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Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
On a similar situation (and one that I witnessed personally), the University of Oklahoma learned that the hard way in the 1985 Orange Bowl against the University of Washington... they score a touchdown but the famous Sooner Schooner went out on the field a little too soon - cost' em the touchdown, and fifteen yards. And they wound up losing the game, anyway. (That was the year BYU won the national championship in a minor 'toilet bowl' game 'cause all the top bowl contenders lost.)
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Which, of course, caused a huge controversary. My take is that BYU, with an undefeated record, deserved the championship. I'm sure you would disagree.
Another marching band situation I've experienced twice is that if the marching band doesn't finish it's performance by the time the halftime clock runs out, the home team is penalized for delay of game on the opening kickoff of the second half.
It happened a couple years ago at Ohio University Homecoming when the Athletic Department tried to cram too many promotional things in halftime before the band show, which included the last number with a huge alumni band.
I gotta tell you, that with the following the band has at Ohio, the officials took their lives in their own hands by throwing that flag.
The other amazing thing is that the O.U. head coach took it exceptionally well, and the Athletic Department actually apologized to the band.