Bighead
Well-Known Member
That's always been the case Big Head. Even from my time. SU band alums are the most critical of any Jukebox version that comes out. We only compete with previous editions. When I marched. I got there after the Legendary 83 band tore folks up all year. So in Fall 84. All we heard is we were not as good as Fall 83 band. Even though 84 was a good year for the Juke. And the 70s cats were on other stuff because of all the musicians like Branford Marsalis and Cameo's Charlie Singleton had marched in those versions. So we heard about those versions. I was privileged to have marched in what is considered a legendary Jukebox year in 85 and then 86 was slightly below the 85 year. My crab class SR year in 87 was probably our weakest band in our opinion but to outsiders, we got much love and adulation. So the competition between Juke versions is way more debated and talked about than any other band. In our Facebook private group, it goes down on what years were the best or if the new school is on old school levels. This is tame on this board. LOL. But only a Juke would understand. Folks think we are brainwashed. But Doc Greggs taught us that way. He always said you aint competing with other bands. You are competing with past versions of THIS band. LOL.
LOL
And it shows,
No band in the SWAC is seeing SU or any conference
They are so far ahead of folks it's a shame, smh, it's becoming boring watching these bands go against SU LOL
