Ohio State University Marching Band

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Number 2 The Best College Marching Bands 2014

TBDBITL. Those seven letters have represented the cream of the crop in collegiate marching bands for over 100 years. Formed in 1878, the Ohio State University Marching Band has become one of the most widely-recognizable bands in the country, largely in part to their famous "Script Ohio" which is performed at every pregame performance, and "Hang On Sloopy" which has become the official State Song of Ohio. Despite a controversial move to fire band director Jonathan Waters prior to the start of the 2014 football season, TBDBITL continues to dazzle audiences throughout the county and proved that they will not miss a beat, debuting a show celebrating the music of television at the start of the current football season. Gaining entry to the prestigious organization is a difficult process and auditions are long and hard making the lucky 225 who are chosen to be members of TBDITL some of the most envied musicians in all of college bands. The OSU band combined a military-style uniform with a chair-step marching style and highly complex drill moves to create a show that is both very entertaining, and extremely precise in nature. In 2013, the band wowed crowds with a tribute to Michael Jackson which featured the group "moonwalking" in unison in the formation of the late King of Pop. The band also performed a show in which they paid tribute to Hollywood and created both a flying Superman and a walking T-Rex on the field. Both performances garnered millions of hits on YouTube and have perhaps turned another generation onto the rich traditions of one of the most hard-working bands in the country.

Number 2 The Best College Marching Bands

"The Best Damn Band in the Land" is indeed one of the top precision marching bands in the nation, if not the best. But while Ohio State always has a very good band, their Top 10 football program has handed them a lot of attention and publicity that other bands at schools like Florida A&M, Jackson State, and Southern haven't been blessed with.