(07-06-2022 01:17 PM)Ourland Wrote:  The MOB should enter the stadium through the southwest gate and then onto the field from behind the home fans on the west side on the 50-yard line. I think its arrival would get much more of a reaction if it walked through the fans. The cheer squad and dance team could follow them if they want?

Remember that the band hall is just off the outside of the stadium tunnel, on the south end.
The MOB does perform at the Tailgate Owley, and wanders as far as the alumni tents and ticket booths at Gate 3.
Then we head to the tunnel to enter the stadium.

We have something of a tradition of using the tunnel as an echo-chamber to play the intro of "Toccata and Fugue in D minor".

I agree that breaking the fourth wall would be entertaining, and I have suggested that we perform in other parts of the stadium for decades.

When you say "enter the stadium", at what time do you mean?
Our entrance is usually about 40-45 minutes before game time.
There just aren't a lot of people in the stadium then.
(Anticipating the snide comments that there aren't many later, either, I'll just say that the stadium is close to deserted before pre-game.)

If you mean at halftime, an entrance from well off the field eats into the 6 minutes we are typically allotted.
These aren't the halcyon years when we had a relatively luxurious 8 minutes for a show.