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Congratulations to your daughter, Utee.

I had a lot of Bandites in my AP U.S. History classes. I loved having them. They were the hardest-working students in the school. Their practice time rivaled that of the football team (state champs 9 of the last 10 years, I think). Still, nearly all of them took AP classes. In the first few years of teaching it, I had some football players, including a couple who got recruited by Ivy League schools, but after we got a new coach, who took a good program and built it into a powerhouse, I got fewer and fewer football players in my classes.


Band Kids rock! 

Congrats on the win! That's a huge deal, and I know ya'll are real proud of that accomplishment!
My own son played Horn and marched with the Mellophone in the 9th and 10th grades. He's also in choir and theatre, so this year we had to make allowances in scheduling so he could also work in graduation requirements.

I did warn him in the outset that band nerds were a special breed. Many of them intended to do it in college as well, and would be practicing and drilling in anticipation of the competitions. I knew he enjoyed it, but that wasn't where his heart would be. The time commitment would draw him away from auditions and performances elsewhere.

Today's marching band competitions are multi-media events. They almost always have electric generators driving amplified mixing consoles. There are props and mobile set pieces on the field - in the spirit of Super Bowl halftime shows. It really is impressive!

for those of you on the Porch that don't frequent the Big 10 board............

We're planning a CFB51 Board Meeting in Nashville next fall

Hope Y'all can make it.  Might be fun.

I got a call from Burnt Eyes this afternoon, so he might be there.
I know you miss him.  aka Smokey

Well, Jimbo Fisher is out at Texas A&M, planning how he will spend $76 million. Any guesses on who will be up next in Aggieland?

C-Dubb - W'SUP

Board meeting, Texas plays @Vandy, could the two occur together...?  Interesting...

That's what I was thinking, if the date if in October especially.

There's who I'd like for the Ags to get...  and who we will get.  And unfortunately I don't see them being the same person.

😎 Semi there then everything seemily tripled,not fond of 80/20 heath care either.Should have followed 2 of my bros into the service.At least for 3-4 yrs,anhoo the Dirt Burglars going to still schedule Gundy & Stillwater in the new alignment?Just saw they lost a close one good luck in the east

OU officials have said that they would like to keep playing the Bedlam series, but I don't think they really want to. FOSU officials have said that OU killed the series, and that's that. I'm hoping we somehow play one more game with the Pokes to take scoreboard back. If Texas stumbles down the stretch, it could happen in the CCG. And I've halfway changed my mind about restarting it as an annual OOC. I think that it could be a good thing. If not an annual game, maybe it could be an intermittent OOC rivalry, like we have with the Huskers.
Good luck to the Buckeyes in The Game.