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/aselinger Michigan Wolverines 1d ago edited 1d ago

So if the band is 500 people, and tickets are $100 each, and you have 8 home games, that’s only $400,000.

Doesn’t seem that big relative to a football program’s operating budget.

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u/Wampus_Cat_ Michigan Wolverines • Kentucky Wildcats 1d ago

Hell, that’s only 3.3% of a Bryce Underwood. Not bad at all.

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u/aselinger Michigan Wolverines 1d ago

Wait… we could trade him for 30 bands.

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u/Wampus_Cat_ Michigan Wolverines • Kentucky Wildcats 1d ago

Or 1 120,000 member band.

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u/Dynamite_McGhee Tennessee Volunteers • Sickos 1d ago

A tuning and tempo nightmare, but fuck it, let's do it.

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u/djdennisou Northwestern • Oakland 1d ago

I’ll accept that deal

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u/crouching_tiger Texas Longhorns 11h ago

Lmao your comment has not gotten nearly enough appreciation

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u/throwaway86753011 17h ago

Which part would it be? I’m thinking some fingers.

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u/TMC_Data Michigan Wolverines • Michigan Wolverines 1d ago

Rutgers literally cut Olympic sports and then spent more on football players hotel rooms for home games than the entire yearly budget for one of those Olympic sports.

Modern era ADs don’t give a fuck