Comments on: When Good Marching Bands Go Bad

By: Band kid

Band kid — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:06:09 +0000

Quick edit… Your number one was actually the miami university marching band… The one in Ohio not Florida…

By: Ernest Adams

Ernest Adams — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:16:18 +0000

Most of the LSJUMB (Stanford’s band) shows fall well within First Amendment satire. A football game is not a place to be thin-skinned. The Oregon ban was extreme and showed they couldn’t take a little ribbing. If a visiting band came to Stanford and make jokes at their expense I think they would just grin and bear it.

Actual destructive behavior is another story. That’s uncool anywhere.

By: Faruk P Alatan

Faruk P Alatan — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:03:47 +0000

#1 should be Miami University (Ohio). I was there and did community service to repay my debt to society. Worth every minute.

By: missPCAT

missPCAT — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:17:00 +0000

I was a member of the Prairie View Marching Storm that fateful day, however the assault didn’t start as the media always reported. I was next to the person that started the fight, and long story short no man should ever put his hands on a woman. It sickens me that my school is on this list, because we were an awesome band, but because of the stupidity of others, we’ll always be remembered for this dumb fight. We didnt even get to perform that day, sdo all the work and practices mornings and evenings were wasted. It was a loss all around for my school and to top it off, we came out looking like the bad guys in the end because we didnt have the money at the time that SU did to put :the right spin: on it… you can call me bitter about it, because I was for a long time, but not anymore. I am just happy to see PV getting recognition for the athletics it deserves, cant wait to see who wins the OK vs PV NCAA womens game this week

By: Cori

Cori — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:44:00 +0000

Crocostimpy, running onto the field is a tradition for many bands and is not unusual at all to come across.

By: crocostimpy

crocostimpy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:37:00 +0000

Reading about the scramble bands reminded me of something. I have a cousin who played football for Shippensburg College in PA. We were there watching a game once, and my uncle told us to be sure to watch the Shippy band at halftime. Instead of marching in an orderly fashion onto the field, they ran disorganized onto the field into their formation. For the rest of the show it was organized. Very funny. I guess it was their tradition.

By: Ern

Ern — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:28:00 +0000

Are you sure #1 is U of M and not Miami University in Oxford, OH? I was a freshman in ’99 and distinctly remember the bus drama.

By: kate

kate — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:40:00 +0000

Seems the elite schools have the biggest problem acting in an appropriate way. Given the attitude of the student bodies at these schools that they are better/smarter than everyone else and that standards of behavior are worthless, I am not surprised by this. If they did similar things to the Notre Dame or BYU stunt to a different minority group, can you imagine the outrage?

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:31:00 +0000

1987 Western Kentucky University Marching Band. 18 yrs old, walking with my parents on Parents Day. Every band member I see asks me if Im coming to the Kegger that evening. I think they figured out why I had a .018 gpa after my Freshman yr. Ohhh the laws we broke.

Class of 93
(yep, took a couple of yrs extra to recover)

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:28:00 +0000

Ahhhh if I could turn back the hands of time ,, I would go to Stanford!!