The Blue Band hyping up a Penn State football meeting (and especially Marcus Allen) was one of the cooler videos from the Penn State community in August. The band’s viral performance prompted James Franklin himself to return the favor at a Blue Band practice.

CJF showing off lessons learned from the @psublueband on how to best kick off camp meetings! Good luck to all in #PSU Band Camp!

A video posted by Penn State Football (@pennstatefball) on Aug 21, 2015 at 12:11pm PDT

Franklin is an entertainer in many ways, and now drumming is one of them — the man knows how to make any crowd make some noise. And if you don’t remember/didn’t see/just want to see again what this was in response to, check out the Blue Band’s visit to the football team below.  

Squad meeting made even better with the best in the biz. #camPSU A video posted by Penn State Football (@pennstatefball) on Aug 12, 2015 at 5:39pm PDT

(h/t Black Shoe Diaries)

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