At halftime of Baylor-Rice, the Marching Owl Band displayed a "IX" -- as in, Title IX, a reference to BU's sexual assault scandal -- to the visiting section full of Baylor fans. It then turned and formed a star -- as in, disgraced former Baylor president Ken Starr.

Here's a video, with repeated narration about Fozzy the Bear, an adopted band mascot, delivering "unbearable punchlines." The band played "99 Luftbaloons" during its IX segment and "Hit the Road, Jack" for Starr, which included a 1990s-spoofing quote attributed to Starr: "I did not investigate that coach." (He didn't actually say that. That's a reference to Starr's long investigation of President Clinton.)

You can hear grumbling from Baylor fans after that, and also after an old joke of a closing line about "knowledge" starting with an "n" for those who "were educated in Waco."

Sitting on Baylor's side of the field during the first half was former Baylor head coach Art Briles, who was fired amid the university scandal, allegedly with members of his coaching staff interfering in sexual assault investigations.

Rice's MOB is well-known for trolling and pulling stunts and essentially being a parody of a college marching band. If this was meant to be a serious message and not just a prank, the context of the band's own goofy history makes it a really imperfect vehicle.

Baylor fans cheered for Briles tonight. Rice's band made a joke out of Baylor's systemic failure to help sexual assault victims. — Jessica Luther (@scATX) September 17, 2016

Oh hahahahaha choreographed jokes about sexual assault scandals. Get it? What a knee slapper! https://t.co/1VUYq6tZw1 — rebkah howard (@pink_funk) September 17, 2016

Making fun of sexual assault violations is now hilarious. Twitter teaches me something new every day. https://t.co/CUXL6CrFlD — Ashley Holcomb (@ashleyxholcomb) September 17, 2016

The university released a statement: