A New Era

The University of Arizona has hired a big name football coach,Rich Rodriguez.It appears that The U of A plans on elevating their program to compete in The Pac-12 Conference.RichRod plans on competing for National Championships.This would be the perfect time to step up the band program. In 1978,when U of A and ASU joined The Pac-10,it was customary for The Arizona Schools to have the home band play halftime and the visitor to play pregame like high school bands do.That is when The Arizona Schools changed their ways to join the ranks of "real" College Football and have both bands play at pregame and halftime. With the arrival of a new coach and a new era of Wildcat Football,it is time to have a "real" College Marching Band.Even in the remote Pullman,Washington,their marching band plays a fresh show at every home game.It is a good thing too,because they just hired a new big time coach who would have been very disappointed after his stay at Texas Tech.RichRod`s last two coaching jobs had two of the best bands in the country,and he`s in for a major disappointment when he sees The Pride of Arizona.It is sad to think that Tucson can`t compete with Lubbock,Texas or Morgantown,West Virginia`s band programs.