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AreYouNUTS

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...continuing to insist on playing the 2nd half of "The Bells Must Ring" AFTER the TD and before the XP? The crowd gets ready the....FLOP....song ends. I love the kids out there, I do, but does the band's leadership have even the slightest semblance of a clue? Well, since I know you'll read this, here's the "clue" for you:

Following the TD play "Colonel Rutgers," then after the XP, play "The Bells Must Ring." No confusion, use both of our fight songs, pretty simple, no?
 
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CoachMagoo

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I still think that, in light of the 250th anniversary, the band should play Yankee Doodle after the TD in the way that ND's band plays the Irish jig. I think it would be a cool way to identify with our colonial roots.
 
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AreYouNUTS said:
...continuing to insist on playing the 2nd half of "The Bells Must Ring" AFTER the TD and before the XP? The crowd gets ready the....FLOP....song ends. I love the kids out there, I do, but does the band's leadership have even the slightest semblance of a clue? Well, since I know you'll read this, here's the "clue" for you:

Following the TD play "Colonel Rutgers," then after the XP, play "The Bells Must Ring." No confusion, use both of our fight songs, pretty simple, no?
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What if KFed misses the extra point?
 
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tico brown

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Nothing against the kids. But was it me or TV had to turn up the volume when the band played it's Alma mater after Army's band was loud and clear?
 
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RU5180

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The army band migt be all brass horns and drums...we have woodwinds. I could be wrong. Our alma mater is played a Bit softer that others too.
 
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tico brown

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RU5180 said:
The army band migt be all brass horns and drums...we have woodwinds. I could be wrong. Our alma mater is played a Bit softer that others too.
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You're probably right. Like I said, I have no clue about bands and instruments. Thought it was weird for some reason.
 
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beaced_rivals

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LOVE WEST POINT and ALL of the CADETS.Don't like their ALMA MATER one bit.IMO a Military Academy should have a more stirring even martial air about their song.
 
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rulaw87

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Traditionally the band played "Viva Le Rutgers Sons" after each score. I don't know when that tradition died.
 
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AreYouNUTS

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rulaw87 said:
Traditionally the band played "Viva Le Rutgers Sons" after each score. I don't know when that tradition died.
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Man, that was when I was really young, then it was "Colonel Rutgers" for a really long time, until Smith took over IIRC.
 
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RUJohnny99

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rulaw87 said:
Traditionally the band played "Viva Le Rutgers Sons" after each score. I don't know when that tradition died.
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Wasn't "Vive Le Rutgers Sons" played after first downs before we switched to the generic "First Down Touchdown Go (insert name) U"?
 
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rulaw87

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RUJohnny99 said:
Wasn't "Vive Le Rutgers Sons" played after first downs before we switched to the generic "First Down Touchdown Go (insert name) U"?
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I was in the marching band from 1980-83. We played it after each score. I don't remember playing it after every first down. Could have changed after I graduated. Alot changed after I graduated.
 
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