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An HBCU postseason college football game featuring the MEAC and SWAC Champions.
Atlanta, Georgia
Joined February 2015
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2024 CRICKET CELEBRATION BOWL CHAMPIONS JACKSON STATE TIGERS
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.@VP enjoying the halftime performance from from @HowardU "Showtime" Marching Band! #CelebrationBowl
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North Carolina Central stops Jackson State on the 1 yard line and wins 41-34 in Overtime! The Eagles are your 2022 Cricket Celebration Bowl champions! . @NCCU_Football @NCCUAthletics @MEACSports
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We're honored to host @VP Kamala Harris (@HowardU Class of 1986) at today's game! She spoke with our ABC announcer team @JayWalkerSky and @TiffanyAGreene about her experience attending an HBCU . @BowlSeason | @HUBISONFOOTBALL | @MEACSports | @MBStadium | @SecondGentleman
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The North Carolina A&T Aggies are the 2017 Celebration Bowl and HBCU National Champions! 🏆. Marquell Cartwright (164 total yards, 2 TDs) named Offensive MVP #CelebrationBowl🎉
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Coach Buddy Pough and @SCState_Fb win their first Cricket Celebration Bowl with a dominant performance over Jackson State! . The patented Bulldogs defense was dominant, holding Jackson State to just 194 total yards #AChampionWillRise
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Today’s attendance of 49,670 is a new Cricket Celebration Bowl record, topping the previous mark of 48,653 in 2021. Thank you fans for filling out @MBStadium year after year!
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Korey Banks just put the defender in a spin cycle. That makes SIX touchdown passes for @NCATAGGIES QB Kylil Carter, tying a program record!
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🚨 WE HAVE A PUNT OF THE YEAR NOMINEE! 🚨. After faking a fake punt, @SCState_Fb's Dyson Roberts completely changes field position with a 74 yard boot . @SportsCenter @espn @TheUndefeated
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Jackson State wins its first Cricket Celebration Bowl behind a dominant defensive performance! 🏆
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🏆 @NCATAGGIES ON 🔝 AGAIN! 🏆. North Carolina A&T wins it's third consecutive Celebration Bowl and fourth in five years. Offensive MVP: Kylil Carter - 364 passing yards, 6 TDs, 96 rushing yards. Defensive MVP: Jacob Roberts - 6 tackles, 1 INT
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Attendance for bowl games played Saturday, December 15:. Las Vegas: 37,146.🎊 CELEBRATION: 31,672 🎊.New Mexico: 25,387.New Orleans: 23,942.Cure: 19,066.Camellia: 17,710. We've said it many times but we'll say it again. THANK YOU FANS! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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FINAL from the ATL!. @FAMU_FB wins its first Cricket Celebration Bowl! The 12-1 Rattlers are the undisputed 2023 HBCU National Champions! 🏆
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2015 - 🏆.2017 - 🏆.2018 - 🏆.2019 - 🏆. If it wasn't official before it is now. DYNASTY. @NCATAGGIES @NCATFootball
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Congratulations to the SWAC CHAMPIONS @GoJSUTigersFB! After todays win over Prairie View A&M, they have officially secured their ticket to the 2021 @Cricketnation Celebration Bowl! #AChampionWillRise #BuildingOnALegacy
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2015: 🏆.2017: 🏆.2018: 🏆. We've seen this movie before. the @NCATAGGIES are the @AirForceReserve Celebration Bowl and HBCU National Champions!
