https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyWlbJdVmrI
Jarrett Hoffman of HBCU Sports offers what could be a game-changing solution that could address the perceived competitive disadvantage the MEAC conference re

https://hbcusports.com/2024/06/06/heres-how-the-celebration-bowl-date-change-will-impact-the-swac-football-champion/
The shift in when the Celebration Bowl is played will impact the SWAC champion. The conference championship game is scheduled for Dec. 7. That means the winner will have no break between that game and the Celebration Bowl. The lack of rest between games has long been considered a disadvantage for the SWAC by league stakeholders despite Florida

https://hbcugameday.com/2024/06/06/celebration-bowl-gets-new-date-for-2024/
The Celebration Bowl has moved from the third to second Saturday in December, and will now be played on Dec. 14 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It will continue to be aired live on ABC. "The decision to move the Cricket Celebration Bowl to the second Saturday in December is truly a game-changer, said John T. Grant, Executive Director.

https://hbcugameday.com/2024/06/11/hbcu-insider-why-the-celebration-bowl-had-to-change-dates/
The Celebration Bowl is OUR game. I've been to the NCAA playoff games several times and two Celebration Bowls…there is no contest. The Celebration Bowl is an uplifting of our culture, while my last experience in 2022 in the NCAA playoffs in Louisiana was one of my worst-ever experiences at a sporting event, that was coupled with racist attacks.

https://hbcusports.com/2024/06/12/swac-says-celebration-bowl-date-change-presents-challenges-for-conference/
Amid ESPN moving the Cricket Celebration Bowl up a week to avoid conflict with the new 12-team Football Bowl Series Playoffs, the Southwestern Athletic Conference released a statement Wednesday addressing potential issues that could arise.. At the crux of it is the SWAC championship game that will now be played just a week before the Celebration Bowl.

https://hbcugameday.com/2024/06/12/espn-moving-celebration-bowl-adds-challenge-swac-says/
By Steven J. Gaither. Posted on June 12, 2024. ESPN announced last week it was moving up the Celebration Bowl, the de facto HBCU championship game between MEAC and SWAC. The move, propelled by the expanded College Football Playoff field, means the game will now take place on Dec. 14. That is one week after the SWAC plays its championship game.

https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/football/fcs/florida-am-wins-2023-celebration-bowl-rallies-defeat-howard
Florida A&M won the 2023 Celebration Bowl 30-26. The Rattlers are just the second SWAC school to win the Celebration Bowl. After trailing for the first three quarters, Florida A&M rallied behind

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2023-12-02/2023-celebration-bowl-date-time-location-tv-channel-history
The 2023 Celebration Bowl is on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. It will feature the conference champion from the MEAC and the SWAC. The title game will air at 12 p.m. ET on ABC.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5130006/2023/12/14/celebration-bowl-hbcu-football-espn/
Initially, it was the only game in the noon-to-3 p.m. ET window, but last year the Wasabi Fenway Bowl started an hour before kickoff and the Indianapolis Colts-Minnesota Vikings NFL game started

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2021-12-15/celebration-bowl-preview-jackson-state-vs-south-carolina-state
The 2021 Celebration Bowl is almost here. The HBCU football game has sold out days in advance and excitement is as high as it has ever been for the latest edition. Before the action on the field

https://www.thecelebrationbowl.com/
June 18, 2024. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-. The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2024 SWAC Football schedule on ESPN highlighted by several h... June 12, 2024. SAN ANTONIO - Today, Bowl Season announced the complete 2024-25 college football bowl schedule, which includes 44 games. Most ... June 6, 2024. ESPN's unparalleled commitment to

https://hbcusports.com/2023/12/12/2023-celebration-bowl-tale-of-the-tape-about-the-biggest-hbcu-game-of-the-year/
Best win: The Bison shellacked defending MEAC champion North Carolina Central 50-20 in a game that knocked the Eagles, the preeminent favorite to win the MEAC, off what seemed to be a clear path to the conference title and a ticket to the Celebration Bowl.The Bison defense held the no.1 ranked scoring offense in the MEAC to just 20 points and just 198 yards of total.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration_Bowl
The Celebration Bowl is a postseason college football bowl game, first played in the 2015 season, contested between the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)—the two prominent conferences of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in NCAA Division I.It serves as the de facto national championship of black college

https://www.yardbarker.com/general_sports/articles/the_swac_responds_to_date_change_for_the_celebration_bowl/s1_17125_40487111
THe SWAC addressed one of the biggest pushbacks to the date change: the lack of rest time for the SWAC Champion as the SWAC Championship will now be held the weekend before the Celebration Bowl.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hbcusports_is-this-the-game-changing-fix-for-the-celebration-activity-7208154245483618304-212_
Join the entire HBCU Sports team as they continue discussing ESPN's decision to move the Celebration Bowl. Join us live at 10:00 a.m. CT (11 a.m. (ET).

https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/football/fcs/celebration-bowl-score-south-carolina-state-upsets-jackson-state-31-10
South Carolina State landed the upset of the HBCU football season, shocking Jackson State 31-10 to win the Celebration Bowl. While Jackson State jumped out an early 7-0 lead, South Carolina State

https://www.facebook.com/CelebrationBowlGame/
Celebration Bowl, Atlanta, Georgia. 22,605 likes · 1,091 talking about this · 7,448 were here. Annual HBCU college football bowl game that matches the MEAC and SWAC champions in Atlanta.

https://hbcusports.com/2024/06/10/espn-fumbles-moving-celebration-bowl-date/
Norfolk State sprinter Kai Cole to miss Olympic trials due to alleged conference oversight. HBCU Sports' Kenn Rashad addresses why ESPN's decision to move the Celebration Bowl (featuring the MEAC and SWAC champions) to a new date was a mistake. Tags: MEAC SWAC.

https://www.thecelebrationbowl.com/2023-cricket-celebration-bowl-and-meacswac-challenge-date-announcement/
The 2023 Cricket Celebration Bowl will be televised live on ABC for the eighth consecutive time, kicking off at noon ET, on Saturday, Dec. 16, from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. ... 17 college bowl games, 12 college basketball events, and a college softball event, which accounts for approximately 400 hours of live programming, reaching

https://www.si.com/college/hbcu/celebration-bowl/celebration-bowl-attendance-viewers-outpaced-several-fbs-bowl-games
According to Collegiate Sports Management Group's Eli Boettger, the average FBS game attendance in 2021 was 38,775, a -6.5% change from 41,477 in 2019. Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders and

http://www.peacemakeronline.com/stories/celebration-bowl-gets-new-dates-for-2024,23880
By aligning with the start of the college football bowl season and avoiding the expansion games of the college football playoffs and NFL, the Celebration Bowl has carved its own niche in the bowl season calendar." Speculation of the date change began whaen the college football playoffs announced its schedule for the new 12 team format.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Celebration_Bowl
The 2023 Celebration Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 16, 2023, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.The eighth annual Celebration Bowl featured the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), the Howard Bison, and the champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), the Florida A&M Rattlers.The game began at approximately 12:00 p.m. EST

https://clutchpoints.com/espns-celebration-bowl-move-draws-immediate-backlash
Recently, the Celebration Bowl has faced competition from late-season NFL games and other bowl games scheduled before the Saturday morning of the Celebration Bowl. Moving the game back a week and

https://abc7.com/post/rose-bowl-set-host-galaxy-lafc-rivalry-game/15007086/
Officials recommend people with tickets to the celebration arrive early. The parking lot opens at 1:30 p.m., the match starts at 7:30 p.m. and the fireworks show begins at 9:45 p.m. Report a