I've been listening to college hockey pep bands for almost 30 years, and as much as I enjoy the Wisconsin band (my alma mater!), the smoothness of the MSU band, the wackiness of the Yale band and the sheer power of the Michigan band (Yost Arena acoustics help), they all pale compared to the Michigan Tech pep band. I think that's because Tech's band doesn't come from a formal music program. Instead of trying to make nice music, they make pretty nice music and and lots of game-related noise. They get into it and can make a difference. As far as playing during the power play (the NCAA rule against pep bands playing during play resulted, I believe, from the Tech band playing nearly throughout the entire NCAA championship game against Denver in Boston in the mid-'70s; it didn't help; Denver won, 4-2) reminds me of the USC band during football games.