Sunday, September 25, 2011

D'Alessandro: New York Urban League Football Classic is much more than a football game between Howard, Morgan State

East Rutherford, New Jersey - “So, what do you know about football?” we asked the new president of the New York Urban League, Arva Rice, in the third quarter.

“Truthfully?” she asked, gazing down from Suite 324 at the carnage of a two-touchdown rout, before dropping her voice to a hushed whisper. “Not really very much.” Same here. So let’s talk culture and history.

Nobody really wants to do that on a joyous Saturday afternoon, but the game at MetLife Stadium wasn’t much to write home about at the time of this conversation.

In fact, the priorities for the 40th annual New York Urban League Football Classic were exposed by the halftime choreography: No patron left his or her seat, the aisles were clear and the concessions guys tapped their feet as the two marching bands blew everyone away.

First Howard, then Morgan State. And the latter held the field until...



PHOTO GALLERY: MSU VS. HOWARD IN THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE CLASSIC

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