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THE HOWARD BISON ARE HEADED TO THE CRICKET CELEBRATION BOWL AFTER DEFEATING MORGAN STATE 14-7
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Today’s attendance at @MBStadium - 41,108. Thank you to the wonderful fans of @HUBisonSports, @FAMUAthletics and all HBCUs! It’s amazing to see fans repping schools from all across the country, year after year. #CelebrationBowl | @BowlSeason
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Congratulations to your SWAC Champion the Jackson State Tigers! Jackson State defeated Southern in a 43 to 24 win. Jackson State is now heading to Atlanta to be your SWAC Representative in The Cricket Celebration Bowl. @GoJSUTigersFB . #AChampionWillRise
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Shaquan Davis reels in a TD and then hits THE PRIME! 😮
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Decobie Durant (@One4_era) shows why he is the @MEACSports Defensive Player of the Year and an NFL prospect #FearTheBite
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Official attendance for today’s game - 31,672. Second most in event history, only topped by the inaugural 2015 game. THANK YOU FANS!
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The catch was great. and the celebration was even better 💯. Shaquan Davis hauls in his third receiving touchdown of the day and @SCState_Fb is firmly in control
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Players from both teams providing holiday cheer to children at Hughes Spalding hospital in Atlanta this morning #BowlExperience
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Today’s attendance at @MBStadium - a Cricket Celebration Bowl record 48,653. Thank you fans for showing up and showing out!
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The G-MEN of Grambling State are the 2016 @AirForceReserve Celebration Bowl and HBCU National Champions!
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Congratulations to your MEAC Champion the North Carolina Central Eagles for punching they ticket to the Celebration Bowl! NC Central defeated Norfolk State today 48-14 to secure their seat in the Cricket Celebration Bowl. 🎉 @NCCUAthletics . #AChampionWillRise
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Tarik Cohen is a former NFL running back for the Chicago Bears who attended North Carolina A&T. He was the first ever MVP of the Celebration Bowl. Tarik Cohen was the first ever player inducted into the Celebration Bowl Hall of Fame. Tarik Cohen is HBCU excellence.
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Congratulations to @ncatsuaggies for making it to the Celebration Bowl! (Author: NC A&T Athletics , WFMY)
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🔒 MATCHUP LOCKED IN 🔒 The Celebration Bowl matchup has been set between Jackson State and NC Central! See you in Atlanta, GA!.⏰: 12:00pm EST.📺: ABC.📍: Mercedes Benz Stadium.#BowlSeason #ESPNEvents #AChampionWillRise #IBELIEVE #begreat
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This is why they call him Mr. Excitement ⤵️
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🚨THE JACKSON STATE TIGERS ARE HEADED TO THE 2024 CRICKET CELEBRATION BOWL AFTER DEFEATING SOUTHERN 41-13🚨
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Our Celebration Bowl Reporter @thaialifloyd caught up with Jackson State Safety Esaias Guthrie after the Tigers win! #AChampionWillRise 🏆
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Our Celebration Bowl Reporter caught up with two Jackson State greats Aubrey Miller Jr. and NFL Hall of Famer Robert Brazile after the Tigers won! #AChampionWillRise 🏆
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GOT ‘EM WITH THE FAKE PUNT!. Kyle Morgan shows off the speed, jukes a man, and runs over another on his way to a 43 yard run. @NCCUAthletics @NCCU_Football @MEACSports
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Franklin "Mac" McCain named Defensive MVP! He came up big with this interception in the 2nd Quarter #CelebrationBowl🎉
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A Celebration Bowl celebration wouldn't be complete without some confetti angels! #AggiePride #AggiesAllInn #AggiesDo. @NCATAGGIES @FOOTBALL_NCAT
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Isaiah Major (@IsaiahMajor2) called game getting an interception with 1:47 left in the game. The Defensive MVP closes out his college career playing an integral part of the win. #AChampionWillRise 🏆. 🎥: @JordanBrantle20 .🎤: @thaiafloyd
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THE @NCATAGGIES DO IT AGAIN! Third straight year with a win over an FBS team - this time over East Carolina! #AggiePride #AggiesDo #IBackTheMEAC
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⚡️⚡️⚡️ WILSON KICKS IT INTO TURBO!. @NCATAGGIES WR Malik Wilson runs back his 4th kickoff of the year, breaking a school record! . @MEACSports @FOOTBALL_NCAT @ncatsuaggies
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🚨THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE BULLDOGS ARE HEADED TO THE 2024 CRICKET CELEBRATION BOWL AFTER DEFEATING MORGAN STATE 54-7🚨
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The HBCU football season will now begin AND conclude in Atlanta!
