The ceiling on how entertaining it can be is low

Sep 20, 2019
12:17:30pm

Gustav All-American

Still just students marching around playing music at a lower quality than the same school's orchestra, let alone a CD player piped through the speakers.

Scatter bands are often even worse.

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Marching Band at football games needs to go away. There I said it.

HONOMO

9/20/19 11:52am

You must not live in the South. In TX, it is as big as football.

Blue for Life

9/20/19 11:59am

I wish we’d do more of a military marching band like Texas A&M

JONBOY

9/20/19 12:10pm

The ceiling on how entertaining it can be is low

Gustav

9/20/19 12:17pm

How does any of that not make it incredibly lame?

TCuz

9/20/19 12:19pm

It isn’t as big as football.

BGRTHNUMEGO

9/20/19 12:22pm

That's why I said some do a great job. Not as big as football though.

HONOMO

9/20/19 12:36pm

LOL as big as football.

SandYFan

9/20/19 1:05pm

Our HS owns 2 semi trailers for the band and we take them to every away game and

Blue for Life

9/20/19 1:52pm

Great. It's not nearly as big as football is in Texas.

SandYFan

9/20/19 2:06pm

If schools like USC are willing to bring thier bands with them on road trips, I don't think they're going away

Wingnut

9/20/19 11:59am

I loved that

travelcoug

9/20/19 12:54pm

The band improves the experience, but the marching doesn't.

frontrowcougar

9/20/19 2:25pm

I could agree with this for 90% of the bands. The black colleges down south

Goliath

9/20/19 2:31pm

Is this you?

rggee

9/20/19 12:02pm

The absolute lamest part of college football. Get rid of them.

TCuz

9/20/19 12:09pm

RE: Marching Band at football games needs to go away. There I said it.

Cobra Cougar

9/20/19 12:15pm

Costs a fortune too. I'd rather watch local kids play on the field at halftime

Gustav

9/20/19 12:15pm

Without the marching band we wouldn't have the greatest play ever in college

Goliath

9/20/19 12:20pm

Why should the vast majority of people care, they're out buying concessions.

StarMan

9/20/19 12:30pm

Without marching bands, WordPerfect would've never started up in Ut County.

StarMan

9/20/19 12:31pm

I like marching band halftime show.

PhilPete

9/20/19 12:32pm

So do I and my wife hates that at half time TV cuts to some guys talking about

ptcougr

9/20/19 12:45pm

Dude, the marching band stuff is part of the pageantry that is college football!

PhilPete

9/20/19 12:49pm

You don't have to sit through it. You are allowed to leave your seat to buy

Thrill

9/20/19 12:41pm

Sure. But most people don't want to sit through it. So give them something else.

HONOMO

9/20/19 12:50pm

I see where you're going with this. More young girls in skimpy outfits parading

WDaddy

9/20/19 12:56pm

Two nostrils and one finger?

StarMan

9/20/19 12:57pm

I don't like that they do the same exact show each week. Mix it up a little mayb

Ojiisan

9/20/19 12:59pm

Can we also get rid of the tradition of having scantily clad girls holding up

frontrowcougar

9/20/19 1:12pm

No way, but they do need to improve their playlist. Love the band playing in game. Need better songs.

Turnpike Lane

9/20/19 1:33pm

As if there's a better song than Popcorn Popping...get real

Goliath

9/20/19 1:41pm

Bands and football games go together like peanuts and crackerjack

canofpicante

9/20/19 1:44pm

No. The marching band just depends on football for some relevance.

HONOMO

9/20/19 2:03pm

The Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens both have marching bands

Wingnut

9/20/19 2:27pm

That is interesting. Had no idea.

HONOMO

9/20/19 2:59pm

Let’s clarify. To school teams. It’s been that way since the beginning. So,

canofpicante

9/20/19 2:30pm

They don't bug me that much. They're just unnecessary. I've already admitted

HONOMO

9/20/19 2:59pm

It's part of the College gameday experience.

ditch

9/20/19 2:42pm

Fine. Keep the band. Lose the marching.

frontrowcougar

9/20/19 2:26pm

I'm ok with this

HONOMO

9/20/19 2:58pm

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

frostycoug

9/20/19 3:01pm

It just sounds like college football. Cant get rid of it.

rtNelson

9/20/19 6:43pm

It IS part of college football. Having said that...

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