Michigan Marching Band's Halftime Show (It was basically a FU to the Big Ten)
Did anyone see the MMB's halftime show? They spelled Bet and Michigan vs. Everybody on the field and mentioned Jim Harbaugh and Ted Lasso. Sticking it to the man.
November 27th, 2023 at 12:59 AM ^
Cool but that's not sticking it to the man
November 27th, 2023 at 3:48 AM ^
It’s not exactly what Gaddafi got, but it’s the band’s way of speaking against authority.
November 27th, 2023 at 1:12 AM ^
If they didn’t spell out Marcus Hall’s double bird it isn’t that impactful really
November 27th, 2023 at 2:02 AM ^
It was a script double bird and you should see how they dotted the finger nails on. OSU is going to use it forever for all their future scandals and we will all be sick of it soon enough.
November 27th, 2023 at 1:26 AM ^
That was cool!
November 27th, 2023 at 2:01 AM ^
Awesome stuff MMB!
That last 30 seconds where they make the block M and transition to vs Everybody was great. They should conclude all their shows with that for the foreseeable future.
November 27th, 2023 at 2:10 AM ^
Lol! That was excellent.
November 27th, 2023 at 2:37 AM ^
it took me 3 hours to figure out that FU meant "felix unger"
November 27th, 2023 at 8:38 AM ^
Nice. I have to watch that again soon.
November 27th, 2023 at 2:45 AM ^
That was awesome
November 27th, 2023 at 3:14 AM ^
Brilliant. In case the point wasn't getting home , the moment where the entire band took the shape of four swords stabbing the M at midfield certainly drives the point home. It's chilling actually:
November 27th, 2023 at 7:43 AM ^
I absolutely enjoyed the symbolism in that, and yes, it was very, well, pointed and topical. They made a statement and it was unmistakable.
November 27th, 2023 at 7:48 AM ^
Et tu, Brute?
Then Caesar's going to the SEC.
November 27th, 2023 at 8:41 AM ^
Thanks! I didn't appreciate that live. I thought the MMB was fantastic on Saturday.
November 27th, 2023 at 5:23 AM ^
I hope the Mando theme becomes a regular thing.
November 27th, 2023 at 6:39 AM ^
Yeah, that came through really well in person. Would be a cool theme to play when the team is on defense or something like that.
November 27th, 2023 at 5:51 AM ^
Wow - that's amazing.
November 27th, 2023 at 6:18 AM ^
I'm really impressed that they could choreograph all this in a short time. I assume they had different plans for halftime of the Game until a few weeks ago.
November 27th, 2023 at 6:22 AM ^
It’s amazing what they can do with software these days. “Back in my day” (God I sound old) all of the band shows were already planned out before the season started, and it would have been a huge task to come up with a new show from scratch during the season on a couple weeks notice.
Props to the MMB for an another great show. Go Blue!
November 27th, 2023 at 7:09 AM ^
Same and I was thinking the same thing. I can't imagine the staff coming up with a brand new show in the middle of the season back when I was in the MMB, even though we did use software back then. We would sometimes adjust things a bit for the bowl game show but never something completely from the scratch. I was quite impressed yesterday!
November 27th, 2023 at 8:15 AM ^
I used one of my engineering "free electives" to take Marching Band Technique with Eric Becher in the School of Music. It was fun. He had charting band formations down to an art, back during "pencil and paper" days. He taught us to do so rather quickly.
Well, done, MMB. But the inspiration is what is most amazing. An inspired, motivated staff can put the charts together very quickly. Probably in one all-nighter. And by this time of year, that band can learn an entirely new show very rapidly.
November 27th, 2023 at 8:04 AM ^
Let me add that I'm really impressed with my pal/acquaintance Carl Grapentine.
He's so reliable that I'd never thought before that he has to prepare for the game and keep a tight focus during the whole thing
AND do the same for his original job with the Band's halftime show, with very little break.
Kudos, Carl!
