December 13, 2006
FSU outsourcing band... again
Word out of Tallahassee is that Florida State is outsourcing the band for the Emerald Bowl... again. The Seminoles cheaped out earlier in the year and hired the North Carolina Central band to do the Warchant for the NC State game. (NCCU did an awesome job, btw!!!)
Unapologetic about the Chiefs not being bound for San Francisco, Wetherell said he isn't going either. No FSU-paid trustees' trips to the game, and only Lee Hinkle, who heads university relations, will represent FSU's administration."I'll watch it on TV like everyone else. It's kind of making a statement," Wetherell said. Asked if he'll be criticized for not standing by the team, he said, "If you go, you're damned if you do. If you don't, you're damned too."
Since FSU doesn't want to cough up the $750K to send the Marching Cheifs to San Francisco, the Seminoles will likely be backed by an alumni pep-squad, if anything, to play the Warchant.
Comments:
posted on December 13, 2006 1:32 PM — link — abuse?Kevin Donahue said:
Hmmm... hiring another football team to play might not be bad idea. ;)
True_FSU said:
posted on December 13, 2006 2:14 PM — 168.82.56.100 — link — abuse?
Let's hire florida, but they have to wear garnet and gold, none of that tacky ass orange and blue crap. They will still have almost a week to prepare for the championship. Maybe we could just borrow Tim Tebow. We will trade Lee and maybe with some proper coaching that 5 star recruit will actually end up being a football player some day. I don't think we should send the band. As the school that has had the most BCS bowl games (6), the athletics program is not generating money. And while the defense played ok this year that offense... no matter the coach, appeared to have given up in the Wake Forest game.... like they didn't even care. They don't deserve the band. Maybe the band deserves the trip, but bowl games are about football. Bowl games, not suprisingly, have little to do with bands. If they get to go good for them. And Gatorhippy is right, we need to save money to pay that worthless sack-o-crap jeff bowden his friggin stipend. Honestly though, we were paying him for nothing before as well, basically all that was accomplished is he doesn't get the free box seat every saturday and maybe someone vaugly competent will wear the headset now...
TrojanHorse said:
posted on December 13, 2006 2:36 PM — 132.228.195.206 — link — abuse?
this is the freakin emerald bowl for cripes sake, who cares, and it looks like FSU doesn't care either so why should anyone else.
Neither of these teams belongs in a bowl and thats what this has come down too... too many crappy bowls that even the schools involved don't care about
LDAWG said:
posted on December 13, 2006 3:42 PM — 198.246.222.7 — link — abuse?
Why did FSU even accept a bid to go to a bowl game? At 6-6 they dont deserve it and should just stay home. I hope they get stomped on. Beat so bad that Bobby waves goodbye and quits at the post-game press conference.
LMAO FSU SUX
gatorstud said:
posted on December 13, 2006 4:17 PM — 69.95.111.248 — link — abuse?
hey true fsu..real cute orange and blue crack..let me ask you something..... wasn't FSU an all girls school a while back.....i think i read that somewhere...well, some of us out here still think it still is..lol..seriously though, going to bowl is an event for the whole institution...i am sure that if you ask some of the players...it means a lot to them...that they are going rather than not.....and they should be represented by their own band.....what gives a school the right to say which bowls are more important than others.....i have been in doak campbell stadium many times and i can say that it is an awesome sight when the band and the fans start that damn chop crap.......with all that said..i hope you guys do well in your bowl game...
Ramblin' Gator said:
posted on December 13, 2006 4:44 PM — 68.210.23.13 — link — abuse?
True_HalfAssU:
"...maybe with some proper coaching that 5 star recruit will actually end up being a football player some day."
Yeah, I hear the offensive genious known as "Jeff Bowden" is available. And he did such a great job against the Gators, too.
posted on December 13, 2006 4:54 PM — 152.163.100.196 — link — abuse?
Hell, I'll play the bass drum for them. And I'll do it just for the airfare out there. How hard can it be? Two notes? DUM dum dum dum, DUM dum dum dum, (chant at same time: Whoa-whoa-whoawhoa whoa whoa whoa. Repeat. )
I noticed this year that for two of our home games that LSU and Arkansas brought smaller versions of their bands, probably as a cost-cutting measure. I kinda like it when visiting teams bring the whole band. College football just wouldn't be the same without full opposing bands.
hokie4life said:
posted on December 13, 2006 8:38 PM — 64.128.214.5 — link — abuse?
who has ever heard of contracting a college band? come on FSU get real. besides with all of those high payout BCS games you all have been to, you should allow your own band the chance to travel as well. if it's not a big deal to FSU why accept the bid in the first place!!!
Tim said:
posted on December 14, 2006 2:47 PM — 68.5.156.1 — link — abuse?
It's pretty obvious the Bowden's are out for them self's. They could care less about FSU Bobby Bowden should be fired. If he really cared about the school he would resign! This whole mess makes me sick. Why do fans have to be treated like this??
Gatorpilot said:
posted on December 14, 2006 3:15 PM — 66.156.222.27 — link — abuse?
Hee hee hee hee hee!
I love Wetherell's comment about "making a statement." That's great.
The Mayor said:
posted on December 14, 2006 3:54 PM — 67.174.192.148 — link — abuse?
