Why were they on the field to begin with? There is plenty of room between the field and the stands to get in line, if they need to and march straight east, up the ramp and out of the stadium. There was no need for them to be on the field at all.
Then to march across the field after setting up all the way over to the west side, once there see the crowd, and attempt to march through them is crazy.
The crowd because of construction on the west side was shoulder to shoulder, why did the Iowa band director not take them back out the east side, the same side that the Iowa football team left the stadium? Why did he not wait for the crowd to thin out before marching his band and their 200 members out the west gate?
This just smacks of Iowa arrogance, and then to top it off, they are playing the Iowa fight song as they do it. Into a crowd that had been inside the stadium 5 hours and just lost to their instate rival. The band director here was at fault from his decisions as much as anybody. But no one has said a word about that from the U of I.
Clone fans can’t be held accountable for their actions when they lose to big brother and the Marching Band has the audacity to play the fight song.