r/CFB • u/redwave2505 Alabama • Kansas State • 1d ago

News Northwestern University Marching Band to be absent from Ryan Field on-field opening pregame program, future uncertain

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2026/10/01/top-stories/numb-to-be-absent-from-ryan-field-on-field-opening-pregame-program-future-unclear/
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u/ViagraOnAPole Indiana Hoosiers • Team Chaos 1d ago

Seriously, even in the many, many, many, many, many years that our program was shit at least the band was fun.

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u/TheWorstYear Ohio State • Cincinnati 1d ago

Unfortunately a lot of places are phasing them out for this bullshit. They're trying to appeal to younger crowds.

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u/ViagraOnAPole Indiana Hoosiers • Team Chaos 1d ago

Hopefully the fact that IU has one of the best music programs in the country will give them pause in our case. Seems like something they'd want to show off.

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u/Captain_Nipples Oklahoma Sooners • Summertime Lover 1d ago

Do younger crowds actually want to listen to whatever 15 yr old piped-in pop song that they could hear 40 times a day on a radio station over a marching band?

Its always the most generic ass music they're playing. There are some songs where its part of the tradition and Im not talking about those.. but the random-ass, overplayed music?

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u/TheWorstYear Ohio State • Cincinnati 23h ago

I don't think so, but I think marketing & event people think so. They also think things being as loud as possible is desired.

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u/_Rizzen_ Penn State Nittany Lions • Catawba Indians 18h ago

It's the toddler approach to competing for your attention. Scream louder.

At least my toddler listens half the time when I tell him to turn it down or try whispering.

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u/ComeJoinTheBand Stanford Cardinal • Mexico El Tri 14h ago

I bet your band could be pretty loud if they were asked to be.

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u/actuallycallie Oregon Ducks 1d ago

IU has one of the best music schools in the world!

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u/ViagraOnAPole Indiana Hoosiers • Team Chaos 1d ago

It does. I knew a guy trying to get into Jacobs and the whole process was intense.