t-bones

2003 tbones, originally uploaded by johnniestu.

An archive photo of the 2003 trombone section of "The Greatest Band in the Land" at the Sugar Bowl. Hopes of a championship ran high amongst people in this photo (myself included), but only hours after this photo was captured, we fell prey to the damned Tigers in what was basically a home game for them.

You'll notice that we are all bare-footed in the photo. The anal Sugar Bowl honchos thought we would tear up the field if we rehearsed with shoes on. So, 320 people marched about bare-footed or in socks on the field where 300 pound men wearing cleats later rooted, ripped and otherwise abused the delicate turf. Makes about as much sense as the BCS.

Kind of weird to think about what all happened in the Superdome as of recently. It might never look like it does in this picture again.