GREENSBORO, North Carolina -- The N.C. A&T football team leaves Wednesday for Atlanta and the great unknown of the Celebration Bowl.But this much is known: The payday promises to be a bigger windfall for A&T than any possible trip to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs in years gone by.
And that’s why the MEAC gave up its automatic qualifier status in the national playoffs to make this bowl game against the SWAC champion a reality.
A&T will play Alcorn State in the inaugural Celebration Bowl at noon Saturday inside the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The game, which has picked up a title sponsorship for the Air Force Reserve, will be broadcast nationally on ABC.
ESPN Events guarantees each of the two HBCU leagues $1 million to play in the bowl game.
“It’s a pretty good deal for us,” A&T athletics director Earl Hilton said.
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