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

Their band had more people, so yeah they were louder.


Can't wait until our band does a Daya halftime tribute

They play louder and with attitude

For starters, Jacksonville State having an awesome band is kind of their thing. Their show was so good, I haven't seen something done that well in person since I went to a DCI show.

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.

I'm seeing promise of a newer, higher standard with the new director, though.

So we win the game, just lost the band thing? I'll take it.

Thanks for the compliments.

I was brought to tears when I heard what your band had done for our Ballerinas. As you may know, one of our young ladies was killed in an auto accident this week. Your band made a hand drawn card with her likeness surrounded by roses and they all signed it, and presented it along with flowers to our band. I found that really touching.

Miles has lost control of the xylophone section!

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So we win the game, just lost the band thing

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Yes. This was very obvious to everyone. You have to ask yourself....
Why does a school as small as JSU have a band of 550 while LSU, a school of over 30,000 have a much smaller band (fewer than they have had in recent years)? And at the same time college bands are reporting "massive growth" around the country? My take.....band leadership.
College Bands Reprt Massive Growth

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Step it up GBFTL

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The students in the band are doing the best they can. However, they are handicapped by a sub standard staff. Their new leadership has never been in charge of a college marching band, EVER. Would we hire a head coach at LSU that had never been a college head coach...I hope not.

Band needs to bring back that swagger

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Yes. This was very obvious to everyone. You have to ask yourself....
Why does a school as small as JSU have a band of 550 while LSU, a school of over 30,000 have a much smaller band (fewer than they have had in recent years)? And at the same time college bands are reporting "massive growth" around the country? My take.....band leadership.

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You obviously know more than I do on the state of TGBFTL, but JSU has a better band than most schools.

It'll be OK.