ESPN BOTY Rankings - October - NCAT FAMU JSU VSU FMU SSU Reaction Review | Steven Holiday

[@SUJaguar98]

Steve these rankings are azz. Field shows are subjective. They didn’t mention anything about degree of difficulty ( look at SU vs UAPB from Saturday) or how drum majors are judged (SU only has 1). Your NCAT vs Southern musicality poll is a sample size of over 500 which is a good size and SU is overwhelmingly ahead of NCAT. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 throw the whole thing away. Also alot of schools that we agree need improvement are high up on the list. Look at how far norfolk is and im not a fan of that style but they are better than those rankings.

[@StevenHoliday]

Interesting! These aren't my rankings... it's from the ESPN judges. Do you know who they are? Look it up and let me know if your opinion about the scores are the same.

[@cdaway2024]

​@@StevenHolidayRIGHT YOU DIDN'T MAKE THE LIE BUT YOU'RE DEFINITELY SPREADING IT LIKE IT'S LEGITIMATE. NOW TELL ME ON WHAT PLANET🌏 DOES FAMU WIN BOTY WHILE SKIPPING OUT ON TRAVELING TO AWAY GAMES? MUSICALITY? THEY GOT THE SAME PLAYLIST HARRIET TUBMAN WAS LISTENING TO DURING THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.😏 GTFOH.

[@itsvenises2520]

Y’all some cry babies. I can’t compete can you make the competition something we can win. Oh yeah can you make it a popularity contest.

[@cdaway2024]

@@itsvenises2520 WHO IS YA'LL?🤔 TALK STRAIGHT.😏

[@itsvenises2520]

@@cdaway2024 are you SWAC?

[@AB_1211]

Thank you Steven for what you bring to HBCU band world. Nobody agrees on everything which is why we have several political parties!! Ignore the negativity and keep doing what you do. I personally am proud of ALL HBCU's - we need all the positivity we can get especially as black people in this country. 'They' don't want us to thrive and survive so thank you for shining a light on #HBCU bands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@307kingslide]

Thank you for your attempt at providing clarity about the competition and how the rankings work!! Much appreciated! Glad ESPN is being more transparent, albeit maybe not to everyone’s standard. Nonetheless this year is definitely better than last in terms of communication about the process. Keep up the good work! In my biased opinion, A&T should go back-to-back. That blended style is very entertaining when it comes to field shows… again entertaining FIELD SHOWS because some of y’all gonna still talk about your faves “blowin” as if that’s the end all be all.

[@SUJaguar98]

@@307kingslide in what planet is Norfolk 10 and TxSU 14 in musicality. GRAMBLING 11 !! is damn near tied with Norfolk in musicality.😂😭😂😭. If you have been following band this year, grambling sounds like ass. Bama A&M is ranked third, like how??? !!!. Again, where are the scoring standards and how is difficulty factored in . Is it executing Mary had a little lamb flawalessly or Symphony #5. Also how could you be band of the year if you only have 2 submissions and never played an away game or traveled like famu. It's too much. How do you lose points because your band has one drum major and leads the band instead of dancing and gyrating like the dancers... This whole thing is azz.

[@big_reece8632]

@@SUJaguar98thank you bruh !!! Ima sonic boom fan but I approve this message . 😂 I really think the powers that be want the image of hbcu bands to be a band like NCAT or FAMU who has the court style / drilling / DCI type style instead of what SWAC bands which we know SWAC bands run the hbcu band culture . NCAT is trash and their arrangements are mediocre at best

[@BandMania]

What people fail to realize. Is that ESPN is the sponsor. Of course they don't know anything about HBCU bands. That's why there are judges from HBCU bands. That is judging bands for their weekly fieldshows! I think the judging is fair. And it is really simple to break down. Most people don't like it. Because it is an rubric system. To really tell you how good your "favorite" band really is. And not so much of how "loud" a band is or their "popularity". Again, these are HBCU former band directors, dance coaches, etc that is on this judging panel. So it is all in fairness to every program that is being judged on their performances.

[@sumthin008]

Oh, so the winner gets money to help them improve. Got it!

[@BdCgWgLover313]

I like this competition,it's not what the fans think. I love that it's judged by well known directors. The SWAC tears will dry up. Just because a band is more popular doesn't mean they are the best.

[@big_reece8632]

They are the best because they are popular and sound good . NCAT is trash

[@TroyFields05]

Jsu isn’t participating in the espn and they were already informed about that. Using the name for publicity. Smh

[@SUJaguar98]

You mean Honda? Cause yall got the Rose Parade around that time. Why would jsu not perform the day before the celebration bowl?

[@Kc20243]

they dont need jsu for publicity

[@cdaway2024]

​​@@Kc20243TUH, THE BOOM MIGHT BE THE ONLY POSITIVE PUBLICITY COMING OUT OF JACKSON,MS AT ALL. NO GARBAGE, NO WATER, NO FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY WITH THE LOCAL BUDGET, CORRUPTION EVERYWHERE IN THEIR CITY. GOVERNMENT IS WORSE THAN DOLTON,ILLINOIS & TIFFANY HENYARD. BOOM TRAVELING MIGHT ONLY BRING LIGHT TO AMERICA ABOUT THE POLITICAL HELLHOLE THEY'RE FROM CALLED JACKSON,MS. THE CITY WITHOUT A SOUL.😏 IE. ALSO THE CITY THAN RAN, SWEETNESS, OPRAH, & PRIMETIME AWAY BECAUSE OF CORRUPT LEADERSHIP & FINANCIAL FRAUD.

[@Kc20243]

@cdaway2024 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you ain't holding back huh 🤣🤣🤣

[@cdaway2024]

@@Kc20243 NOT ONE BIT..😏

[@HnA408]

This whole thing is giving NCAA football coaches poll. There’s no way these judges are watching all of these schools. Most of these schools don’t even have much footage out there other than the big schools.

[@CalvinBartlett-j9t]

FortValley should be in the rankings for D2

[@tkd121984]

ESPN giving out false hope 😂 These rankings can’t be serious

[@cdaway2024]

RIGHT, AND THIS HBCU DON LEMON WANNA BE KNOWS THIS LIST IS FAKENEWS TOO. YET HE PROMOTES IT.😏

[@georgefoster1075]

If the Jackson State University Sonic Boom Of The South is not one of the 4 bands participating December 13th, the attendance will be down 60 to 70% from last year.

[@itsvenises2520]

The attendance was horrible last year even with JSU.

[@AB_1211]

@@itsvenises2520 right! some ppl so negative

[@SonicBoomC98]

ESPN doesn't know what they're doing, so it won't matter

[@anthonyantoniohughes1184]

@@itsvenises2520 LOL yup and that's because of marketing, I didn't even know that this was such a thing until I watched my alma mater beat Howard last year and it was mentioned so I went to KZbin and found some footage, I contacted my friends from FAMU and they never heard of it until then, I hope they have a good turn out and the PR person put their experience and expertise to use.

[@big_reece8632]

@@itsvenises2520 but jsu had the most attendance

[@big_reece8632]

This ish is a joke . We don’t need them to tell us (fans ) who the best band or bands are . The fans control that narrative not ESPN . We don’t need validation from no freaking committee 😂😂

[@Mack40-g4w]

Well also, let the fans give 100k or more to the best bands!