Arizona vs. ASU 2010
Content
The Leaky Bugle
Volume 55
December 2, 2010 - Arizona vs. Arizona State
Issue 8
EJR
Message from the Editors
The last Bugle of the year! YAY! WE’RE SO EXC....sad. We’re very sad. No, we really are sad. It’s been a fun year of Bugles and of getting to put them together. And we get to end this year by beating ASU! Right, football team? Not much else to say. You can submit to the Leaky Bugle, but they probably won’t be published until next year..... GO CATS! BEAR DOWN AND BEAT THE SCUM DEVILS! Chelsea Cohen and Kristen Riordan Leaky Bugle Editors, 2010 Special thanks to: All contributors for the year, Ashley Mason and Fast Copy for printing the Bugles, Emilio Romero for cover design, and Amanda Tester for taking the Bugles in to be printed.
Leaky Bugle Staff
Committee Members Contributors
Rachel Bennett Chelsea Cohen Bryce Good Jose Hermosa Justine Miller Monique Murietta
Tau Beta Sigma Kappa Kappa Psi
Chelsea Cohen Stephanie Castro Tiffany McCall Amanda Tester Craig Tester Kristen Riordan Tyler Anderson Carl McBee Emilio Romero Lauren Spradlin
Table of Contents
Interview with an ASU Drummer............................................................4
An exclusive interview with the drummer who passed out during a live feed
Meet the Director & Meet the Band........................................................5
The article that didn’t appear last week due to technical difficulties & let’s meet the Piccolos!
Billy the Band Geek................................................................................6
Like Meet the Band, except anonymous
Comics.....................................................................................................7
Beat of a Different Drummer and a special comic by Justine Miller
Bowl Game Scenarios.............................................................................8/9
Where we could go and how we could go there
Game Preview.........................................................................................9
Go Cats!
Shoutouts................................................................................................10
Lots and lots of shoutouts!
Color Theory...........................................................................................15
Interview with an ASU Drummer
Interview conducted by Jose Hermosa
So if you haven’t seen the video of the ASU drummer that passes out during a live feed, do it! Look it up under “Tenor drummer passes out” on Youtube. I actually know this guy and was able to get an exclusive interview with him. Enjoy! Name: Nick Arocho. Year/Major: Junior- Jazz Performance for Drumset Jose- Alright buddy, so I know what happened and you know what happened, but please share with my fellow POA members what went on in this video? Nick - Well I was a freshman and it was my first week of college, and also our first week of band camp as well. So it was my first Friday night living by myself and in the college atmosphere. Even though I knew we had a rehearsal the next day at 8 a.m., my friends in the band invited me out for a “get together” at a friend’s house. I had a lot of fun that night, but when I woke up at 7:59 a.m., I wasn’t having such a great time. I then remembered my instructor saying “If there is ONE day you are not late this season... it is tomorrow, because we are filming a live webcast for www.bandirectors.com, broadcasting a clinic on how to run a drumline. SO DON’T BE LATE!” I then sprinted out of my dorm to rehearsal and jumped in just in time for the clinic to start. I was a little “hazy” still from the previous night, and very “dehydrated”, and I felt “terrible”. And about 3 exercises into the clinic, I KNEW I was going to pass out. So I waited for the next available moment to step out of the shot, which I knew would be right after the dirty attack we usually played that early in the season. So we cut after the attack, and I put my sticks down on the tenors and started to walk away out of the shot, knowing that I had about ten seconds until I was lights out. However, as I was walking away, I noticed my sticks falling off of my drums. Not wanting to get scolded by the instructor for having my sticks fall all over the place in the video, I regrettably went back to fix them, and about five seconds later, my knees buckled, and I toppled over my tenors like a rag doll. The next thing I remembered was opening my eyes and seeing the entire drumline and staff in a huddle staring down at my limp body. After regaining my hearing and vision, I then noticed a couple paramedics and firefighters running towards me. They gave me some fluids and helped me recover, but nothing they could give me could take away the extreme case of embarrassment I had after I passed out over my drums in front of 1000+ band directors on a live webcast at ASU on how to run and manage a drumline. Yep... I was that guy. J- Do you ever watch this video for fun? If so, what do you think about when you watch it? N - I actually watch it a lot if I am having a bad day or in a less than favorable mood. It definitely makes me laugh and realize that my day could be far worse. At Blue Devils this summer my buddies watched it about 3 or 4 times a day on tour and thought it was funnier every time they watch it, and couldn’t believe I was “that guy”. J- Do your friends still give you a hard time for this? N - I definitely get my share of torment for the video still. I got the nickname “Wobbles” and that exercise we were playing when I passed out was renamed that day to Wobbles. My friends love to throw it on at parties and put it on loop. I have to admit, it is pretty epic, and I am really glad it was caught on film. I’ve already archived it on a disc so I can show my kids and future students some day. I REALLY knew it was a viral drum-accident-video when Scott Johnson (Drum captain at BD) was talking to our snare line in the lot one show about this video he and the staff just watched on the bus about some dumb kid passing out during a clinic over his tenors. The line busted up in laughter and told Scott that I happened to be the kid in the video, and after he finished laughing about it that day in the lot, he still hasn’t let me forget about it! J- Last but not least and be honest...Who do you think will win the game? N - I think it’s easy to be good at football when you live in a place like Tucson :) Go Devils! J- I’ll forgive you for that one. Thanks for answering my questions and good luck on getting your Handicap parking pass...aka ASU diploma.....Bear Down! N- Nice! J- I know!
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Interview conducted by Rachel Bennett The Leaky Bugle: How can you park wherever you want? Rees: Well, I didn’t originally have that power to park in so many different locations. But then it got to the point where it was kind of understood that I needed to be at different locations around campus. I go back from the music building to the athletics pavillion, often at different times of the day, and it is no longer consistent. It changes around a lot, and finally we were able to qualify for the service permit pass. So the band office now has a couple that we can give out to certain individuals. Parking on this campus is difficult, and we always have issues. During my early years on campus, I got tickets all the time. The Leaky Bugle: What is happening for the ASU game? Rees: It is so unusual that the game is on a Thursday and a school day that we will not be able to do the usual ASU vs. UA exhibition, and because of that we don’t have an available time slot to do a joint music rehearsal like we usually do for this particular game. Because of these factors, we probably won’t be doing a joint halftime performance. Instead, we are both sharing halftime, and each school will get to have some part of halftime dedicated to their halftime show.
Meet the Director
Meet the Piccolos!
AKA: Piccside, Cigarettes and Licorice, Ice Piccs Quotes: “Get in my shorts!” “Picc-siiiide!” “Aw yeah.” Memorable Moments: When Rees complimented us, entire section Honorable Mention, Game Ball Cook, surprise twin day, side ponytails with Rees, hairbows, huddling in the cold rain, Head pat!, marching like penguins, the hump line, when Cassandra Krum met the band. Questions for Rees: Why didn’t you wear a hairbow? Can there be a piccolo solo? Why are we so far back in the stands? Why don’t you say “smoke ‘em if you’ve got ‘em” more often? Show Suggestions: Blink 182, Spice Girls, George Strait, Usher, Michael Buble, The Temptations, Grease, Return of Tears for Fears, Return of Muse, Paul Simon, No Doubt, Coldplay
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Billy the Band Geek
Editor’s Note: Billy the Band Geek is an article that used to run in the Bugle where embarrassing stories would be told by POA members under the pseudonym Billy the Band Geek. This week, the Bugle was approached with such a story. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.
It was three years ago, the night before the ASU game. That year, the game was in Tempe, so we were leaving Tucson on buses at around 7AM the next morning. A few of us rookies were hanging out in someone’s dorm room when we decided, at 9PM, that we wanted to go to Walmart, despite the fact that it was raining and none of us had cars. “Never fear,” one member of our group who may or may not be drum major right now but who we’ll refer to as Bob said. “I am from Tucson, so I know how Suntran works.” (Those may not have been his exact words, but close enough). The rest of us were a little afraid of having to call our section leader the next morning and tell her we weren’t going to be at the ASU game because we had accidentally ended up in Mexico, but we really wanted to go to Walmart, so we followed Bob to the bus stop and onto the bus. We got to Walmart successfully and did our shopping, but then Bob had to go home, leaving us to try and get home on our own. Needless to say, we were at this point legitimately terrified of ending up in Mexico. It was still pouring rain as we waited at the bus stop for the right bus to come and take us back to campus. The time that Bob said the bus would be there came and went, and there was still no bus. As we began to freak out a little, someone noticed that across the street from us, stopped at the red light and waiting to turn left, was a blue station wagon. “Wouldn’t it be funny if that was Rees?” this person said . We all laughed until we recognized something, I don’t remember if it was the license plate or a bumper sticker or something, on the back of the car that let us know that it was, in fact, Rees. We kind of all stood there for a second or two. “Should we do something?” we wondered. Then the light turned green. “Hurry, Billy!” yelled someone from our group I’ll call Sally. “Give me your camera!” And Sally ripped the camera out of my hand and ran down the sidewalk, taking picture after picture as Rees turned left. Unfortunately, the pictures have since been lost due to hard drive crashes and computer switches. And yes, the bus did eventually come, and we made it back to campus successfully.
