[JJJ]

[quote author=76lsjumb link=topic=14252.msg153112#msg153112 date=1452929668]
[quote author=FireSting81 link=topic=14252.msg153104#msg153104 date=1452924810]
In defense of my people...
.

2) As far as the band, I think the shock is that our band is the
anti-Stanford in that they are a complete throwback. The Hawkeye Marching Band emphasizes difficul marching transitions rather than the elaborate formations and pop music of todays bands. And I see someone called them boring, but they're considered one of the best. #15 in Bleacher Report's Top 25 Best College Marching Band Shows, right behind the famous U-S-C Literature's most famous losers Band. Only Mich, tOSU, and perhaps GA Tech have I seen been above our par. (/bias)

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/814...es/page/15

....pointing out that the Iowa band is ranked just BELOW the U.SC band is about the worst (or maybe the most amusing) thing you could have chosen around here to tout Iowa;
[/quote]
I hate to break it to you, but their band is one of the few programs of theirs that the rest of the nation would rate ahead of Stanford's. I think 15, 0, maybe even 5 years ago Stanford's was fresh and irreverent. Now they've become sometimes amusing sometimes stale parody of themselves. Otherwise you wouldn't have 17 pages of consternation, infighting, and debate among one another over your own band.
[/quote]

If you've actually read the 17 pages, you'd find that most of it was healthy debating and most of it supported our band (and we are mature enough to be able to criticize our own where necessary), in addition to how little Iowa fans understood what we are about. It's ok if you don't get it. Thanks for hanging out with us in a positive manner. Maybe see you here next year!

[JJJ]

[quote author=76lsjumb link=topic=14252.msg153112#msg153112 date=1452929668]
[quote author=FireSting81 link=topic=14252.msg153104#msg153104 date=1452924810]
In defense of my people...
.

2) As far as the band, I think the shock is that our band is the
anti-Stanford in that they are a complete throwback. The Hawkeye Marching Band emphasizes difficul marching transitions rather than the elaborate formations and pop music of todays bands. And I see someone called them boring, but they're considered one of the best. #15 in Bleacher Report's Top 25 Best College Marching Band Shows, right behind the famous U-S-C Literature's most famous losers Band. Only Mich, tOSU, and perhaps GA Tech have I seen been above our par. (/bias)

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/814...es/page/15

....pointing out that the Iowa band is ranked just BELOW the U.SC band is about the worst (or maybe the most amusing) thing you could have chosen around here to tout Iowa;
[/quote]
I hate to break it to you, but their band is one of the few programs of theirs that the rest of the nation would rate ahead of Stanford's. I think 15, 0, maybe even 5 years ago Stanford's was fresh and irreverent. Now they've become sometimes amusing sometimes stale parody of themselves. Otherwise you wouldn't have 17 pages of consternation, infighting, and debate among one another over your own band.
[/quote]

If you've actually read the 17 pages, you'd find that most of it was healthy debating and most of it supported our band (and we are mature enough to be able to criticize our own where necessary), in addition to how little Iowa fans understood what we are about. It's ok if you don't get it. Thanks for hanging out with us in a positive manner. Maybe see you here next year!