MOM2INDIANS said:
first let me say that I love our Band....but... "Im a little Teapot" does not get me fired up and Im pretty sure it does nothing for the team. Our band needs to play more and play loud, even if its only something from the drumline. Other bands are playing the whole game. We are one of the larger bands Ive seen and we need to "bring it".
I love to hear our band too. There are a few things at play here:
* When another band plays, we aren't supposed to. Its a form of band etiquette. To play when another band plays is really bad form and bad manners. It would make us as tactless as the other bands that blare noise the entire time. The songs are supposed to go back and forth between the bands. As we have seen there are other bands out there in our face and spewing the entire time. Its their form of smack talk. So, in the band world, does PN-G lower our standards and become as tacky as the other bands? To me, its a dilemma because I love to hear them play. I'd love to bring it....but then I like knowing that the other bands realize they didn't make us lose our classiness.
* In the past, PNG coaches have said they don't want the band playing when our offense is out.
* Those Manville players were crass and their band was too. I learned that a couple of their football players were talking to our cheerleaders before the game, taunting them about the number of points we would "lose by". Of course, one of our bright girls retorted that they needed to leave them alone and go worry about the five fans they brought with them. LOL. I also know that our loading crew saw their buses enter and, like they always do, waved hello to be polite. The Maverick band just looked at them and ignored them. The bus with the Manville cheerleaders and drill team all flipped our guys off. Tacky.
As far as the song - like you I hate that song now. The only redeeming thing was watching our fans change it to Na-na-nah-na-hey-hey-hey-we're number one at the beginning of the game.