re: Their band was louder, has a xylophone section and marching ballerinas

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Here's the thing though: they're held to that standard. LSU doesn't try to be great at halftime shows. They're not held to that standard. Of course I'd argue a majority of the time practicing is spent on Pregame, that being the most important thing that all fans actually care about, but still. These are kids that are capable of doing everything JSU did besides volume just due to numbers. Tiger Band has, in my experience, just been held to a relatively lazy standard.

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It didn't used to be that way, though.

Under Dr. Rouse the band was loud and played all game long. Also, there was emphasis on marching. If you couldn't march, you couldn't be in the band.

One of the qualifications to march was to put a spoon in your mouth, put an egg in it, and march. You could hold the egg when you turned, but you couldn't let it drop while marching straight ahead.

The thing that I find unacceptable is the crooked lines I see at halftime. You never saw that when Dr. Rouse was there.

LC