Well, JCW, we used to have more visiting bands than we do today.  In recent years I think it's averaged less than one a year.  But, my point is that when a visiting school brings a band, we go out of our way to let them play.  I suspect if a school that we scheduled for a special event game day (alumni band, band day, etc.) wanted to bring their band, we'd either change the weekend for that special event or make some other accommodation.  BTW, I've been at games at OSU where the visiting B11 team did not bring a band, so this lack of traveling bands is not just a MAC thing.

I rarely say this, but gotta agree with JCW on the above. Remember, at the end of the day what you're talking about is really a case of Event Planning, and if the schedule for the 15 minute event (in this case Halftime) is already booked, that's pretty much that.

To answer the above question from OCF, UCF brought their band in... 2002? 2003?... to OU Homecoming and was not permitted to march halftime. Much like the OSU situation, it wasn't because OU officials "had it in" for the UCF band or didn't want them on the field, it's that they already had plans for the allotted time during the half and couldn't fit UCF's band into the schedule.

If Wofford calls tomorrow and wants to bring their band on the 4th, you're going to hear the same message from OU, who has already invited high schools from around the area to come perform during the half, and I'm sure will not have time for the Wofford band to perform.

I thought the OSU staff showed a lot of hospitality for the 110 getting them time in postgame and the pregame skull session in previous years. You can call OSU stuck up jerks about a lot of stuff. Pretty sure this isn't one of those times.

Half-times can be altered in advance of a game with mutual agreement of both schools administrations, this is a very uncommon event in the regular season and some conferences do not allow this at all. 

The UCF thing is simple,. the year they brought their band was their first official year in the league and they were showing how big time they were.  If you remember this was the same year they even bought radio and billboard space in Huntington, which did not help their cause, and yes the UCF band did want to play at half-time and they were upset when we would not let them, and that was a decision that didn't even get to the AD's desk, that one was dismissed way up the food chain.

Do you actually mean "up the food" chain rather than "down the food chain"?  Did the president make this decision?  Not saying it didn't happen, but it sounds very unusual to me.  

The game was in 2003, I was trying to remember when thi game was as I read this thread, I was pretty certain their band didn't play in the game.

I actually remember this game for two distinct reasons:

1) It was the first game in 20 some odd years that UCF did't score a point.  Which I thought was pretty cool considering our football uhm..skillz...

2)  The UCF band tried to steal a flag off of one of the flag poles during the second half.  Hooligans I say, all of them.

Again, 100% correct.

And again, I truly believe that a school has to serve it's own constituents before a visiting band gets time during the half. I like to see visiting bands play at Peden and I'd love to see the 110 play in the Horseshoe, but the truth is there are a lot of draws on that time and it's not always feasible that a visiting band can get a portion of it.

At the same time I do think it's pretty cool that the 110 still travels to games like '99 and '08 OSU when they don't get field time to support the team. Also I'm very happy to hear that it sounds like the 110 will get field time this season in OSU.

It was one Richard Suk and the music department.  I have NO idea why you find it so hard that you are wrong on something when it happens SO often, especially when there are soooo many people who attest to what really went down back in 2003.  But have it your way, and remember you can catch Alex Jones on your laptop when you are out of town and unable to pick-up 770AM 

I used to wonder how so many of our faculty at such a fine institution could be so clueless on so man things athletics, but it just hit me, you are a former faculty member, now it is all clear it must be something in the water because you share the same misguided information and thoughts as those who are constantly rambling about nothing of substance, just to read yourself in the Post.

Is it standard practice for the home marching band director to make such decisions?  Do you think that's what happened at A&M this time?  My totally uneducated guess is that the decision there was made "up the food chain."  Thanks for the insults, JCW.  Considering the source I feel quite honored, actually.  

And yes it is standard practice for the home band director to sit in and make these decisions, after all WHOSE, half-time is it?

No big deal but the last game we played in Ohio Stadium was not Alumni Band Day for OSU.  Thir Alumni band day was on August 30, the week beforefor the YSU game.  But, like I said - no big deal.

Our game against OSU was Hall of Fame Day where they inducted the class of 2008....Once again, as I have said, special weekends.  And I guarantee you, we will not let a visiting band play during our Hall of Fame Inductions this year.

OCF where are you, I have a big piece of Crow that I purchased at the Athens County Fair last night, it is fresh and well prepared for you.......DINNER TIME big boy!