ISU press conference about band situation

I assume JP ends with this?
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Randy Pete needs to take note of the great question CW just asked about if ISU band will be going to Iowa City next year.
 
Its comical how Pollard is just blaming the victims here. Iowa not leaving the right exit doesn't condone the actions of the Cyclone fans.

Actually what's comical, and also sad, is that there have been ZERO people that have come forward to officially file an incident. ZERO. None. Nada. Why? They could absolutely do so anonymously.
 
Watching both the police officer and pollard speaking, it sounds like the TOE band was completely obnoxious ( captain obvious) because :
1.) They were told to use the northeast exit because there were over a thousand fans slowly exiting, shoulder to shoulder, at the narrow northwest exit where the construction is. The northeast exit was not crowded.
2.) The band decided to use the northwest exit anyway despite the conditions of #1 above.
3.) The band was marching in formation and PLAYING their fight song into the crowd; moving faster than the people exiting. The were moving right into the backs of people trying to leave.

#3 is what get me. Extremely RUDE of the opposing team to continue to march and play through a crowd that obviously cannot move out of the way at that location! Doing that alone was a recipe for disaster. This whole thing is a **** show by Iowa.
I was trying to leave the west gate as this was happening, and this description is 100% accurate.
 

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