Though it may not feel like it with the scorching temperatures and weekend pool parties still in full swing, fall is right around the corner, and with that, the start of the college football season.For a long time, though, fall has been a pretty famous (or infamous) wedding season, and it’s easy to see why.The temperatures across the country reach reasonable levels, the foliage is as picturesque as it will ever be, and the sun seems to hit just right for those photo opportunities.THE 5 MOST DISAPPOINTING PRESEASON TOP-10 COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A bride receives an envelope from a guest at her wedding. (iStock)But for college football fans, fall weddings are the bane of our existence, and the war between weekend responsibilities and viewing pleasure has been an intense one since the advent of the sport.This was an almost unanimous sentiment among college football fans as far back as I can remember, but I’ve been seeing a growing portion of the fanbase start to push back on the “no fall weddings” movement.They call it a gimmick. They call it a bit. They tell college football fans to “grow up.”I’m here to tell those fake fans and casuals that this isn’t a bit, it’s a lifestyle.All kidding aside, college football is my favorite sport, so I sympathize with the “no fall weddings” crew and consider myself a part of it.My wife and I agreed when we got married to have our wedding in August so as not to interfere with the season.CURT CIGNETTI REVEALS HOW WORKING FOR NICK SABAN CHANGED EVERYTHING: ‘EVERY DAY WAS 4TH-AND-1’ Akron Zips fans sit in the stands during the first quarter of the college football game between the Wyoming Cowboys and Akron Zips on Aug. 28, 2025, at Summa Field at InfoCision Stadium in Akron, Ohio. (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)I’m not telling people to NOT have fall weddings, I’m just warning them that if you have one, I probably won’t show up.And if I do end up going, it won’t be of my own volition.My wife dragged me to an October wedding back in 2021 on a college football Saturday, and she still hasn’t heard the end of it from me.Florida lost to Kentucky in the middle of the reception, and you have likely never seen a more miserable man doing the Electric Slide.And to the people telling college football fans to “grow up,” I think having your priorities straight is pretty grown up in and of itself.My Saturdays during the fall are sacred. You can bother me any other day of the week or during a Saturday that falls on one of the other eight months out of the year. Penn State students and fans in the student section cheer and wave white pom poms during the whole stadium white out during the Oregon Ducks versus Penn State Nittany Lions game on September 27, 2025 at Beaver Stadium in University Park, PA. (Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Or just have your wedding on a Sunday, like my buddy and fellow OutKicker Matt Reigle did.Sure, you’ll piss off the NFL fans, but they’re only slightly less insane than college fans, so it’ll be fine.I also love the argument that “you can just watch all the games on your phone,” because it’s even stupider than just telling fans to grow up.First, I think it’s less rude to just flat out refuse to go to a wedding than it would be to sit in the corner with your nose buried in your phone like a wallflower at prom.And second, I need to be in the comfort of my own home or among like-minded individuals when I’m watching a Florida game.SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWSLet’s just say my behavior on a Saturday in the fall isn’t exactly acceptable for a functioning member of society. Louisville Cardinals fans storm the field after the college football game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals on October 7, 2023, at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium in Louisville, KY. (Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)STAY “FEARLESS” ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW!All of that is to say, if you want to have a fall wedding, go right ahead. No one is stopping you.But don’t take offense when the rest of us college football fans decide to skip it because Notre Dame and Miami play that weekend.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPWe will send you something off the registry and make sure to have an extra hors d’oeuvre in our honor! Austin Perry is a writer for OutKick.
