So....our band....
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Matt, did they say that during the ESPN2 telecast? I missed that if so....
That would be a heck of a mistake on IU's part....where would you put all of them in the stadium, especially if the game is a sell out?
I've yet to see you say anything at all positive about IU. You must be fun at parties.
Nor have I seen you say anything positive, either. Let's hang out at the next party. Should be fun.
Well, he has a point. The Hundred has really gone downhill. I noticed it last year and this year.... the brass section in particular seems pretty weak in comparison to previous years
Our band is ridiculously BAD. I want loud at a fball game. Playing constantly. They are like sheep.
Not that I give a s&!+ about a band at a football game, but I assume you are aware that a band cannot play "constantly". NCAA rules prevent the band from playing during the course of a play. They have to stop when the offense comes to the line of scrimmage and cannot begin again until the play is blown dead.
Sure but the silence is deafening between downs. Make it harder for the opposing team to get signals in and pound some brass. FSU plays their war chant between every opposing down.
I have a theory that says if you know a lot about marching band you probably never played or coached football at the high school level or beyond. If you have a deep interest in the former that's great, but don't ask me to take your football observations or opinions seriously.
I've spent a lot of Friday nights and Saturdays at football games. The vast majority of them on the field, the sidelines, or in the pressbox. Mostly I was in a locker room when the band was performing. I can tell one instrument from another but that's about it. I never met anyone who knew a lot about the band who had a clue about football strategy.
I won't begin to try to tell anyone here what to do to make the band better or whether we need to replace the band director. If you are telling me you spent Friday night and/or Saturday afternoon playing a horn in the stands or on the field at halftime, don't try to tell me you have a valid opinion regarding the coaching or playing of football.
I don't mean to sound snarky or be rude but I appreciate the kids in the IU band. Aren't they all volunteers? And I'm pretty sure none of them is on scholarship to march at football games. And I've never once seen a kid in the band miss or make a tackle, throw an interception, or recover a fumble.
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Four paragraphs to admit that you don't have any idea what you're talking about?
What you are saying about the walking 100 is not new. The band has not been good since the present director was hired. The band sounds nice in the field house before a game, but they have had and still do not have an on the field sound. The marching style has been a mix of what ever they had at their high school. I have only seen clips on TV but someone has been training the band this year to get them a marching style. The music school has nothing to do with what you see on the field. They have no interest, Opera is their thing. They are great with it. We have and still badly need a Marching 100 director that will strive to have a GREAT band.
The next entertaining band at a college sporting event that I see will be the first.
What's with the military-ish uniforms? The Purdue band has to be the largest congregation of nerdocracy that I have ever seen...and all other division one college bands are tied for second.
The music creates the canvas upon which the pageantry of college football takes place.
The team and the band are merely different cogs in the entertainment wheel.
Without each other, each is lessened.
Both need to pursue excellence.
The team and the band are merely different cogs in the entertainment wheel.
Without each other, each is lessened.
Both need to pursue excellence.
I wish I could remember which sports columnist said there was no need for bands at football games. He said that they don't stop concerts at the midway point to play a football game. I thought that was quite funny!
Indiana has better musicians available to them than any other BIG school by a loooong shot. Jacobs is #1 or #2 in the us depending on who you ask. UM ain't bad either.
Marching band is just not a focus and I have heard music school students snicker at the thought.
Ohio doesn't have the musicians but the theatre of the show is a focus and they do a nice job of entertaining and pageantry. It is a priority. I have always thought Purdue's band does a good job...just kids that want to march and willing to work hard.
http://musicschoolcentral.com/check-out-top-15-colleges-for-music-in-the-us/4/
Marching band is just not a focus and I have heard music school students snicker at the thought.
Ohio doesn't have the musicians but the theatre of the show is a focus and they do a nice job of entertaining and pageantry. It is a priority. I have always thought Purdue's band does a good job...just kids that want to march and willing to work hard.
http://musicschoolcentral.com/check-out-top-15-colleges-for-music-in-the-us/4/
Should we pursue similar excellence with regard to the Bucetto's pizza race and the kiss-cam? Both provide as much to the game-day experience as does the band.
Oh...and on edit, the video game thing where the guy dressed up like a banana tries to hit home runs.
I would argue that Indiana Jacobs School of Music students are true classical musicians amongst the best in the world and probably don't think about the marching band. I applaud them for snickering.
Suggesting that the guy/gal that dots the I in Ohio, or the goat farm maintenance majors that beat the giant drum at Purdue add anything to a college football game day experience seems weird to me.
