SBrancheau Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 We had this happen when I was in the Marching Sycamores at Indiana State University. So genius in ISU's athletic department decided to schedule the Sycamores AT U-Florida...in The Swamp. Their fans threw oranges and ice and their football players tackled a member or two of our color guard. The best part was, the 5th-ranked Gators won 17-14. We almost didn't make it out of Gainesville. To this day, I despise Florida. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma24le Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Not that it makes this incident any better, but it appears that a coach of some sort from NIU stopped to assist the band member who was tackled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lead Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 One year at band camp, the football team was getting on my kids, so I talked with the coach about it. We came up with the idea of having a friendly 7-on-7 flag football game between the band and the football team. The band won... I had some really athletic kids. The football team still hasn't lived that down. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 The NCAA should take some of their players and throw them in DCI for awhile just to see how long they would last. I'll bet that most of them wouldn't make two weeks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrillmanSop06 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 The NCAA should take some of their players and throw them in DCI for awhile just to see how long they would last. I'll bet that most of them wouldn't make two weeks. That's like saying we should take some DCI kids and throw them into NCAA athletics. The same would hold true. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) *sigh* One more reason to be ashamed of my alma mater.... LOL! Of course you know,we blame you personally for this... Edited November 5, 2011 by wvu80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 That's like saying we should take some DCI kids and throw them into NCAA athletics. The same would hold true. I'd put a DCI contra player against a LB in a test of endurance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrillmanSop06 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I'd put a DCI contra player against a LB in a test of endurance. You could put anyone against a LB. The LB wouldn't be able to hold up the contra nearly as well as the marcher. But the marcher wouldn't be able to do their job either. That argument is silly. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 You could put anyone against a LB. The LB wouldn't be able to hold up the contra nearly as well as the marcher. But the marcher wouldn't be able to do their job either. That argument is silly. A general endurance test. Not necessarily a contra for contra carry-off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 That's like saying we should take some DCI kids and throw them into NCAA athletics. The same would hold true. Depends on the sport...You could easily take a DCI kid and throw him into a collegiate fencing tournament. Might do well once the sport was learned...you have many of the same issues of timing in fencinbg you do in music. I've had several fencing students who also do band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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