just know he would be singing and cheering with the best of the fans.

I’m from iowa life long iowa fan. The wave is by far the coolest expierence I’ve ever had. You can check out a country song about it called “we wave” the whole thing is so cool because you realize the real heroes are up on that 12th floor

This is a great tradition. As an Iowa alumni, Class of '83, it makes me proud. You should also know that Kirk Ferentz donated a million dollars so they could build the top floor of the University of Iowa Children's Hospital. I started in 1979, the same year that Hayden Fry became the head coach of the Hawkeyes, and Kirk Ferentz is only the second head coach since I started college in 1979.

Highly recommend you watch chief Osceola and renegade at Florida state. Its an amazing tradition and it has enough history behind it for a whole video in itself.

I know what you mean about fatherhood magnifying those feelings. Before I became a dad I could see something sad about a kid and feel blue but afterwards I almost need to excuse myself bc it's too much. That being said, Iowa's fans are totally class for this tradition and most college football fans respect they hell out of em for it

We take everything our band does seriously when it comes to Ohio State. 😂 Ole' Miss has the best "tailgating" experience. The way they line up all that awesome food! 🤤

You nailed it…. Even when European fans go crazy in soccer …our college fans and players get so close to each other because the players are just kids teenagers who just a couple years before we’re high school teens…. This is why College football in America so sacred….. ITS BASICALLY A RELIGION AT THIS POINT…. if you really want to feel the LOVE that Americans have for college football I suggest watch RUDY… It’s a true story

As an Alabama fan. The wave at Iowa and the salute and anthems at the end of the Army Navy game are the best traditions in college football hands down.

Iowa has a couple traditions the kids hospital thing and thr team would take the field in unison holding hands

I root for Iowa every home game to win because of this tradition. Tennessee's band only knows one song. The bounce house is awesome. The Florida Gators singing Tom Petty's "Won't Back Down" and "We Are the Boys" is an amazing experience that I love. The energy in the stadium is something I cannot even describe. Another tradition that you do not have is Boston College's Red Bandana game. It is dedicated to a hero of 9/11 who wore a red bandana and rather than save himself, he went back to save others. It is a humbling and extremely touching story because his mother is at the Boston College game every year and they teach all the in coming freshmen about it.

I'm a fan of the Wildcats of Kansas State University. One of our traditions is that whenever our team successfully converts a first down, the stadium announcer will start stating that the play was "Good for a Wildcat..." and the fans will finish the announcement for him "First Down!" It's a tradition that started when I was a kid in the early 1990s, when our team, which had been "famous" for being the worst in college football for more than 50 years, finally started fielding good teams.

As someone who's played trumpet in US marching band (four years in high school, six in college), The US Marching Band came from the military band tradition. That's why it reminds you of British military marching bands.

I know our college football traditions can seem strange to some observers not familiar with the game. But there is truly nothing like visiting the stadium and taking part in the spectacle and watching the game. Thanks to you as a non-American for a unique and insightful perspective! My wife is a Tennessee grad '87 and 2:24 to 3:26 was especially exciting! GO VOLS!!!

As an Alabamian, they still play that song at Alabama home games. It's called Dixieland Delight by Alabama. The fans add their own words to the song. Little dirty to some people, but it's the tradition to the Alabama fan. Roll Tide Roll.

I can tell you about Clemson and Howard’s Rock (the team in orange with the tiger paws on the helmet riding the buses). The stadium’s nickname is Death Valley, because this is where other team’s hopes of winning come to die. The rock was brought to the then head coach Frank Howard from the Death Valley dessert in California. After it sat around for a few years as a doorstop, it was mounted for the players. Frank told the team, “any one not willing to give me 110% effort on the field had better keep his filthy f***ing hands off my rock”. So, the players touch the rock to show they’re going to give 110% during the game. In the other video, you commented about how fast they run down the hill and then jump. They almost have to. That hill is actually quite steep. The significance of the VT team (Virginia Tech) entrance is that they are running between columns of the Corps of Cadets. VT has a strong military tradition among their students. The Tennessee tradition is the team runs out through a T created by the band. The video doesn’t point out or explain the checkerboard pattern in the stands. The Tennessee fans will dress in orange or white based on their seat to create the checkerboard you see in the background. They generally only do that for special games.

I love the Tennessee Volunteers clip where the broadcaster doubts Oklahoma can come back in that game. They did. It was a spectacular comeback road victory for the ages, and part of why Baker Mayfield won the Heisman Trophy.

There is Virginia techs which is still fairly new compared to others because Metallica Song enter sand man is Iconic

You should really see one of the great traditions/entrances and that is at the University of Colorado when the team is lead into the field by students running alongside Ralphie the buffalo. You should also look into college mascots and rivalries.

