I went to see The Mountain Goats on Friday here in North Carolina. Good show, I prefer their faster numbers and we got a few but he also went into a lot of longer softer stuff. their catalog is so vast you can never be too sure what to expect.
Tradition plays a part, most NFL games are sterile and overpriced (college is getting up there in prices but students get in for a reasonable price and make noise). College football and to a lesser extent imho basketball are just fun events.