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Post by DOOMS on Feb 11, 2020 17:05:25 GMT -5
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Post by marchingband1969 on Feb 11, 2020 17:36:38 GMT -5
From what I've seen so far, we may have to make some adjustments on the away games. Charleston Southern showed us what it's like to have limited visitor seating. Mannoch (sp) only has seating on the home side. But visiting seating was fine at Gardner Webb. Us fans will be fine but the band is going to struggle.
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Post by thewinner on Feb 11, 2020 18:02:31 GMT -5
The Band probably not coming to many games outside of Gardner Webb and Hampton as far as the conference play goes. Schools probably going to block them from coming
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 11, 2020 19:24:47 GMT -5
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Post by AggiePride on Feb 11, 2020 22:11:17 GMT -5
They will probably go to KSU as long as it is in the BS. They could tie it to other recruitment activities in ATL.
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Post by marchingband1969 on Feb 11, 2020 23:00:37 GMT -5
The Band probably not coming to many games outside of Gardner Webb and Hampton as far as the conference play goes. Schools probably going to block them from coming I spoke to Hampton's band director last Friday and he said only Mammoth had ask him not to bring the band because they don't have blechers on the visitors side. We saw that Charleston Southern had no space for the BGMM either. |
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Post by DOOMS on Feb 12, 2020 8:47:48 GMT -5
I remember one year we played Elon (the year of the 50 yard field goal by Matthews) at their place and the band came but wasn't allowed in the stadium.
We rocked harder outside the stadium than we would've inside I think. Tons of Elon fans were circled around while we played by the busses and were mesmerized.
We'll kill with that in the BS if we have to. They ain't got no game zones either. Huge recruitment tool to have locals show up just to see our band in the parking lot and leave.
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Post by humbleaggie919 on Feb 13, 2020 1:50:30 GMT -5
From what I've seen so far, we may have to make some adjustments on the away games. Charleston Southern showed us what it's like to have limited visitor seating. Mannoch (sp) only has seating on the home side. But visiting seating was fine at Gardner Webb. Us fans will be fine but the band is going to struggle. Won’t be the first time the band has had to stand in a end zone and play. Ask Bethune Cookman How It Felt to Have the band in the end zone in front of them in 01. You see every time the BGMM goes now they have seats . Bethune won’t make that mistake ever again . |
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Post by humbleaggie919 on Feb 13, 2020 1:52:08 GMT -5
I remember one year we played Elon (the year of the 50 yard field goal by Matthews) at their place and the band came but wasn't allowed in the stadium. We rocked harder outside the stadium than we would've inside I think. Tons of Elon fans were circled around while we played by the busses and were mesmerized. We'll kill with that in the BS if we have to. They ain't got no game zones either. Huge recruitment tool to have locals show up just to see our band in the parking lot and leave. Wow!!! We definitely sat in the stands in 01 and 03. That’s Crazy .... And in 03 we were huge |
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Post by DOOMS on Feb 13, 2020 8:34:58 GMT -5
Well then I'm wrong on the wasn't allowed in the stadium part because I'm pretty sure that was in '03. But y'all rocked the hell out of it after the game.
I would suspect most of the bs teams would like the entertainment value of the top hbcu band in the nation showing up at their stadium and would make accommodations. I for one would loooove to go to some away games and see the Aggie faithful outnumber the home team by a large margin. We absolutely have the ability to make that happen. Why wouldn't we?
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 13, 2020 9:13:36 GMT -5
I definitely believe we will be exporting HBCU culture to a lot of these Big South schools ... and their fanbase will absolutely love it - especially the students and younger alums.
The question is can we find some ways to own and monetize the "A&T experience" and not just have these schools eventually copy our style and redbrand it as their own.
Hell, you already saw that on the national scale this past season with LSU adopting "Neck", "Get the Gat", "Swag Surf" and "Set it Off" as the unofficial soundtrack for their title run.
Expect Campbell University, GW, Wintrop and everyone else to follow suit when they see how A&T is rocking. Imitation is the strongest form of flattery.
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Feb 13, 2020 9:24:00 GMT -5
The BS is gonna love us!!!!
We're gonna go to all the away games - flood their ticket offices with money.....
.....then we're gonna bring our band and entertain them too....
BS should stand for Bandit Sports - as in, they're making out like bandits as Aggie Nation gives them both OUR MONEY and OUR BAND.
You talk about EXPORTING......wonder what we'll be IMPORTING?
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Post by DOOMS on Feb 13, 2020 9:27:01 GMT -5
We’re not that weak dude. Quit acting like we are.
Some may try to imitate but they won’t have the ability to duplicate.
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Post by aggie252 on Feb 13, 2020 10:31:11 GMT -5
I definitely believe we will be exporting HBCU culture to a lot of these Big South schools ... and their fanbase will absolutely love it - especially the students and younger alums. The question is can we find some ways to own and monetize the "A&T experience" and not just have these schools eventually copy our style and redbrand it as their own. Hell, you already saw that on the national scale this past season with LSU adopting "Neck", "Get the Gat", "Swag Surf" and "Set it Off" as the unofficial soundtrack for their title run. Expect Campbell University, GW, Wintrop and everyone else to follow suit when they see how A&T is rocking. Imitation is the strongest form of flattery. I can’t speak on the fcs level, but when watching power 5 games, i stay hearing their bands play HBCU and top 40 hits now. I heard Penn St playing neck and just shook my head lol. Georgia playing pastor Troy vice versa, etc. |
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Post by marchingband1969 on Feb 13, 2020 10:38:15 GMT -5
I definitely believe we will be exporting HBCU culture to a lot of these Big South schools ... and their fanbase will absolutely love it - especially the students and younger alums. The question is can we find some ways to own and monetize the "A&T experience" and not just have these schools eventually copy our style and redbrand it as their own. Hell, you already saw that on the national scale this past season with LSU adopting "Neck", "Get the Gat", "Swag Surf" and "Set it Off" as the unofficial soundtrack for their title run. Expect Campbell University, GW, Wintrop and everyone else to follow suit when they see how A&T is rocking. Imitation is the strongest form of flattery. Hey they can copy a piece of sheet music but they can't copy the 101 years of blood, sweat and tears the BGMM puts into every performance! |
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