Buckeyes reviews of Neb.

On a side note ... but Knapp's post today and me having the free time ... thought I'd share this. At my town here in Texas ... they have taken Tennis out as a sport at our school. We lost our coach last year after the Superintendant fired 7-8 teaches for financial reasons ... in all that, the health coach that taught tennis here for years decided to step down. My son went to Regionals as a freshmen and now as a Senior has a couple of offers for a tennis scholarship at Div II type schools. Anyway, tennis is no longer considered a sport. On the other hand, the Band Director has addressed in his class and at public gatherings that "Band" is now a "sport". My three sons have lost a couple of friends in the whole debate ... as we wouldnt' consider "Band" a sport ... that has been met with verbal and physical assault.

Thus, now in the B1G and some of these other schools saying the Huskers don't have a good "Band" ... I'm just rathered humored and guessing that I'm missing out on something. I always thought I showed up for football games to watch the two football teams play ... now I'm understanding that I'm actually there to see the bands compete against each other. So now I'm wondering how our recruiting is going? How many 4* and 5* are we in on? Knapp, can we get a section on Huskerboard to discuss this? :-)

In any event, I'm a rather bewildered parent to see my kids who are talented at tennis now persuing a a tennis career via USTA events as "tennis" as a sport at our school is not recognized. They recently said we can travel to play other schools in our district within a 30 mile radius (financial issues for gas). Sadly, our closest school is about 35 miles away. From their logic (not thought through very well) we could not even make it to the regional event. Tennis has been lost amidst all the "social justice" of trying to make these kids competing in "band" out as if this is a great fitness contest.

 
sheepdogmark said:
On a side note ... but Knapp's post today and me having the free time ... thought I'd share this. At my town here in Texas ... they have taken Tennis out as a sport at our school. We lost our coach last year after the Superintendant fired 7-8 teaches for financial reasons ... in all that, the health coach that taught tennis here for years decided to step down. My son went to Regionals as a freshmen and now as a Senior has a couple of offers for a tennis scholarship at Div II type schools. Anyway, tennis is no longer considered a sport. On the other hand, the Band Director has addressed in his class and at public gatherings that "Band" is now a "sport". My three sons have lost a couple of friends in the whole debate ... as we wouldnt' consider "Band" a sport ... that has been met with verbal and physical assault.

Thus, now in the B1G and some of these other schools saying the Huskers don't have a good "Band" ... I'm just rathered humored and guessing that I'm missing out on something. I always thought I showed up for football games to watch the two football teams play ... now I'm understanding that I'm actually there to see the bands compete against each other. So now I'm wondering how our recruiting is going? How many 4* and 5* are we in on? Knapp, can we get a section on Huskerboard to discuss this? :-)

In any event, I'm a rather bewildered parent to see my kids who are talented at tennis now persuing a a tennis career via USTA events as "tennis" as a sport at our school is not recognized. They recently said we can travel to play other schools in our district within a 30 mile radius (financial issues for gas). Sadly, our closest school is about 35 miles away. From their logic (not thought through very well) we could not even make it to the regional event. Tennis has been lost amidst all the "social justice" of trying to make these kids competing in "band" out as if this is a great fitness contest.
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Band is not a sport. I think sports should always take precedence over fine arts.

As for the amount of good "recruits" our band has, it's actually quite high. =P

 
sheepdogmark said:
Knapp, can we get a section on Huskerboard to discuss this? :-)
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Sadly, they don't let me control what sections/forums we have on HuskerBoard. If they did you can bet we'd have a Husker Volleyball forum again, like we did in the past. I'm still in mourning that the VB forum went away. :cry

 
sheepdogmark said:
On a side note ... but Knapp's post today and me having the free time ... thought I'd share this. At my town here in Texas ... they have taken Tennis out as a sport at our school. We lost our coach last year after the Superintendant fired 7-8 teaches for financial reasons ... in all that, the health coach that taught tennis here for years decided to step down. My son went to Regionals as a freshmen and now as a Senior has a couple of offers for a tennis scholarship at Div II type schools. Anyway, tennis is no longer considered a sport. On the other hand, the Band Director has addressed in his class and at public gatherings that "Band" is now a "sport". My three sons have lost a couple of friends in the whole debate ... as we wouldnt' consider "Band" a sport ... that has been met with verbal and physical assault.

Thus, now in the B1G and some of these other schools saying the Huskers don't have a good "Band" ... I'm just rathered humored and guessing that I'm missing out on something. I always thought I showed up for football games to watch the two football teams play ... now I'm understanding that I'm actually there to see the bands compete against each other. So now I'm wondering how our recruiting is going? How many 4* and 5* are we in on? Knapp, can we get a section on Huskerboard to discuss this? :-)

In any event, I'm a rather bewildered parent to see my kids who are talented at tennis now persuing a a tennis career via USTA events as "tennis" as a sport at our school is not recognized. They recently said we can travel to play other schools in our district within a 30 mile radius (financial issues for gas). Sadly, our closest school is about 35 miles away. From their logic (not thought through very well) we could not even make it to the regional event. Tennis has been lost amidst all the "social justice" of trying to make these kids competing in "band" out as if this is a great fitness contest.
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I don't think thats what any of us are saying. While I would agree "band" is not a sport, and I certainly feel for your predicament, what is being said here is that the B1G schools take much pride in their marching bands mostly due to the traditions behind them. And the B1G is all about tradition. No one said you have to go watch the bands, but they are a spectacle and if you are a college football fan or a fan of tradition they are worth checking out.

In the first 10 years of the Sudler Trophy awards 6 of the 10 awards went to B1G schools.

 
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papersun87 said:
^ With regard to the second link, frankly, I'm surprised to discover that anyone outside eastern Nebraska knows that Creighton exists.
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This statement says much more about you than it does about Creighton.

Creighton Law School, Class of 1985

 
1201NH said:
papersun87 said:
^ With regard to the second link, frankly, I'm surprised to discover that anyone outside eastern Nebraska knows that Creighton exists.
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This statement says much more about you than it does about Creighton.

Creighton Law School, Class of 1985
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Has it been your experience that people generally know that Creighton exists, outside of basketball conversations? I can tell you that I've traveled across this country and when I tell folks I'm from Nebraska, Creighton never, ever comes up in conversation.

It's just a small school. It's unsurprising that it's not as well-known as UNL.

Heck, my dad graduated from Midland. I bet 95% of the people posting here have no idea where Midland is, or that it even exists.

 
I hate to say this but Michigan has a hell of a band.. and most TBDBITL members will tell you that. In my view they are almost equal with Michigan having a better drumline and tOSU having better marching. But even with a good band Michigan still sucks.. and they don't have this.



And though some try to copy, there is only one. Not sure what Texas was thinking.. but this is a hot mess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGbu3uF5rGc

 
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I hope UNL brings their band to the Shoe next year.

I'd love to see some more bands. While schools bring their bands the only school to actually perform on the field is really m1ch1g@n.

 
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