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Comics!
Comic by Justine Miller
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Bowl Game Scenarios/Game Preview
by Chelsea Cohen
We’ll know for sure where we’re going by the end of this weekend, but here’s a rundown of the possible scenarios that would get us to each bowl game. First, some background information. The Pac 10 has tie-ins with six bowl games: the Rose Bowl, the Alamo Bowl, the Holiday Bowl, the Sun Bowl, the Las Vegas Bowl, and the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (yes, that name is correct). There are currently only three teams in the Pac 10 who are eligible for a bowl game (A team needs a 6-6 record to be bowl eligible): Oregon, Stanford, and us. Although ASU currently has a 5-6 record and could get to 6-6 by beating us, they still aren’t eligible for a bowl game because they played two FCS schools (the division below the one we’re in), and by NCAA rules, you can only count one win against an FCS school toward bowl eligibility. Washington State, UCLA, and California all finished with losing records. USC is ineligible for a bowl gamebecause they’re cheaters who got caught. Washington can become bowl eligible if it beats Washington State this weekend (a pretty good bet, although you never know). Oregon State can become bowl eligible if it beats Oregon this weekend (not going to happen). So the end of the regular season will most likely see the Pac 10 with four bowl eligible teams: Oregon, Stanford, Washington, and Arizona. If Oregon beats Oregon State, they are going to the National Championship. Rose Bowl (Pasadena): How We Get There We make it to the Holiday Bowl when a huge earthquake destroys Qualcomm Stadium (luckily, no one is injured). The game then has to be moved to Pasadena, where we get to play in the Rose Bowl. AKA….it’s not going to happen. Sorry. Alamo Bowl (San Antonio): How We Get There It’s looking like this is the most likely option. Assume Oregon goes to the National Championship. Then Stanford gets to move up to the Rose Bowl, right? Wrong. There’s a BCS clause that states that this year, the Rose Bowl must take the highest ranked team from a conference that does not automatically get a bid to a BCS bowl should it lose a team to the National Championship. So TCU will head to the Rose Bowl instead of Stanford. But wait. There’s another BCS clause that states that all teams that finish in the top four of the BCS rankings have to get a bid to a BCS bowl. Stanford is currently #4. So barring any crazy shenanigans this weekend, they’ll be heading to a BCS bowl game as well, most likely the Fiesta Bowl or the Orange Bowl. This leaves us to move up into the Alamo Bowl and Washington to go to the Holiday Bowl. Another possibility is that Auburn, currently #1 in the BCS rankings and Oregon’s likely National Championship opponent, loses to South Carolina this weekend. This could very well open the door for TCU (#3 BCS) to slip into the National Championship. If this happens, the clause about the Rose Bowl having to take a non AQ team is void because there’ll be a non AQ team in the National Championship. Then Stanford can go to the Rose Bowl and we’ll still end up in the Alamo Bowl. If Oregon loses but Stanford still manages to stay in the top 4, Oregon will go to the Rose Bowl and Stanford to another BCS bowl, meaning we could still be in the Alamo Bowl. The above all assume we beat ASU. However, if we lose to ASU and Washington State pulls an upset and beats Washington, we’ll still go to the Alamo Bowl simply because there’s no one else available. Fun story: Some projections have us in the Alamo Bowl...against Nebraska. Rematch?
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Holiday Bowl (San Diego): How We Get There However, the Holiday Bowl is still a possibility. If we lose to ASU, we end the season on a 4 game losing streak. Bowl games don’t like that. It’s worthwhile to note that just because the Alamo Bowl is the second Pac 10 bowl doesn’t mean that the second place Pac 10 team goes there. It means the Alamo Bowl has the second CHOICE of Pac 10 teams. If Washington is bowl eligible and we’ve just lost 4 games in a row, the Alamo Bowl could pick them over us, even though we: a) have a better overall record and b) beat them by 30 points with our backup quarterback. Then we’d end up in the Holiday Bowl, which would probably not be happy with having us back, but they’d have to deal with it because they wouldn’t have another choice. Also, if Oregon loses and Stanford drops out of the top 4, Oregon will go to the Rose Bowl, Stanford to the Alamo Bowl, and then we could end up in the Holiday Bowl. Sun Bowl (El Paso): How We Get There Oregon loses, Stanford drops out of the top 4, we lose to ASU, and the Holiday Bowl picks Washington or Oregon State over us. Las Vegas (Las Vegas, duh): How We Get There Same as above, except the Sun Bowl picks who the Holiday Bowl didn’t out of Washington and Oregon State. So…..very, very unlikely, although technically possible Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (San Francisco): How We Get There Not mathematically possible. Fighting hunger will have to wait for another year.
In the big picture, this game probably doesn’t matter that much. We’re still going to a legit bowl game - it’s just that the only thing this game most likely decides is whether it’s the Alamo Bowl or the Holiday Bowl, and I personally wouldn’t mind going to either place. But we all know that saying this game doesn’t matter that much isn’t true. I mean, it’s ASU. We hate them. And I, for one, will be very upset to close out my years in Arizona Stadium with a loss to ASU. But have no fear. We should win this one. Key word being “should.” I think we’ve all noticed by now that our football team can be erratic at times. Sometimes we play really well (like the last two minutes of the USC game), and sometimes we don’t (like the rest of the USC game). ASU’s 5-6 record is kind of deceiving, too. Two of their losses, to Wisconsin and USC, were only by a point. Wisconsin is now the #5 team in the country. They also gave Oregon and Stanford two of their toughest tests this season before eventually losing. The sucky thing for ASU is that losses are losses, and they’re not going to a bowl game because two of those five wins were over NAU and Portland State, both FBS teams, and you can only count one win over an FBS team toward bowl eligibility. ASU’s backup quarterback, Brock Osweiler, will be starting on Thursday after starter Steven Threet was knocked out of the UCLA game with a concussion last weekend. Osweiler came in and threw for 380 yards and four touchdowns in ASU’s 55-34 win, though, so he can definitely play. However, Nick Foles threw for 448 yards and three touchdowns against the top team in the country last week, while UCLA is in the lower rungs of the Pac 10. Quarterback advantage: us. In the end, I think our football team will come out pumped up and ready to beat our hated neighbors from the north, and our football team is very, very good when they want to be. So final score: Arizona: 35 ASU: 27
Game Preview
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Shout Outs!
