The Stanford band has been grounded for the next year for trashing Iowa in their halftime show on Friday (and multiple other incidents).
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Interesting article about the Stanford Band from May of 2015
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/may/band-reform-statement-051515.html
Here you go Bob. Prepare to be OUTRAGED.
http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/05/15/stanford-cardinal-band-road-game-ban-travel
Yeah, I've heard about that, but I am not seeing any fallout after their pathetic Rose Bowl "performance".
As a former member of the Blue Band, a real and very good college marching band, it is time for Stanford to develop a band in keeping the outstanding quality of the rest of the school. Their band is an embarrassment.
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Their act is old and boring. Couldn't happen to a nicer group of twits.
Here you go Bob. Prepare to be OUTRAGED.
With all due respect, that is old news and therefore has nothing to do with the Rose Bowl embarrassment. ILLINOISLION made it seem as though there was a new development.
Sorry Bob, had never seen that SI article, my post was from the USA TODAY web site that I visited maybe 30 minutes ago.....the one minute video made no reference as to when the travel ban was implemented, it certainly implied at least to me that Fri was the culmination of a series of events that broke the camel's (cow's?) back.
I AM OUTRAGED THAT I WAS MISLED BY USA TODAY! OUTRAGED! (And embarrassed!)
They were banned for traveling to away games this year but the Rose Bowl shows you why the Stanford band continues to do this- the Stanford administration turns a blind eye. They labeled the Rose Bowl as a "home game" this week allowing the band to break the ban from away games and go insult Iowa/ all farmers.
Sadly, this is nothing new. The Stanford band has been banned from Notre Dame (twice), the state of Oregon for 11 years by the state governor, UCLA, the 2011 (?) Orange Bowl, and IIRC are still banned from ever performing at Disneyland. The Rose Bowl supposedly makes them get a preview of their Rose Parade routine since at an earlier parade they apparently planned to get golf carts and hand out beer to the crowd. Not sure how the Rose bowl turned a blind eye this year for halftime.
Sadly, this is nothing new. The Stanford band has been banned from Notre Dame (twice), the state of Oregon for 11 years by the state governor, UCLA, the 2011 (?) Orange Bowl, and IIRC are still banned from ever performing at Disneyland. The Rose Bowl supposedly makes them get a preview of their Rose Parade routine since at an earlier parade they apparently planned to get golf carts and hand out beer to the crowd. Not sure how the Rose bowl turned a blind eye this year for halftime.
In fairness, who cares if they do these things or offend someone with a commercial jingle? It's kind of lame to ban a band.
The update at the beginning was new. The ban was old.
UPDATE: Stanford’s band is once again under fire for trolling Iowa by playing the FarmersOnly.com jingle, and forming the face of a sad farmer, a corn maze and a giant cow that was tipped.
Stanford's "band" is one of the few vestiges remaining of what makes CFB exponentially more-fun and more- interesting compared to the professional league
Once they are forever banned, ESPN can replace them with live halftime performances of crappy country rock and giant Home Depot ads.
They were banned for other actions long before their farmers only jingle and cow tipping act at the Rose Bowl the other day. I don't think the recent Rose bowl act resulted in any discipline to them that I've heard.
Pretty funny IMHO at least there were no references to beastiality and\or cornholing as is usually the case when referencing Iowans. Come on ... FarmersOnly.com ads are self abusive. seriously, flippant disrespect may be sophomoric but it is the Sanford Bands signature and no one in Iowa has been mortally wounded by their hijinks at the Rose Bowl. Now the Hawkeye football teams on field performance, that is another matter.
Thank goodness the PC police are there for this band. I imagine many were heading down an evil path of drugs and prostitution. Mocking an awful commercial at something so serious as a football GAME. These hooligans may need to see the inside of a prison cell to see where they are headed. Hopefully SNL gets canned next. Comedy can't offend anyone!!!!
I am wondering what they would have done if PSU was playing in the Rose Bowl?
They would have done something probably. So what? So did SNL, John Stewart, and every late night talk show. You can't ban them because you're afraid they may offend you. I hope not, if so I served in the military for all the wrong reasons. They are not serious and don't pretend to be at all. All of this over a horrible jingle that should offend farmers more than a band did. This PC police state is getting ridiculous.
And what our reaction would have been.
