In light of recent revelations of bad behavior on the part of Wisconsin's marching band, including (but not limited to) seminude dancing and head shaving, we would like to propose the following:
The Weird World of Sports First Annual Battle of the Badly Behaving Bands.
Stanford and Wisconsin, mano y mano, for all the band geek marbles.
While the Badgers band may have to have its separate bus for games to protect cheerleaders from harassment, the Cardinal's latest in a long list of suspensions came as a result of vandalizing its own "Band Shak."
So far, it appears we have to give the off-the-field edge to Wisconsin (allegedly forcing female band members to kiss before allowing them to use the bus bathroom puts them over the top in this category).
But as far as on-field indiscretions go, Stanford's band will be tough to beat, considering they've done routines that have mocked Catholicism (Notre Dame), Mormonism (BYU) and O.J. (USC).
So if we've got to pick a favorite, we're going to have to go to the ultimate tiebreaker -- the mascot.
Sorry, Bucky. But we're going with the Tree.