Hey Trombones, Where’s Kelsey?? Anonymous CHOCHEM! We’re NOT even. I want my birthday present! Buff, I love you more than anything in the entire world. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you. <3 Ace TBONES, Hot dang, we’re awesome. Thank you for being my rock this season. I really couldn’t have made it without you. Prof. Rees, I really hope you don’t take it personally when I call you fat and old. It really only comes from the bottom of my heart. Your One and Only, Hot Cup Of Crazy Noonan! I keep eating carrots but my boobs are still the same size. :( Jodi, I’m really proud of you and everything you’ve done. Keep it up, girl. You’re amazing. :) Seniors!!! This is it, and I’m so excited and proud to say that I have been able to be involved in this amazing experience with you all. I thank each and every one of you for making this the best, first marching band experience a girl could ever have. <3 -Amber.AKA GING. you rock my world.<3 Kristi Howard: OH MOMMY!!! OH MOMMY!! HOW I WILL MISS YOU!! i wish i could make you stay, but i cant! =~( i just want you to know that i love you.... and you have touched me in a way i will never forget! i appreciate everything... and i hope one day youll admit to the world that your macy gray and sing us a song! lol!!! i will never forget that day! lol p.s i think your the best dancer in this band! lol DaJuan Nick France, Thanks for joining the section this year. I loved having you around! -Mo
Craig C. You need to finish that 3rd season of House already, otherwise I’ma take from your house in your sleep. James C. You did it kid, and I’m so proud of you. I’m so glad you decided to march this season. It wouldn’t be nearly the same without you. DOSAKidAshleeGirl! You know who I am now! =P Also, I read the whole magazine...that’s some kinky stuff! Will and Craig, Thanks for letting me be a sudo-roommate. You guys rock. :) The VaJAJ House, Only 1/3 of you are still in marching band (YOU know who you are), but I love you all. I’m so glad we’ve had this whole semester together. :) Eric Maderis: YOU STILL GOT CAKE! lol and i will miss that and more when you arent here next year!! i love you!!!!!! and one day ill have to come by and see you and your horses (even though i think i might Faint!) lol Good SKILL!! DaJuan Marcos, You rock at drum majoring! Congrats, dude. You made it and did a mighty fine job, if I do say so myself. ;) To the one and only POA, There are no words I can use to express the way I feel when we all “groove” and produce the famous POA sound. It has been an honor performing in this band and I will truly miss it. Thanks for all the memories! - Jose Radiohead rookies: Graduate! Anonymous. Kim: KIM, i have said it before and ill say it again, YOUR AWESOME, and without you i dont know what i would have done this season... you to me are more than just a section leader, your my friend. and better yet you are someone i look up too... your a awesome person and i luv ya! GOOD SKILL tonight... and have fun at your last rivalry football game! i will miss you! DaJuan Licorice and Cigarettes, Thank you for a kickass senior year!! PICC-SiiiiiiiIIIIDE! B.Port SISCO!: oh wow brodie!! how band will not be the same without you! haah!! have fun tonight!! your a real legit dude! haha! lol we have alot of fun! to bad to had to graduate! lol GOOD SKILL TONIGHT!!! DaJuan
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Ace, I hope you have a blast at your last home game. I’m so proud of you, for everything you’ve gotten through and accomplished. I’m a very lucky man. With love, Buff Rani Dee, You rock. You rock ALL the rocks. Have fun this Thursday, and I’m proud of you! Mom Tenors, KIll it at this game. Show ‘em what clean is supposed to sound like. Go Taco! Jake Konigstiger and FOIL, More SSBM is in order, AFTER this week is over. Also, THE PROBLEM WITH CRUISE CONTROL IS THAT YOU STILL HAVE TO STEER. Prof. Plum Marcos, We’ll play the ticks-tocks perfectly clean and in time... at some point... Jake Miss Demeanor, Dr. McCreamy, Rani Dee, Our family is RIDICULOUS. Prof. Plum Tyler, Ugh, cymbals. GRADUATING HORNS!!!! I’m going to miss some of you. No, I’m really going to miss all of you. Thanks so much for being mean in the funniest way possible... for the most part. :) -Valerie To my Cymbal students, Damn you guys are good! You make me want to pick up my plates and join you guys. I am proud of how far you all have come. Keep up the good work, if I hear you guys are slacking, I’ll make you guys hold Port for a LONG time!...haha jk...but really! -Cinnamon Bear -Hi-Me oops. Jaime, what’s our rule. NO STICKERS ON HATS. IT AINT CUTE. p.s. you are still owe me. :) Amanda, Derrick Williams. Joe TFF Rookies, something about a birthday and little girl, in Spanish!! Joe
ELLIE, IT’S ON. -YOU KNOW WHO. Cody: your definitely the best big brother i could have ever asked for... honestly!!! you support me in so many things. and give me some of the best advice, and just have given me alot since i have been here.. movin from california was hard because i had to leave all my friends behind. but comin out here.. i gained even more... and they are awesome ppl and your definitely one of those! thankx for always helping me and having my back and believing in me even when i didnt. your the best! DaJuan TUBMAF: I couldn’t be happier to have met and marched with you. Best of luck in all that you do! ASU might be our last performance together, so uh... hold the line, eh? -Lil Cuete -SPICE GIRLS YOU RULE ! ! ! <3 CLARINETS!!! I’m so proud of you guys, this has been an amazing year and I’m so happy to have marched with you all! I love each and every one of you and can’t wait to be back for one more year ;) <3 Erin Chelsea, Erica, Kristin-you guys rock, thanks for being amazing p.s. (DON’T LEAVE US!) -E -Simone, you are amazing and i love you. To the drumline, Thanks to an awesome season. I am proud of the growth we all went through. I look forward to seeing you all improve and throw down in the years to come. Thank you all again, Love you guys! - Jose Hermosa To my one an only dance partner, Why in the world did we not realize we were meant to be from the start? There could have been so much more dancing. Luckily we have time to make it up :) I always have a good time when we hang out and I always look forward to the next time, Have a great last home game!!! -Dance partner Kristen Horner: MOMMA!!! wanna tell me why as i was writing this all i could think about was how we had toooooo much fun this season.. on the field.. and at the halloween party.. and doing the drunk dance.. and laffing So hard i actually turned red! yeah! DAJUAN+KRISTEN=PRICELESS!! good skill tonight i love you! DaJuan
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Dear Pom line, Twirlers, Guard. I just wanted to say that you all rock, and I really enjoy all that you girls and guys do. Thanks for the many years of distracting me, friendships and hard work. You guys definitely get noticed. Jose -to my TWIN B.PORT, with all my heart and love i am going to miss you like cray cray.DON”T LEAVE ME.:( you are coming back.LOL LOVE your TWIN NOONAN <3 Bones, it’s been a great ride, you drove me hard. You really put everything into it, and pushed to the final yell. -Krum, you have been amazing since my first day of band camp weather report year.you committed super hardcore and owned that “good attitude!” this year..i am really going to miss you! <3 noonan Don’t stop, get it, get it! Seriously, it’s been an awesome year. I’m glad to have met and got to know each and every one of you this semester! Joe Pacini Kim, Thanks for being just a friggin rock this whole year. I honestly do not think any of us could’ve functioned without you. I know I couldn’t have! FLANKS+SLIDES, Monique -Billy, Casey, Angelica, and Tyler we love our favsss.;) -Thomas and Roy, we are going to sing in Spanish together.:) Lauren, you’re weird. But that’s okay. Joe -Duey two words. stanky leg. <3 NooNaN Amanda: Well today is our big day..... we will officially be Mr. and Mrs. Brooks.... i hope your ready for that ring! lol DaJuan Tiffers, I love you. ~Kristen Nick Alanis, That girl that sat next to you on the shuttle was totally watching your movie too...and she totally texted a friend that she was...she said it was pretty good though...and I totally creeped on her text. Hope you had a good trip home! ~Mama Kristen
Cisco, stop making me look bad by making me laugh when we’re at set, seriously. :P Joe -San Antonio, Dallas, and ATX all the best parts of Texas I LOVE YA’LL Stephanie, you’re like my best friend.Seriously, like, totally. So thanks for putting up with me when I’m a punk. :D Joe TFF Hornz, The past 4 years have been indescribable. I’ve had so much fun, and I love you all. -Mo Audrey Clark:you wanna tell me why all my TENORS ARE LEAVING ME! i feel neglected!!! man i will miss your bones sooo much! i hope you come back and visit! i love you!! Good SKill! DaJuan Kristen, I’m terrible at public affection, just saying. But you’re pretty cool. Joe Julie, I’m sure you have a ton of shout outs about being engaged, so here’s my message, it’s unique: qeoiuywonbeintqueqpwnbtqpneyqbowetub. Joe -HARRRRRRRRRRR <3 Bill, Don’t give up on the Cats so easily! Joe AJ, Mariokart, LET’S DO IT! Joe Monique, 1 billion! Joe Jimmy, I love you. ~Kristen -To All the PICCOLOS, ya’ll are amazing and we totally owned this year, PICSIDE!! love noonan Altos! This season has been amazing! Thanks to all of you for being incredible people! Jimmy-you’re the best section leader an alto could hope for. Stay awesome! Wally- thank you for putting up with me as your shadow and just being a cool guy to learn from. We still need to get slurpees! Tiff- thank you for giving me and the other rookies so much help and support. I don’t know if I would’ve stayed in band if it wasn’t for you encouraging me and helping me out. Make sure to join band next year (who needs a life anyway?)! As a very wise person once said...PINEAPPLE! -Tobes
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Tyler, you’re awesome. Don’t stop being who you are. ‘nough said. Joe Jordan, stop trying to bully me around, it’s not good for your health. Joe Bryce, thanks for everything this year, you’ve really helped out the section wouldn’t be where it is today without your help! Joe Horn Rookies, It’s been good getting to know you. I hope you stick around and keep working hard. It’s worth it. YIH! # -Mo
Erica, Edgar and Luis like me more than you. -Monique Erika Fournierrrr, Thanks for complaining with me. And being just as clueless about everything. -Monique Alto Saxes: OH WOW!! WAT A SEASON!! MAN I WONT EVER FORGET ANY OF YOU!!! the Initiation, the BBQ, BAND CAMP, our section dinners at CACTUS! i wont forget any of it!! thankx for being awesome an i love you guys!!! GOOD SKILL! DaJuan Luis, Do YOU think you’re cool? -Mo
Marrrrrrrrrcos, FJM seems so long ago. I’m really glad I got to experience marching and being on student staff with you. You’re an amazing Christian, friend. Just wear a sweater. I don’t care if you’re not cold. It’s weird. Love, Mo-quie (is that how you spell it?) -Mo Joe, My goal in life is to have more Facebook friends online than you do. -Monique -Angelica, just hush....you had me at hello...wait wait, better yet you had me at the sparkle in your eye. BAHAHAHA. yellow duo bald baby ghetto fab black ladies sisromance.♥ Drew, SO HYPE! -Monique -Larea, my cousin,bestie,mama,and much more you are the best at everything you do and i hope to be like you one day.:)<3 NO YOU!!! Clarinets! Thank you for making my senior year AWESOME! Chelsea Arielle, Next time, we throw our clarinets in the air, spin them three times, and then catch them behind our backs. I don’t think Erica will notice. Chelsea TFF Rookies! IT’S OUR LAST GAME! Well, those of us who are graduating on time, anyway. Thanks for an amazing last four years! Chelsea -Mari and Kelsy i love you both very much. forever ever B*TRI*POD <3 Holiday Bowl Back of Bus 5, Reunion for the 2010 Bowl Game?? Can we request a Horn/Clarinet bus again? Joe M. Pacini, Hi :) -Kristen A. Horner Tran, Catherine, and Lauren: OH how i love you guys sooooo much!!!! i will miss everything!! our spaghetti, and the sleep over in trans bed! and watching stupid movies like the decent! haha! lol this is soooo funny! haha! but i love you all! and i want you to know! i cant wait for next semester for some more of our adventures ahah! GOOD SKILL! DaJuan Drewbeary, Congrats! I’m glad you like your sweatshirt Chelsea Lauren and Tiffany, I really do like living with you, even if you throw things at me and Facebook jack me Chelsea TFF Rookies, Shout, shout let it all out - it’s our last game!! WHOO!!