The singing by the crowd is very different from Europe. It's generally a pop song that they just sing once before the game. Ohhh I just realized it's just like at Anfield when they sing "You'll Never Walk Alone", but they don't keep singing during play and making up songs about legendary players. That was one of the things that made me fall in love with the Premier League.

Hey I’m from Clemson South Carolina and I try to go to every home game! There is nothing like being in the stadium hearing the roar of the crowd shaking the ground you are staying on, the passion is unreal and is everywhere in college football. The tailgates before the games are also so much fun! I love seeing people from around the world enjoying college football as much as I do! I also just came back from a vacation in Scotland and stayed on the Isle of Iona, such a beautiful place!! (KZfaq video idea: “Mert Salih goes to a college football game!” ) cheers. 👍

The craziest part is there are around 250 college football teams and each have their own traditions like this (some bigger than others).

5:54 yessir it’s jump around! That’s the school I currently go to (university of Wisconsin). Everlast was actually at our game last week!

Clemson University has the "Run down the Hill" to open their games, as well as the "Gathering at the Paw" at the end of home games. The fans rush the field after the game and mingle with the team while singing the Alma Mater.

As an Iowa fan, the wave is the greatest tradition that could’ve ever came from us. It started in 2017 and it will never leave. Iowa is a very medical related school and the children’s hospital has some of the best doctors in the country. It truly can bring a tear to your eye in the stands while you’re waving at the children. We also have a different kid captain from the hospital who comes on to the field before the game and they get to choose the song that plays when we wave. I know i may be biased, but no school in the country has more spirit than Iowa when it comes to this tradition.

College football definitely has some really cool traditions. The Hawkeye wave is probably the best. It makes me cry every time. I think what makes college football unique is you have a very dedicated built in fan base. These kids come to watch their friends and classmates play. These are people they see everyday in the hallways and in the same class as them. You also have fans for life with the alumni. Many of these areas do not have professional teams nearby so this is just as good if not better.

The end clip isn’t even a Texas A&M game, it’s called a midnight yell. All the students go out to the stadium the night before the game and practice that chanting so they can all be in sync when they do it at the game! Electric stuff, super grateful I played against them a few years ago. Tremendous atmosphere!

The songs are classics now for sure, but keep in mind these traditions have been long running, since they were newer songs. There are decades of history to most of them using those songs every home game. That's why everyone can sing along, that's how everyone knows the words. I am personally an Iowa State fan (the cyclones) and my favorite thing we do is blast an air raid siren (tornado siren) at the start of the home games. Admittedly on the plains in August and September when you see thunderstorms rolling in it gets a bit confusing as to whether they are real or the entrance announcement, but they are still fun all the less. Also fun fact that none of these videos will do justice to, these stadiums are truly loud at times. The current record for a college football game is a bit over 133 decibels, which is significantly louder than an F-15 with afterburners taking off at 50 ft away.

The thing about college football is these teams have been around much longer than the NFL itself and almost every professional franchise. Yale vs Princeton has been a thing for 149 years. Georgia has been playing Auburn at least once a year since 1892, Wisconsin vs Minnesota since 1890 and so on. As you mentioned, there's a real sense of connection with the teams and traditions where as professional teams come and go, move cities, change their names and colors, etc.

I think reacting to college marching bands at halftime shows would be an interesting thing for you to watch. Some of these bands are extremely high level and fun to watch. I’d recommend the one you saw in the video, THE Ohio State Marching Band. Doesn’t really matter which one, but there are tons of half time videos of different shows they’ve put on. They’re pretty much the most famous college marching band, and as we call them in Ohio, the best damn band in the land

The funniest thing at 4:48 is the Alabama crowd singing Dixieland Delight, which is actually a song about Tennessee lmao.

Penn State (Pennsylvania State University) is located in the small town of State College, Pennsylvania. The town itself only has 45,000 people in it, but the football stadium holds over 106,000 people.

Every Saturday espn dos a pre game show called College game day where the show goes to different locations throughout the country where u can see different types of traditions in College 🏈, normally the shows go to big Games

Auburn - - Either a bald or a golden eagle will circle above the stadium slowly descending as it circles, then dives into the center of the field... Nothing in sports comes close.

Oregon Duck fan here. My university is the home of Nike. My two fave traditions are the Duck, who's a badass, riding out of the tunnel on the back of a custom Harley is fantastic! Between the third and fourth quarters the entire stadium sings Shout from Animal House. The movie was shot here on campus and is a tremendous source of pride for fans. #SCODUCKS!!

At Auburn....before the game a Bald Eagle is released....it circles the field and the fans yell. WARRRRRRRE. EAGLE... HEY !!!!!!

Just discovered you after your Army Navy video. Loving the content big man, keep it up!

