the Stanford band?
That's not the case with the Southern Cal Band.
Some of the stories about what they used to do are out of this world.
summer (this was 30 years ago). They rented out some of the vacant dorms and would stay for weeks.
I am not at all exaggerating when I say they were some of the most thoroughly obnoxious human beings ever. Arrogant, entitled, destructive, bratty, etc. Their contract was not renewed because they caused so many problems and so much destruction.
The worst part was waking up at 8:00 a.m. to hear "The March of Troy" played over and over. Of course we were kicking their ass each year at the time, so that helped.
game about 1995 I think and a very funny guy wearing a Cal Berkeley sweatshirt was sitting behind us. My wife and I were complaining about the SC band playing the same 2 songs over and over. He said “What’s really discouraging is that it’ll never get any better, because if they had brains enough to learn 3 songs they would have gotten into Cal or UCLA, so you’re stuck with this for all time “.
My son is freshman at gtech and been to 2 away games (Duke/Temple) and his section hangs out with host band section, pizza/beers, is that typical?
Does ND band host the other bands when they show up in south bend? Or unofficially does that happen?
Cue...this one time, while visiting another school, they took my flute...
or host some kind of reception for a visiting band. Just not for Southern Cal. We didn't even let them in the building.
My recollection was that the SC band wasn't interested. They were in a hurry to get back to Chicago for the evening. Just as well. They probably would have worn their sunglasses.
played at ND. I thought the 143 years line was off b/c that would be 2012 (first football game played in 1869). Perhaps it was an error and was meant to be 133 years - so 2002.