The Grambling State Band would have blown away the great Ohio State Marching Band yesterday. Their sound and energy were amazing. The Cal Band looking bad in comparison? Not a big deal to me.

Thanks guys, I've never heard of that movie but SciFi isn't really my thing so I might not be the best example. Generally I agree props/"actors" = furd = bad, but all that changes for BG only when a nice tree effigy destruction really ties the set together.

rBg I know they also played Fantastic Voyage but not sure about their entire repertoire

xultaif;842536526 said:

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This was a bit of a bummer, but i think this can be fixed... I liked they did it, the players were responding... They just need to wait a little longer and just need to have the PA cut the music. I talked with some fokls today about that and think we can definitely have that fixed.

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This would be a nice tradition. It is, after all, our best cheer. Thank you for working on it.

By the way, does anyone know what the "honey mustard" cheer was all about?

There was a YouTube during camp where one of the players joked that what they need for success is for everyone on the team to love football as much as one of the dl (Manley I think?) loves honey mustard.

OldBlue1999;842537012 said:

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There was a YouTube during camp where one of the players joked that what they need for success is for everyone on the team to love football as much as one of the dl (Manley I think?) loves honey mustard.

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Thanks. That is somewhat obscure. Between not knowing what Guardians of the Galaxy and Honey Mustard were, I was feeling like a little lost.

I was wrong, it's David Davis. It's in the linebacker video. Nickerson explains the whole thing.

CaliforniaGoldenBear;842536964 said:

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Maybe if they filled their seats. All those empty prime seats are embarrassing, and disrespectful to the team.

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There are plenty of empty seats on both sides of the stadium, I assure you.

MisterNoodle;842537017 said:

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Thanks. That is somewhat obscure. Between not knowing what Guardians of the Galaxy and Honey Mustard were, I was feeling like a little lost.

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There's obviously an opening here for the Cal fan app. The bad news is that nobody would wind up going to the game.

sycasey;842537021 said:

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There are plenty of empty seats on both sides of the stadium, I assure you.

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It would be great if the ATO could figure out a way to let people who have less desirable season tix upgrade to the seat backs on game day, maybe for a reasonable charge. You would need the seat back ticket holders to actually tell the ATO they aren't coming to the game, and somehow broadcast which seats are available for game-day upgrade. There is probably a technological solution.

MisterNoodle;842537027 said:

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It would be great if the ATO could figure out a way to let people who have less desirable season tix upgrade to the seat backs on game day, maybe for a reasonable charge. You would need the seat back ticket holders to actually tell the ATO they aren't coming to the game, and somehow broadcast which seats are available for game-day upgrade. There is probably a technological solution.

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Then there is no incentive for ESP seatholders to actually pay those prices.

sycasey;842537021 said:

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There are plenty of empty seats on both sides of the stadium, I assure you.

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The Hogwarts invisible cloak was develeoped in the third basement tunnel running between Evans, Tan, LeConte, and Pimentel. If you haven't received yours yet, then you weren't STEM.

JSC 76;842536631 said:

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I don't expect the Cal Band to have the volume of an all brass band like Grambling, Ohio State or USC.

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The Grambling Tiger Band is not all brass - large woodwind sections.

I think Grambling Band just 'thundered louder" than Cal Band. They have more big bass drums and make them really be a prominent part of their overall playing/performance.
Waiting for them to walk into the stadium was an IMPRESSIVE sound as they were gathered outside the end zone.

pierrezo;842536570 said:

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Best band I've ever seen.
Think how great the Grambling State-Southern halftime must be live.

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Few years back the wife and I went to New Orleans specifically to attend the Battle of the Bands at the Superdome, featuring Grambling State and Southern Universities in a concentrated dose of Band-Power.
Definitely should be on your bucket list.

HaasBear04;842536505 said:

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Yeah, the lack of brass is definitely a problem.

