Celebration Bowl Officially Announced (HBCU GAME)

[GAD_SU]

so lets pay millions of dollars to 2 conferences that don't really play at the highest level of the FCS to cater to a demographic, yet, ESPN won't even promote the FCS championship game that they are televising. Screwed up

What level you play at doesn't matter if its a game no one wants to see anyway

[dal4018]

so lets pay millions of dollars to 2 conferences that don't really play at the highest level of the FCS to cater to a demographic, yet, ESPN won't even promote the FCS championship game that they are televising. Screwed up

What level you play at doesn't matter if its a game no one wants to see anyway

This is horrible I think the MEAC should retain its AQ status and the loser should play in this game.

[YoUDeeMan]

so lets pay millions of dollars to 2 conferences that don't really play at the highest level of the FCS to cater to a demographic, yet, ESPN won't even promote the FCS championship game that they are televising. Screwed up

Think of the HBCU game as a NASCAR race....lots of slow thinking people of the same color watching something meaningless and generally devoid of talent.

[YoUDeeMan]

What level you play at doesn't matter if its a game no one wants to see anyway

This is horrible I think the MEAC should retain its AQ status and the loser should play in this game.

So you are saying that the MEAC winner will still be a loser in the NCAA playoffs, while the winner of the SWAC and the loser of the MEAC could be a winner in the NAACP playoff.

Congrats.

[kalm]

so lets pay millions of dollars to 2 conferences that don't really play at the highest level of the FCS to cater to a demographic, yet, ESPN won't even promote the FCS championship game that they are televising. Screwed up

Think of the HBCU game as a NASCAR race....lots of slow thinking people of the same color watching something meaningless and generally devoid of talent.

Taking down whitey and the brothas simultaneously!

Strong work here Cluck!

[BDKJMU]

2 HBCUs, game played in Atlanta. Either Popeye's or Church's, both headquartered in Atlanta, could sponsor it. Popeye's just started their sponsorship of the Bahamas bowl, but I don't think Church's currently sponsors one.

[dal4018]

This is horrible I think the MEAC should retain its AQ status and the loser should play in this game.

So you are saying that the MEAC winner will still be a loser in the NCAA playoffs, while the winner of the SWAC and the loser of the MEAC could be a winner in the NAACP playoff.

Congrats.

No way

[YoUDeeMan]

So you are saying that the MEAC winner will still be a loser in the NCAA playoffs, while the winner of the SWAC and the loser of the MEAC could be a winner in the NAACP playoff.

Congrats.

No way

Yes, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, way.

[JohnStOnge]

I heard an interesting discussion on the Carlos Brown radio show in Baton Rouge this morning. That's a radio show that focuses on Southern University and SWAC athletics. Brown and some guy from some HBCU blog, who is also a SWAC guy, spent a segment lamenting how MEAC fans are reacting to the MEAC doing this. The question of the day was whether MEAC fans are going to support this Bowl. Apparently there are indications that a lot of them are not happy about this at all.

Otherwise, I think Carlos probably over estimates the financial benefit of this bowl. I think that at this point it's pretty well established that all but a handful of FBS teams in the most prestigious bowl games lose money when they go to bowl games. It is not normally a money making proposition for the schools involved. I don't know why they think a bowl game like this would be any different. I think you pretty much have to anticipate that it's going to be a money losing proposition for the schools involved. Whether it's more of a money losing proposition than participating in the FCS playoffs are probably depends on FCS playoff circumstances. But I think the idea that it's going to be some kind of financial windfall for the schools involved is very questionable.

[GAD_SU]

so lets pay millions of dollars to 2 conferences that don't really play at the highest level of the FCS to cater to a demographic, yet, ESPN won't even promote the FCS championship game that they are televising. Screwed up

Well you don't have to worry this years game won't be on ESPN...
it will be on ABC
http://www.swac.org//ViewArticle.dbml?D ... =210139688" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[dbackjon]

so lets pay millions of dollars to 2 conferences that don't really play at the highest level of the FCS to cater to a demographic, yet, ESPN won't even promote the FCS championship game that they are televising. Screwed up

Well you don't have to worry this years game won't be on ESPN...
it will be on ABC
http://www.swac.org//ViewArticle.dbml?D ... =210139688" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Good for you guys