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Alison, You’re active!! Woo-hoo!! Go Rec Bars :) ~Mom -Troy, how do you spell your last name?.. B-O-W-M-A-N.:D “what sup? wanna dance?” Rees sandwich :)
Baby Elephant. You’re pretty cool, but only because we have a secret. Shhhh! <3 Big Poop. Kim Reed, You’re welcome for the birthday cookie. LHAVE YOU. -Amber
Rebecca Noonan, We’ve taken the opportunity, and committed! Nathan and Nick: haha! you talk about the tripod! haha! yall are just Next year it’s allllll you! the coolest ppl i know!! i hope yall ready to kick some devil butt!! :))) cuz we all know they got that PCD! lol!!! hahah! GOOD SKILL!! -GING. ill see you on the field! DaJuan Tobby: Honestly you are one of the hardest working ppl out on there.. and definitely the most improved person in my opinDear Spice Girrs, ion! you started out with never playing an alto sax before... to I RUV YOU ARR!! <3 becoming such a strong asset to our section and to the band !!! your just awesome! i wish you the best tonight! HAVE HI BASS DRUMS! FUN!!!!! - Piccolos DaJuan Joezay! We’re seniors! Let’s (tuba) dance! Haha. Tiffany: ALL I KNOW IS THAT I LOVE YOU!! AND YOUR CRAY CRAY!! HAHAH!! BUT AWESOME!!!!! YAY FIRE HACKEY SACK AND KICK BALL!!!! GO TEAM MINORITY! LOL hahah! lol DaJuan Angelica, I want my Aerosmith shirt back. Hahahaha. You’re one of the funniest people that I know. Loveeee Amber :)
“Jose, Well, today is the last home game, but not the last perI <3 you TWIN!! Thank you for being such an awesome friend and formance for you. As always have fun, and enjoy every don’t worry because I’ll be around to be efficient with ya anytime!! moment. Although we only marched one year in both high school and in the POA, it made my senior year memorable Zach Harper: Buddy you are just an amazing person! and i wish you and fun. And I hope to continue to be your inspiration for doing the best tonight.. and hope you enjoy one of your first last football what you do. games haha! se ya there good skill! CAHermosa” DaJuan YELLOW TEAM!!!! you had me at hello, it was the sparkle in your eye! Miss Sarah E., my toes are purple saatttorrryy sisromance I know I kind of suck for not being around, but I’m glad to say there is so much that i could say, if i did it would probably take you’re my roommate anyway. Marching with you this season has up the whole page haha.i’m so glad we became friends! you been awesome. Now put in that good word for me, and we’re are AWESOME! when were together we have so much fun, it’s golden. ;) crzy!!! it was all meant to be! thanks for being there and i’ll always be there for you too! love you girl!! Julie!! love always, Congratulations!! I’m so happy for you and Luke! You guys make Angelica me so happy, and I’m so glad you were still around this season. P.S. your welcome for not killing you that one weekend! WHIP You’re an amazing person, and I can’t wait to see where things lead YOUR HAIR! ANYTHING FOR SELENASSSS with you. I’m so glad you’re my Sister and Grandma all in one. :) Linaya, Sarah, Natalya, Sammie, Juan, Cesar, Rachel, Jordan, Arielle: i love you soooo much.... and seriously meeting you in and Mclovin(micheal): yall are some of the coolest ppl i know! marching band has only made my life that much better. i cant exim sooo happy that you guys are in my class and that i will be press how much you mean to me.. and that i wish you the best peraround you guys for a while.. and that we will still have fun like formance tonight.. and that i love you!!! more than you know!!!! we we always do! ahah! im sooooo excited for tonight! KODAK have had some interesting times this season! lol Cheese Balls+Mall MOMENT!!!! i love yall!! and i wish you the best tonight! trips+Saw+Guy on Motorcycle without helmet=HILARIOUS/ GOOD SKILL!! and ill see you out there on the field! WORTH IT! hahaha! GOOD SKILL! and kick butt! DaJuan
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Everyone in the Pride, Thank you for being who you are and allowing me to hang with you for four years. I can’t imagine my life without you. Love, Kim Reed -Kristi Howard, you are the ROCK. enough said. <3 noonan Joe Pachini: OMG!! NOOO!!!!!! please dont leave! good skill tonight... and i will miss hearing your voice at rehearsals and stuff!!! your just awesome!!! DaJuan
Duey and Ellie, Blue Moon Ready Go -Mo Lindsey, Aj, Julie, and Bill: OH WOW!! HOW MUCH I FREAKING LOVE YOU GUYS!! HAHAH! YOU GUYS ARE JUST AWESOME... honestly.. i never knew wat a marching band T.A was until i got here... and now i do.. and let me tell you.. you guys are awesome at what you do! thankx for just always pushing us to be better. and thankx for always just being there for me.. and everything, you guys are definitely a huge part in making our program successful. and i want you to know i appreciate you all! and that you all are awesome!! Hope to see ya next year!!!! GOOD SKILL!! DaJuan
Color Theory
by Monique Murietta
Oregon-Green and Yellow: Green=growth and prosperity, yellow=all the f---in flags the refs throw against us. Plus we were playing, you know the #1 team. But I fell into a turkey coma in the middle of the game, so you can blame me again. ASU-ASU Maroon and ASU Gold: Why do schools do that? I don’t have paint tubes marked ASU Maroon/Gold. Then again, I generally don’t want people to puke on my paintings...Maroon is a weird type of red. It’s almost a brown. Not very captivating. And Ron Weasley hates maroon. Come on. Pairing it with gold? That’s too too close on the wheel! I’m pretty sure all the other schools we’ve faced knew about the importance of CONTRAST. Even when I did a portrait of a guy breathing fire, I made sure the background was filled with dark blues, purples and greens to act against all the crazy red/orange/yellow shz happening on the figure. With ASU it’s like oh let me jump into this lava pit, but first I’ll ignite myself to prepare. You need balance. OMG JUST LIKE IN MUSIC! Football too, I’d imagine. But anyway it’s become second nature for me to pick opposing colors to keep things interesting, but apparently nobody thought of that up in Tempe-oh wait! Nobody THINKS there. That explains it.
