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To all those that think Wisconsin is better then Michigan State. It's no wonder when all you hear is that abysmal music you play, if you can call it music, to appreciate something different that is actually in tune. Until you learn to take your "intensity" and control it you will always be second class.

infernowildcat1 4 months ago

@infernowildcat1 wow, you really have no idea what you're talking about. Mike Leckrone writes the music AND charts our moves every week, and he does an amazing job. Everyone who sees us loves our shows because of our ENTERTAINMENT VALUE! All that matters is how much the fans enjoy the show. I would agree that the Penn State Blue Band or the Ohio State Marching Band might sound slightly better at times, but they don't MARCH! They don't have to be in shape. Any nerd can play an instrument.

lazypanda19 4 months ago

@lazypanda19 Any nerd can play an instrument? Any SMB member or OSU band member or even MMB member for that matter can not only march with precision, control, and showmanship, but can also produce music that isn't jumpy and shaky-sounding. infernowildcat knows exactly what they are talking about.

jswartz42 4 months ago

@jswartz42 I'm just speaking from experience. Mike Leckrone doesn't have us march this way for no reason. He wants to entertain the crowd, and he definitely succeeds at that. I've been in roll-step bands before, and they honestly are boring. The crowd does not get excited and entertained by a roll-step band nearly as much. Sure, the roll-step precision and musicianship could be phenomenal, but none of that matters if the crowd doesn't pay attention!

lazypanda19 4 months ago

@lazypanda19 You are so right about that.

woolly65 3 months ago

@lazypanda19 The OSU band doesn't march? Have you ever SEEN the OSU band?! They and the SMB march better than any college marching band in the country. And as for being in shape, I'd love to see a Wisconsin band member make it through OSU's pregame, or make it through a single day of tryouts.

aroguelioness 3 months ago

@aroguelioness LOL you literally make me laugh! I have seen their "script ohio" follow the leader drill, and it looks sooooooooooooo hard... It's like, you don't even have to know where you're going b/c it's just walking wherever the guy in front of you goes. How is that physically challenging? You clearly have never seen the Wisconsin band march a show, or you wouldn't try and make the "OSU is more in-shape" argument which is complete BS. Any OSU nerd would die in one day at Reg Week.

lazypanda19 3 months ago

@lazypanda19 Have you ever seen penn state? search for their pregame show. THEY DEFINITELY MARCH

phillyphan1994 2 months ago

the only change in dynamics i heard throughout the whole video was when the trumpet player turned around.

billymike13 4 months ago 12

sick life wisconsin

billymike13 4 months ago 2

@2693cookie The OSUMB learns a new show every week in 4 days and always has their music memorized. How is that different?

MagnusLegatus 4 months ago 4

@MagnusLegatus I knew you guys do a great job, but when it comes to actually having to pay attention to how you look on the field, who sees a flip folder? No one. Except for people trying to find reasons to say the Wisconsin Band is bad because they can't find any other flaw. EAT A ROCK!!

2693cookie 3 months ago

@MagnusLegatus so does the spartan marching band.

h00lzf00lz 2 months ago

@h00lzf00lz And that's why the SMB and the OSUMB share a great mutual respect for one another.

MagnusLegatus 2 months ago

sorry but it's really bad that they can't memorize their music. Don't stop believing is an EASY song......

missLC7 5 months ago

@missLC7 We just played them last weekend. They memorized the show. It's not unusual for college bands to use flip folders for the first live run or two of a show since they tend to go through several in a 3 month span.

ZDrums24 5 months ago

@missLC7 Considering we learn a new show every week in 4 days, it is kind of necessary.

2693cookie 4 months ago

Oh my god. I like corps style marching alot better, this traditional stuff looks awful. No offense because they are great musicians but ugg.

ohmygoshAusten 5 months ago

anyone can walk around .....

osumb17 5 months ago

@osumb17 that is very true, corps style is very much easier..but this looks goofy to me, again..great musicians and i am not hating on them..

ohmygoshAusten 5 months ago

@ohmygoshAusten Corps style isn't necessarily easier. The drum line has to stay on their toes for a good chunk of the show. What corps style does do is preserve sound quality. the chair stepping makes it extremely difficult to play with any accuracy.

ZDrums24 5 months ago

true true.

ohmygoshAusten 5 months ago

Remember these are college students who have a full workload on top of being in band. And almost none of them are music majors. BFD they have sheet music...the fans don't seem to care at all. It's stupid for other bands to make the members go through the extra work of memorizing music on top of playing the show, especially when you have 4 rehearsals to learn the entire show.

I've seen the OS band. They're good no doubt, but boring. The Script Ohio is one big boring follow the leader.

demayonnaise 7 months ago

@demayonnaise OMG it's a follow the leader drill?! Damn it. Why didn't someone tell me this before I spent all that time memorize script counts?! Thanks a lot TBDBITL.

aroguelioness 3 months ago

@demayonnaise So what if they are college stubents and have a full workload, what does that have to do with it. There are HBCUs that have to memorize on average 35-45 songs during the season and change their shows approx. week. In my opinion it looks very tacky. Don't get me wrong UW has an outstanding marching band but the carrying of the music on the field...no

woolly65 3 months ago

It's a different show, both pregame and halftime every week. The sheet music is necessary because the shows are complicated and the marching requires energy, unless anything OSU does. Roll stepping is for a high school band, not a Big 10 marching band. OSU certainly has the playing down perfectly and look clean and crisp, but holy God are they boring to watch. It's like a Toyota: It goes out, does its job and then gets put away until next time with no joy or pleasure derived from it.

alexh3229 10 months ago

The sheet music on the field is kind of a turn-off...

ikurasake 10 months ago

The OSU Marching Band learns new music and routines every single week and wouldn't dare carry sheet music out onto the field with them. That's just embarrassing.

611osu 11 months ago

@611osu And your just embarrassing coming to OUR videos talking shit about us, fuck off, have nice day.

hunterbuddy1 8 months ago

@hunterbuddy1 I gotta say Ohio State fans annoy me more than any other fans in the Big Ten. Even Michigan fans don't troll our videos. Dotting of the, 'I' is pretty lame and overrated tradition. We are the only school, as too my knowledge that has a 5th quarter.

KoreanAspergel 8 months ago

OOOOH OOOOH Pick me pick me!!! I know of a marching band that preforms a different pre-game and half-time show every week AND doesn't march with music. Thats right... Ohio State.

buckeyenutz05 11 months ago