In a matter of weeks the University of Wisconsin football team will head to San Diego for the Holiday Bowl, but part of the UW Band won’t be along for the trip for the first time in Badger bowl game history.
Band Director Mike Leckrone announced Tuesday that all freshmen in the band will not be going on the trip because of budget issues. He was told by university officials he could only send about 200 members on the trip, so about 85 students and a handful of staff have been cut from the trip.