The Ohio State University Marching Band (OSUMB) is a university marching band named for and a part of The Ohio State University. The band nicknamed The Best Damn Band in the Land (TBDBITL) (pronounced /təˈbɪtəl/),[1] performs at football games and other events during the fall semester. It is one of the few collegiate all-brass and percussion bands in the country, and sometimes deemed the largest of its type in the world.