Talk:The Ohio State University Marching Band

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The page seemed to have a nice range of information, but most from the POV of an OSU band member. I cleaned up some of the sentences and added wiki links… but this is an encyclopedia and sentimental information really needs some facts or references to back it up. --Zagsa 00:42, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What song does the Band play...

What classical music piece does the band play after a good defensive play (sack or tackle for a loss)? I don't know if its Wagner or someone else.

You're referring to either an excerpt from Musorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" or the beginning of "Fortuna Imperiex Mundi" from Orff's Carmina Burana, both of which are played as defensive cheers. --a current member

thank you, you are correct. i've been looking forever for that answer. good job! are you in the band or something?

[edit] Honorary “i”-dotters

The OSU Athletics website lists more "i"-dotters than are listed here: [1]. Note that you must read the entire article--parts of it are conflicting. -- Mohrr 04:08, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Back Bend

The University of Michigan Drum Major has been doing the back bend without a hat for several years. So this makes absolutely no sense. "As part of the big rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan, during the 2006 football game between the two undefeated teams, Michigan's drum major removed his hat, sat back and touched his head to the ground rather than doing the act with his hat still on. Bending back and touching the hat on the ground is a tradition of drum majors at both schools."