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07/13/2011 - 1:59am	Per an email from the UM Compliance Department	"As a University of Michigan season ticket holder, a UM alumnus or a member of any booster organization, you are by NCAA definition a representative of UM’s athletics interests. UM is held responsible for anything you do related to UM’s prospects and/or our current student-athletes. You MAY NOT become involved in arranging for a prospect, a Michigan student-athlete or their family to receive gifts, money or financial benefits of any kind."
09/16/2009 - 7:44pm	Listen Up	Heres how its going to be. You are 40+ years old. Get off of a stupid online blog and get back to your career, your family, etc. If you truly were in the band, I am seriously disappointed with the lack of character and respect you show by negatively commenting on all of the posts by the MMB members attempting to defend themselves from people like you attacking our organization. I understand the people who say the band needs to be louder. I know people can't always hear us. Professor Boerma is constantly trying to get us to play louder. Some blame falls on the individuals, some blame falls on the construction of the stadium and the position of the band in the stadium. The MMB is the greatest and most tradition rich organization in all of college football and has the privellege of performing the greatest fight song in the greatest stadium for the greatest football team in history. To openly attack and disgrace the organization you were once apart of is severely disappointing and discouraging. Finally, come to the game this saturday. During pregame, look for the trumpet section. If you do this, I can garauntee you will see not only impecable marching style but also clarity of sound throughout. And I for one can garauntee that you will hear every note.
09/15/2009 - 10:23pm	GREAT JOB MMB!	I would like to point out one MAJOR difference between the MMB and all of those southern bands you MICHIGAN fans are so proud of. The MMB plays in a bowl full of 110,000 people!!!!! Heres a hint, bodies absorb sound, the more people in a stadium the more sound is absorbed. Plus, the bowl shap of the stadium allows more sound to escape thus making the band appear quieter. Also, for the person with the clip from the end of the ND game what do you expect to be louder, 110,000 screaming, ecstatic fans or 300 band members. You take THE largest win of the Rich Rodriguez era and use that as your point that the band is too quiet. Give me a break. On this same note, think about when the Victors is played. On TOUCHDOWNS! Again, 110,000 screaming fans is louder. As for the half-time performance from the bands down south heres a halftime performance of the MMB. If you people would crawl out of your mom's basements and go to a game (and stay for the halftime performance) you would know the band is heard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZAZ0-oYAJQ&feature=related Notice how even when the band faces backfield they are heard. Also, for comparisons from stadiums close to the size of the Big House, here is OSU's marching band and PSU's marching band at the Shoe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9mw0dEXTMk Now compare that to Michigan's pregame with the MMB. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGZzycwk7Wo&feature=related As you can see the MMB is clearly heard through pregame. Even when facing the opposite direction at the opposite end of the field. To those who say they can't hear the band on TV. Go to a game. The stadium is LOT louder than it sounds on TV. They lower the level of the mics on the field for TV so announcers can be heard. Heres a hint for those comparing this year. Watch the interview with Tate Forcier after the game. He has to have his ear right next to the announcers mouth so he can hear her. It was that loud. The fact the band was heard at all speaks volumes of how loud the MMB actually is. Finally, if you are all MICHIGAN fans, support MICHIGAN. The band, football team, basketball team, volleyball, etc. If you were a true MICHIGAN fan you would support everything about MICHIGAN. For those who are former MMB members, alumni of this fine university or current students here, way to betray the century and half worth of tradition and honor that MICHIGAN stands for and discredit not only the band but also the university. I bet you are all the band wagon fans who 2 weeks ago were calling for Rich Rod's head and now say he is God. Get a clue. Great job to Professor Boerma and the entire MMB. Keep up the great work and thanks for making game day at Michigan Stadium exciting, and always providing a top notch performance even when the players on the field are not. GO BLUE!!!!!

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07/13/2011 - 1:59am

Per an email from the UM Compliance Department

"As a University of Michigan season ticket holder, a UM alumnus or a member of any booster organization, you are by NCAA definition a representative of UM’s athletics interests. UM is held responsible for anything you do related to UM’s prospects and/or our current student-athletes.

You MAY NOT become involved in arranging for a prospect, a Michigan student-athlete or their family to receive gifts, money or financial benefits of any kind."

09/16/2009 - 7:44pm

Listen Up

Heres how its going to be. You are 40+ years old. Get off of a stupid online blog and get back to your career, your family, etc. If you truly were in the band, I am seriously disappointed with the lack of character and respect you show by negatively commenting on all of the posts by the MMB members attempting to defend themselves from people like you attacking our organization. I understand the people who say the band needs to be louder. I know people can't always hear us. Professor Boerma is constantly trying to get us to play louder. Some blame falls on the individuals, some blame falls on the construction of the stadium and the position of the band in the stadium. The MMB is the greatest and most tradition rich organization in all of college football and has the privellege of performing the greatest fight song in the greatest stadium for the greatest football team in history. To openly attack and disgrace the organization you were once apart of is severely disappointing and discouraging. Finally, come to the game this saturday. During pregame, look for the trumpet section. If you do this, I can garauntee you will see not only impecable marching style but also clarity of sound throughout. And I for one can garauntee that you will hear every note.

09/15/2009 - 10:23pm

GREAT JOB MMB!

I would like to point out one MAJOR difference between the MMB and all of those southern bands you MICHIGAN fans are so proud of. The MMB plays in a bowl full of 110,000 people!!!!! Heres a hint, bodies absorb sound, the more people in a stadium the more sound is absorbed. Plus, the bowl shap of the stadium allows more sound to escape thus making the band appear quieter. Also, for the person with the clip from the end of the ND game what do you expect to be louder, 110,000 screaming, ecstatic fans or 300 band members. You take THE largest win of the Rich Rodriguez era and use that as your point that the band is too quiet. Give me a break. On this same note, think about when the Victors is played. On TOUCHDOWNS! Again, 110,000 screaming fans is louder. As for the half-time performance from the bands down south heres a halftime performance of the MMB. If you people would crawl out of your mom's basements and go to a game (and stay for the halftime performance) you would know the band is heard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZAZ0-oYAJQ&feature=related Notice how even when the band faces backfield they are heard. Also, for comparisons from stadiums close to the size of the Big House, here is OSU's marching band and PSU's marching band at the Shoe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9mw0dEXTMk Now compare that to Michigan's pregame with the MMB. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGZzycwk7Wo&feature=related As you can see the MMB is clearly heard through pregame. Even when facing the opposite direction at the opposite end of the field. To those who say they can't hear the band on TV. Go to a game. The stadium is LOT louder than it sounds on TV. They lower the level of the mics on the field for TV so announcers can be heard. Heres a hint for those comparing this year. Watch the interview with Tate Forcier after the game. He has to have his ear right next to the announcers mouth so he can hear her. It was that loud. The fact the band was heard at all speaks volumes of how loud the MMB actually is. Finally, if you are all MICHIGAN fans, support MICHIGAN. The band, football team, basketball team, volleyball, etc. If you were a true MICHIGAN fan you would support everything about MICHIGAN. For those who are former MMB members, alumni of this fine university or current students here, way to betray the century and half worth of tradition and honor that MICHIGAN stands for and discredit not only the band but also the university. I bet you are all the band wagon fans who 2 weeks ago were calling for Rich Rod's head and now say he is God. Get a clue. Great job to Professor Boerma and the entire MMB. Keep up the great work and thanks for making game day at Michigan Stadium exciting, and always providing a top notch performance even when the players on the field are not. GO BLUE!!!!!