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Ivy League coach thinks the conference should play HBCUs in a bowl game

Kendrick Marshall by Kendrick Marshall
August 8, 2018
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The 2018 season will mark the fourth year of the Celebration Bowl that features champions of the SWAC and MEAC in the only bowl game involving FCS programs.

But that could change if one Ivy League coach had his way.

It has been well-documented that the Ivy League is the only FCS conference not to participate in postseason play — whether it be the playoffs or bowl game.

In a lengthy SB Nation story examining whether the Ivy League will eventually join the FCS playoffs, Princeton head coach Bob Surace suggested an Ivy League-HBCU bowl matchup.

“Why wouldn’t we work with historically black colleges and play them?” he told SB Nation. “Take a school like Grambling or Howard vs. Princeton or Columbia or whoever. You’re gonna hit a huge number on TV, and you’re gonna sell it out in Atlanta or New Orleans or Washington DC. Why wouldn’t we want to bring more attention?”

One of the selling points of the Celebration Bowl was the national exposure the game would give the participating schools and conferences.

Grambling State head coach Broderick Fobbs, who has twice led the Tigers to the Celebration Bowl, spoke of all the residual recruiting benefits just being in the game.

“Things have picked up tremendously,” Fobbs said about the surge in interest in the program. “We are a lot more welcome at different places than normal. That speaks to the way our team has played on television and our team has played just in general. Our coaches are very well respected because they do an exceptional job of teaching.

“You can’t get any better exposure on our level than this particular football game. The opportunity to play on ABC, the opportunity to be the first bowl game of the season in a huge area, a nice venue, you can’t beat that,” Fobbs said. “At the end of the day, it’s about recruiting, it’s getting students to your campus, it’s about getting exposure.”

Will we one day see Grambling vs. Princeton? Howard vs. Penn? At least one voice in the Ivy League believes it could be a possibility.



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Kendrick Marshall

Kendrick Marshall

Kendrick Marshall is an award-winning journalist and a graduate of Jackson State University.

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Comments 5

  1. G.Wayne Kincaid says:
    5 years ago

    I think it would be good for both conferences.

    Reply
  2. G. Wayne Kincaid says:
    5 years ago

    Sounds like a good idea, worth a try. I think it would be great.

    Reply
  3. Owen says:
    5 years ago

    This would be a good idea if it does not exclude either the MEAC or SWAC.

    I’m not sure how you accomplish that but that should be a requirement. Perhaps the winner of the Celebration Bowl meets the Ivy League Champ…

    The Ivy’s could easily create a Bowl game that invites the winner of the Celebration Bowl…

    Reply
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