I think more then just us was pissed my dude

Predicted that would happen. Alleva was getting hammered by other SEC schools for that crap.

I think he should fire Les Miles to distract from how dumb that move was...

I'm glad to see reasonableness prevail!

I would think they could fix the safety issues by putting a net over their fans near the band.

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I would think they could fix the safety issues by putting a net over their fans near the band.

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Or, stop serving paint chips to their students.

Translation: lsu has figured out a way to protect the visiting band from the drunk coonasses who are throwing liquor bottles and anything else available. Way to go, corn dogs!

I think they meant "ensuring".

#grammarsnob

I know. You would think someone with a journalism degree would realize the difference.

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I think they meant "ensuring".

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Actually, I think they said exactly what they meant. They secured an insurance policy.

Surprised by the minimal grammatical errors

"Visiting bans" "insuring".

What is that, 150 words? And they have one misspelling and an obvious usage error.

That's pretty awful, actually.

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I would think they could fix the safety issues by putting a net over their fans near the band.

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This.

A more direct route to the field to alleviate congestion? Yeah right. You need a more direct route so opposing bands can avoid your trash fan base.

Smart move for LSU.

Folks they will think of other ways to keep the bands from marching... They'll plan "special presentations" at halftime and tell the visiting school/band that there simply won't be any time for them to drill. They don't want bands from certain schools (read: A&M) to be able to bring any influence to the outcome of the game. Mark my words that you'll see LSU throw up road blocks to other schools' bands doing a halftime drill at Tiger Stadium.

Influence the outcome of a game?

Thanks for the morning chuckle

They modified their policy. They didn't reverse it. Corndogs gonna corndog.

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They don't want bands from certain schools (read: A&M) to be able to bring any influence to the outcome of the game. Mark my words that you'll see LSU throw up road blocks to other schools' bands doing a halftime drill at Tiger Stadium.

Are you saying the aggie band influences the outcome of football games by performing at halftime?

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I wonder how they will sneak in the bourbon bottles to drain and then chuck at the band when they go to the clear bag rule?

My guess is they downsize and go with two 200ml Flask bottles per boot. Less weight, but more shots.

This insurance policy had nothing to do with it. LSU band has had many changes in the 18 months. All political. This was one of them. The backlash was too much for them to follow through.

You know based on the stories I thought I'd see a lot more of that this past year in BR but didn't. One guy the night before actually explained to me that back before 9/11, they left the stadium open all the time. People would even go in there to study. Well, they used to tape their bottles underneath the bleachers during the week. Can't do that no more.

Yeah, it was a zoo of flying debris the last time I was there in '94. I imagine things are a little more settled down now when they can only sneak in pocket shots and airline bottles for the most part. I'll give them credit for becoming s much more civil crowd than they used to be, but back far enough, you did see flying empties.

Aggie band has 0 influence on the outcome of the game.

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Yeah, it was a zoo of flying debris the last time I was there in '94. I imagine things are a little more settled down now when they can only sneak in pocket shots and airline bottles for the most part. I'll give them credit for becoming s much more civil crowd than they used to be, but back far enough, you did see flying empties.

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Yep, barely dodged an empty Jack Daniels bottle in '73.

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I've seen visiting teams and fans wet themselves when the band belts out the ever popular tunes, "the theme from patton", and "maroon tattoo". It really fires up the 12th man too!

Wrong

The one thing every Aggie AD has going for him --> not being Joe Alleva.

that guy is a true dumbass

Developed a plan? WTF? Band have done this for years as well as in their own stadium. It ain't complicated.

Stupid corndogs.

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I know it wasn't the Aggie band, but if you think a band can't influence the outcome of a game, think again. That's exactly what happened in the Stanford - Cal game in 1982.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Play_(American_football)

I know that's not what you were talking about, but I just thought I'd throw that in there.

Fan noise and cheers don't have any impact on the mental state of the players?

Effe LSU for not figuring this out sooner and letting our FTAB perform last time there in Baton Rouge. Glad they finally came around due to their own fan pressures.

It doesn't hurt to have the FTAB in attendance - and especially when the players are trying to rally our fans at critical times of the game. Recall, Dat used to always raise his arms to the crowd to build up the noise even louder - the Band is an asset to have at games.

Still though, our FTAB leaders need to figure out how at least a travel band is always in attendance at away football games. It's doable and affordable (no, not the entire group) and should already be happening.

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Are you saying the aggie band influences the outcome of football games by performing at halftime?

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If the FTAB knows they won't be performing at halftime they most likely won't spend the travel money to get to the game. I'd offer that having them there pulling and yelling for the team and playing familiar traditional Aggie music can't hurt and it just might help. If nothing else it might help the other Ags in the stands get pumped up.

Any current or former players want to weigh in on the question of does having the FTAB there at a road game have an impact on their attitude or mood? It's a question I'd like some players to address.

I understand that when you are on the field playing football that you don't really hear or see what's going in the stands. Your'e concentrating on your job. Between plays, on the sidelines, getting pumped before the game or before the 2nd half or after a critical positive play .... I can see how it might be a factor. We know playing at home in front of a big, loud, supportive crowd is definitely a positive factor. I believe this could be a factor in a similar way albeit an order of magnitude or two less.