HBCU football headed to the Midwest this weekend.
Usually the Chicago Classic and the Circle City Classic are two weeks apart but this year they're on the same day for the first time in history. The Circle City Classic was once the largest HBCU Classic in the Midwest until 2014 where promoters signed a four year contract to have D2 Kentucky State and Central State playing in the ball game instead of the usual FCS HBCUs. Attendance dropped from 50,000 down to 31,000 during that time. Now this year the Circle City Classic will feature Howard and Bethune-Cookman in a MEAC conference matchup and early ticket sales are significantly up from the previous 4 seasons.
The Chicago Classic tried to get a premier HBCU match up with FCS schools but was unable to so their matchup will feature two D2 HBCUs from the SIAC Conference Miles College and Morehouse. Miles and Morehouse are two of the attendance leaders in D2 football so the promoters at the Chicago Classic hope that the attendance doesn't take a drop without the larger FCS HBCUs involved.
Re: HBCU football headed to the Midwest this weekend.
Are there any HBCU games that aren't "Classic?"
Re: HBCU football headed to the Midwest this weekend.
I thought you meant Hampton at UNI. Glad to see a new team in the Dome.
Re: HBCU football headed to the Midwest this weekend.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
PantherRob82
I thought you meant Hampton at UNI. Glad to see a new team in the Dome.
If this game had been at 7 PM instead of 4 PM I would have come down from Winona after the MSU game.
Re: HBCU football headed to the Midwest this weekend.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
PantherRob82
I thought you meant Hampton at UNI. Glad to see a new team in the Dome.
Crazy part is that Hampton was originally supposed to play in Chicago against Tennessee State but Hampton wanted more home games against HBCU squads at home after the whole MEAC divorce fiasco took place so they pulled out of negotiations for the game.
Re: HBCU football headed to the Midwest this weekend.
A check at Ticketmaster indicates thousands of available tickets for the Chicago game. Maybe an 0-3 record doesn't matter in "classic" football, but Miles (enrollment: 1,823) isn't the draw that Grambling or FAMU would be.
Re: HBCU football headed to the Midwest this weekend.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
DFW HOYA
A check at Ticketmaster indicates thousands of available tickets for the Chicago game. Maybe an 0-3 record doesn't matter in "classic" football, but Miles (enrollment: 1,823) isn't the draw that Grambling or FAMU would be.
Believe it or not Grambling isn't as big of a draw as you would think they would be. Grambling played in the Chicago Classic last year and the game drew under 20,000 which was the smallest crowd in the history of the game. Grambling doesn't have a great traveling fan base outside of traveling to Alcorn, Jackson State, Dallas for the State Fair Classic, and New Orleans for The Bayou Classic.
Re: HBCU football headed to the Midwest this weekend.
One just came to the Midwest and gave up 90 points, so that’s good.
Re: HBCU football headed to the Midwest this weekend.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
JacksFan40
One just came to the Midwest and gave up 90 points, so that’s good.
You beat a team who's been in the dungeon of the conference for the last 5 years and who gave a D2 school their lone win a year ago. Congratulations you beat a team that in the last 4 seasons has 3 D2 losses, an NAIA loss, a 8-35 record overall and 5-29 Conference record over that time. This team was beat at home by Mississippi Valley State a year ago 41-7 but congratulations! Not sure what UAPB has to do with the topic at all.
Re: HBCU football headed to the Midwest this weekend.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
ASU33
You beat a team who's been in the dungeon of the conference for the last 5 years and who gave a D2 school their lone win a year ago. Congratulations you beat a team that in the last 4 seasons has 3 D2 losses, an NAIA loss, a 8-35 record overall and 5-29 Conference record over that time. This team was beat at home by Mississippi Valley State a year ago 41-7 but congratulations! Not sure what UAPB has to do with the topic at all.
Absolutely nothing. To add, their 3rd string qb played and they left 5 of their starting DBs at home. Do the math.