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Me vs. The Ohio State University Marching Band (and its ardent followers)

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buckeyegrad;1002532; said:
Once a band geek, always a band geek!
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My flute.......let me show you it.

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VR... in 1961 the band marched 180, one line of tubas, one line of drums, no trombones, NO women. I think the band is now marching 240

Some time in the 1970s they added tether (?) drums, that set of four drums hanging around one drummer's neck and the drum section was well on its way to Hell.

Trombones were added in the 80s I believe.

As for the military style of the uniforms, I much prefer that to the flaming gaucho musketeer look, or the U Texas marching Howdy Dowdys, or the many Napolenoic war costumes any of which are preferable to USC's combination of world war two class A's and a Ben Hur hat. Talk about goofy.

The military style was adopted in the early days of the marching band as one of it's functions was to also preform as a band for military reviews. in the 1950s and 1960s the military band was made up of ROTC students and since every male HAD to take two years of ROTC (or 9 hours of upper level math, science or foreign language) there were plenty of candidates, thus the military band was what we military types call "a purple suit outfit" meaning you wore the uniform of your own branch, Army, Navy or Air Force. Some time in the early 60's the military band cut their own album. They often played at basketball games switching off with the pep band and the university concert band.
 
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EVERY time my mom or dad go to an OSU game they make damn sure they are in their seats in time to see the ramp entrance. That may not be the reason they are in the stadium, but to them it is one of their favorite parts of the whole gameday experience. I'm sure there are many other fans who do the same thing. So in that respect, the band plays a very integral role in the Ohio State football experience.
 
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cincibuck;1002584; said:
As for the military style of the uniforms, I much prefer that to the flaming gaucho musketeer look, or the U Texas marching Howdy Dowdys, or the many Napolenoic war costumes any of which are preferable to USC's combination of world war two class A's and a Ben Hur hat. Talk about goofy.
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"gaucho musketeer look" is worthy of some greenies.

I love the band. Without them, gamedays would be immeasurably lessened. Yeah, I met the odd band member who thought the show was all about TBDBITL, but they were a distinct minority.

That being said, my favorite all time college band is still Stanford's. If you can piss off the Notre Dame administration that bad, you gotta be doing something right.
 
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I have no idea how anybody couldnt love the band. Especially a Buckeye fan. No matter how you spin your words.......that just doesnt make any sense at all. Hell I think if most people came on here and said something like this, they wouldnt get a second post :biggrin:
 
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I'm not going to defend (or condemn) him here, but I will point out that he may be influenced by a tough year (back in college) in the towers with a particularly loathsome band member as a roomie.

I read the whole of that thread he's posted, and I suspect what set him (and others) off were comments from bandies like (I'm paraphrasing because I'm tired); "football is the side attraction on Saturdays in the Shoe."

Uh, side show? We all love Script Ohio, the pageantry and atmosphere, skull sessions, everything the band provides. OSU fans probably have a tighter bond with their band than most others -- but "side attraction" is absurd. Anyone who believes that has been drinking too much TBDBITL Kool-Aid.
 
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