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Can we schedule a football game against TBDBITL? It's not really a competition if someone isn't trying to prevent them from executing script Ohio now is it? The way I see it, we're 1-1 against the Buckeyes football team and 0-1 vs TBDBITL. Heck our kickers couldn't even stop some band members from performing their marching routine. Maybe next time we'll send some DL's or linebackers out. I can guarantee that had the kickers attempted to go through the band or actually interrupt Script Ohio that it would have instantly turned into 225 on 1. The band marches with mentality that they own the field, and anyone who gets in the way gets their ass run over. A few decades ago they actually forced the Northwestern team off the field during pregame. Not to mention the fact that the team would have needed riot police and SWAT escort to get out of Columbus in one piece.

Any chance to insult those scum suckers is one we're going to take.

This actually happened today actually. Osborne's email was also extended to the band as well. No hard feelings officially between the two organizations. In addition, the response to the halftime show was so great that today Ohio State announced that they would be installing Jon Waters as the new full-time Director of the band. Waters was to serve on an interim basis for the season while a national search for a replacement for Dr. Jon Woods was to take place, who retired last season after 28 years of service. Waters has been on the band's directing staff since completing his undergraduate work, was a member of the band from 1995-1999 and dotted the "i" for the 1998 Ohio State-Michigan game. To clarify a few things: -The incident with the kicker is rare but it has happened before. The last time I can remember it happening it happening was during the 2008 Ohio State-Michigan game (The Michigan Kicker missed all of his FGs much to the delight of the crowd) -The band's total performance time was about 15 minutes long, but could not start as soon as halftime began because the 1972 football team was being honored before the band went on. The presentation lasted about 2 minutes and the band finished with 3 minutes left on the clock. The kickers however came out onto the field with 2 minutes left of the band's performance, not a minute left on the clock as someone had previously stated. They could have waited a little longer. The band also made a formation honoring Ohio State's Athletic Department's 100th anniversary, probably on the order of the Athletic department at the last minute. -Because of the Homecoming ceremony, the band did not have time to perform Script Ohio in the pregame show as it normally does. Traditionally, they perform this during postgame of the Homecoming game, but because of the magnitude of the game & the possibility of the fans rushing the field preventing a post game performance, the staff wanted to make sure Script Ohio was performed. After all, it would be a shame if one of football's greatest traditions was not performed at such a big game. -Halftime timing is determined and approved months before football season & nothing happens without Athletic's approval, so clearly they were OK having the band take that much time at halftime. Was it an honest mistake that could have been avoided if both parties had acted differently? Yes. Did it piss the ever living hell out of Buckeye fans? Of course! But I can assure that the OSUMB/OSU athletics and hopefully many Buckeye fans understand this. One more interesting note: The year the OSUMB won the Sudler Trophy was the first year it was voted upon by music educators, and not members of the press as it had been the previous 2 years. Thanks! Go Bucks!