bluedog
February 16th, 2011, 07:59 PM
To grow the Atlanta Football Classic, game officials have gone to the roots of black college football.
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The 23rd classic will match Florida A&M and Southern University, one of the oldest and more storied rivalries among historically black colleges and universities. The two schools have signed a two-year agreement and will play Sept. 24 in the Georgia Dome.
The classic, produced by the non-profit 100 Black Men of Atlanta as a fundraiser for a program preparing Atlanta Public Schools students for college, dropped Tennessee State in favor of Southern after a 17-year run with the school. Attendance declined as the Tigers lost 11 of their past 14 classics. FAMU has played in every classic since 1998.
READ (http://www.ajc.com/sports/southern-famu-in-2011-841594.html)
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The 23rd classic will match Florida A&M and Southern University, one of the oldest and more storied rivalries among historically black colleges and universities. The two schools have signed a two-year agreement and will play Sept. 24 in the Georgia Dome.
The classic, produced by the non-profit 100 Black Men of Atlanta as a fundraiser for a program preparing Atlanta Public Schools students for college, dropped Tennessee State in favor of Southern after a 17-year run with the school. Attendance declined as the Tigers lost 11 of their past 14 classics. FAMU has played in every classic since 1998.
READ (http://www.ajc.com/sports/southern-famu-in-2011-841594.html)