November 27th, 2023 at 8:17 AM ^
Carl is a legend. Since he has to cover the game as well, he’s basically stuck to his chair for 4-5 straight hours, with no bathroom breaks. He has to have an assistant if he wants something to drink or snack on because he can’t leave his box. A friend of mine got to be his assistant for a game during the Brady Hoke years.
Voice of the MMB for 53 years now and his voice is still glorious.
November 27th, 2023 at 8:41 AM ^
Seriously. Its amazing what they're able to do. Thats a lot of time and effort not counting the amount of time they practice playing the instruments.
November 27th, 2023 at 6:53 AM ^
Tons of complicated movements in that. Nice to have had two away games leading up to The Game so the band had lots of time to practice.
November 27th, 2023 at 7:19 AM ^
Too bad they didn’t do script FUCK B1G
November 27th, 2023 at 7:33 AM ^
That was awesome! And its dead clear that it was ginned up in the last few weeks because this band always lines up spot perfect in their shows. And this show was not that! The lines were crooked and wobbly, the letter alignments were not set in a straight line - the B in "BELIEVE" was on the sideline, and the last E was up near the hash!
What a great job from the band! The effort to get it as good as it was in only a few weeks was outstanding, and something we've come to expect from these guys.
Well done, MMB!!!
November 27th, 2023 at 8:51 AM ^
I think the crooked "believe" alignment was intentional, since the "BELIEVE" sign above Lasso's door slants up slightly from left to right. Notice the "B" is lower than the last "E."
November 27th, 2023 at 9:05 AM ^
Yes, that right. Attention to detail!
November 27th, 2023 at 9:32 AM ^
Yeah, I noticed the "BELIEVE" was crooked--but now I'm even more impressed with the band. That was awesome!
November 27th, 2023 at 8:09 PM ^
Holy Shit!!! What a band!!!
November 27th, 2023 at 8:09 AM ^
I loved it. The MMB has done a “TV time” halftime show before. Most notably in 1986 (when Harbaugh was the QB.) At first, I thought it was going to be a variation on that.
But I absolutely love what this turned in to. Great job.
November 27th, 2023 at 9:28 AM ^
I remember that show! I think I was 8.
November 27th, 2023 at 8:13 AM ^
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing !
November 27th, 2023 at 8:22 AM ^
Yeah that was pretty awesome. Yes the lines were a bit uneven and there were imperfections (still amazing given that they had at most a few weeks to learn all of the new stuff), but the Ted Lasso, Believe, Bet and Michigan vs Everybody was spot on and topical. Well done, MMB.
November 27th, 2023 at 8:33 AM ^
That was excellent. They should put that on TV instead of taking heads during halftime.
November 27th, 2023 at 9:11 AM ^
we should be taking a lot of heads during halftime, and lets start in the B10 office and then move down to columbus.
November 27th, 2023 at 8:41 AM ^
I can't wait for Pettiti to have to hand the trophy to Harbaugh. I hope he has a petty zinger lined up.
November 27th, 2023 at 8:44 AM ^
I say Harbaugh half ass hand shakes Pettitttiittii and snatches the B10 trophy like Conner Cook did.
November 27th, 2023 at 8:55 AM ^
I bet Jim either avoids the handshake all together, or his grip is tight enough to make pettiti piss himself.
Jim might stand back had have Sherrone or the Captains accept the trophy.
November 27th, 2023 at 9:15 AM ^
I am willing to BET that the team is ready and insists on Jim taking it.
November 27th, 2023 at 9:23 AM ^
Make Pettiti wait holding the trophy while Sherrone and Jim defer to each other as to who will accept the trophy. Have Jesse join in.
November 27th, 2023 at 11:51 AM ^
Very crafty symbolism by MMB. Go Blue!
November 27th, 2023 at 12:27 PM ^
Honestly, I also thought they were trolling the OSU band. I get that visiting bands only get an abbreviated window, but the only two formations the OSU band did were spelling Ohio (they marched across the field with Ohio spelled while playing their fight song, and then did their script Ohio that takes forever and a day). So what do we do for every song? We spell something, almost all the words were longer than four letters, too!
November 27th, 2023 at 7:07 PM ^
Amazing job MMB. Bet into Michigan vs everyone got me good.