It's a shame that you can't appreciate what a band brings to game day. And I don't mean that in a snarky way. I don't tailgate but I do appreciate that many do and I actually like walking around the tailgate areas. It adds to the atmosphere.
I marched one year in college at ISU. After a swimming PE class, in the locker room, this big DE heard me talking about being in the band and he walked over to me. I just knew it was going to be nasty--nerd in the band kind of stuff. He stuck his hand out and thanked me for being at the games. He said the band just got him so pumped up that he would just play all that much harder.
To each their own, I guess.
Sorry...that came off incorrectly. I appreciate the work. It just doesn't do a whole lot for me.
I think I liked it better when the band was in the south end zone as opposed to where they sit in the northeast end zone now.
I do like it when they run out of the tunnels at the beginning. Maybe it's just that I have been watching it for 40 years and it doesn't seem like anything has changed. Anyway, don't take offense...I am going to keep going!!!
Those stupid promos simply add cash from sponsors. But the kiss cam is fun. I liked it better before the days of political correctness when the last one was always two big ugly dudes on the visitor bench.
You would be very much the exception to the rule in failing to appreciate the unique role that marching bands bring to college football environments. I suppose if you've never had the opportunity to see how good they are, then it's not surprising that you can't understand how they enhance the atmosphere.
Maybe. I have probably been to over 200 college football games in my lifetime, primarily in Bloomington, but also Ann Arbor, West Lafayette, Champaign, Evanston, East Lansing, the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, the Liberty Bowl in Memphis.
I also am guessing I have seen every big 10 band, among others (other than Nebraska, Maryland or Rutgers), come to Bloomington in the last 40 years that I have been attending. I don't remember one memorable performance out of any of them.
I think it is weird. Sorry.
I've been both a football player and coach for many years and I have ZERO music talent. Still, I love having the band at games because it adds to the atmosphere.
But based on their performance earlier this year Kansas State's marching band will forever be my favorite.
But based on their performance earlier this year Kansas State's marching band will forever be my favorite.
This has got to be the biggest jagoff post that I have seen on a message board. Heaven forbid someone should be able to appreciate music and understand football at the same time. Wow, I bet that you are a fun person to be around (rolls eyes)....
I was just indicating to the poster who asked who gives a damn? I do. When I lived
Smith Hall very often I would watch the M100 practice in the old stadium
I and in my uneducated opinion there is a big difference. Oh, and they never
played the same pregame songs for every game.
I always thought it was a pretty cool part of being on a college campus. My undergrad was at a big time football school with an excellent band and they could be heard practicing most afternoons during the week. Knew several members and they devoted a ton of time and energy to it.
Allow me to clarify. I don't criticize the marching band or the marching band director because I'm not qualified. I never played in a marching band or conducted one - at any level.
All I am saying is that if you are experienced enough in marching band to feel qualified to critique the performance or that of the conductor, I'm guessing that you never played or coached football . If that is the case, I'll respect your freedom to state your opinions about football strategy or coaching but I won't consider those opinions especially valid. Enjoy the band as a fan or enjoy football as a fan but don't try to tell me you really have a depth of understanding about both. I'm not buying it.
Wisconsin and Ohio State say "Hey."
Their bands are both better at entertaining people at a college football stadium than your team is.
It's amazing isn't it. Ninety-nine percent of the fans of our opponents who come on here are decent, pleasant people who are seeking information or just want to make a comment about the upcoming game. But there is always that one giant dickhead ( or six in the case of O$U) who just wants to talk smack and stir up ill will. Congratulations, Hawk Supreme. To date you are the Iowa winner of the Richard Cranium memorial trophy.
I never troll opponents' fan sites unless I'm going to the game and want to ask a question only a local can help with. I've never been met with rudeness or hostility (maybe because I'm and IU fan and we pose no real threat). Do we have obnoxious jerks like this who post this kind of crap on visitors' boards? I'll grant exceptions for Purdue since it's really kind of expected.
You might want to check with the Buckeyes on that one, they were entertained down to the final throw into the end zone a few weeks ago in Memorial Stadium. I suspect you Hawkeye fans will be entertained also.
Well. I never coached but I played in HS and did start both ways. Later in life my daughter became involved in a HS band that finished in the top four in the state largest band division all four years. I learned to appreciate that band.
BTW they were much better than the Marching Hundred. I tried to get her to try out for them when she went to IU but she said they were awful.
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