A few questions for a member of the ISUCF"V"MB

[CysRage]

Do you have any idea what the new band uniforms may look like?
Also, will you have them for the next football season?
A few years back, the band played "Go Cyclones, Go Cyclones..., ISU!" for every first down, how come they don't play it nearly as much as they used to? (FYI I love the horn guy tradition but I love when the band play Go Cyclones too)

Thanks and GO CYCLONES! :smile:

 

[CyCrazy]

I have no idea. :wink:

 

[Sousaclone]

No idea on the uniforms, but when the band switched to the north endzone, the playing of the 1st down cheer got cut down due to the band making it difficult for the team to hear on offense especially when they were on the north side of the field.

 

[pyrocyz]

They don't play because they got in "trouble" for playing when the offense was trying to call in a play. Chizik got mad and the athletic department told the band not to play when the offense is on their side of the 50.

Kinda pisses me off.

 

[hawkclone11]

Do you have any idea what the new band uniforms may look like?
Also, will you have them for the next football season?

New uniforms are still in the initial design stages. Directors and athletics are working with our design company to get some sketches made right now. We hope to have a few samples made up for next fall so the current members can get an idea of what they'll look like. The plan right now is to have them ready for the '11 season, not this coming season since producing the new ones will take some time.

 

[clone2011]

They don't play because they got in "trouble" for playing when the offense was trying to call in a play. Chizik got mad and the athletic department told the band not to play when the offense is on their side of the 50.

Kinda pisses me off.

Pretty sure this was around in McCarney's year as well...at least his final year. That was my freshman year and I remember the horn guy playing when the band couldn't.

 

[pyrocyz]

I was in it from 2003, 2004 and 2005. It was during the chizik tenure that the 1st down cheer died during the chizik tenure.

 

[ty4cy90]

All I have to say, is that if the band puts on another crowd pleasing performance like single-ladies, it won't matter what the uniform looks like. At the bowl game, people were giving Minnesota fans crap for how awesome our band was compared to theirs.

 

[clone2011]

The "Horn Guy" goes back to at least fall of 2006, McCarney's last year. Check out the Facebook group "Fans of the guy who blows the horn thingy at the football games"...first post on the wall was October '06.

Some people need to get over their hatred of Chizik and realize that not everything "bad" with our football program can be tied to him.

 

[TrueAndValiant]

Yeah, we started to not play the 1st down cheer as much during the Chizik era, but now with the no-huddle offense, it's just difficult to get in many offensive cheers in general.

 

[wxman1]

You can play cheers with the no huddle especially ours...just because it is no huddle doesn't mean it's fast cause ours sure as hell isn't most of the time.

 

[TrueAndValiant]

Ours is fast enough. Once the center is down over the ball, we have to stop playing, even if the QB is still adjusting the play. It's best if we do not try to sneak in a few seconds of music.

 

[CycloneErik]

I was in it from 2003, 2004 and 2005. It was during the chizik tenure that the 1st down cheer died during the chizik tenure.

Kind of like the 1st downs overall?

 

[alarson]

I was in it from 2003, 2004 and 2005. It was during the chizik tenure that the 1st down cheer died during the chizik tenure.

yup. dammit chizik.

Also... whatd you play?

 

[alarson]

I seem to remember it happening in Chizik's first year as well..

 

[Skyh13]

I seem to remember it happening in Chizik's first year as well..

That may be when it was made "official", but it was definitely complained about during McCarney's last year.

It happened right after a game where the team got a false start called on them, in which we happened to play right up to the snap, and the team got ****** at us and was clearly looking our direction afterwards.

So, I think soon after that we were told to not do it anymore, and then the whole of the next year (Chizik's first), were kept to that.

 

[sodakjoe]

Bret Meyer was quoted in the Daily making a comment about how it was difficult to hear over the band in the Fall of 2006. That was the beginning. We were no longer allowed to play when the offense was on our side of the field.

When Chizik came in 2007, the request (not an order) came down through the ranks that we not play the third down cheer because the offense often ran audibles on 3rd down.

In 2008, along with the lack of first downs due to lackluster performance on offense, we were told by the Athletic dept that we were not to play while we were on offense. This pretty much ended the band playing during that time of the game.

 

[SCNCY]

It doesn't matter when it started. I would rather have our players hear the play over the band playing their cheers. I enjoy the band, don't get me wrong. However, I would rather we have the football team get first priority over the band playing.

 

[vmbplayer]

Bret Meyer was quoted in the Daily making a comment about how it was difficult to hear over the band in the Fall of 2006. That was the beginning. We were no longer allowed to play when the offense was on our side of the field.

When Chizik came in 2007, the request (not an order) came down through the ranks that we not play the third down cheer because the offense often ran audibles on 3rd down.

In 2008, along with the lack of first downs due to lackluster performance on offense, we were told by the Athletic dept that we were not to play while we were on offense. This pretty much ended the band playing during that time of the game.

^This is accurate from what I can recall as well. 04-10

 

[nickwc]

Yeah, we started to not play the 1st down cheer as much during the Chizik era, but now with the no-huddle offense, it's just difficult to get in many offensive cheers in general.

yea, i had never seen so many delay of game penalties with a no huddle offense either, but chizdick found a way.