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Volume 55
December 2, 2010 - Arizona vs. Arizona State
Issue 8
EJR
Message from the Editors
The last Bugle of the year! YAY! WE’RE SO EXC....sad. We’re very sad. No, we really are sad. It’s been a fun year of Bugles and of getting to put them together. And we get to end this year by beating ASU! Right, football team? Not much else to say. You can submit to the Leaky Bugle, but they probably won’t be published until next year..... GO CATS! BEAR DOWN AND BEAT THE SCUM DEVILS! Chelsea Cohen and Kristen Riordan Leaky Bugle Editors, 2010 Special thanks to: All contributors for the year, Ashley Mason and Fast Copy for printing the Bugles, Emilio Romero for cover design, and Amanda Tester for taking the Bugles in to be printed.
Leaky Bugle Staff
Committee Members Contributors
Rachel Bennett Chelsea Cohen Bryce Good Jose Hermosa Justine Miller Monique Murietta
Tau Beta Sigma Kappa Kappa Psi
Chelsea Cohen Stephanie Castro Tiffany McCall Amanda Tester Craig Tester Kristen Riordan Tyler Anderson Carl McBee Emilio Romero Lauren Spradlin
Table of Contents
Interview with an ASU Drummer............................................................4
An exclusive interview with the drummer who passed out during a live feed
Meet the Director & Meet the Band........................................................5
The article that didn’t appear last week due to technical difficulties & let’s meet the Piccolos!
Billy the Band Geek................................................................................6
Like Meet the Band, except anonymous
Comics.....................................................................................................7
Beat of a Different Drummer and a special comic by Justine Miller
Bowl Game Scenarios.............................................................................8/9
Where we could go and how we could go there
Game Preview.........................................................................................9
Go Cats!
Shoutouts................................................................................................10
Lots and lots of shoutouts!
Color Theory...........................................................................................15
Interview with an ASU Drummer
Interview conducted by Jose Hermosa
So if you haven’t seen the video of the ASU drummer that passes out during a live feed, do it! Look it up under “Tenor drummer passes out” on Youtube. I actually know this guy and was able to get an exclusive interview with him. Enjoy! Name: Nick Arocho. Year/Major: Junior- Jazz Performance for Drumset Jose- Alright buddy, so I know what happened and you know what happened, but please share with my fellow POA members what went on in this video? Nick - Well I was a freshman and it was my first week of college, and also our first week of band camp as well. So it was my first Friday night living by myself and in the college atmosphere. Even though I knew we had a rehearsal the next day at 8 a.m., my friends in the band invited me out for a “get together” at a friend’s house. I had a lot of fun that night, but when I woke up at 7:59 a.m., I wasn’t having such a great time. I then remembered my instructor saying “If there is ONE day you are not late this season... it is tomorrow, because we are filming a live webcast for www.bandirectors.com, broadcasting a clinic on how to run a drumline. SO DON’T BE LATE!” I then sprinted out of my dorm to rehearsal and jumped in just in time for the clinic to start. I was a little “hazy” still from the previous night, and very “dehydrated”, and I felt “terrible”. And about 3 exercises into the clinic, I KNEW I was going to pass out. So I waited for the next available moment to step out of the shot, which I knew would be right after the dirty attack we usually played that early in the season. So we cut after the attack, and I put my sticks down on the tenors and started to walk away out of the shot, knowing that I had about ten seconds until I was lights out. However, as I was walking away, I noticed my sticks falling off of my drums. Not wanting to get scolded by the instructor for having my sticks fall all over the place in the video, I regrettably went back to fix them, and about five seconds later, my knees buckled, and I toppled over my tenors like a rag doll. The next thing I remembered was opening my eyes and seeing the entire drumline and staff in a huddle staring down at my limp body. After regaining my hearing and vision, I then noticed a couple paramedics and firefighters running towards me. They gave me some fluids and helped me recover, but nothing they could give me could take away the extreme case of embarrassment I had after I passed out over my drums in front of 1000+ band directors on a live webcast at ASU on how to run and manage a drumline. Yep... I was that guy. J- Do you ever watch this video for fun? If so, what do you think about when you watch it? N - I actually watch it a lot if I am having a bad day or in a less than favorable mood. It definitely makes me laugh and realize that my day could be far worse. At Blue Devils this summer my buddies watched it about 3 or 4 times a day on tour and thought it was funnier every time they watch it, and couldn’t believe I was “that guy”. J- Do your friends still give you a hard time for this? N - I definitely get my share of torment for the video still. I got the nickname “Wobbles” and that exercise we were playing when I passed out was renamed that day to Wobbles. My friends love to throw it on at parties and put it on loop. I have to admit, it is pretty epic, and I am really glad it was caught on film. I’ve already archived it on a disc so I can show my kids and future students some day. I REALLY knew it was a viral drum-accident-video when Scott Johnson (Drum captain at BD) was talking to our snare line in the lot one show about this video he and the staff just watched on the bus about some dumb kid passing out during a clinic over his tenors. The line busted up in laughter and told Scott that I happened to be the kid in the video, and after he finished laughing about it that day in the lot, he still hasn’t let me forget about it! J- Last but not least and be honest...Who do you think will win the game? N - I think it’s easy to be good at football when you live in a place like Tucson :) Go Devils! J- I’ll forgive you for that one. Thanks for answering my questions and good luck on getting your Handicap parking pass...aka ASU diploma.....Bear Down! N- Nice! J- I know!
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Interview conducted by Rachel Bennett The Leaky Bugle: How can you park wherever you want? Rees: Well, I didn’t originally have that power to park in so many different locations. But then it got to the point where it was kind of understood that I needed to be at different locations around campus. I go back from the music building to the athletics pavillion, often at different times of the day, and it is no longer consistent. It changes around a lot, and finally we were able to qualify for the service permit pass. So the band office now has a couple that we can give out to certain individuals. Parking on this campus is difficult, and we always have issues. During my early years on campus, I got tickets all the time. The Leaky Bugle: What is happening for the ASU game? Rees: It is so unusual that the game is on a Thursday and a school day that we will not be able to do the usual ASU vs. UA exhibition, and because of that we don’t have an available time slot to do a joint music rehearsal like we usually do for this particular game. Because of these factors, we probably won’t be doing a joint halftime performance. Instead, we are both sharing halftime, and each school will get to have some part of halftime dedicated to their halftime show.
Meet the Director
Meet the Piccolos!
AKA: Piccside, Cigarettes and Licorice, Ice Piccs Quotes: “Get in my shorts!” “Picc-siiiide!” “Aw yeah.” Memorable Moments: When Rees complimented us, entire section Honorable Mention, Game Ball Cook, surprise twin day, side ponytails with Rees, hairbows, huddling in the cold rain, Head pat!, marching like penguins, the hump line, when Cassandra Krum met the band. Questions for Rees: Why didn’t you wear a hairbow? Can there be a piccolo solo? Why are we so far back in the stands? Why don’t you say “smoke ‘em if you’ve got ‘em” more often? Show Suggestions: Blink 182, Spice Girls, George Strait, Usher, Michael Buble, The Temptations, Grease, Return of Tears for Fears, Return of Muse, Paul Simon, No Doubt, Coldplay
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Billy the Band Geek
Editor’s Note: Billy the Band Geek is an article that used to run in the Bugle where embarrassing stories would be told by POA members under the pseudonym Billy the Band Geek. This week, the Bugle was approached with such a story. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.
It was three years ago, the night before the ASU game. That year, the game was in Tempe, so we were leaving Tucson on buses at around 7AM the next morning. A few of us rookies were hanging out in someone’s dorm room when we decided, at 9PM, that we wanted to go to Walmart, despite the fact that it was raining and none of us had cars. “Never fear,” one member of our group who may or may not be drum major right now but who we’ll refer to as Bob said. “I am from Tucson, so I know how Suntran works.” (Those may not have been his exact words, but close enough). The rest of us were a little afraid of having to call our section leader the next morning and tell her we weren’t going to be at the ASU game because we had accidentally ended up in Mexico, but we really wanted to go to Walmart, so we followed Bob to the bus stop and onto the bus. We got to Walmart successfully and did our shopping, but then Bob had to go home, leaving us to try and get home on our own. Needless to say, we were at this point legitimately terrified of ending up in Mexico. It was still pouring rain as we waited at the bus stop for the right bus to come and take us back to campus. The time that Bob said the bus would be there came and went, and there was still no bus. As we began to freak out a little, someone noticed that across the street from us, stopped at the red light and waiting to turn left, was a blue station wagon. “Wouldn’t it be funny if that was Rees?” this person said . We all laughed until we recognized something, I don’t remember if it was the license plate or a bumper sticker or something, on the back of the car that let us know that it was, in fact, Rees. We kind of all stood there for a second or two. “Should we do something?” we wondered. Then the light turned green. “Hurry, Billy!” yelled someone from our group I’ll call Sally. “Give me your camera!” And Sally ripped the camera out of my hand and ran down the sidewalk, taking picture after picture as Rees turned left. Unfortunately, the pictures have since been lost due to hard drive crashes and computer switches. And yes, the bus did eventually come, and we made it back to campus successfully.
