SWAC Week 1 Band Rankings

The season has officially started and the bands are back in full effect. This is the early rankings of the best of the best of the SWAC after the first week. This is based off Overall Sound, Song Selection, Arrangements, Power, Swag, Presentation, Stands, Halftime, and 5th quarter.

1. Jackson State (Nice Sound. Good Drill. Overblowing. Update book.)

2. Alabama State ( Powerful. Good Stands. Smaller. Halftimes needs improving. Expand book.)

3. Southern (Powerful. Nice Swag. New song arrangements are horrible)

4. Texas Southern ( Nice Sound. Looks high school. Too much low brass for size)

5. Alcorn ( Much improved. Song Selection needs improvement.)

6. Arkansas Pine Bluff (Decent sound. no swag. Stay away from rap tunes. )

7. Alabama A&M ( Hanging in there. Rebuilding. Headed in right direction.)

8. Grambling ( Loud. Got Swag. Sloppy)

9. Mississippi Valley State ( Improved sound. No longer at the bottom. Uniforms a mess.)

10. Prairie View ( Sound ok. Small as hell. Middle Schoolish. seen better days)

The season has officially started and the bands are back in full effect. This is the early rankings of the best of the best of the SWAC after the fi…

personally I like a smaller Bama State they tend to sound a lot better like 2010.

The One said:

Actually we (Bama State) are ALOT smaller this year... Approximately 100 members lighter from about 320 to about 220... Tubas are improving and the overall sound quality will continue to improve.

Mr.Man said:
1. JACKSON STATE ( GREAT SOUND )

2. ALABAMA STATE (POWERFUL, GREAT SOUND, NOT SMALLER ABOUT THE SAME SIZE = STILL THE LARGEST IN THE SWAC, GLAD THE THE TUBAS SOUNDING LIKE THE SILVER BULLETS AGAIN)

3 SOUTHERN (GREAT SOUND)

4 TXSU LOOKS GOOD

5 ALCORN LOOKING GOOD SOUNDING LIKE JSU 2010

6 PINE BLUFF BORING BUT ITS ONLY WEEK ONE

7 AAMU MAGIC CITY CLASSIC 2012 REPEAT

8 GRAMBLING THEY GRAMBLING WHAT CAN I SAY, THEY GOT THEIR OWN STYLE

9 MVSU YALL ON THE RISE

10 PVU ???

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ChrisGSU September 2, 2013 at 9:50am

Were you at the Grambling game. Cause I was. And they are not loud. They sound good on some songs. But definitely not loud. They can be of the directors turn em loose tho. Trumpets will be the issue this year. They played wrong notes all night. Halftime was cool but the dance steps were sloppy. I like the Fyne China arrangement but because they were dancing it wasnt clean enough. I love the numbers tho. We got a lot of trombones and baritones and mellos are nice. We lacking trumpets. And the 23 or 24 tubas are on point. If we clean up a few things it will be a great year. We need the band directors to turn em loose. I like the raps tunes they are playing now to get the crowd hype.
Jay Anderson September 2, 2013 at 9:56am

Its week 1, so there will be some missteps..by mid season, they'll be fine.
MusicIsMyLife September 2, 2013 at 10:22am

Well your #1 & #2 will square off this weekend... Always a very entertaining match up! I thought I was the only one not really feeling SU's new tunes...
MusicIsMyLife September 2, 2013 at 10:25am

By the way, based off the one clip I've seen of AAMU; they sound great!!!
Jay Anderson September 2, 2013 at 10:34am

Jackson state vs. Bama state should be the band matchup of the weekend. JSU took a convincing lost last yeat in Montgomery, but they have rebounded this year and are in Jackson so game on. They'll both bring their A game. AAMU got a new director. I hear they will be beasting this year.
Mr.Man September 2, 2013 at 10:41am

1. JACKSON STATE ( GREAT SOUND )

2. ALABAMA STATE (POWERFUL, GREAT SOUND, NOT SMALLER ABOUT THE SAME SIZE = STILL THE LARGEST IN THE SWAC, GLAD THE THE TUBAS SOUNDING LIKE THE SILVER BULLETS AGAIN)

3 SOUTHERN (GREAT SOUND)

4 TXSU LOOKS GOOD

5 ALCORN LOOKING GOOD SOUNDING LIKE JSU 2010

6 PINE BLUFF BORING BUT ITS ONLY WEEK ONE

7 AAMU MAGIC CITY CLASSIC 2012 REPEAT

8 GRAMBLING THEY GRAMBLING WHAT CAN I SAY, THEY GOT THEIR OWN STYLE

9 MVSU YALL ON THE RISE

10 PVU ???
MusicIsMyLife September 2, 2013 at 10:53am

Actually we (Bama State) are ALOT smaller this year... Approximately 100 members lighter from about 320 to about 220... Tubas are improving and the overall sound quality will continue to improve.

