Kansas State's band apologized for its hilariously phallic halftime show formation

Kansas State band
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The Kansas State Wildcats may have won their season opener against South Dakota on Saturday night, but that's not what anyone's talking about. At a Star Trek-themed halftime show, the marching band made an, um, interesting attempt at forming the iconic Starship Enterprise, meant to take down a rival University of Kansas Jayhawk.

The end result looked decidedly like an oversized penis.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.