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Comics!
Comic by Justine Miller
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Bowl Game Scenarios/Game Preview
by Chelsea Cohen
We’ll know for sure where we’re going by the end of this weekend, but here’s a rundown of the possible scenarios that would get us to each bowl game. First, some background information. The Pac 10 has tie-ins with six bowl games: the Rose Bowl, the Alamo Bowl, the Holiday Bowl, the Sun Bowl, the Las Vegas Bowl, and the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (yes, that name is correct). There are currently only three teams in the Pac 10 who are eligible for a bowl game (A team needs a 6-6 record to be bowl eligible): Oregon, Stanford, and us. Although ASU currently has a 5-6 record and could get to 6-6 by beating us, they still aren’t eligible for a bowl game because they played two FCS schools (the division below the one we’re in), and by NCAA rules, you can only count one win against an FCS school toward bowl eligibility. Washington State, UCLA, and California all finished with losing records. USC is ineligible for a bowl gamebecause they’re cheaters who got caught. Washington can become bowl eligible if it beats Washington State this weekend (a pretty good bet, although you never know). Oregon State can become bowl eligible if it beats Oregon this weekend (not going to happen). So the end of the regular season will most likely see the Pac 10 with four bowl eligible teams: Oregon, Stanford, Washington, and Arizona. If Oregon beats Oregon State, they are going to the National Championship. Rose Bowl (Pasadena): How We Get There We make it to the Holiday Bowl when a huge earthquake destroys Qualcomm Stadium (luckily, no one is injured). The game then has to be moved to Pasadena, where we get to play in the Rose Bowl. AKA….it’s not going to happen. Sorry. Alamo Bowl (San Antonio): How We Get There It’s looking like this is the most likely option. Assume Oregon goes to the National Championship. Then Stanford gets to move up to the Rose Bowl, right? Wrong. There’s a BCS clause that states that this year, the Rose Bowl must take the highest ranked team from a conference that does not automatically get a bid to a BCS bowl should it lose a team to the National Championship. So TCU will head to the Rose Bowl instead of Stanford. But wait. There’s another BCS clause that states that all teams that finish in the top four of the BCS rankings have to get a bid to a BCS bowl. Stanford is currently #4. So barring any crazy shenanigans this weekend, they’ll be heading to a BCS bowl game as well, most likely the Fiesta Bowl or the Orange Bowl. This leaves us to move up into the Alamo Bowl and Washington to go to the Holiday Bowl. Another possibility is that Auburn, currently #1 in the BCS rankings and Oregon’s likely National Championship opponent, loses to South Carolina this weekend. This could very well open the door for TCU (#3 BCS) to slip into the National Championship. If this happens, the clause about the Rose Bowl having to take a non AQ team is void because there’ll be a non AQ team in the National Championship. Then Stanford can go to the Rose Bowl and we’ll still end up in the Alamo Bowl. If Oregon loses but Stanford still manages to stay in the top 4, Oregon will go to the Rose Bowl and Stanford to another BCS bowl, meaning we could still be in the Alamo Bowl. The above all assume we beat ASU. However, if we lose to ASU and Washington State pulls an upset and beats Washington, we’ll still go to the Alamo Bowl simply because there’s no one else available. Fun story: Some projections have us in the Alamo Bowl...against Nebraska. Rematch?
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Holiday Bowl (San Diego): How We Get There However, the Holiday Bowl is still a possibility. If we lose to ASU, we end the season on a 4 game losing streak. Bowl games don’t like that. It’s worthwhile to note that just because the Alamo Bowl is the second Pac 10 bowl doesn’t mean that the second place Pac 10 team goes there. It means the Alamo Bowl has the second CHOICE of Pac 10 teams. If Washington is bowl eligible and we’ve just lost 4 games in a row, the Alamo Bowl could pick them over us, even though we: a) have a better overall record and b) beat them by 30 points with our backup quarterback. Then we’d end up in the Holiday Bowl, which would probably not be happy with having us back, but they’d have to deal with it because they wouldn’t have another choice. Also, if Oregon loses and Stanford drops out of the top 4, Oregon will go to the Rose Bowl, Stanford to the Alamo Bowl, and then we could end up in the Holiday Bowl. Sun Bowl (El Paso): How We Get There Oregon loses, Stanford drops out of the top 4, we lose to ASU, and the Holiday Bowl picks Washington or Oregon State over us. Las Vegas (Las Vegas, duh): How We Get There Same as above, except the Sun Bowl picks who the Holiday Bowl didn’t out of Washington and Oregon State. So…..very, very unlikely, although technically possible Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (San Francisco): How We Get There Not mathematically possible. Fighting hunger will have to wait for another year.
In the big picture, this game probably doesn’t matter that much. We’re still going to a legit bowl game - it’s just that the only thing this game most likely decides is whether it’s the Alamo Bowl or the Holiday Bowl, and I personally wouldn’t mind going to either place. But we all know that saying this game doesn’t matter that much isn’t true. I mean, it’s ASU. We hate them. And I, for one, will be very upset to close out my years in Arizona Stadium with a loss to ASU. But have no fear. We should win this one. Key word being “should.” I think we’ve all noticed by now that our football team can be erratic at times. Sometimes we play really well (like the last two minutes of the USC game), and sometimes we don’t (like the rest of the USC game). ASU’s 5-6 record is kind of deceiving, too. Two of their losses, to Wisconsin and USC, were only by a point. Wisconsin is now the #5 team in the country. They also gave Oregon and Stanford two of their toughest tests this season before eventually losing. The sucky thing for ASU is that losses are losses, and they’re not going to a bowl game because two of those five wins were over NAU and Portland State, both FBS teams, and you can only count one win over an FBS team toward bowl eligibility. ASU’s backup quarterback, Brock Osweiler, will be starting on Thursday after starter Steven Threet was knocked out of the UCLA game with a concussion last weekend. Osweiler came in and threw for 380 yards and four touchdowns in ASU’s 55-34 win, though, so he can definitely play. However, Nick Foles threw for 448 yards and three touchdowns against the top team in the country last week, while UCLA is in the lower rungs of the Pac 10. Quarterback advantage: us. In the end, I think our football team will come out pumped up and ready to beat our hated neighbors from the north, and our football team is very, very good when they want to be. So final score: Arizona: 35 ASU: 27
Game Preview
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Shout Outs!
