No video feed for me, in NYC. Disappointing.

The whole mess makes me sad, culminating with the September 3 announcement that the university was disbanding the Band-uh, and blackballing the Band-uh Alumni. I am heartened by the backpedaling by the administration, and the prospect of the Band-uh performing tomorrow at the Montana game.

I am old enough to recall the inclusion of women into the band, and the controversy that entailed. At the time I thought this was an obviously necessary reform, as society was gradually realizing in nearly all areas of life segregated by gender. (I really can't remember I was in high school at the time, or if it occurred after I enrolled in '74. I clearly remember women in the band when I was a student.)

I have not reviewed the public information regarding this current situation, but I readily concede the likely necessity to make some changes in Band-uh structure, administration and even Band-uh culture (to the extent that such culture can be engineered from authorities above, but there is a lot of that going on these days, at colleges/universities, and in the rest of society these days). The decisions to form committees, appoint new layers of administration, codify values into behavioral codes, and rebranding is pretty much the way university regimes as well as bureaucracies throughout our society typically behave. Shouldn't expect anything but, I suppose.

I happened to notice an article on deadspin the other day, about Columbia University eliminating their band as their football program has emerged from decades of being non-competitive in the Ivy.

Columbia University Wipes Out Its Delightfully Chaotic Marching Band For Bullcrap Reasons

Deadspin even has a category for articles tagged The War on Marching Bands . (I rarely read Deadspin, until Ray Ratto joined them a couple of months ago).

So that is some interesting context. College administrators really don't like not being in control (or indulging in the delusion of control).

I am hopeful for a satisfactory resolution. Make some changes to discourage/prevent abusive behavior keep the soul and spirit of the Band-uh tradition and history intact going forward, rescind this asinine banning of the Band-uh Alumni Association, should be doable. Fingers crossed.

edit: fix a link

would be nice, sure hope so.

Thanks for joining us today, and for your sportsmanship. Best of luck the rest of the season, perhaps we'll meet again.

How'd you know I got a (generous) C- in physics 8A?

True, size matters, plus King had to come a few steps to get to the hole, didn't have his best balance. Compared to the USD game saver, he had a full head of steam, with the runner having no other angle to take to the goal line. Don't mean to criticize him, I feel bad for him.

I thought they held up pretty well stamina wise today. Just asked the D to do it too many times.

I was confused after the first two games about this team. Today clarifies how good the Ags are. Right there, pretty close to NDSU.

Oh my. King saves the USD game with a goal line tackle. Then gets run over by the QB like that. He had a nice pick earlier and seems to have played well today.

Shit.


I think a few times he was looking deep then threw short. He could've been looking off the defense on designed plays, or looking for a receiver deep seeing coverage and then throwing short. When he has thrown deep today, often there are defenders. Just my dumb opinion.

eta: I don't mean deep-deep (30 or 40 yards). Just anything over 15 or so, relatively deep.

The Bison D-backs must be doing a great job covering. Maier keeps looking deep and dropping off short.

Bison worked the right corner, after Perryman's injury. Nice breakup to hold NDSU to 3.

Bounce back from penalties for a successful drive. oops, video review coming

edit: nevermind. Third penalty of drive takes the td off the board.

Maier audibled nicely on that drive (as far as I can tell via tv, some could've been fake audibles, usually not this early).

ESPN+ is pretty good. I subscribe in the spring, my goddaughter plays lacrosse for Marist, and they carry some of her games. They cover lots of college sports, men and women.

Aggie punter was pumped by his saving tackle, for good reason.

I didn't have video until the second half, and by then plenty of second-stringers were in the mix (I assume), tough for me to judge. This win can give some confidence and rhythm which comes with the early games of a season, that I sensed lacking against USD. But they didn't look sharp, dropped passes, missed tackles, small errors easy to miss in the blowout win.

Loved the throwback uniforms. I don't know what I love more, one night of the navy blue jerseys/gold pants/gold helmet, or the hopefully long term return of the lemon CA logo.

At North Dakota State speaks for itself, no need for more words or speculation from me. Can't wait to see how the Ags do this round.

Me too, Big Sky site working now on desktop.

This nostalgic stroll had been great fun for me. But, back to the present with tonights game.

Those pics of the tailgate on the Enhanced Game Day Experience thread are great. Looks cooler than I know it is. Hope sundown drastically lowers the temps. I doubt Lehigh will be at much of a disadvantage, their part of the world gets plenty hot and humid during August practice.

Thanks for the backup video links folks posted. Pluto working now, but it has been flakey at times in the past for me.

(Alfalfa) HAY! I resent that! Unless my driving one of the cars to the Boise State game when I was a freshman in 1973 made me part of the band-uh.

Athletic department budget didn't include a seat on the plane for the student trainer, so I hitched a ride with the band. A full bus and three or four cars. No one wanted to drive, preferring to imbibe/inhale, I was 17, not yet much of a beer drinker, and volunteered.

Oleo Margarine; Oleo Butterine!

Kathy's Korner, of course. A few months back I was racking my brain trying to remember that name, scouring the DavisWiki.org articles about closed business. I'd eaten literally hundreds of sandwiches there over the years, from high school through trips home. You'd think I'd remember; somehow despite the similar hundreds of beers at Mr. B's and the Grad I didn't forget them.

I'm so old, I remember when the Grad opened.

Thanks for both those links recalling the 1977 game. I had borrowed my dad's battery operated TV, and we could watch the TV instant replays.

I remember Foster had a photo in his office for years, of the D stopping a Lehigh runner. He'd say, 'there're eleven gold hats on that guy; that's Gang Tackling!'

But I haven't seen this photo in years, from that last article above. Wally Loving's mom had this one framed in their kitchen (she and my mom were great friends).


15 QB Mike Moroski; 81 TE (at 180 lbs) Wally Loving; Head Coach Jim Sochor.

As well as young, we were all so skinny back then!

Thanks for all the welcomes. I generally get back to Davis a few times a year, until the last five years health problems (fortunately not permanent and now resolving) have limited my travel. If I'm in town in the fall, I hit a game. But it seems, often I don't get far past the south end, always run into a fellow townie, or alum, and then another wanders by, and instead of watching football it's catch up and reminisce. Funny, just like the south endzone grandstand at Toomey was the designated old Davis High alums spot.

I'll be back soon, and will look forward to meeting you folks.

NCagalum, wait, you went from Band-uh to the team? That's uncommon. I wonder if you were aware of Dick Lewis' opinion of the Band-uh? He was not a fan; Dick was as straight laced as the come, and I had to change my ways to work for him. Had he known, he might have cracked more than your back. But he was a consummate pro, he may have known and it wouldn't effect how he treated you. I still use things he taught me about medicine and about life, all the time.

Steve Brown and Jim Bowin were on the baseball team that year, pitchers. We were close friends in high school, roommates in college, and remain close friends. Not more than a couple of weeks go by w/o me talking to them on the phone. I won't be surprised if there are lots of other people we knew in common.

Now I gotta study that 77 team picture, see how many I can name. Mikey Johnson, John Sharper and Moroski jump out of the page at first glance. And the coaches, so young!