[terry]

[quote author=ceece link=topic=14252.msg151529#msg151529 date=1452115421]
If LSJUMB had made Iowa's square formations and played 'another one bites the dust', the Iowa fans would have booed that too.

This is true.  At the parade we were seated opposite the 'official' Iowa contingent (including the university president), which took up a very large bleacher section on Orange Grove.  The LSJUMB had to wait in front of those bleachers for a bit.  They were showered with boos.  This happened hours before any references to pink locker rooms or bands-seeking-bands. 

It wouldn't have mattered what the band did; the respectful Iowans were certain to let them hear it.

Let's do it again - they can boo the band and our coach can hoist the Rose Bowl trophy.
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It's quite revealing that Iowa fans were booing the band before it did anything. Apparently they just dislike the whole idea of the Stanford band, without regard to what the band actually said or did.

Given that, I don't have much patience for the complaint that those meanies in the Stanford band were disrespectful of the tender feelings of Iowa fans. If Iowa fans can't tolerate the mild jokes in the band's show, that's on them.

[terry]

[quote author=ceece link=topic=14252.msg151529#msg151529 date=1452115421]
If LSJUMB had made Iowa's square formations and played 'another one bites the dust', the Iowa fans would have booed that too.

This is true.  At the parade we were seated opposite the 'official' Iowa contingent (including the university president), which took up a very large bleacher section on Orange Grove.  The LSJUMB had to wait in front of those bleachers for a bit.  They were showered with boos.  This happened hours before any references to pink locker rooms or bands-seeking-bands. 

It wouldn't have mattered what the band did; the respectful Iowans were certain to let them hear it.

Let's do it again - they can boo the band and our coach can hoist the Rose Bowl trophy.
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It's quite revealing that Iowa fans were booing the band before it did anything. Apparently they just dislike the whole idea of the Stanford band, without regard to what the band actually said or did.

Given that, I don't have much patience for the complaint that those meanies in the Stanford band were disrespectful of the tender feelings of Iowa fans. If Iowa fans can't tolerate the mild jokes in the band's show, that's on them.