About 7-8 years ago I went to Hattiesberg MS (Bret Favre's alma, something Mississippi) for our game with them. One of the most annoying things is the damn screaming eagle sound they perpetually blasted, yes blasted from the speakers, it really scared the sh*t outta you, but then I digress.

Our band performed at halftime and as usual definitely won the halftime. BUT, what was so neat about it was this:

During their performance, one of the tops of the tuba (the bell part) came off and fell on the ground while they were "doing their thing". The band member didn't flinch and the show kept going. They were doing their formations, kicking a**, amazing the MS crowd (and the Ags) and I kid you not...As the show was winding down about 5-10 minutes later and they were moving to do the block T.

The SAME band member who's tuba had "broken" was in the exact line of sight/walk as the bell and casually bent down to grab it and continued on. It was just a slight bent knees snatch, smooooth.... Now, that seems fairly amazing since they had been all over the field, you could keep track of him cause his top was gone and I kept thinking they'll just have to go get it after the performance. Super cool.

It was amazing, the crowd went nuts over that too. It was so smooth and didn't even compromise the show. I love that story!

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You hsould watch the video of the 4-way cross through at the '04 t.u. game. How we fixed that I will never know.

that was my fish year, and we got the crap smoked out of us when we got back to CS, b/c a certain "captain redass" hit is bell. (underclassmen are supposed to turn their bells for upperclassmen). Someone didn't screw it on tight, and we he hit it, it fell off.

Another bell fell off at the Independence (snow) bowl in Shreveport my junior year. We were countermarching on the south goal line, and my buddies bell just flew off.

Oh, and its a Bass, thank you very much.

In 01 or 02 it happened at Kyle. Then one of our crazy firsh ran accross the field, picked it up, and brought it to the sidelines.

Happened my zip year. I still laugh when I see the tape.

Ever see a reed sucker walk out of a 4 - way with a trombone slide?

larry fraunheim '95 allegedly had the best repair of a missed assignment in the history of the band whne he was a fish. i remember him telling me about it his zip year.

My ol lady had aggie band videos going all the way back through the 80s and he would watch them all the time and study them.

Anyways, I don't remember what year it was, but there was a guy once that got completely lost and just wandered around the field, and tried to just hide himself in the block between 2 people, until the band countermarched and he had to get out of the way. He eventually found his spot and got back in it.

anyone here remember the screw up that WASN'T fixed in '81 at the game vs. Rice?
wow, just wow........
never saw so many pissed/upset BQ's before, or since.....

Reporter - "Mike, what will you do now?"
Mike Tyson - "I'll just fade into bolivian."

Another time my fish year, there was a Kyle Field Camera man that was out on the field during halftime.

Col. Brewer (the guy that says "Now forming at the North end of Kyle Field..." for the non-BQ's reading this) kept repeating over the loud speaker "Would the cameraman please get off the field."

Finally the Yell Boys ran out onto the field and dragged him off, and the crowd started cheering.

The greatest was the drill made up on-the-spot at the Independence Bowl in the snow. No other band in the country could have done that.

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miller58 a sip troll this year and still a massive tool in 2008!

anyone here familiar with the "Jackson Extraction"?

I knew him, but this awesome event was before my time in the band. He was a 5th year when I met him.

Jackson was a nice enough guy, but... an interesting fellow. I'll just leave it at that.

Jackson couldn't even play. He sometimes marched with a Bass missing valves or other critical components (b/c we didn't have enought basses, and since he couldn't play, it didn't matter if it worked).

Phillip Sterling is the reason we were blessed with fish Jackson. He was originally in K-1 and he met Sterling and he told him how welcome he would be in B-Co and that he should also join the Bass section.

Jackson was so clueless, and looked like a damn Mexican General with his 6 rows of ribbons.

EDIT: Jackson was a nice guy, but couldn't march for crap. Once he got past his fish year, he was a pretty funny guy. He also forgot his midnight pants for Bush's 1st inaguaration, and wore dockers with his Winter A's.

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The Blizzard Bowl...The Jackson Extraction...
Man, those were some fun years!

Too bad that forward lateral beat us there in the snow.

An errant drum major whistle caused a problem with a halftime drill my fish year, but the upperclassmen fixed it..... a few hours later....with piss pots and ponchos in the steam room.... followed by an early morning run around and through the golf course.
Ah, but to be able to relive those days!

ah the snow bowl... I remember it well. I think I still have frostbite from my boots

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I guess the 4-way is always that way. In '92, we were doing it for the TCU game and we practiced it 2 steps at a time both Friday morning and Saturday morning. Each time we practiced, you'd end passing different people (clearly a sign that something is very wrong). It never did really work out right, but when we hit the field, we got it done without any major headaches.

