Celebration Bowl

[jacket67]

Alcorn State (9-3), who lost to Tech 69-6, will be playing NC A+T in the Celebration Bowl at the Georgia Dome Saturday at noon. Is this a real bowl game? I thought they were an FCS team.

 

[Deke]

I think this is just the universe correcting for the year we lost to MTSU and went to the Sun Bowl at 6-7, while they went 8-4 and got snubbed in bowl selection.

I'm joking...kind of

 

[GT1992]

I think this is a historically black colleges thing.

 

[a5ehren]

It's a post-season game for the champions of the SWAC and MEAC because they do not participate in the NCAA FCS playoff.

 

[johncu]

It's a post-season game for the champions of the SWAC and MEAC because they do not participate in the NCAA FCS playoff.

What? Why not?

 

[FatJacket]

What? Why not?

There is revenue in this bowl for the two conferences and ball. There is no revenue for the FCS playoffs. It's all about the money.

FCS properties that do not participate in the FCS playoffs threaten the FCS playoffs because they need to include that entire division to be real.

 

[ThisIsAtlanta]

What? Why not?

Something like this:

http://hbcusports.com/2014/12/31/meacswac-postseason-agreement-is-the-right-call/

 

[DressCheeseSideSeaboard]

I must be one of the few people who like the FCS playoffs.

 

[GT1992]

I must be one of the few people who like the FCS playoffs.

The Georgia Southern fans didn't like them.

 

[DressCheeseSideSeaboard]

The Georgia Southern fans didn't like them.

Consider the source.