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The matchup is set, and we’re less than 15 days away from kickoff! @MEACSports champions @SCState_Fb , will take on @theswac champions @GoJSUTigersFB here in Atlanta on December 18th! Visit our website for ticket and game info. Seats are going FAST. #AChampionWillRise
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Offensive MVP - @NCATAGGIES Junior RB Marquell Cartwright. 20 carries, 110 yards, 1 TD.3 catches, 54 yards, 1 TD. #CelebrationBowl🎉
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This is Atlanta. Where history is made. Today both teams arrived in the Capital City for a week of events ending with the showdown of the year. Who will take home the trophy? #AChampionWillRise🏆
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Atlanta has been a second home for the @NCATAGGIES with 4️⃣ Celebration Bowl appearances in the last 5️⃣ years
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AGGIE PRIDE!!!. The @NCATAGGIES win their second straight @AirForceReserve Celebration Bowl and third out of four. QB Lamar Raynard takes home Offensive MVP honors after passing for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns. He ends his career 35-2 as a starter . #AChampionHasRisen #AggiesDo
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#CelebrationBowl - currently the #1 trending topic on Twitter in the entire United States! HBCU fam - you are the absolute best 👏🏾
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SANDERS TO HUNTER AS TIME EXPIRES!. FREE FOOTBALL! We’re heading to Overtime for the first time in Cricket Celebration Bowl history #AChampionWillRise
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Attendance and viewership results are coming in from opening bowl weekend 🤩 @SCState_Fb , @GoJSUTigersFB , and all HBCU fans didn’t disappoint! How’d our fans matchup 👀
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.@gojsutigersfb strikes first following an 18 play drive! JaCobian Morgan (@jacobian_morgan) hits Joanes Fortilien (@FortilienJoanes) on the jump ball. What was better - the catch or the celly?? 🕺🏾
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The #MEAC and #SWAC champions have been decided! 🏆 .@ncatsuaggies will take on @AlcornStateU in the #HBCU re-match of the year! 🏈#AChampionWillRise on December 21st! #CFB150 @NCATAGGIES @BRAVESSPORTS @MEACSports @theswac
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THE AGGIES ARE HEADED TO ATLANTA! After a 54-0 win against @NCCU, @ncatsuaggies will officially represent @MEACSports in the 2019 #CelebrationBowl! 🎉 #AChampionWillRise #CFB150
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.@GSU_TIGERS WR Chad Williams is the first HBCU player off the board and first Celebration Bowl alum to ever be selected in the #NFLDraft!
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Make room in the case, a 🏆 is coming home to Orangeburg tonight! Congrats to @SCState_Fb, the 2021 Cricket Celebration Bowl champions! #AChampionHasRisen
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Celebration Bowl Correspondent Thai Floyd (@thaiafloyd) spoke to NCCU quarterback Davius Richard (@DaviusRichard) about the team’s win. #AChampionWillRise 🏆. 🎥: @JordanBrantle20
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The Braves are BOWL BOUND! 🎉 @AlcornStateU took home the win at @theswac Championship and will face the #Aggies on December 21st in the 2019 Celebration Bowl! #AChampionWillRise #CFB150 @BRAVESSPORTS
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OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE: 32,968. 2nd highest attended Celebration Bowl in our five year history. As we say every year, THANK YOU FANS for providing an incredible atmosphere at @MBStadium year after year #CelebrationBowl
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Franklin "Mac" McCain with the 🔒 down defense, snagging his 6th interception of the season for the @NCATAGGIES #CelebrationBowl🎉
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Be sure to watch the SWAC Championship game this Saturday on ESPN 2. Jackson State vs Southern in a game that will determine the SWAC Champion and the representative for the SWAC in the Cricket Celebration Bowl. Who will end up on the road to Atlanta?
