The Rice University Marching Owl Band (MOB) celebrated its 50th anniversary during the 2021 Owl Together weekend, as previous members marched alongside the current MOB during its halftime show at the Oct. 30 football game against the University of North Texas.
The "Squid Game"-themed halftime show pitted representatives of all 11 residential colleges against each other in on-field games of musical chairs, pool noodle wars and an obstacle course to find out once and for all which is the superior college. Ironically, Martel College, which has historically been recognized as "not a college," won the MOB's halftime show.