C.A.W
Too bad you're not coming to The Emerald Bowl, it's in a great Facility (Phone Company Park) and it's in Downtown San Francisco, should be a great time.
I hope to get back in time from vacation to drive up for the last 3 quarters. Should be an interesting game as well...and if it's not, there's plenty to do within walking distance of the field.
Any Bruins or 'Noles that are coming to the game, be sure to stop by the Buena Vista Cafe on Hyde St down by the wharf and order the Irish Coffee. You won't be disappointed.
True_FSU said:
posted on December 15, 2006 11:01 AM — 168.82.56.100 — link — abuse?
Firstly -FSU was a girl's school and it also spent time as a seminary in it's more then 150 years of existance. It was a men's only seminary first though. What does that have to do with anything? Orange and Blue will not stop being a gaudy combination because FSU once admitted only males, then only females... and now both.
The other gator fan who made the bowden crack... I was insulting baby bowden and refering to Lee I think you thought I was refering to Tebow.
Think about costs for the bowl the band at FSU has some 300+ members. Plane tickets alone would be more then 150k.
True_FSU said:
posted on December 15, 2006 11:10 AM — 168.82.56.100 — link — abuse?
The article says 400+ member band... lord almighty if Volstrike is the kinda travel agent that can fly 400 people out to SF and give them room and board for less then $375 a head.... Then he is the greatest travel agent ever! Even if those are bottom end accomodations that is awesome awesome work. It is about $1875 a player for a few days room and board as well as airfare (they actually bus band members, even while flying players, if it is close enough but that is certainly NOT). What is the payout for this bowl? I can't imagine much over 1 million.
hokie4life said:
posted on December 15, 2006 7:19 PM — 64.128.214.5 — link — abuse?
really FSU should come off the money and let these kids go to the bowl game! but i kind of understand why they wouldn't. who can get excited about playing a FOOTBALL game in a BASEBALL stadium anyway!! what a joke!!! the good people of the Emerald bowl should do the ACC a favor a give that bid to a WAC team
chrisin tally said:
posted on December 15, 2006 9:29 PM — 200.46.155.31 — link — abuse?
I think the offence should stay home ,i mean it wouldn`t be the first time they didn`t show up for a game.Get real the marching chiefs deserve to go to the game ,they had to sit through all the embarassing loss`s .Thats worth a trip to san fran.
Jon said:
posted on December 15, 2006 11:42 PM — 12.6.157.66 — link — abuse?
These little embarrassing things that we view as irrelevant, could be the turning point for a recruit that sees a top notch school vs. a school falling apart under poor leadership.
Swallow the loss and put on professional show if you are going to accept the bid. Do not out-source our band on national TV (2x) during the same year, making a MOCKERY of the university...
gatorhippy said:
posted on December 16, 2006 6:16 PM — 209.16.115.5 — link — abuse?
I missed this the first time around...
" Wetherell said he isn't going either..."
The PRESIDENT of the university isn't going...
What kind of statement is he making here...
The trip to Frisco isn't worth the support for the team...
That's pretty sad coming from an alumni football player and former Bowden player...
pigslop said:
posted on December 17, 2006 4:23 PM — 162.40.172.29 — link — abuse?
Hey, I pay my own way to bowl games....... they are making a ton of money....... If the president of FreeShoesU doesn't like the team then he ought to hire a new head coach? But, to not take the band? That's ridiculous! No wonder they don't have any pride down there.
hokie4life said:
posted on December 21, 2006 10:47 AM — 67.72.98.107 — link — abuse?
I've finally figured it out! FSU is pouting!!! FSU had a foot hold on the ACC for years. That's not the case anymore. Will not be the case anymore!!! The ACC has become a very competitive league. Sorry Miami and FSU fans your not the power houses you once were. This league will not be dominated by one team anymore. At least not in our lifetimes. FSU stop pouting, take it on the chin, go to your crappy bowl that you deserve, and let the kids have fun!!!
FSU connrtist said:
posted on January 3, 2007 5:01 PM — 71.16.249.51 — link — abuse?
When I went to FSU, they not only took the marching band to bowl games but they also brought about 30 non-marching chief musicians from the school of music to play in a concert for the alumni a couple of days prior to the game. We each recieved travel, a nice hotel room, about $30/day in per diem, and A TICKET TO THE GAME (to watch as a spectator, not to play) and only had to commit a few hours towards the concert. I heard that was now cut too. Of course, these were for big BCS games that were nearby, Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl. I think they actually flew the band out for the fiesta bowl national championship game against Tennessee though. I wonder what would happen if we played in a far away BCS game in the near future. I think they would definitely send the band for that. These consellation bowls just aren't a big enough deal. It really comes down to the money. After all, isn't college football all about business these days.
P.S. I hope the Gators lose big. Each year I think that I can live in harmony with UF, but then I go to the game and remember how obnoxious some of their fans are. The Noles might be down now, but name one program that never slumped. Please don't forget, the Noles have won more conference titles, and national titles than UF in almost half the time. I hope that remains after Jan. 8.
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Waltaire said:
posted on December 13, 2006 11:19 AM — 69.178.148.2 — link — abuse?The band is already riled up on the message boards about this. This is simply a financial decision.