SUjagTILLiDIE
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They played in between plays. They really got our crowd going :tup: .
SWAC Reprimands Grambling State and Prairie View A&M Bands
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They played in between plays. They really got our crowd going :tup: .
Jaguar Diehard
Active Member
It's a fricking football game!! No artificial noise makers! Them folks at Mississippi State were pissed cuz they couldn't ring their cowbells! Today's offense rolls with audibles. How da hell you call out an audible when the fricking band is in "their own little world"?
Be honest...sometimes the bands are playing during a play that ain't got isht to do with motivating their team!
Be honest...sometimes the bands are playing during a play that ain't got isht to do with motivating their team!
MikeBigg
Well-Known Member
I love our Bands and the part they played and play in our legacy...However yall band folk (especially directors) think the fans are coming to see them. Newsflash: You guys are not the main attraction...sit your azzes down and play when you're supposed to (according to the rules).
Heatmiser
New Member
Roo
MikeBigg
Well-Known Member
Bayou Classic Weekend... Who has the largest attendance, Battle of the Bands or the Game?
lil_j
Member
How many times have you seen the stands fill up for halftime and d@mn near empty after halftime is over. Trust me, the bands have alot to do with attendance especially with the HBCU product that's on the football field. NOw you can't have one without the other but bands are an essential part of the game.
FrostyNacho
Just another person
No the heyal they wasn't :lol:
I remember that situation, it was nonstop playn, no bringing the volume down while the QB was under the center....
NastyD
Da 1 & Only
Heyal yea :lol:..i think them mofos was playing "Hate me Now" Non-stop. Thats probably one of the reasons Trae arse got Sacked :lol:. The Boom returned the favor when they crunk up "This Way" though (although SU wasnt is scoring postion) a quick 3 and out.
tigerfan1
Member
Really. Or when you play in a domed stadium (RELIANT) and during the time out calls those damn commercials are blasted so loudly that you can't even hear what the band is playing. Or better yet, you can't hear the people right next to you! :kaioken:
Dr. Phreeze
It is I...Yes it is...
She's talking about turning the Jumbotron volume down or don't make any sounds while the QB under center calling the signals...They can do whatever they want during timeouts...
Dr. Phreeze
It is I...Yes it is...
:retard:
Dr. Phreeze
It is I...Yes it is...
Been said repeatedly but they don't get it....:clap:
Dr. Phreeze
It is I...Yes it is...
A person who goes to a football game for reasons other than football would say something like that.
Man...say it again! :tup:
PVSAX99
Well-Known Member
If the bands are such a problem, then why not enforce harsher rules against them? Or better yet...how about they just zip the programs altogether. At this rate, that's how the bands are gonna end up...zipped. Everybody knows that the football game ain't about the band. But the truth of the matter is that the bands add to the atomsphere of the game.
Besides...it's not like these rules are making our teams play better anyway.
I'm glad I marched when I did...
Besides...it's not like these rules are making our teams play better anyway.
I'm glad I marched when I did...
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PVSAX99
Well-Known Member
What about the multitudes of people who leave as soon as halftime is over.
Though it is a football game, not everybody goes just to see football (especially if the football teams suck). Believe it or not, some people actually do go just to see the bands, just like some people go to see the football game.
Maybe that's just me though...
~shrugs~
CriTAUcal
Do Good; Good Follows
Hell yeah! It was 8:20 mins. left on the clock. I remember. They played nonstop and LOUDLY. Oh well, we won the game!
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No argument here. You are simply supporting my statement.
O'Bladerunner
And Down!
The main problem from every angle is "consistancy".
For the bands...SU is probably the best at paying attention to the game. A couple times SU has slipped...but, for the most part, everything played is in context with the game (Fanfare #2 for sacks...fight song snippets...etc). If it did happen at the SU/JSt. game...SU playing was more of an exception...cuz, that's usually not the case (unless, the game is already out of reach).
More bands need to be more consistant. I can only speak as a Houstonian and say that PV and TxSU has been HORRIBLE with it in the past. Don't know if they've straighten it up...but, both used to straight up come to the games to pay attention to everything BUT what's going on on the field. And, that attitude is totally wrong for a band to take.
