By Ryan Young, Yahoo Sports | No. 3 Alabama will host No. 11 Texas in Tuscaloosa on Saturday night. Alabama is getting its revenge. After Texas offered to put the Crimson Tide’s band in the upper deck of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for their matchup last season, Alabama is returning the favor.
Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne confirmed this week that the school is placing all 5,000 visitor seats and the Longhorns band in the upper deck of Bryant-Denny Stadium for Saturday’s matchup between No. 3 Alabama and No. 11 Texas in Tuscaloosa.
“We are able to reciprocate a similar seating arrangement to what we had last year in Austin,” Byrne told The Tuscaloosa News.
Alabama was going to send its band to last year’s matchup in Austin, which the Crimson Tide won 20-19 thanks to a game-winning drive that set up a 33-yard field goal. Yet after learning that Texas planned to seat the band in the upper deck of the stadium, Alabama decided to leave the band at home.
So to return the favor, Byrne found a section up high for the smaller version of the Longhorns band that will be attending Saturday’s game.
The SEC requires that schools provide at least 2,000 visitor tickets in the lower level of the stadium for conference games. The Big 12 requires a minimum of 2,500 tickets for visiting conference teams, though it doesn’t matter where those seats are.
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Read the full story here – kind of a bummer, IMO – talk about middle-school shenanigans:
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/alabama-to-seat-texas-band-fans-in-upper-deck-of-bryant-denny-stadium-in-act-of-revenge-000551618.html
The Longhorn Band is a year-round program offered as a course by the Butler School of Music at The University of Texas. Registration in this course is open to any student of the various academic disciplines provided at The University of Texas. Activities begin in August with Band Week and continue until University graduations in late May.
Throughout the fall, the Longhorn Band performs at all University of Texas football games with a smaller segment of the band that travels with the team for out-of-state games. Additional performances include bowl games, pep rallies, parades, and a special halftime show with the Longhorn Alumni Band. The Longhorn Band makes guest appearances at many campus and community events that spotlight the popularity of the band.
Photo: Texas Longhorns band member | https://sites.utexas.edu/longhornband/
Alabama to Seat Texas Band in Upper Deck of Stadium in Act of Revenge
