If you’re someone who watches the Super Bowl for the commercials, loses friends over the Marvel vs. DC debate, and saw High School Musical On Ice during sophomore year eighth grade, swing by the Meehan Ice Rink after the men’s hockey game for the Brown Band’s Superhero Ice Show.

Like, right now.

It’s everything you know and love about the band — scrambling, suggestive formations and tubas — but ON ICE! Why? Because everything is better on ice: from Disney movies to scotch.

If you miss it, there’s another ice show February 17 (the same night as IvyQ, making that weekend the biggest rainbow snow cone ever), but you’re still a horrible person without school spirit.

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Jonathan Bateman / Herald file photo

The day has finally arrived — the day when a significant portion of Brown students will pretend to care passionately about football.

This evening Brown takes on Harvard in the first night game in Brown Stadium history.

Preparation is key. Many groups, including Brown nation and the frats, will be providing refreshments in the fields and parking lots around the OMAC, starting as early as 2:30. Take a minute to review the lyrics to “Ever True to Brown,” the fight song.

And most importantly of all, look for BlogDailyHerald’s exclusive live coverage of the game this evening.

Brown’s football team has placed third in a poll of reporters who frequently cover Ivy League football meant to predict the standings for this fall season. Brown received no first place votes.

Harvard is predicted to win the championship, followed in the rankings by defending champion UPenn.

Harvard’s coach is ready to take the championship again. Are we gonna let them sail to victory (or tie) again?!?

A lot of Brown students may not care a lot about sports, but we can’t share victory with Harvard (or Penn, for that matter)!

Go Bears! or something…

I feel I must respond to Kevin A. Seaman’s comment on our post about match-ups and the football team.

First of all, don’t knock the blog. We led our first post with a possibly ill-considered joke, and suddenly we show “a lack of appreciation for the commitment of Brown’s student-athletes”? No one is more aware than us how good our sports teams often are. You’re going to be in trouble if you can’t handle a little sarcasm, because snarkiness is pretty much my only rhetorical tool.

More importantly, Mr. Seaman raises the age-old argument that “what is needed is more support from the student body at its athetic [sic] events; school spirit needs to be elevated.”

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