For U of M Marching Band fans: A very cool tidbit from Shama article re: the TCU game

[supadupafly]

Quote from the article:

"O’Brien said the intent of the TCU trip is to allow fans to get “closer to the team.” Part of the fun will be having the Gophers Marching Band in Fort Worth."


That is great news. Very happy to hear that our outstanding Marching Band will be there with the team in Fort Worth come September.

 

[GILBball]

Before anyone gets too excited, it's not going to be the full band. It will be similar to the small group sent to Nebraska a few years ago.

 

[Dr.Don]

Before anyone gets too excited, it's not going to be the full band. It will be similar to the small group sent to Nebraska a few years ago.

Ya f'ng lame brain. OP said it was the Marching Band. Good God.

 

[Stan]

Quote from the article:

"O’Brien said the intent of the TCU trip is to allow fans to get “closer to the team.” Part of the fun will be having the Gophers Marching Band in Fort Worth."


That is great news. Very happy to hear that our outstanding Marching Band will be there with the team in Fort Worth come September.

Good to hear!!!

 

[josh087]

It will not be a "marching band" that is being sent to TCU - It will be a small pep band that will play a few songs in the stands.

 

[Go4]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/NadineBabu">@NadineBabu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GopherHole">@GopherHole</a> anyone complaining that full band isn't there is welcome to donate to <a href="http://t.co/fF9iTL5ges">http://t.co/fF9iTL5ges</a> to help in future!</p>— Matt Clark (@mattclarkmsp) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattclarkmsp/statuses/497212303369306112">August 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[MNGoldenGophers1]

I think it is great we'll have band members at TCU and, as I understand it, the skunks won't for their big game with LSU.

Go Gophers!

 

[FireDaveLee]

May not be the full band, but still great news. Penn State sends a little pep band to games. I like what MN sent to Nebraska, minus that the band was in one lower deck section that was miles away and opposite end of where the good chunk of Gopher fans were.

I like it though...hopefully it can happen more often.

 

[corcoran1]

The marching band in full uniforms parading through the stadium would have more heat issues than the team.

 

[ruppertflywheel]

If it would've been the whole band a big embarrassment for the TCU band. Like the Texas Tech band, they're pretty bad.

 

[GopherRock]

Most Pac 12 schools send basketball-sized prop bands to road games. A friend was part of the Washington road band her senior year, and she went to all the road games, including at Nebraska and Hawaii.