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There's a reason why Fairleigh Dickinson's pep band looked an awful lot like Utah's

There's a reason why Fairleigh Dickinson's pep band looked an awful lot like Utah's

(Steve Griffin, Deseret News)


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The University of Utah made it to the NCAA Tournament, after all.

Well, sorta kinda.

If you thought the Fairleigh Dickinson University pep band looked familiar — and maybe wondered why one of them jokingly yelled trash talk about BYU during a break — there was a good reason.

They didn't play Utah Man and you wouldn't have known from looking at their white FDU shirts, but the Knights' band was actually the Utes' band in disguise.

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