Kansas State Band Insists They Were Not In Dong Formation

Kansas State officials continue to apologize for anyone they might have offended by Saturday’s Jayhawk-vs-dong marching band formation, while insisting there was “no ill intention.” The Star Trek-themed program purported to show the U.S.S. Enterprise attacking a “horrible space creature,” but to nearly everyone it resembled a penis and testicles attacking the mouth of the Kansas Jayhawks mascot in a program that set everyone’s phasers to stunned.

K-State Marching Band director Frank Tracz published this photo to Facebook showing what the formation was supposed to look like, supposedly:

Instead, it looked like this:

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