Refs have to be more consistant in calling it. From week to week AS WELL AS from quarter to quarter or play to play. Can't let a band get away with it for 3 Quarters...then, wanna clamp down in 4th. Of course, the bands will look at you crazy and push the envolope the rest of the game.
And, if it's an HBCU game...I understand promotions and sponcerships...but, if you know the bands are important to the HBCU atmosphere...you can't have the PA blasting commercials during timeouts. Commercials are most effective visually, anyway...so, there's no reason to blast every commercial.
I do agree with some of the other posters, though. Im a bandhead as much as I am a sportsfan and visa versa...and, even I don't wanna hear the bands blasting during the ball being in motion. As a whole, we do a horrible job at watching the actual game on the field
For the bands...SU is probably the best at paying attention to the game. A couple times SU has slipped...but, for the most part, everything played is in context with the game (Fanfare #2 for sacks...fight song snippets...etc). If it did happen at the SU/JSt. game...SU playing was more of an exception...cuz, that's usually not the case (unless, the game is already out of reach).
More bands need to be more consistant. I can only speak as a Houstonian and say that PV and TxSU has been HORRIBLE with it in the past. Don't know if they've straighten it up...but, both used to straight up come to the games to pay attention to everything BUT what's going on on the field. And, that attitude is totally wrong for a band to take.
Refs have to be more consistant in calling it. From week to week AS WELL AS from quarter to quarter or play to play. Can't let a band get away with it for 3 Quarters...then, wanna clamp down in 4th. Of course, the bands will look at you crazy and push the envolope the rest of the game.
And, if it's an HBCU game...I understand promotions and sponcerships...but, if you know the bands are important to the HBCU atmosphere...you can't have the PA blasting commercials during timeouts. Commercials are most effective visually, anyway...so, there's no reason to blast every commercial.
I do agree with some of the other posters, though. Im a bandhead as much as I am a sportsfan and visa versa...and, even I don't wanna hear the bands blasting during the ball being in motion. As a whole, we do a horrible job at watching the actual game on the field
s phi s
The One Man Band
I bet you lots of folks didn't even realize Fanfare #2 was played for sacks. They probably think it is a "call out". I am a band-head who now works in sports operations. I have heard first hand how coaches feel when the band simply refuses to pay attention to what is happening in the game.
I agree 100% that the biggest issue is consistency. Many times, unless it is just blatantly obvious, refs won't say anything until the QB or coach does. It needs to be as consistent as a holding or clipping penalty. I also agree with MikeBigg. If the refs give 1 warning, then just start dropping 5 yard flags for the next 2, and 15 yarders after that, I bet bands would figure out how to play when they are supposed to.
Look, I think we all like what the bands add to the "atmosphere" of the game, but some bands just don't care about the rules. Not cool. I remember once I was in the press box covering the game in Jackson when ESPN was there. And I overheard one of the producers just giving it to the Boom, saying why isn't anyone stopping them from playing the entire third quarter?
The producer was upset because it was tough for the broadcasters to be heard in the truck, and it made it difficult for them to hear the calls of the refs on penalities.
To the person who said you can't have HBCU football without the bands is a tard. College football in the SWAC or any other HBCU conference won't cease to exist because the band has limits on when it can play. And if people don't want to be part of a civilized football game, then don't buy a ticket or go watch the band practice.
Seriously, you think if the bands at the Miami-Oklahoma game had restrictions on when they could play or were suspended, those fans wouldn't show up?
The producer was upset because it was tough for the broadcasters to be heard in the truck, and it made it difficult for them to hear the calls of the refs on penalities.
To the person who said you can't have HBCU football without the bands is a tard. College football in the SWAC or any other HBCU conference won't cease to exist because the band has limits on when it can play. And if people don't want to be part of a civilized football game, then don't buy a ticket or go watch the band practice.
Seriously, you think if the bands at the Miami-Oklahoma game had restrictions on when they could play or were suspended, those fans wouldn't show up?