NORMAN, Oklahoma - Someone mentioned Florida A&M's famous Marching 100 band, and for a moment Roy Finch forgot.
"Oh, man. Their band? It's one of the best bands in the whole country. You're gonna be on the edge of your seats. They'll be jiggin'," said Finch, the Oklahoma slot/running back from Niceville, Fla. "You're gonna have a good time. It's gonna get ya up."
No, sadly, it's not.
The Marching 100 won't be joining the Rattlers football team at Owen Field on Saturday night. They won't be playing Norman or anywhere else for a while.
The band that has performed at Super Bowls, presidential inaugurations and Grammy Awards has been suspended by Florida A&M University in the aftermath of the death of Robert Champion last November.
Champion was a 26-year-old drum major in the Marching 100 who, according to investigators, died after being beaten during a hazing ritual inside one of the band's buses.
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