Mr.Man said:
1. JACKSON STATE ( GREAT SOUND )

2. ALABAMA STATE (POWERFUL, GREAT SOUND, NOT SMALLER ABOUT THE SAME SIZE = STILL THE LARGEST IN THE SWAC, GLAD THE THE TUBAS SOUNDING LIKE THE SILVER BULLETS AGAIN)

3 SOUTHERN (GREAT SOUND)

4 TXSU LOOKS GOOD

5 ALCORN LOOKING GOOD SOUNDING LIKE JSU 2010

6 PINE BLUFF BORING BUT ITS ONLY WEEK ONE

7 AAMU MAGIC CITY CLASSIC 2012 REPEAT

8 GRAMBLING THEY GRAMBLING WHAT CAN I SAY, THEY GOT THEIR OWN STYLE

9 MVSU YALL ON THE RISE

10 PVU ???

SWAC Week 1 Band Rankings

The season has officially started and the bands are back in full effect. This is the early rankings of the best of the best of the SWAC after the fi…
Jerrion joy September 2, 2013 at 10:53am

Yes they are sounding like the old silver bullets

Mr.Man said:
1. JACKSON STATE ( GREAT SOUND )

2. ALABAMA STATE (POWERFUL, GREAT SOUND, NOT SMALLER ABOUT THE SAME SIZE = STILL THE LARGEST IN THE SWAC, GLAD THE THE TUBAS SOUNDING LIKE THE SILVER BULLETS AGAIN)

3 SOUTHERN (GREAT SOUND)

4 TXSU LOOKS GOOD

5 ALCORN LOOKING GOOD SOUNDING LIKE JSU 2010

6 PINE BLUFF BORING BUT ITS ONLY WEEK ONE

7 AAMU MAGIC CITY CLASSIC 2012 REPEAT

8 GRAMBLING THEY GRAMBLING WHAT CAN I SAY, THEY GOT THEIR OWN STYLE

9 MVSU YALL ON THE RISE

10 PVU ???

SWAC Week 1 Band Rankings

The season has officially started and the bands are back in full effect. This is the early rankings of the best of the best of the SWAC after the fi…
Fabe404 September 2, 2013 at 11:39am

personally I like a smaller Bama State they tend to sound a lot better like 2010.

The One said:

Actually we (Bama State) are ALOT smaller this year... Approximately 100 members lighter from about 320 to about 220... Tubas are improving and the overall sound quality will continue to improve.

Mr.Man said:
1. JACKSON STATE ( GREAT SOUND )

2. ALABAMA STATE (POWERFUL, GREAT SOUND, NOT SMALLER ABOUT THE SAME SIZE = STILL THE LARGEST IN THE SWAC, GLAD THE THE TUBAS SOUNDING LIKE THE SILVER BULLETS AGAIN)

3 SOUTHERN (GREAT SOUND)

4 TXSU LOOKS GOOD

5 ALCORN LOOKING GOOD SOUNDING LIKE JSU 2010

6 PINE BLUFF BORING BUT ITS ONLY WEEK ONE

7 AAMU MAGIC CITY CLASSIC 2012 REPEAT

8 GRAMBLING THEY GRAMBLING WHAT CAN I SAY, THEY GOT THEIR OWN STYLE

9 MVSU YALL ON THE RISE

10 PVU ???

SWAC Week 1 Band Rankings

The season has officially started and the bands are back in full effect. This is the early rankings of the best of the best of the SWAC after the fi…
Fabe404 September 2, 2013 at 11:41am

I will say this as much as I hate Blurried Lines when a band plays it no matter who plays it so far TXSU has the best arrangement of it . Just something about the song when I hear it! Just doesn't translate over to a good band song

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