[NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16

[Evan Bradley]

Another side note from another NUMBalum:  What's up with the band
playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) on defense? I'm pretty
sure I head it on the radio, and that it was NUMB and not the Illini
band, but correct me if I'm wrong. That's so unoriginal.  Holst was
way cooler (IMO).

On 11/19/06, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> A quick side note on halftime. As a former member of
> the Northwestern University Marching Band (NUMB), the
> final home halftime show is always special for me, as
> I watch the departing seniors honored and appreciate
> and participate in the thankful acknowledgement of the
> crowd for the NUMBers' years of pride and guts in
> supporting our team win or lose. Well, not only was
> NUMB fantastic in bringing back their top-notch George
> Gershwin halftime show, but it was also slyly funny to
> see "Rhapsody in Blue" played at halftime on American
> Airlines Day at Ryan Field. I'm sure the United
> Airlines execs were smiling. Take that corporate
> sponsors! But anyway, Senior Day isn't just a day to
> thank our senior gridiron players for all that they've
> done for NU, but the cheerleaders, mascots, band
> members and everyone else who helps make college
> football a unique and special experience for fans.
>