The last school you saw was Midnight Yell Practice held the night before a football game at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The night before home games, the students gathers at the stadium, where they are led in "yell practice" by the Yell Leaders, the male students wearing the overalls. A&M doesn't have cheerleaders, they have male yell leaders. The students learn the hand signals and the yells by attending what's called "Fish Camp" the summer before they start attending the school. A&M also has the tradition of the "12th Man," wherein every student stands throughout the entire game to signal their readiness to come into the game and play if the team needs them. This began when a student actually did that during a football game in 1922. The football stadium is known as the "Home of the 12th Man," and when the Aggie Way Hymn is played by the marching band -- made up exclusively by uniformed members of the Corps of Cadets -- the students link arms and sway back and forth. This causes the upper levels of the stadium to sway, as well. Texas A&M is a school filled with tradition. There's no way to list them all here, but they really bond the student body.

It is not college football but people get very emotional at the Kentucky derby in Louisville when they play "My old Kentucky home."

The very last school on this video is of Texas A&M University. What you were looking at was NOT the football game, it was the night before the football game at what the Aggies call Midnight Yell. No other university anywhere has this tradition. At about 11:30 pm, the stadium is opened up, thousands of fans follow the band in, and they have a huge pep rally. They sing the Aggie War Hymn, their alma mater, they practice their yells. Every A&M fan knows what yell is coming up next by watching the yell leaders hand motions. The whole thing is run by the yell leaders, that was one of them you saw in the video. A&M does not have cheerleaders, they have yell leaders. There are somewhere between 20 & 30 thousand people that show up for this each week.

You should check out the eagle flight at Auburn University!

A note on the last one. The is the Midnight Yell at Texas A&M! It doesn't actually happen during the game, as the name suggests, it happens at midnight the night before/morning of the game!

The thing that makes college football the best atmosphere most of the times is that most players on the field won’t make the pros, so in essence it is like 90% of the players last time playing football after their college careers are over. So the fans are passionate becuase even some of there favorite players wont make it and they wont be able to cheer them on after they gradtuate. It just means more to the fans at colleges most of the times.

You're spot on about college football. The connection the fans have is so much deeper than with NFL. There's truly nothing like American college football

Tennesse fann here. Hearing the crowd sing Rocky Top together gives me chills.

That last scene was of The Texas A&M Aggies in College Station Texas. I went to school there and the games are quite the experience! Gig 'Em Aggies!

University of Texas "Texas Fight" chant before the game is deafening. 100k people half yelling TEXAS! and the other yelling FIGHT! Its pretty electric when a big rival is in town!

What makes the Iowa wave so great is that those kids even if they are getting chemo or just resting after treatment, for those 3 hours at least they can forget why they are in the hospital in the first place and the parents can see their child happy.

6:12 Penn State students will arrange a "white out" which you are seeing here. when they would sing "sweet caroline", i could hear it at my condo about 4 miles away. that stadium ("Beaver Stadium") holds about 100,000 people. State College, PA has a population of about 45k. during the school year, the population doubles. and on football weekends, the population increases by about another 50,000 people. Penn State has been described as, *_"A drinking school with a football problem."_* for a while i drove taxi there. and i could make almost $1,000 per shift on football weekends. needless to say, i didn't sleep much on those weekends. drivers used to fight over those shifts (12 hours with about 1 hour on each end for cleanup and paperwork). i kinda miss the energy and exuberance of the town. Some day, i gotta go back.

For over 50 years at the halfway point of the fourth quarter a Notre Dame cop would go on the speaker and talk about drunk driving with a joke, usually a pretty corny one. But at the :May I have your attention please' phrase, the stadium goes nuts, then supper quiet. He was so popular that even after he retired from the force he'd still do the announcement. He completely retired a few years ago sadly.

A good topic to look at, would be College Football rivalries, such as: USC vs UCLA. Michigan vs Ohio State. Alabama vs Auburn. Harvard vs Yale. Florida vs Florida State. Georgia vs Georgia Tech. U of California Berkeley vs Stanford. And especially Army vs Navy. This one is often referred to as the “Nation’s’ Rivalry” as there a so many families in the U.S. that have a family member who is serving, or has served in the Army or the Navy. There is often some kind of special and sometimes odd trophy that is perpetually exchanged between the two rivals for winning the game that year. Example: USC and UCLA play for “The Victory Bell”: a Brass Bell and Frame that is cleaned and re-painted in the winning schools’ colors. Michigan and Michigan State play for “The Paul Bunyan” trophy: a four foot tall statue of the famous folklore Lumberjack. But trophies, win loss records and championships aside, the Real prize is… BRAGGING RIGHTS!