Hey Trombones, Where’s Kelsey?? Anonymous CHOCHEM! We’re NOT even. I want my birthday present! Buff, I love you more than anything in the entire world. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you. <3 Ace TBONES, Hot dang, we’re awesome. Thank you for being my rock this season. I really couldn’t have made it without you. Prof. Rees, I really hope you don’t take it personally when I call you fat and old. It really only comes from the bottom of my heart. Your One and Only, Hot Cup Of Crazy Noonan! I keep eating carrots but my boobs are still the same size. :( Jodi, I’m really proud of you and everything you’ve done. Keep it up, girl. You’re amazing. :) Seniors!!! This is it, and I’m so excited and proud to say that I have been able to be involved in this amazing experience with you all. I thank each and every one of you for making this the best, first marching band experience a girl could ever have. <3 -Amber.AKA GING. you rock my world.<3 Kristi Howard: OH MOMMY!!! OH MOMMY!! HOW I WILL MISS YOU!! i wish i could make you stay, but i cant! =~( i just want you to know that i love you.... and you have touched me in a way i will never forget! i appreciate everything... and i hope one day youll admit to the world that your macy gray and sing us a song! lol!!! i will never forget that day! lol p.s i think your the best dancer in this band! lol DaJuan Nick France, Thanks for joining the section this year. I loved having you around! -Mo
Craig C. You need to finish that 3rd season of House already, otherwise I’ma take from your house in your sleep. James C. You did it kid, and I’m so proud of you. I’m so glad you decided to march this season. It wouldn’t be nearly the same without you. DOSAKidAshleeGirl! You know who I am now! =P Also, I read the whole magazine...that’s some kinky stuff! Will and Craig, Thanks for letting me be a sudo-roommate. You guys rock. :) The VaJAJ House, Only 1/3 of you are still in marching band (YOU know who you are), but I love you all. I’m so glad we’ve had this whole semester together. :) Eric Maderis: YOU STILL GOT CAKE! lol and i will miss that and more when you arent here next year!! i love you!!!!!! and one day ill have to come by and see you and your horses (even though i think i might Faint!) lol Good SKILL!! DaJuan Marcos, You rock at drum majoring! Congrats, dude. You made it and did a mighty fine job, if I do say so myself. ;) To the one and only POA, There are no words I can use to express the way I feel when we all “groove” and produce the famous POA sound. It has been an honor performing in this band and I will truly miss it. Thanks for all the memories! - Jose Radiohead rookies: Graduate! Anonymous. Kim: KIM, i have said it before and ill say it again, YOUR AWESOME, and without you i dont know what i would have done this season... you to me are more than just a section leader, your my friend. and better yet you are someone i look up too... your a awesome person and i luv ya! GOOD SKILL tonight... and have fun at your last rivalry football game! i will miss you! DaJuan Licorice and Cigarettes, Thank you for a kickass senior year!! PICC-SiiiiiiiIIIIDE! B.Port SISCO!: oh wow brodie!! how band will not be the same without you! haah!! have fun tonight!! your a real legit dude! haha! lol we have alot of fun! to bad to had to graduate! lol GOOD SKILL TONIGHT!!! DaJuan
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Ace, I hope you have a blast at your last home game. I’m so proud of you, for everything you’ve gotten through and accomplished. I’m a very lucky man. With love, Buff Rani Dee, You rock. You rock ALL the rocks. Have fun this Thursday, and I’m proud of you! Mom Tenors, KIll it at this game. Show ‘em what clean is supposed to sound like. Go Taco! Jake Konigstiger and FOIL, More SSBM is in order, AFTER this week is over. Also, THE PROBLEM WITH CRUISE CONTROL IS THAT YOU STILL HAVE TO STEER. Prof. Plum Marcos, We’ll play the ticks-tocks perfectly clean and in time... at some point... Jake Miss Demeanor, Dr. McCreamy, Rani Dee, Our family is RIDICULOUS. Prof. Plum Tyler, Ugh, cymbals. GRADUATING HORNS!!!! I’m going to miss some of you. No, I’m really going to miss all of you. Thanks so much for being mean in the funniest way possible... for the most part. :) -Valerie To my Cymbal students, Damn you guys are good! You make me want to pick up my plates and join you guys. I am proud of how far you all have come. Keep up the good work, if I hear you guys are slacking, I’ll make you guys hold Port for a LONG time!...haha jk...but really! -Cinnamon Bear -Hi-Me oops. Jaime, what’s our rule. NO STICKERS ON HATS. IT AINT CUTE. p.s. you are still owe me. :) Amanda, Derrick Williams. Joe TFF Rookies, something about a birthday and little girl, in Spanish!! Joe
ELLIE, IT’S ON. -YOU KNOW WHO. Cody: your definitely the best big brother i could have ever asked for... honestly!!! you support me in so many things. and give me some of the best advice, and just have given me alot since i have been here.. movin from california was hard because i had to leave all my friends behind. but comin out here.. i gained even more... and they are awesome ppl and your definitely one of those! thankx for always helping me and having my back and believing in me even when i didnt. your the best! DaJuan TUBMAF: I couldn’t be happier to have met and marched with you. Best of luck in all that you do! ASU might be our last performance together, so uh... hold the line, eh? -Lil Cuete -SPICE GIRLS YOU RULE ! ! ! <3 CLARINETS!!! I’m so proud of you guys, this has been an amazing year and I’m so happy to have marched with you all! I love each and every one of you and can’t wait to be back for one more year ;) <3 Erin Chelsea, Erica, Kristin-you guys rock, thanks for being amazing p.s. (DON’T LEAVE US!) -E -Simone, you are amazing and i love you. To the drumline, Thanks to an awesome season. I am proud of the growth we all went through. I look forward to seeing you all improve and throw down in the years to come. Thank you all again, Love you guys! - Jose Hermosa To my one an only dance partner, Why in the world did we not realize we were meant to be from the start? There could have been so much more dancing. Luckily we have time to make it up :) I always have a good time when we hang out and I always look forward to the next time, Have a great last home game!!! -Dance partner Kristen Horner: MOMMA!!! wanna tell me why as i was writing this all i could think about was how we had toooooo much fun this season.. on the field.. and at the halloween party.. and doing the drunk dance.. and laffing So hard i actually turned red! yeah! DAJUAN+KRISTEN=PRICELESS!! good skill tonight i love you! DaJuan
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Dear Pom line, Twirlers, Guard. I just wanted to say that you all rock, and I really enjoy all that you girls and guys do. Thanks for the many years of distracting me, friendships and hard work. You guys definitely get noticed. Jose -to my TWIN B.PORT, with all my heart and love i am going to miss you like cray cray.DON”T LEAVE ME.:( you are coming back.LOL LOVE your TWIN NOONAN <3 Bones, it’s been a great ride, you drove me hard. You really put everything into it, and pushed to the final yell. -Krum, you have been amazing since my first day of band camp weather report year.you committed super hardcore and owned that “good attitude!” this year..i am really going to miss you! <3 noonan Don’t stop, get it, get it! Seriously, it’s been an awesome year. I’m glad to have met and got to know each and every one of you this semester! Joe Pacini Kim, Thanks for being just a friggin rock this whole year. I honestly do not think any of us could’ve functioned without you. I know I couldn’t have! FLANKS+SLIDES, Monique -Billy, Casey, Angelica, and Tyler we love our favsss.;) -Thomas and Roy, we are going to sing in Spanish together.:) Lauren, you’re weird. But that’s okay. Joe -Duey two words. stanky leg. <3 NooNaN Amanda: Well today is our big day..... we will officially be Mr. and Mrs. Brooks.... i hope your ready for that ring! lol DaJuan Tiffers, I love you. ~Kristen Nick Alanis, That girl that sat next to you on the shuttle was totally watching your movie too...and she totally texted a friend that she was...she said it was pretty good though...and I totally creeped on her text. Hope you had a good trip home! ~Mama Kristen
Cisco, stop making me look bad by making me laugh when we’re at set, seriously. :P Joe -San Antonio, Dallas, and ATX all the best parts of Texas I LOVE YA’LL Stephanie, you’re like my best friend.Seriously, like, totally. So thanks for putting up with me when I’m a punk. :D Joe TFF Hornz, The past 4 years have been indescribable. I’ve had so much fun, and I love you all. -Mo Audrey Clark:you wanna tell me why all my TENORS ARE LEAVING ME! i feel neglected!!! man i will miss your bones sooo much! i hope you come back and visit! i love you!! Good SKill! DaJuan Kristen, I’m terrible at public affection, just saying. But you’re pretty cool. Joe Julie, I’m sure you have a ton of shout outs about being engaged, so here’s my message, it’s unique: qeoiuywonbeintqueqpwnbtqpneyqbowetub. Joe -HARRRRRRRRRRR <3 Bill, Don’t give up on the Cats so easily! Joe AJ, Mariokart, LET’S DO IT! Joe Monique, 1 billion! Joe Jimmy, I love you. ~Kristen -To All the PICCOLOS, ya’ll are amazing and we totally owned this year, PICSIDE!! love noonan Altos! This season has been amazing! Thanks to all of you for being incredible people! Jimmy-you’re the best section leader an alto could hope for. Stay awesome! Wally- thank you for putting up with me as your shadow and just being a cool guy to learn from. We still need to get slurpees! Tiff- thank you for giving me and the other rookies so much help and support. I don’t know if I would’ve stayed in band if it wasn’t for you encouraging me and helping me out. Make sure to join band next year (who needs a life anyway?)! As a very wise person once said...PINEAPPLE! -Tobes
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Tyler, you’re awesome. Don’t stop being who you are. ‘nough said. Joe Jordan, stop trying to bully me around, it’s not good for your health. Joe Bryce, thanks for everything this year, you’ve really helped out the section wouldn’t be where it is today without your help! Joe Horn Rookies, It’s been good getting to know you. I hope you stick around and keep working hard. It’s worth it. YIH! # -Mo
Erica, Edgar and Luis like me more than you. -Monique Erika Fournierrrr, Thanks for complaining with me. And being just as clueless about everything. -Monique Alto Saxes: OH WOW!! WAT A SEASON!! MAN I WONT EVER FORGET ANY OF YOU!!! the Initiation, the BBQ, BAND CAMP, our section dinners at CACTUS! i wont forget any of it!! thankx for being awesome an i love you guys!!! GOOD SKILL! DaJuan Luis, Do YOU think you’re cool? -Mo
Marrrrrrrrrcos, FJM seems so long ago. I’m really glad I got to experience marching and being on student staff with you. You’re an amazing Christian, friend. Just wear a sweater. I don’t care if you’re not cold. It’s weird. Love, Mo-quie (is that how you spell it?) -Mo Joe, My goal in life is to have more Facebook friends online than you do. -Monique -Angelica, just hush....you had me at hello...wait wait, better yet you had me at the sparkle in your eye. BAHAHAHA. yellow duo bald baby ghetto fab black ladies sisromance.♥ Drew, SO HYPE! -Monique -Larea, my cousin,bestie,mama,and much more you are the best at everything you do and i hope to be like you one day.:)<3 NO YOU!!! Clarinets! Thank you for making my senior year AWESOME! Chelsea Arielle, Next time, we throw our clarinets in the air, spin them three times, and then catch them behind our backs. I don’t think Erica will notice. Chelsea TFF Rookies! IT’S OUR LAST GAME! Well, those of us who are graduating on time, anyway. Thanks for an amazing last four years! Chelsea -Mari and Kelsy i love you both very much. forever ever B*TRI*POD <3 Holiday Bowl Back of Bus 5, Reunion for the 2010 Bowl Game?? Can we request a Horn/Clarinet bus again? Joe M. Pacini, Hi :) -Kristen A. Horner Tran, Catherine, and Lauren: OH how i love you guys sooooo much!!!! i will miss everything!! our spaghetti, and the sleep over in trans bed! and watching stupid movies like the decent! haha! lol this is soooo funny! haha! but i love you all! and i want you to know! i cant wait for next semester for some more of our adventures ahah! GOOD SKILL! DaJuan Drewbeary, Congrats! I’m glad you like your sweatshirt Chelsea Lauren and Tiffany, I really do like living with you, even if you throw things at me and Facebook jack me Chelsea TFF Rookies, Shout, shout let it all out - it’s our last game!! WHOO!!
