Everybody hates Marching Band Guy

Of course I’m not talking about the marching band as a collective. As a group, it doesn’t get any better than the Pride of West Virginia. If you don’t get chills down your spine and a tear in your eyes as the band performs “Simple Gifts” during the pre-game then just get out of my country. But singularly I think we all know those annoying marching band types that run around every high school or college campus. Today’s Daily Athenaeum pretty much recounts every reason we hate Marching Band Guy.

Night time in Morgantown, West Virginia

…on the campus of West Virginia University, Halloween weekend. And the goblin, riding in on a broom, is wearing a sport coat, a sweater and a red tie. His graying hair is parted neatly on the left side. And topping off a prominent nose and a persistent frown is a pair of eyeglasses, the trademark of one of the nation’s most successful football coaches, Joe Paterno. Joe is accompanied here by a frightening group of white-clad ghosts, the number-two ranked and undefeated Nittany Lions of Penn State. A frightening scene, but Don Nehlen’s Mountaineers enjoy walking in where angels fear to tread. So tonight, in ideal autumn weather, they will meet the invaders. They will do battle, as a prohibitive underdog, but they will play this game with the knowledge that anything can happen in football. On any given night, on any given field, it can happen! And they want it to happen tonight! The state of West Virginia is wired in on MSN for this effort. And it will be our pleasure to describe the action as these two old rivals get together. So light up your pumpkin, put on your scariest Halloween mask, and keep that radio close by as the hills of West Virginia resound with the sound of gold and blue football. And the West Virginia University Mountaineers..are on the air!