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Interesting how a band of the same size is so much louder than the other! The current band director is lazy and won't make any changes. The fact the band's lack of brass makes them inaudible and they stray from tradition with lethargy is sad.Bob Calonico has been called out on this, but he's incapable of campaigning for positive change. If the band was allowed to fund raise; they could have a huge endowment:they could recruit better musicians. There is no one there to fight the bureaucracy. Last guy who did internally was forced out of his position at Cal. They have virtually eliminated anyone on campus with a connection to Cal culture. It's a Clusterf**k.

Interesting fun fact: there were more than 300 people in the University Club Saturday, most wearing caps. All that I saw said "Cal" or something very close. One person had a "Berkeley" cap"-the chancellor!!

PRD74;842536977 said:

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The Grambling State Band would have blown away the great Ohio State Marching Band yesterday. Their sound and energy were amazing. The Cal Band looking bad in comparison? Not a big deal to me.

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Don't agree with that. The Ohio st Band is what the Cal Band should aspire to be and is in a different league than Grambling. Cal's Band is caught in a cesspool of bureaucracy just to exist. No efforts have been made to improve it for 40 years. As the Cal fan-base gets exposed to other bands, the chant "Cal Band, not so Great!" is more audible than ever.

barabbas;842537059 said:

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Interesting how a band of the same size is so much louder than the other! The current band director is lazy and won't make any changes. The fact the band's lack of brass makes them inaudible and they stray from tradition with lethargy is sad.Bob Calonico has been called out on this, but he's incapable of campaigning for positive change. If the band was allowed to fund raise; they could have a huge endowment:they could recruit better musicians. There is no one there to fight the bureaucracy. Last guy who did internally was forced out of his position at Cal. They have virtually eliminated anyone on campus with a connection to Cal culture. It's a Clusterf**k.

Interesting fun fact: there were more than 300 people in the University Club Saturday, most wearing caps. All that I saw said "Cal" or something very close. One person had a "Berkeley" cap"-the chancellor!!

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Don't know where you're getting your information from but I was in the band three years ago and we definitely fundraised.

barabbas;842537059 said:

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Interesting fun fact: there were more than 300 people in the University Club Saturday, most wearing caps. All that I saw said "Cal" or something very close. One person had a "Berkeley" cap"-the chancellor!!

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Just more evidence that he is part of our identity problem.

OldenBear;842536511 said:

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I was going to wait and ponder whether to post this - but seems to be the right fit in this thread. And I know up front I may royally p$ss some of you off.

I found the band's halftime show today extreeeemely amateurish, junior-high school level stuff. 'Guardians of the Cal-axy' - really? With dressed-up dancers,
and waltzing around Oski and a Tree-wannabe, with some lame storyline? I've noticed this for the last several years - there's just no creativity there. Yup, I
know it's a student-run organization. Yup, I know it's early in the season. Yup, I know they work hard (I've played various instruments most of my life) and
practice a lot. I honestly think they can (and have) done much better than what I saw today (remember the Thriller piece? Or George Smoot on the field?).
And no, I don't expect them to match up to the Grambling Tiger Band. But especially on a day like today, great crowd - that's the best we can do? Some
of the brightest, most creative students on the planet? No one I was with appreciated the performance; in fact were embarrassed. And I noticed the crowd
around me on the west side completely turned off when the Cal band hit the field.

Cal is a world-class institution, with interesting, exciting things going on; the band should reflect that; embrace that. Simply have to do better.

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I agree. I'm a big supporter of the Cal Band, but that skit they did yesterday was like something the Stanfurd band would do. It was very amateurish and beneath them. They should stick to marching and playing music and forget about doing skits during halftime. Leave that crap to the Stanfurd band, which routinely embarrasses themselves.

GB54;842536507 said:

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I think the sound impression depends a lot on which side of the field you sat on. Grambling played exclusively to the alumni side, our band to the student side.

We did lose the halftime, no doubt about that but they're in a different league, much as the two football teams.

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No, the sound difference was not related to the direction the band was facing. After the game both bands played in front of the west side stands, and the Grambling band was much louder. Also, I sit on the west side, facing the Cal band; the Grambling band sat in the south endzone. During the game, the Grambling band was much louder than the Cal band, even though the Grambling band was not facing me.

MisterNoodle;842536973 said:

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This is exactly what I said to my wife in real time.

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Me too!

