college football is more like european football. the fans actually care who wins because they have a connection to the team beyond geography.Yeah its kind of painful to watch without the fans.
Unlike the fans for NBA, NFL, MLB where its all soulless and just people loitering there until someone scores and then they jump around like they were part of it. European football's fans as as much of the game as the players.
The atmosphere during a game is insane and the change in what the 'organized' fan blocks do during the game is something people going to sports ball shit in the US cannot even begin to comprehend.