IMO the Stanford band is getting pretty borish. I much prefer the Big Ten's tradition of the band playing a fight song of the opposition when the opposing band is not present. I am not a particularly politically correct person, but sportsmanship is dearly lacking from sports these days and Stanford's band, IMO, is directed by a group of jerks. They may be very talented and smart, but they look and act like a bunch of fools.
Since this band operates on it's own dime moreso than just about any other band....this "ban" is really part of the joke...and always will be.
I didnt see the performance but I think that's hilarious. I like Stanford's anarchist band. Kinda tired of the 1950's style bands, especially ones that do that creepy slow march (heel/toe, heel/toe) - its like watching clowns at a kids party
Farmers were insulted that they were grouped with Iowans.
We passed the signpost for crazy town about 50 miles ago. PC culture is down right scary.
There is a differenct between being politically correct and having class. I don't care if the Stanford band is politically correct, but they have no class.
I agree that I could care less what they do besides other than those at the game how much of the half time performances do we see. But we can not call them jerks and then when it is our ox being gored express moral outrage.
I never had much interest in marching bands . I'm there to see the game. Not the band . Or some halftime act. Except for maybe Stanford . At least they're interesting to me.
Since when are marching bands supposed to be in the business of SNL and Jon Stewart-type satire? If Stanford wants to do that then let them do that but just call it something other than a marching band. If Stanford wants their halftime entertainment to be satire then call it the Stanford Satire Section or whatever. Let schools make their halftime entertainment be whatever they like but label it as such.
Marching bands have a certain connotation, one that nobody objects to, so doing satire and calling yourself a marching band is kinda hiding what you're doing, like when an actor or a comedian gets all political and then when they get blowback they say "I'm just an actor (or comedian, why is everyone getting pissed off."
Be whatever you want but don't say you're something different than that.
Marching bands have a certain connotation, one that nobody objects to, so doing satire and calling yourself a marching band is kinda hiding what you're doing, like when an actor or a comedian gets all political and then when they get blowback they say "I'm just an actor (or comedian, why is everyone getting pissed off."
Be whatever you want but don't say you're something different than that.
Who's PC now?
LOL
One time, way back, the Stanford band stuck it to ABC during halftime. They started off a number in the ABC logo....remember this was when ONLY ABC was showing CFB. I bet you are not old enuff to remember.
Anyway, once they were sure ABC had camera's on the logo, they morphed into a formation that made fun of ABC (I forget what that was) and began playing "Who's Crying Now?"
We're talking late Sixties early Seventies...so that is "since when." LOL. SMH again @ noobs.
Another good one was when ABC's sponsor for the games was KODAK. This was during a time when photos were not getting developed as fast as normal due to some issue I cannot recall. So, they got into the KODAK logo and played "Someday My Prince Will Come." Yeah, that's "since when."
Gaining someones trust and using it to deceive and hurt them isn't admirable in my eyes. I don't mind satire and social commentary at all, but just be upfront and say that's what it is instead of saying you're a marching band and then when you've got everyones attention under that guise being something else.
If I say to you "Come look at this" and you come lean over and look at my desk and I put my hand on the back of your head and push it into my deskop and laugh I'm just being childish. OTOH if I say "Let's wrestle" and you agree you know what you're getting into if you agree and you know your head might get pushed around some.
If Stanford wants to do social commentary then fine, just don't call it a marching band.
If I say to you "Come look at this" and you come lean over and look at my desk and I put my hand on the back of your head and push it into my deskop and laugh I'm just being childish. OTOH if I say "Let's wrestle" and you agree you know what you're getting into if you agree and you know your head might get pushed around some.
If Stanford wants to do social commentary then fine, just don't call it a marching band.
Or you don't watch as these criminals rob you your innocence!!!! How GD uptight do you have to be to even get concerned over this? I get band guys being upset which is fine. Still funny, but they have their reasons. I hope they go bigger now to be honest as these reactions were what they wanted.
What innocence? I think satire and social commentary are great. I read it and watch it all the time.
If I clicked on a link that said it was a video of satire and social commentary and instead of getting that I got a video of a marching band, I'd be pissed off. This is the same thing but in reverse.
Sorry you live under a rock and did not know about this band. Now that you know, you won't be fooled so there is no problem. Good deal.
I prefer watching a band that doesn't have to try an embarrass the opposing team and fans in order to be entertaining. If that is the best performance the Stanford band can put together, maybe they should just stay in the stands.
If you want satire, sit there watching replays of SNL on your cell phone.
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