Band Talk (from UTSA game)

[UNT 90 Grad]

Okay, I’m not a big fan of band talk, but since I’ve dogged them for a few things on here, my conscience left me feeling like I needed to make a few comments (though not 100% positive).

1.  Hey!  The band wore their uniforms in 90+ degree heat!

2.  Not a big fan of the caps in the halftime performance, but huge improvement over the camp counselor uniforms in previous weeks.  

3.   I liked the vocal tones of the new band announcer, but big fail with introducing the alma mater after the singing of it had already started. 

4.  I LOVED that they did NOT do the whole start/stop a song thingy in the 2nd half.  THANK YOU!!!!!  The band seemed to be paying attention and supporting the game. Great job.

5.  I LOVED the band starting the NORTH/TEXAS chant.  Seems more organic.  Much better than the cheerleaders starting it or the too fast Mason Fine video on the scoreboard.  

6.  There seemed to be a big increase in the band playing to drown out the visiting offense.  I like.  

 

Overall, the band gets a big fat +1 from me for last night’s game experience.  Thank you Green Brigade.  

[TreeFiddy]

I agree.  There was a noticeable, and appreciated, improvement in the band's performance last night.  It thought the halftime show was better, or at least it seemed so to me.  Nice job!

[Ryan Munthe]

Green Brigade was amazing last night!! That’s all we need!!

[MeanMag]

They sounded good at half.

looked good at half.

i enjoyed the fly like an eagle remix session.

i liked their energy with the North Texas chant

[Mike Jackson]

Good band performance.  I was disappointed UTSA did not bring their band.  It would have gave the game more energy.

[THOR]

band was good...flag core, at least those facing the alumni side, were slow, non energetic, looked like the were going through the motions, look of annoyance on their faces...

Edited October 15, 2017 by THOR

[SilverEagle]

They (almost) always sound good when they are doing the core of their half-time show. They were okay, but not great.

Their pre-game still sucks. Scurrying out on the field like a bunch of fire ants and then finding their spot is not making an entrance.  And then playing the trio of National Emblem march to get to the middle of the field to stand and play the fight song is......... pathetic. 

And that "march of doom" sounding tune that they played all night irritated me more than it irritated the UTSA football team.

I don't care if they wore their uni's. Just as long as they wear something coordinated that says North Texas on it. I hate their formal unis anyway.......especially that enron-like symbol on the back.

[drex]

UTSA would have brought their band, but the mini-bus was in the shop for repairs.

[vpackrats]

1 hour ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

6.  There seemed to be a big increase in the band playing to drown out the visiting offense

Honest question.  Is there an unwritten rule that the band has to stop playing when the visiting team lines up to snap it?  (Similar to how in hockey the music gets cut off once the puck drops).  I've noticed that too ... the band will play right up until the visiting team snaps it and wasn't sure if that's considered a "no-no" when it comes to that.  Anyone know?

Also, in related band news, it seems we've cut back a ton on the "Fly Like an Eagle" riff (which is nice & distinctive) and replaced it with a ton of the "Seven Nation Army" riff that 95 other colleges play now.

[meaniegreenie]

12 minutes ago, vpackrats said:

Honest question.  Is there an unwritten rule that the band has to stop playing when the visiting team lines up to snap it?  (Similar to how in hockey the music gets cut off once the puck drops).  I've noticed that too ... the band will play right up until the visiting team snaps it and wasn't sure if that's considered a "no-no" when it comes to that.  Anyone know?

Also, in related band news, it seems we've cut back a ton on the "Fly Like an Eagle" riff (which is nice & distinctive) and replaced it with a ton of the "Seven Nation Army" riff that 95 other colleges play now.

http://www.uiltexas.org/files/music/Guidelines_for_Bands_Playing_during_Football_Games.pdf

 

[Rudy]

58 minutes ago, THOR said:

band was good...flag core, at least those facing the alumni side, were slow, non energetic, looked like the were going through the motions, look of annoyance on their faces...

Saw it on the student side too. The amount of give up was incredibly obvious.

[NM Green]

The band was solid.  That is all.  

Nice job Green Brigade.

Thank you,

GMG

[EagleMBA]

1 hour ago, drex said:

UTSA would have brought their band, but the mini-bus was in the shop for repairs.

Actually, it was worse than that. Their loaner broke down before they got to Waco.

 

[meaniegreenie]

There was a concern that TXDot was going to enforce load limits on some of the bridges