BTW, a TUba's bell falling off isn't anything special and generally describes what a bunch of "whiskey deltas" they are. They talk alot of crap and then have stuff like that happen. Then they try to play it off by saying that they were so redass in their turning that they made it fall off. Yeah right. What a bunch of Niedermeyers!

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Each time we practiced, you'd end passing different people (clearly a sign that something is very wrong). It never did really work out right, but when we hit the field, we got it done without any major headaches.

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Yep, it was still that way in the late '90s.

I dont remember the Jackson Extraction... Could someone remind me what he did this time.

If stuff's not going right at drill, it's only because the fish aren't trying hard enough!

joker - The name pretty much tells it all. 362 people marching one way, 1 ribbon-laden cadet marching the other.

TexasAggie02 - I think Southern Miss. drill was also called the "lost Baldwin" drill. I remember him pushing the person in front of him so he could get his spot back.

And the snow bowl was the worst new year's eve I ever had.

I'm starting to remember this one. So many stories...

I saw him a few weeks ago in Dallas. He almost ran me over as I was crossing the street to get some lunch. He stopped traffic to tell me he was moving to arlington (i think).

Any of you video gurus have examples of these??

I guess I've never EVER noticed the Aggie Band goober up (except that one time - at Rice, was it?)

I saw a guy blow the top off of his tuba in 01

McJ - yeah that is the point. We may be the best precision marching band in the world, but the true talent lies in making it look that way when things go wrong.

Ah I remember a certain buddy of mine marching the Cotton Bowl '97-'98 drill still drunk from the night before. Now that is hard core!

BQAG02: Yes it was. I was trying to think of his name, but couldn't think of it. Those guys were hardly ever around except for Kyle and Rusty, so I tend to forget.

San Diego-1990 Holiday Bowl (You know, the one with Bucky Richardson and the Ags kicking BYU ass!)

This was one of the all time worst drills in history. We were doing the “card shuffle drill” and the lines were all messed up and the “cards” weren’t coming together correctly. It was all about to fall apart but we were saved by the countermarch on the goal line and it helped everyone get back together. We pulled it off. We were all disappointed in the performance, but the crowd was none the wiser. They loved it. The Bowl Game was during the 1st Gulf War and the people loved the military theme of our band.

After the game we had countless members of the BYU Band come up to us and tell us how awesome we were as a band. Little did they know…

The Bowl week was also highlighted prior to the game with the band making a trip to the Carrier “Independence” and one day we practiced our drill on the drill field at Camp Pendleton. The Marine Corps Drill Instructors were amazed at our precision and asked Major Brewer permission to watch us from the tower next to the drill field. Later I had heard stories from Aggie Marine officers stationed at Pendleton how they were in their offices on the base and could have sworn that they heard the Aggie War Hymn. Many Ag officers showed up at the drill field once they heard the familiar sounds.

1981 – Rice
Got put in the drill the day before.
I remember Rice having what seems to be a very large phallic symbol at the stadium moving rhythmically to the music.

1981 – SMU and Greg Hood
Was pre drill in the end zone. As a fish, was looking down, then movement and when I peeked a look up I saw Greg Hood landing. Steve McQueen –Bugle Rank member and B-Company CO- was one of several BQ’s heading out to assist.

1981 – tu
There was an overhead shot of the Aggie Band and a north end zone football play published for a coffee table book. Something like ‘Texas a view from above’. Was a yard line fish for that drill.



Jim '85
West Side 311
Steers and Queers, no place but Austin.

Out of curiousity --> Lets have a quick Outfit call.



B-Co

We were "blessed" with Jackson's presence. He wanted nothing more in life than to be in the corps and then military. Out of it most of the time, but a really nice guy.

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I think what my friend is trying to say is that true love is blind.

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that was my fish year, and we got the crap smoked out of us when we got back to CS, b/c a certain "captain redass" hit is bell. (underclassmen are supposed to turn their bells for upperclassmen). Someone didn't screw it on tight, and we he hit it, it fell off.

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And you guys deserved every second of it!



Greutzmachers -- Goin' commando!

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That drill gettin made up at the snow bowl was outstanding...

I still remember the Sugar Bowl practices where people were falling out puking on the sidelines...

Greatness

Band85-
yea, the MOB had this huge stuffed pe*** and was waving it the entire game.....since my buddies and I pushed what seemed like the entire first half (that's another story for another thread), we got to watch the debacle at halftime......correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the band just stop marching at some point, quit playing their instruments, and leave the field wherever they stood?
never had seen it before, nor since....kinda wild chit......

Reporter - "Mike, what will you do now?"
Mike Tyson - "I'll just fade into bolivian."

I remember a SMU game in Dallas (mid 70's I think) not only did we lose to a highly underdog SMU team, but the band got totally confused during the halftime show. No kinding there were BQ's going in every direction. It was very ugly!