Seconded. I believe at one point, they were banned in both West Virginia and South Carolina.
While I was UVa, they actually had a cellist. And several members who apparently did not even play instruments or do anything except run around on the field.
always offensive, Usually bad, & often hysterically funny… they were completely student organized, run, and financed. They’re missed.
Interesting…my favorite band, from the University of California (coming soon to a Rose Bowl near you…knock wood…Oski willing) freely admits that they borrowed their uniforms, marching style and even the script Ohio/Cal from Ohio State after they met for the 1950 Rose Bowl. The Cal Band calls themselves the BDBitL, but I didn’t know they stole that, too.
Oh, and about Stanford…they were innovative and funny – 30 years ago. Now they’re stale and pathetic; bad musicians and their own fans don’t even like 'em.
Good choices.
The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band is simply the best in it’s class. [url=“aggieband.org | ทำมาค้าขาย ขายสินค้า”]Here’s a video clip one of the band members made, carrying a camera instead of his trumpet. The best parts start about 4:30, when The Noble Men of Kyle begins, and at 5:45 when they do the Four Way Cross. During parts of this march there are 400 marchers between the 40 yard lines. This is what precision marching is about.
Unfortunately, I’m not about precision coding.
Thirded. The worst college band ever.
I second the nomination for Florida A&M. That band ROCKS!
I’d just like to add my two cents in to this, as I’ve been marching for 8 years now. I march with the UMASS Lowell marching band (which I’m sure none of you have seen, as we don’t do away games, as, well, we don’t have a football team), and I find it to be one of the best experiences there are. We play music that isn’t common in the marching media, this year we played music by Phil Collins (Los Endos Suite Parts I & II, The West Side, and Chips and Salsa). It’s really laid back, and a really close-knit group, which is nice to come home to after touring all summer with drum corps. It’s also really great when you get to see the high schoolers’ faces when you’re blowing their ear drums out while exhibitioning at their competitions. 
Just want to point out that you’re technically thirding it.
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I’ll chime in on Florida A & M. The very best for pure entertainment.
And props to Ohio State for musicianship.
The funniest* bands in the land are Stanford (west coast) and Virginia (east coast).
I’m by no means an expert but the one that always impresses me the most is Grambling
I have to put in my vote for Southern University.
I remember them. I was in NCSU’s band and travelled to UVA for the game.
They came out wearing anything that had orange and white on it. They brought out cellos, bassoons, spoons, washboards, whatever. They would do corny skits on the field. They spelled out a giant 1400 on the field and announced that it was the average SAT score for incoming freshmen at UVA. Then the announcer said “NC State says their average score is one less. So band, TAKE AWAY THAT ONE!”
The 1 runs off the field leaving 400.
Never could figure out why Auld Lang Syne was their fight song.
My favorite show is Stanford’s tribute to Presidential Diseases. The band formed a colon : but since Reagan had recently had an operation, they reformed to make it a semicolon. ;