Golden One;842537083 said:

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I agree. I'm a big supporter of the Cal Band, but that skit they did yesterday was like something the Stanfurd band would do. It was very amateurish and beneath them. They should stick to marching and playing music and forget about doing skits during halftime. Leave that crap to the Stanfurd band, which routinely embarrasses themselves.

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Well, at least they didn't orchestrate a penis entering our rival's mascot's behind like the Kansas State band.

Best line about the bands from Bruce Jenkins: Having the Grambling band play before the Cal Band is like Hendrix opening for the Carpenters.

TheSouseFamily;842537135 said:

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Well, at least they didn't orchestrate a penis entering our rival's mascot's behind like the Kansas State band.

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Video.

You just summed up a major reason why I didn't renew season tickets after 27 consecutive seasons. I can't stand the piped-in music between plays and when I watch at home I miss that, plus all the trivia, hype and blather (kids yelling, no-chance field goal tries, etc.) that we get at the games now. I really enjoyed the Cal songs when the band played them, but now apparently trivia and commercials are more important. My mute button stops all the nonsense at home, the bathroom is 20 feet away, and the broadcast is free after I pay my cable fees. After a win I can play Palms of Victory from my Cal songs tape, which is old but still works, since the band apparently doesn't do that anymore, either.

GB54;842537144 said:

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Video.

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I don't have a video link but here's the actual schematic and a photo. And I stand corrected. The penis was going into the Jayhawk's mouth, not his rear end. (That last sentence is one that I never thought I'd type.)


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/kansas-state-band-apologizes-for-halftime-performance-183439879.html

TheSouseFamily;842537153 said:

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I don't have a video link but here's the actual schematic and a photo. And I stand corrected. The penis was going into the Jayhawk's mouth, not his rear end. (That last sentence is one that I never thought I'd type.)


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/kansas-state-band-apologizes-for-halftime-performance-183439879.html

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Jayhawk's mouth is fine, I don't think the other is legal in Kansas.

UrsaMajor;842537141 said:

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Best line about the bands from Bruce Jenkins: Having the Grambling band play before the Cal Band is like Hendrix opening for the Carpenters.

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Few people know that he actually did open for The Monkees.http://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimi-hendrix-joins-monkees-tour/

auberge;842537152 said:

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You just summed up a major reason why I didn't renew season tickets after 27 consecutive seasons. I can't stand the piped-in music between plays and when I watch at home I miss that, plus all the trivia, hype and blather (kids yelling, no-chance field goal tries, etc.) that we get at the games now. I really enjoyed the Cal songs when the band played them, but now apparently trivia and commercials are more important. My mute button stops all the nonsense at home, the bathroom is 20 feet away, and the broadcast is free after I pay my cable fees. After a win I can play Palms of Victory from my Cal songs tape, which is old but still works, since the band apparently doesn't do that anymore, either.

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But they do play Palms after the game.

mountainpete;842537204 said:

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But they do play Palms after the game.

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Yep! The played it yesterday.

OldBlue1999;842536598 said:

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They were spoofing a movie? I thought it was just generic alien abduction shtick.

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I couldn't believe it. We took a 10 hour+ United flight to London (on an old 747) with Guardians of the Galaxy showing on a large screen three rows in front of us. Sleep does not happen during flashing inter-galactic battles. Then I recognize those darn creatures on the field at half-time.

Thankfully the Grambling band erased any lasting galactic flashbacks. We were really treated to a fine musical experience by a talented band.

TheSouseFamily;842537153 said:

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I don't have a video link but here's the actual schematic and a photo. And I stand corrected. The penis was going into the Jayhawk's mouth, not his rear end. (That last sentence is one that I never thought I'd type.)


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/kansas-state-band-apologizes-for-halftime-performance-183439879.html

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I legitimately LOL'd

for some reason the crowd mics picks up the visitors band all the time ... from what i have noticed from TV broadcast of replays

Golden One;842537343 said:

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Yep! The played it yesterday.

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Glad to hear that. I wasn't at the game and was going on what I didn't hear last year. I'll be at the SDSU game on Saturday and will be listening for Palms after we win.