I split this sentence into 2 parts is the colon use correct between football and There's?

I love college football: There’s nothing like the sound of a fully packed stadium.

Either a period or a colon works perfectly there. You did well!

Thanks!

Yes, the use of colon in the sentence is correct. The colon is used to introduce a list, explanation, or a quote. In this case, the colon is used to introduce the explanation or expansion of the idea expressed before the colon.

To check if the use of the colon is correct, you can break down the sentence into two parts and see if the second part after the colon provides additional information or elaborates on the first part. In the given sentence:

"I love college football" is the first part.
"There’s nothing like the sound of a fully packed stadium" is the second part elaborating on the first part.

So, the colon is appropriately used to connect the two parts, making the sentence grammatically correct.