5:52 the closest NFL analogue I can think of is the Green Bay Packers, and their touchdown celebration. The team is owned not by any one person or family, but by the city of Green Bay, and the players feel that connection strongly. So when they score a touchdown at home, their celebration is to leap up into the crowd for hugs :)

Heck no, NFL players usually don't get near the fans. The only exception I can think of right offhand is the Green Bay Packers, the only NFL team that belongs to the town, instead of some Billionaire. When they score, the players do what's called "The Lambeau Leap", Lambeau Field being the name of the stadium in Green Bay. They literally leap up into the stands when they score, where the fans catch them.

For Penn State they call it a “whiteout”, an expression we use here when the snow comes down so heavily you can’t see in front of you. Penn State’s up in the mountains, so it happens there w frequency.

There are a couple of other traditions that aren't shown in there, and one, in particular, had a huge upgrade in the 2022 season when they changed out the lights to LED style stadium lights. South Carolina's Sandstorm is a site to behold for sure. Check it out when you have a chance. You won't be disappointed.

The songs are so special because they are in the location the song is singing about. Like Sweet Home Alabama, West Virginia, Carolina etc. So fun!

I’m from Glasgow and I’m in Chicago for 30 years, i have season tickets every year for the Iowa Hawkeyes the team that waves to the kids. Just let me know when you want to experience it live. I’ve got you, it will be with you forever GO HAWKS 🖤💛

A relatively new tradition involving classic songs is the University of Florida (UF) Gators honoring Tom Petty in between the 3rd and 4th quarters. You should check that one out too!

Both of my daughters had back surgery at the U of Iowa Childrens’ Hospital. There’s lots of good healing vibes in that place. Don’t let it make you sad! The Wave is a great new tradition.

One thing this video left out is LSU’s pre-game. Many colleges have a thing called pre-game where the marching band does a show every home game. Ohio State’s is one of the best if not the best (the one where they “dotted the i”). LSU’s however, is probably the most hype. It’s really cool. Definitely check it out on your own at some point. I highly recommend.

One other reason why college sports are so popular is the distance many people are from a professional team. Many have to travel over 200 km to reach a professional team stadium of a specific sport.

The NFL played a game in Munich Germany a few weeks ago. The German crowd sang Sweet Caroline and it was beautiful.

Win or lose one of the best things ever is going to the Swamp at the University of Florida to sing the alma mater and at the end of the third quarter singing "We Are the Boys." Also after every TD the crowd sings the Orange and Blue fight song!! We now have added playing Garinesville native son Tom Petty's "I won't back down" and whole stadium rocks it while they wave their cell phones with the flashlight on. Win or Lose Go Gators!!

College football traditions generally have a great deal of history behind them. The tend to bring current students, alumni, and general supporters of a particular university together with a sense of community and for a cause (beat the other team). As to the tradition of "Sweet Caroline" at college football games, someone might want to tell Penn State to get their own song. While Penn State started using in 2013, cross state rival Pitt has been doing it since 2008 (and we at Pitt still do it better). However, Iowa State has been using it as a bit of a victory anthem since 2006.

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I’m a Alabama fan and the best traditions at Alabama is Dixieland delight or the walk of champions

The songs were for each college, Sweet Caroline, for a Carolina team, Take Me Home, for the West Virginia team, etc.

Great to see you exploring & discovering this! I live about 30 minutes from Beaver Stadium/State College, PA/ home of Penn State University. My sister in-law is a diehard PSU Fan & you don't wanna be in the room when she's watching a game 😂 the floor gets a bit beat up from all her enthusiasm & "armchair quarterbacking" 😂.

I lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, for several years as a preteen/teen, and Nebraska has a tradition of selling out all its home games since the 1962 season. They also nickname their home stadium "The third largest city in Nebraska", as the tradition of selling out home games for such a long time is even more remarkable given that Nebraska isn't a very populous state. Only the cites of Omaha (roughly half a million people) and Lincoln (somewhere in the 300,000 range) have more people than the stadium does on game days (officially holding 85,458, but crowds often reach 90,000).

The Hawkeye's is one that will always get ya choked up. I've been to games at Tennesse, Clemson, Texas A&M, Alabama, Penn State and Virgina Tech. Had a fun time at each place, Singing Rocky Top at Knoxville and Enter Sandman at Blacksburg were two of my favorites.

Some more background on the dotting the i in Ohio tradition, Ohio State's band is one of the most prestigious bands in the world (like they're actually almost a bigger deal than the football team which is a pretty big deal too) and being the one to dot the i is one of the highest honors someone can receive. Usually it's a senior tuba player that does it, though sometimes they'll have notable alumni do it too.

I had student season tickets all four years I was at UW-Madison (Wisconsin) Being a part of Jump Around in that stadium was awesome every time.