Your Guide to Black College Football

It is Black College Football Season!

HBCU Football Classic season is just around the corner.  This will begin the great debate in the Black Community.  Who has the best band and the baddest Majorette Dancers!  Which Drum Major and Drumline has the best show?   Fall is the time to tailgate, reunite and party with our friends from HBCUs.  It does not matter if you went to an HBCU or not.  You can adopt a school and team or a team and school can draft you! Some of us work with people who attended an HBCU.  Others moved into an area where there is an HBCU.  It does not really matter because deep down we root for all the HBCUs.

BCC vs Grambling

Here is the official Blacks Who Travel Top 10 HBCU Football Classics for 2017.  This list is based on a combination of many things.  None of which are scientific!  We based it on the Football Teams in the game.  The city in which the game is in.  The Alumni Associations and the ability of those teams to attract a crowd; Each school’s band; The majorette dancers; The Parties thrown by each school.  The weather in the city of the game.  The tailgate parties thrown for the event.  The number of vendors for the event and how long the Classic has been played.  In other words, we picked what looked like it would be a fun weekend!

The official, Blacks Who Travel

Top 10 HBCU FOOTBALL Classics for 2017

The Halftime Show

1.   MEAC/SWAC CHALLENGE                  September 4th - 12:00 p.m.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL

Alcorn State Vs. Bethune-Cookman

2.   LABOR DAY CLASSIC                    September 2nd - 8:00 p.m.

Houston, TX

Prairie View Vs. Texas Southern

3.   SOUTHERN HERITAGE CLASSIC            September 9th - 6:00 p.m.

MEMPHIS, TN

Tennessee State Vs. Jackson State

4.   CIRCLE CITY CLASSIC                  September 23th - 3:00 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN

Kentucky State Vs. Central State

5.   STATE FAIR CLASSIC                   October 7st - 4:00 p.m.

DALLAS, TX

Prairie View A&M Vs. Grambling State

6.   TUSKEGEE-MOREHOUSE CLASSIC           October 7th - 2:00 p.m.

COLUMBUS, GA

Tuskegee Vs. Morehouse

7.   MAGIC CITY CLASSIC                   October 28th - TBA

BIRMINGHAM, AL

Alabama A&M Vs. Alabama State

8.   FLORIDA BLUE FLORIDA CLASSIC         November 18th - TBD

ORLANDO, FL

Bethune-Cookman Vs. Florida A&M

9.   BATTLE OF THE REAL “HU”              November 18th – 1:00 p.m.

HAMPTON, VA

Howard Vs Hampton

10.        BAYOU CLASSIC                  November 25th - 4:00 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS, LA

Southern Vs. Grambling State

The Sonic Boom of the South

Southern University

Football season is about to begin.  Football training camps are opening this week across the country.  In Black Colleges, the Bands are starting their training and getting ready for the competition season!  It is time to settle it once and for all, who has the best Marching Band and who has the baddest Majorette Dancers! People have their favorites usually based on where they went to school, who they are married to or where they live.   All I know is that the classics are a lot of fun.  Not just the game or even the Battle of the Bands.  The whole weekend!  Have fun everybody and enjoy!

Want more information about Black College Football read, Blacks Who Travel’s “Everything you want to know about attending the HBCU Classic“.  

List of All Classics for 2017

HBCU Football Classics

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Bill Collins is a former Army Officer turned veteran traveler. I have traveled to 34 different Countries mainly concentrated in Central & Latin America and have spent the last 16 years exploring the Caribbean Islands.

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