01-06-2016, 01:25 PM
This Garvin +2!
I would make one edit:Â It's not stale to Stanford "undergraduate" students!
For those of us that spent our formative undergrad years on The Farm, it is/was part of our culture. We were either in the LSJUMB or had friends in the band. We get it or at least did at the time. It's what we expect and that edgy creativity is part of what makes Stanford unique.Â
Do they misstep on occasion? Sure. Don't we all, especially as undergrads. I went to the bathroom during Iowa's band performance. I'm guessing it was a bunch of kids playing okay music and marching in basic formations. You can see that from UCB, USC or most other boring bands. It's fine, but not that entertaining for me.  I did notice during pregame that Iowa's band had a number of very large (300lb+) participants playing that could double as O-linemen. Not a stereotype, just an observation. They likely would have squashed our band in a touch football contest!
I would make one edit:Â It's not stale to Stanford "undergraduate" students!
For those of us that spent our formative undergrad years on The Farm, it is/was part of our culture. We were either in the LSJUMB or had friends in the band. We get it or at least did at the time. It's what we expect and that edgy creativity is part of what makes Stanford unique.Â
Do they misstep on occasion? Sure. Don't we all, especially as undergrads. I went to the bathroom during Iowa's band performance. I'm guessing it was a bunch of kids playing okay music and marching in basic formations. You can see that from UCB, USC or most other boring bands. It's fine, but not that entertaining for me.  I did notice during pregame that Iowa's band had a number of very large (300lb+) participants playing that could double as O-linemen. Not a stereotype, just an observation. They likely would have squashed our band in a touch football contest!