Charlie Cardinal and a group from Ball State's marching band joined Jimmy Fallon during his late night show in Indianapolis on Sunday, helping add to the college atmosphere of the night.
They didn't actually play their instruments. And no, they didn't get free tickets to the Super Bowl. But being on stage with The Roots, Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg was good enough. Of course, they grabbed a couple photos with the celebrities afterward.
Their job during the show was just to look like they were having a great time and throw in a few choreographed dance moves with their instruments.
"Trust me, it was amazing," said Jeremiah Boes, a senior music education major.
He said his favorite parts were the opening scene with confetti and pyrotechnics and the ending song where he was within arm's reach of The Roots' drummer, Questlove.
Before the show, Ball State's crew got pumped for their debut. So did Fallon, jumping up and down before running out on stage. During the show, they watched the Super Bowl on TV monitors backstage.
Drew Miller, a senior music education major, said he didn't mind.
"If I had to chose between the Super Bowl and the show, I'd choose the show every time," he said.
He said he was just glad to be on stage with The Roots.
"I've always loved them," Miller said. "It was great making eye contact with them and toward the end, being a few feet away from Flo Rida."
The group of 10 students traveled to Indianapolis around 2 p.m. for rehearsals and to choreograph a couple dance moves. They performed during the opening and closing songs.
Chloe Brattain, a sophomore psychology major, won tickets to the show online. She and three friends waited in line at 8 a.m. to pick them up Sunday. During the afternoon, they joined the throngs of people shuffling through downtown shoulder to shoulder.
Brattain said she became a Fallon fan during his stint on Saturday Night Live, and her favorite part of his show was a skit about celebrities who were trying out to perform during halftime. It was the first live show she had ever seen.
"It was fun to actually see the whole stage and how they transition," she said. "During commercials, they were fixing makeup and pillows, and it was cool to see the people on stage just talking to each other."
She and her friends chirped for Charlie Cardinal when he took the stage Sunday night. The student in costume said he hopes another late night host, a Ball State alum, will invite him on his show this year.
"Now that I've been on Jimmy Fallon, I think it's fair to say that Dave needs to step his game up and invite me onto the Late Show," he said. "We'll see if Dave can't one up the Super Bowl."
Bobby Ellis contributed to this story.
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