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"title": "Chad Ochocinco ‘loves the 5th quarter’ HBCU battle of the bands"
"description": "Former NFL players turned media personalities Shannon Sharpe and Chad ‘Ochocinco” Johnson have rapidly gained a tremendous online following backed by their popular Nightcap YouTube show. With no strict format, the show routinely goes anywhere — sometimes off the rails — from pro sports and relationships to old war gridiron war stories and back to […]"
"date": "2024-01-18"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "HBCU Sports"
"url": "https://hbcusports.com/2024/01/18/chad-ochocinco-loves-the-5th-quarter-hbcu-battle-of-the-bands/"
"categories":
  - "Bands"
"tags":
  - "Alcorn State"
  - "Florida A&M"
  - "Southern"
---

# Chad Ochocinco ‘loves the 5th quarter’ HBCU battle of the bands

Former NFL players turned media personalities Shannon Sharpe and Chad ‘Ochocinco” Johnson have rapidly gained a tremendous online following backed by their popular Nightcap YouTube show. With no strict format, the show routinely goes anywhere — sometimes off the rails — from pro sports and relationships to old war gridiron war stories and back to sports. Most recently, Johnson went on a rift about how much he enjoys a tradition unlike any other: HBCU band battles that occur during and after the game.

> We knew you loved us [@ochocinco](https://twitter.com/ochocinco?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 😂 [@ShannonSharpe](https://twitter.com/ShannonSharpe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) take [@NightcapShow\_](https://twitter.com/NightcapShow_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on the road and come do it in our Band Hall! [\#HumanJukebox](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HumanJukebox?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#NightCap](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NightCap?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#SouthernIsTheBestBand](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SouthernIsTheBestBand?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/69iSoPRPaO](https://t.co/69iSoPRPaO)
>
> — Southern University Human Jukebox (@SU\_HumanJukebox) [January 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/SU_HumanJukebox/status/1747726249986859280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Johnson, who now is an ambassador for Florida A&M, said that the best 5th quarter performance he witnessed was a 2014 postgame battle between the Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite Band of Alcorn State and the Southern Human Jukebox. “Unbelievable,” he said … “That is one of the best 5th quarters I’ve ever seen.” Here is the performance.

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