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Alison, You’re active!! Woo-hoo!! Go Rec Bars :) ~Mom -Troy, how do you spell your last name?.. B-O-W-M-A-N.:D “what sup? wanna dance?” Rees sandwich :)
Baby Elephant. You’re pretty cool, but only because we have a secret. Shhhh! <3 Big Poop. Kim Reed, You’re welcome for the birthday cookie. LHAVE YOU. -Amber
Rebecca Noonan, We’ve taken the opportunity, and committed! Nathan and Nick: haha! you talk about the tripod! haha! yall are just Next year it’s allllll you! the coolest ppl i know!! i hope yall ready to kick some devil butt!! :))) cuz we all know they got that PCD! lol!!! hahah! GOOD SKILL!! -GING. ill see you on the field! DaJuan Tobby: Honestly you are one of the hardest working ppl out on there.. and definitely the most improved person in my opinDear Spice Girrs, ion! you started out with never playing an alto sax before... to I RUV YOU ARR!! <3 becoming such a strong asset to our section and to the band !!! your just awesome! i wish you the best tonight! HAVE HI BASS DRUMS! FUN!!!!! - Piccolos DaJuan Joezay! We’re seniors! Let’s (tuba) dance! Haha. Tiffany: ALL I KNOW IS THAT I LOVE YOU!! AND YOUR CRAY CRAY!! HAHAH!! BUT AWESOME!!!!! YAY FIRE HACKEY SACK AND KICK BALL!!!! GO TEAM MINORITY! LOL hahah! lol DaJuan Angelica, I want my Aerosmith shirt back. Hahahaha. You’re one of the funniest people that I know. Loveeee Amber :)
“Jose, Well, today is the last home game, but not the last perI <3 you TWIN!! Thank you for being such an awesome friend and formance for you. As always have fun, and enjoy every don’t worry because I’ll be around to be efficient with ya anytime!! moment. Although we only marched one year in both high school and in the POA, it made my senior year memorable Zach Harper: Buddy you are just an amazing person! and i wish you and fun. And I hope to continue to be your inspiration for doing the best tonight.. and hope you enjoy one of your first last football what you do. games haha! se ya there good skill! CAHermosa” DaJuan YELLOW TEAM!!!! you had me at hello, it was the sparkle in your eye! Miss Sarah E., my toes are purple saatttorrryy sisromance I know I kind of suck for not being around, but I’m glad to say there is so much that i could say, if i did it would probably take you’re my roommate anyway. Marching with you this season has up the whole page haha.i’m so glad we became friends! you been awesome. Now put in that good word for me, and we’re are AWESOME! when were together we have so much fun, it’s golden. ;) crzy!!! it was all meant to be! thanks for being there and i’ll always be there for you too! love you girl!! Julie!! love always, Congratulations!! I’m so happy for you and Luke! You guys make Angelica me so happy, and I’m so glad you were still around this season. P.S. your welcome for not killing you that one weekend! WHIP You’re an amazing person, and I can’t wait to see where things lead YOUR HAIR! ANYTHING FOR SELENASSSS with you. I’m so glad you’re my Sister and Grandma all in one. :) Linaya, Sarah, Natalya, Sammie, Juan, Cesar, Rachel, Jordan, Arielle: i love you soooo much.... and seriously meeting you in and Mclovin(micheal): yall are some of the coolest ppl i know! marching band has only made my life that much better. i cant exim sooo happy that you guys are in my class and that i will be press how much you mean to me.. and that i wish you the best peraround you guys for a while.. and that we will still have fun like formance tonight.. and that i love you!!! more than you know!!!! we we always do! ahah! im sooooo excited for tonight! KODAK have had some interesting times this season! lol Cheese Balls+Mall MOMENT!!!! i love yall!! and i wish you the best tonight! trips+Saw+Guy on Motorcycle without helmet=HILARIOUS/ GOOD SKILL!! and ill see you out there on the field! WORTH IT! hahaha! GOOD SKILL! and kick butt! DaJuan
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Everyone in the Pride, Thank you for being who you are and allowing me to hang with you for four years. I can’t imagine my life without you. Love, Kim Reed -Kristi Howard, you are the ROCK. enough said. <3 noonan Joe Pachini: OMG!! NOOO!!!!!! please dont leave! good skill tonight... and i will miss hearing your voice at rehearsals and stuff!!! your just awesome!!! DaJuan
Duey and Ellie, Blue Moon Ready Go -Mo Lindsey, Aj, Julie, and Bill: OH WOW!! HOW MUCH I FREAKING LOVE YOU GUYS!! HAHAH! YOU GUYS ARE JUST AWESOME... honestly.. i never knew wat a marching band T.A was until i got here... and now i do.. and let me tell you.. you guys are awesome at what you do! thankx for just always pushing us to be better. and thankx for always just being there for me.. and everything, you guys are definitely a huge part in making our program successful. and i want you to know i appreciate you all! and that you all are awesome!! Hope to see ya next year!!!! GOOD SKILL!! DaJuan
Color Theory
by Monique Murietta
Oregon-Green and Yellow: Green=growth and prosperity, yellow=all the f---in flags the refs throw against us. Plus we were playing, you know the #1 team. But I fell into a turkey coma in the middle of the game, so you can blame me again. ASU-ASU Maroon and ASU Gold: Why do schools do that? I don’t have paint tubes marked ASU Maroon/Gold. Then again, I generally don’t want people to puke on my paintings...Maroon is a weird type of red. It’s almost a brown. Not very captivating. And Ron Weasley hates maroon. Come on. Pairing it with gold? That’s too too close on the wheel! I’m pretty sure all the other schools we’ve faced knew about the importance of CONTRAST. Even when I did a portrait of a guy breathing fire, I made sure the background was filled with dark blues, purples and greens to act against all the crazy red/orange/yellow shz happening on the figure. With ASU it’s like oh let me jump into this lava pit, but first I’ll ignite myself to prepare. You need balance. OMG JUST LIKE IN MUSIC! Football too, I’d imagine. But anyway it’s become second nature for me to pick opposing colors to keep things interesting, but apparently nobody thought of that up in Tempe-oh wait! Nobody THINKS there. That explains it.
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