I don't like tOSU at all, but their marching band is better every time I hear them. Quite the tradition there.
Hard to argue with this.I'm all about the Golden Girls with the Golden Band from Tiger Land!
Ugh. I will never understand just why everyone gets stars in their eyes over the Buckeye band: they're not that good! I hate to break it to you, but it's true, regardless of what they call themselves. They have two notable traditions to their name: the script 'Ohio' and the dotting of the 'i'. I'll give you the dotting: that's a hilarious tradition and is a nice little bit of entertainment. The script as a whole though, is very unimpressive, especially from a marching standpoint. It's not a difficult maneuver, and it's all done excruciatingly slowly (my biggest complaint with it). They're known for those two things. Their halftime shows are usually good, but no better than anyone else's. If you want to see a top-level marching band that isn't Iowa State, then go check out Illinois, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, or Virginia Tech.I don't like tOSU at all, but their marching band is better every time I hear them. Quite the tradition there.
I'm all about the Golden Girls with the Golden Band from Tiger Land!
Ugh. I will never understand just why everyone gets stars in their eyes over the Buckeye band: they're not that good! I hate to break it to you, but it's true, regardless of what they call themselves. They have two notable traditions to their name: the script 'Ohio' and the dotting of the 'i'. I'll give you the dotting: that's a hilarious tradition and is a nice little bit of entertainment. The script as a whole though, is very unimpressive, especially from a marching standpoint. It's not a difficult maneuver, and it's all done excruciatingly slowly (my biggest complaint with it). They're known for those two things. Their halftime shows are usually good, but no better than anyone else's. If you want to see a top-level marching band that isn't Iowa State, then go check out Illinois, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, or Virginia Tech.
For starters you have to APPLY and try out to be part of the band. At ISU if you want to be in the marching band you basically can.
Keep in mind that OSU also has an enrollment of 52K students compared to ISU's 26K. There may be a few more people interested in joining the marching band at OSU simply due to the larger campus population, thus the application requirement. If ISU had twice as many students, you'd probably also need to fill out an application to join the band.
That said, I'm a homer and I'll say that ISU's band rocks.