I happened to get a copy of this article passed to me by friends that live in Nebraska. My daughter was a member of the Golden Buffalo Marching Band for several years, and continues to help the Marching Band during home games. She has commented that CU really does have some bad fans, and with the actions over the past several years, that's hard to dispute.
Let's face it, you don't often see fan bases like Nebraska or Michigan, the self-proclaimed greatest fan bases, and their fans really do travel well.
Having said that, I believe that you need to check your observations of the student section of CU-Boulder at home games. The entire student section stands for the entire game. Always. More importantly, they sing the words to the fight songs, even the lesser known songs.
The Golden Buffalo Marching Band always performs pre-game activities with visiting marching bands or pep bands, and not once do you see a sheet of music used by the CU band members. The Golden Buffalo Marching Band members are generally on very cordial terms with the visiting bands, often sharing activities with the visitors.
Most importantly, for the first time in many years, the CU Marching Band will send a pep-band to Lincoln at their invitation. Normally, UNL does not extend pep band invitations, or marching band invitations, since they cannot ensure their safety during or after games.
So, please do your research, take in a CU game, listen to the Golden Buffaloes Marching Band, and get treated to some of the best university marching band performances in the Big-12.
Brent Boyer: Seeing red
I happened to get a copy of this article passed to me by friends that live in Nebraska. My daughter was a member of the Golden Buffalo Marching Band for several years, and continues to help the Marching Band during home games. She has commented that CU really does have some bad fans, and with the actions over the past several years, that's hard to dispute.
Let's face it, you don't often see fan bases like Nebraska or Michigan, the self-proclaimed greatest fan bases, and their fans really do travel well.
Having said that, I believe that you need to check your observations of the student section of CU-Boulder at home games. The entire student section stands for the entire game. Always. More importantly, they sing the words to the fight songs, even the lesser known songs.
The Golden Buffalo Marching Band always performs pre-game activities with visiting marching bands or pep bands, and not once do you see a sheet of music used by the CU band members. The Golden Buffalo Marching Band members are generally on very cordial terms with the visiting bands, often sharing activities with the visitors.
Most importantly, for the first time in many years, the CU Marching Band will send a pep-band to Lincoln at their invitation. Normally, UNL does not extend pep band invitations, or marching band invitations, since they cannot ensure their safety during or after games.
So, please do your research, take in a CU game, listen to the Golden Buffaloes Marching Band, and get treated to some of the best university marching band performances in the Big-12.
October 31, 2006 at 11:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )