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"Pep Band" = Embarrassment

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4x4Tahoe said:
Ya'll have got to be kidding. Either all of you are in the band, or you just don't want to hurt their feelings.

They are a joke.

Sorry, I suppose this message board isn't for me- I like football and actually KNOW football and want to build a classy tradition here in Houston. Not a tradition that includes clowns trying to play instruments and acting foolish. If ya'll like goofiness, perhaps you would feel more at home at halftime during Rice home games.... At least they have talent.
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You know, it is really difficult to be a curmudgeon at age 22. Congratulations.

I'm not sure how classy it is to publicly denigrate a bunch of hard working people because they aren't serious enough for you, the serious football fan.

It is quite possible to love and know football, but also understand that it is also entertainment and is supposed to be fun. Football talk is found in the main forum, not the tailgate forum.

I've asked you repeatedly to state with specificity what the BPPB was doing that was goofy or foolish. You chose to repeat yourself without saying. Maybe tubas make you feel insecure or something? I still don't see your point and you have responded to none of ours. Too bad we can't have a dialogue about this.
 
Texans_Chick said:
I've asked you repeatedly to state with specificity what the BPPB was doing that was goofy or foolish. You chose to repeat yourself without saying. Maybe tubas make you feel insecure or something? I still don't see your point and you have responded to none of ours. Too bad we can't have a dialogue about this.
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I am also wondering about this...Do we need to get ahold of Lamar and find out who tried out for the BPPB and didn't make it? :violin
 
Texans_Chick said:
I've asked you repeatedly to state with specificity what the BPPB was doing that was goofy or foolish. You chose to repeat yourself without saying. Maybe tubas make you feel insecure or something? I still don't see your point and you have responded to none of ours. Too bad we can't have a dialogue about this.
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Exactly. I too am waiting for specific examples of exactly what it is that the Pep Band does that has you so riled up. In fact, the entire Pep Band is now reading this thread anxiously awaiting your response. I won't say anything else about it until we get some specifics. And believe me, I have a LOT to say on this topic. :cowboy1:
 
If you think that a freaking pep band is bringing down the entire organization and it's an embarrassment for you to go to games, DON'T GO and sell your freaking PSL's. Geez!!!

OK, you don't like the band. Judging from the replies in this thread, nobody gives a pink rat's hiney.
 
Comparing them to the Nerds, errrr the MOB, Marching Owl Band is the worst insult they will ever get.
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4x4Tahoe said:
The "Pep Band" is a true embarrassment to the entire organization and is not helping in our quest to become the first class NFL franchise we all want to become.
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Tahoe, the next time you're offended by the Pep Bands antics, I'd go down there personally and introduce yourself as who you are, and perhaps you might be able to express yourself more clearly to them. I would bet money--and I'm not a gambling man by no means--but I'd bet that you will get a response from them that isn't near has "goofy".

Just a thought.
 
Glad this thread came about so we can give the BPPB all of their props!!!

Also, I just noticed for the first time my youngest son in the background of this picture in the #3 jersey saying "is that really my sister and mom out there having soo much fun?"


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Pictured below is the 1947 Baltimore Colts Marching Band. I think the band plays on despite the fact that the Colts are in Indianapolis and the Ravens are in Baltimore.
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gwallaia said:
Pictured below is the 1947 Baltimore Colts Marching Band. I think the band plays on despite the fact that the Colts are in Indianapolis and the Ravens are in Baltimore.
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Wait a minute, Greg. This guy KNOWS football. There is nothing in history that can change that.
 
I don't think anything I've said has been curmudgeonly. This is where we come to discuss the aesthetics of the game rather than the physical playing of the game, correct? I'm not looking for a fight, I'm just promoting my idea which would easily improve our appearance as a first class organization. Do ya'll really get butt-hurt that easily?

DaGeneral, I don't think the "Pep Band" goofballs are anxiously awaiting my response, I suspect they've already posted in here. It appears that some of these bumpkins are a little nervous.

I've heard far more laughs/sneers/jokes/taunts directed at them in the stands and around Reliant than the praises they're receiving here. And I'm CERTAIN that's not a coincidence. It's obvious.

Specific examples aren't necessary for what I'm saying. Look at the demeanor of them as a group. If you want specifics, why don't you poll the fans as they leave the stadium who aren't actually affiliated with them. You might be surprised. My problem with them is that they are bush league. This is the NFL. We want to build a franchise that is viewed with respect. Having clowns on the front row is embarrassing.

And like I already said, I'm all for making game days fun for all ages. It's important to keep the experience "PG" rated for families. My wife and I have a 1 year old who we look forward to taking in a couple years. But I think we could come up with something else rather than these clowns.

It's obvious I barked up the wrong tree on this message board. I was not expecting to find the entire collection of fools that make up or "beloved Pep Band" on a single website. I'm sure you guys are great people and fans, but your act is bush league. And I don't want a bush league team, I want a NFL team.
 
One more thing... Since ya'll are so wonderful and "pump" up the crowd and players so much, I suggest we get ya'll behind the Texans bench, and away from the visiting team's bench (and specifically away from me and Sec 123!!!) You wouldn't want to pump up the opposing team would you?
 
4x4Tahoe said:
I don't think anything I've said has been curmudgeonly. This is where we come to discuss the aesthetics of the game rather than the physical playing of the game, correct? I'm not looking for a fight, I'm just promoting my idea which would easily improve our appearance as a first class organization. Do ya'll really get butt-hurt that easily?

DaGeneral, I don't think the "Pep Band" goofballs are anxiously awaiting my response, I suspect they've already posted in here. It appears that some of these bumpkins are a little nervous.

I've heard far more laughs/sneers/jokes/taunts directed at them in the stands and around Reliant than the praises they're receiving here. And I'm CERTAIN that's not a coincidence. It's obvious.

Specific examples aren't necessary for what I'm saying. Look at the demeanor of them as a group. If you want specifics, why don't you poll the fans as they leave the stadium who aren't actually affiliated with them. You might be surprised. My problem with them is that they are bush league. This is the NFL. We want to build a franchise that is viewed with respect. Having clowns on the front row is embarrassing.

And like I already said, I'm all for making game days fun for all ages. It's important to keep the experience "PG" rated for families. My wife and I have a 1 year old who we look forward to taking in a couple years. But I think we could come up with something else rather than these clowns.

It's obvious I barked up the wrong tree on this message board. I was not expecting to find the entire collection of fools that make up or "beloved Pep Band" on a single website. I'm sure you guys are great people and fans, but your act is bush league. And I don't want a bush league team, I want a NFL team.
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Actually you are posting in the tailgating section, which has nothing to do with the game and the players what so ever.

I.E. There is a thread about cooking and receipes.

You do not like them fine we get that. But you talk about being a class organization, and yet you call them names like a 4 year old. Is that showing the class in which you speak of. When you say bush league, I think of the Bengals not the Texans who do everything they can to have stand up players and fun things for all age groups. Not some place where you would not want to take your kids like the dawg pound or raiders game.

I am extremely offended in how you have insulted people you have never met or even talked to. To be 100% honest you sorry excuse for a Texans fan you are lucky I am not a mod because of your insults I would ban your isp. This place is about respect and being cutious, which you have shown none of. Personnaly I hope you don't want to be around because I damn sure do not want you around, because you are exactly what I do not want in a fan base. Lack of respect for anyone who does not share your view point.

If I have offended anyone with my harsh comments, but damn it I am so sick and tired of people not being to say they dislike something without being an ass about it.


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4x4Tahoe said:
One more thing... Since ya'll are so wonderful and "pump" up the crowd and players so much, I suggest we get ya'll behind the Texans bench, and away from the visiting team's bench (and specifically away from me and Sec 123!!!) You wouldn't want to pump up the opposing team would you?
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While since you know SO MUCH about football I am sure that you would understand that on the home team side is where all of the main camera setups are to include the camera carts and unless the stadium is not a football stadium (which Reliant is) it doesn't have that much space on that side.

But since you are A HUGE FOOTBALL fan...Why don't you move your seats over to the Texan's side? That way you can give Gary Kubiak some help with play calling...

Oh...And just to let you know...I am not in the band...I just take pics of the games...
 
Specnatz said:
To be 100% honest you sorry excuse for a Texans fan you are lucky I am not a mod because of your insults I would ban your isp. This place is about respect and being cutious, which you have shown none of. Personnaly I hope you don't want to be around because I damn sure do not want you around, because you are exactly what I do not want in a fan base. Lack of respect for anyone who does not share your view point.

If I have offended anyone with my harsh comments, but damn it I am so sick and tired of people not being to say they dislike something without being an ass about it.


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LOL. Sorry chief, I don't sugar coat things in hopes not to hurt anyones' feelings. Then again, I didn't call anyone out specifically. You just did. I'm not offended, that is life. Speech is free in this country and you're entitled not only your opinion, but the right to communicate that opinion. It is my opinion that this band is pitiful. To censor that is no better than- I won't get in to politics. But even if you did "ban my IP"... this is the internet. Grow up bud.

I'm a sorry excuse for a Texans fan because I want us to succeed on the field while obtaining a stigma of class off the field??? I think you're a sorry excuse for a fan because you're looking out for your band buddies instead of opening your eyes and wanting what's best for the organization.

Perhaps I'll put my Kinesiology/Sports Psychology degree to use with the Texans organization, and rid ourselves from your goofy bandmates. I have a buddy interning with them right now who has told me that I am not the only one who has contacted them with their displeasure for the "Pep Band"......
 
because I can said:
Ya know, I didn't really have a huge problem with you until you started seriously bad mouthing us. I don't appreciate being called a "goofball" and a bumpkin. I take your post extremely seriously now that you have laid out your views of our inadequacies as a band and as people in general. You don't even know us yet you criticize our personalities and our playing abilities. You have thrown down the gauntlet!
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Well, act like a man instead of a clown. Tell your buddies to do the same. Problem solved.
 
When you have a young man with a hurt pee-pee it may because someone stole his favorite pair of roller skates and unitard. The estrogen and testosterone battle boiling inside his system is enough to make anyone go a little crazy. Some people get set off by overpaid players, but this is the first time I have seen anyone take a crack at the band. May the ghost of Jake and Elwood Blues dance on your virtual grave to the Bull Pen Pep Band's cover of 99 Luft Balloons and Blame it on the Rain.

Spelling y'all in the Oklahoman dialect, ya'll, on this board, will curry no favor with those that bleed Battle Red either.
 
I’ve read Texans Talk for a long time and have never posted or even registered but I couldn’t let this thread go. Give it up to the guy who thinks the “pep band” is a joke! He speaks for a large segment of the season ticket holders. Casserly = Capers = Carr = “pep band” = “first down Texans!”. We got rid of the embarrassment in the front office, the boneheads on the sidelines, the quarterback who would rather be skateboarding in California – and now we have GOT to get rid of the bush league game time foolishness that entire braintrust saddled us with. Having a silly second rate goober band is embarrassing. I’m sure they are good folks – nothing personal here, but let’s get real – Dallas, New England, Chicago, Pittsburg and real NFL franchises don’t submit their real football fans to foolish musical hacks providing “pep”. The few minutes the “peppers” gave us at halftime Saturday dragged on longer than the 45 minutes of misery the Clear Lake high band gives us every Friday night in November! And the comments about chanting “first down Texans” were right on the mark too. It’s weak. Why would any sophisticated NFL fan scream this line? Let’s scream for touchdowns, wins, great plays and NFL championships. But “first downs”? Come on folks. What we really need is a bozo who runs out and picks up the kicking tee during kickoffs and roles around the field to the sideline? Oh wait, we did that already last time… Hey, lets yell the last names of the players as they are introduced – oh wait, we already do that (total bush league). Bud Adams has got to be laughing his toupee off!

I read every reply to this guy’s original comments and if anyone wants to know the screenames of the entire peppy band just take a look – what a bunch of band geeks!

Thank goodness I sit on the home side away from the pep band and I’ll be the guy screaming for touchdowns – not first downs.
 
When someone post under different names and is only here to bad mouth posters, it is clear that we have a cowboys troll in the midst.
 
Sometimes I'm embarrassed to be part of this board when posters feel they must hack out a new thread when there is one on the same subject already in existence at the top of the page. It's pretty bush league. I wonder what visitors from other message boards think of such actions.
 
Maybe this IS the same person that wanted the cheerleaders banned? Because that person on the main board starting creating new screen names to support him or herself, much like this user just did. I still don't understand why you all are replying to him/her - just a troll looking for attention.
 
Texans_Chick said:
You know, it is really difficult to be a curmudgeon at age 22. Congratulations.
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Great TC... At 22 y/o, I didn't even know what curmudgeon meant....


Anyway.... To our 4x4Tahoe buddy. Most everyone here is very knowledgeable about football and many of us have been PSL and season ticket holders since you were in high school... So, in conclusion, you are right. This board isn't for you...

Thanks for playing though....
 
Texan_Bill said:
Great TC... At 22 y/o, I didn't even know what curmudgeon meant....


Anyway.... To our 4x4Tahoe buddy. Most everyone here is very knowledgeable about football and many of us have been PSL and season ticket holders since you were in high school... So, in conclusion, you are right. This board isn't for you...

Thanks for playing though....
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At 28 I still don't! :cool:
 
Texans_Chick said:
You know, it is really difficult to be a curmudgeon at age 22. Congratulations.

I'm not sure how classy it is to publicly denigrate a bunch of hard working people because they aren't serious enough for you, the serious football fan.

It is quite possible to love and know football, but also understand that it is also entertainment and is supposed to be fun. Football talk is found in the main forum, not the tailgate forum.
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This made me think of an idea for Miller Lite commercial:

This is for you, Mr. Serious Football Fan.

When other so-called 'fans' are tailgating, laughing, eating, and generally having a good time before the game, you continue to watch game film of the next three weeks' of opponents in order that you may still know more than the head coach.

Mr. Serious Football Fan.....don't let your head explode

While other so-called 'fans' paint their faces, wear silly outfits festooned with team colors, and adorn themselves with outlandish hats, you can't be bothered with such tomfoolery. Your clipboard and scowl will reveal the seriousness of your football knowledge.

Mr. Serious Football Fan....you should be working for the front office.

Other so-called 'fans' enjoy the stadium atmosphere, the television timeouts being opportunities to grab a bite to eat, use the bathroom, watch cheerleaders, and yes, even tap a foot to the local 'pep band', you have already taken the liberty to bring a drip I.V. and a catheter so you don't have to leave your seat...just in case the offensive coordinator is lost and looks towards your seat with hopes of enlightening football knowledge falling from the heavens like mana.

Mr. Serious Football Fan....you are the next NFL commissioner!

Please, your finite time on this planet is wasted in such a pointless exercise of discussing stadium entertainment. This fanbase needs you in the main section, to impart your serious football knowledge upon the plebes and to elevate our collective understanding of the game.

Only then will we have the perspective to comprehend the nature of your complaints. After all, we're just a bunch of dumb bumpkins that are only looking for opportunities to get wasted at a public event.

I wish we were all Mr. Serious Football Fans, because that's what wins the Super Bowl.

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he also insulted the clear lake high band. Its a sad day when even I think that you are being a little too bitter.
 
oh, and in case it needs saying, BPPB rocks. You guys do a great thing...keep providing us entertainment. We enjoy it...in spite of what one c-muppet thinks.
 
Tedc said:
When someone post under different names and is only here to bad mouth posters, it is clear that we have a cowboys troll in the midst.
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dude probably is probably just a plain old fashioned troll posting to stir something up...I disabled large chunks of his account and can only lurk in the tailgate forum for now...frankly, he can only see this forum if he logs out. He can come back in if he can participate without insulting people directly and overtly. I'll enable his account again if he just chills out.....but personally, I think he came in with an agenda...and isn't really interested in "texans talk". It's up to him if he wants back in to this thread...we'll see.

He has a unique IP....don't seem like an old poster/fan. I've been running one Texan board or another for a long time....haven't seen him to my knowledge.
 
Don't mess with our Bull Pen Band!
We totally love it when the Band comes out to the Blue Lot and plays for the tailagters, talk about gettign you pumped up! On 610 just the other day, somebodyy called in about hearing a local high schools drum corps firing off, getting the blood pumping!
GO BAND!

Also, the "That's another Texans ...FIRST DOWN!" well, we went to Kansas City 3 years ago, and the entire Arrowhead Stadium with the exception of us 4 texans fans did it after every Chiefs first down...very impressive. I hope we get to that point someday soon in the Power House.
 
Let me see if I can put this as simple as possible... Football is a game, games were formed to be competative as well as for fun. It doesn't matter what sport it is, and you can be raked the best team in the world, you can still have fun playing the game as well as watching it. Be honest with us, have you ever been to another professional football game (and no, I don't mean Dallas, I said a professional football game)? What you see on TV doesn't reveal the other team's wacky traditions, which most of them do have.

First, I pitty you, as this takes it to a different level of watching a game, it reflects the kind of lifestyle and personality you have. It seems you are the kind of person who has to take everything as serious as it can be. That's no way to live a life... I lost someone dear to me because they took everything to the extreme without relaxing and having fun. If it wasn't for having fun in life, I probably wouldn't live that long myself.

Here's something to think about... if it wasn't for people in the past having any fun in their lives, games would probably have never been invented, which includes football.

Secondly, you made your comment that you don't like the band, and you think they are a bunch of clowns. You noticed the response from the fans on this board in regards to your thoughts... i hope you realize a majority of the people here disagree with you, and the more you try to argue your point, the more negativity there is going to be against you.

My suggestion to you is to just move on, live your life how you see fit, just don't expect a warm fuzzy from the folks on this message board who don't see things as you do. Maybe someday you will experience fun in your life and realize you don't have to take everything so seriously.

God luck, and bye-bye!
 
4x4Tahoe said:
Specific examples aren't necessary for what I'm saying. Look at the demeanor of them as a group. If you want specifics, why don't you poll the fans as they leave the stadium who aren't actually affiliated with them.

It's obvious I barked up the wrong tree on this message board. I was not expecting to find the entire collection of fools that make up or "beloved Pep Band" on a single website. I'm sure you guys are great people and fans, but your act is bush league. And I don't want a bush league team, I want a NFL team.
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Let's just get it straight first of all. I am NOT a member, nor do I have relatives or know anybody in the band.

You're the one who started the thread complaining about them yet when asked 5, 6, a dozen times, what it is they've done that's so shameful to the organization, you don't answer. Just some BS about them being clowns, why don't we ask fans. YOU STARTED THE THREAD!! Why should WE have to ask anybody? Besides, judging by the respones in this thread, it looks like the fans have responded as far as I can see, so *poof* goes that little theory.

As I said before, you don't like the band, you've made it known, now deal with it 'cause they ain't going anywhere any time soon.
 
You know what? Actual clowns would be kinda' cool at the football game, come to think of it.

Especially if they were evil clowns....

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This might be a tad off topic, but I'd like to request the Pep Band play the Houston Texans fight song that never quite made it. I hated it played over the loud speakers, but I think it would be great from the band.

Houston Texans - Red White & Blue
Houston Texans - We Cheer for You
Houston Texans - Living the Dream
We Are Texas' Team

T-E-X-A-N-S
Texans - Texans - Texans

Come on, for ol' times sake!
 
Best movie ever...

Killer Clowns from Outer Space

Worst thread ever...

Pep Band = Embarassment

I will just let everyone know that I have a 4x4 Tahoe and we enjoy the Pep Band.
 
i think the bands interesting, they are for sure not embarrassing those guys get to go to games for free for playing music every few downs, thats cool!
 
I have always enjoyed hearing and watching the pep band. I actually hated when they moved from the Bull Pen area to the sidelines. They have provided entertainment in the parking lots as well as the food court area after the game and they are a fun group.

Even though there isn't a lot of time at half-time, I would like to see some of the local high schools and colleges perform. It would give some who otherwise wouldn't have an opportunity to see the team live and up close while providing additional entertainment for the fans. I haven't found kicking 50-yard field goals to win a house to be very entertaining.
 
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