A lot to address in this thread.
First off, if you have nothing to add except to comment on or insult the OP, stay out.
Second, let's keep focused on what the issue is: the Morgan State band came, was seated in the corner of the upper deck, did not perform a halftime show, and clashed with both the PA system and our home band while playing.
Third, keep it civil you miserable, misbegotten whorespawn!
Fourth, let's cut out the obscenities please.
Okay, a few things jumped out at me. They were in the upper deck, which, from my experience, pretty much assured that they wouldn't be doing a halftime show. Moving a band that size, and they were pretty damn big, down a level then out onto the field takes a considerable amount of time and coordination. Also, nobody seemed to have coordinated between their playing time, our band's playing time, and the scoreboard sound system. That's sloppy on our part. Very sloppy.
Another thing which happens at a lot of HBC games is that the bands play all the time. Even leading into plays. I've seen it a number of times. But that doesn't fit here. I had a couple of people in my section who thought it was very disrespectful. I explained to them about that tradition, but did agree with them that their band should be aware of how things work outside of their normal schedule. Again, I think with the proper coordination from our athletic department this could have been mitigated or avoided.
On to the various posts I wanted to respond to:
I was looking forward to seeing the Morgan State band perform. Heard Morgan State better from the upper deck than I heard the Rutgers band at halftime.
They had a really good size band - were around 20 some odd tubas, a lot of brass. Plus, the sound of a band carries much better from the upper deck.
While I noticed the DJ playing over the band and I thought it was odd, do I really want to hear the opposing team's band control the sound in OUR stadium? No way!!
I agree about controlling the sound in the stadium, but it really embellishes the atmosphere when you have both bands contributing.
For schools like Howard and Morgan State the band is their pride and a unique show that home schools, particularly ones not in the MEAC would enjoy. This is supposed to be entertainment and since the game wasn't going to have much entertainment value the RU fans were the ones who were cheated out of a fun experience.
We play MEAC schools, in part, because they bring their bands. It ups the entertainment factor for an otherwise boring blowout. If we're going to silence their band in the stands and don't let them do a halftime show, it's time to drop the MEAC schools and play some boring-ass tackling dummy school without a ban
Gotta agree with both of you on this. Many in my tailgate were looking forward to seeing the halftime performance of the Morgan State band.
All of the schools do (allow both bands to perform pregame and halftime), except Rutgers.
This has been a long tradition in the Big Ten when it can be coordinated.
Could there be a more stereotypical "Jersey" thing than a DJ at a college football game?
I don't even know if it's a DJ doing this during the game. I do know that these damn scoreboard packages now include all of the same garbage you hear at professional sporting events. And it's being regurgitated to us en masse.