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Congratulations @Grambling1901 on back-to-back @theswac championships. We’ll see you soon! #RoadToAtlanta #CelebrationBowl
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The HBCU football season kicks off tomorrow in a big way with the @FCS @FCSKickoff! Our defending champ @FOOTBALL_NCAT will battle 4 time defending Ohio Valley Conference champ Jacksonville State live on ESPN. Let's go Aggies! #AGGIEPRIDE
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Two of the best signal callers in FCS will be featured on a national stage this Saturday! Catch the AFR Celebration Bowl at Noon on ABC
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What a way to kickoff #BowlWeek here in Atlanta, we are officially sold out! We’re looking forward to seeing @MEACSports @theswac and ALL HBCU fans in @MBStadium and the @CocaCola fan experience! #AChampionWillRise
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Our Player of the Week for @theswac is none other than @AlcornState's Felix Harper! After leading his team to victory this weekend, he also received a helmet sticker on @espn's College Football Final Show. Congratulations, @Semi_Famous2! #AChampionWillRise @BRAVESSPORTS
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Powerful statement from one of the best in HBCU football at Thursday's press conference
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After Saturday's win against Texas Southern University, our Player of the Week for @theswac is Glendon "Bubba" McDaniel from @SouthernU_BR! Keep it up Jaguars! #AChampionWillRise #CFB150
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.@TarikCohen became a household name after his incredible performance in the inaugural Celebration Bowl - 295 rushing yards, 53 receiving yards, and 3 TDs. Relive some highlights of the "Top Moment" in Bowl history #AggiePride @NCATAGGIES @NCATFootball @MEACSports @TheUndefeated
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This stellar grab by Elijah Bell off a fake spike play set up the go ahead TD #CelebrationBowl🎉
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have now surpassed the 💯 point mark in this ballgame #CelebrationBowl
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Defensive MVP - @NCATAGGIES Freshman DB Franklin "Mac" McCain. 4 tackles.1 huge interception inside the red zone. #CelebrationBowl🎉
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Elijah 🔔 again!. The @NCATAGGIES have now scored on their last 7 possessions, including 6 touchdowns. 45 points is the most ever scored by one team in the Celebration Bowl and we are just in the 3rd quarter!
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Lift that trophy up high Coach Fobbs - you earned it!
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The 2016 @AirForceReserve Celebration Bowl will feature a Top 20 matchup! #18 @NCCUAthletics will face #14 @GSU_TIGERS in Atlanta Dec. 17
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The Braves are headed back to #Atlanta! @AlcornStateU beat @SouthernU_BR in @theswac Championship 37-28 and will take on the @ncatsuaggies on December 15! #AChampionWillRise
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.@MEACSports's Offensive Player of the Year @ryanstan_ is in the house! Where are our @FAMU_1887 fans?? 🐍 #CelebrationBowl @FAMU_1887
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Are you ready for a SHOWDOWN? 🔥 The @SouthernU_BR Jaguars take on the @AlcornStateU Braves in Saturday's Game of the Week! Only one team can come out on top at @theswac Championship and represent the #SWAC at the 2019 Celebration Bowl! 🎉 #AChampionWillRise
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.@FOOTBALL_NCAT completes a perfect 12-0 season, becoming the first @MEACSports team to finish unbeaten #AGGIEPride #CelebrationBowl🎉
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This 27 yard TD reception by Elijah Bell was the 25th of his career, breaking the @FOOTBALL_NCAT all-time record! #AggiePride #CelebrationBowl #AChampionWillRise. @NCATAGGIES @ncatsuaggies
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With demand being so high, and the lower bowl sold out, we have officially released MORE TICKETS for this years Championship! Reference the map below for section numbers and pricing! Visit for ticket and game info! #AChampionWillRise @MEACSports @theswac
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Sam Washington is a former defensive back and the former head football coach at North Carolina A&T State University. He played four seasons in the NFL for the Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals. Sam Washington was the first coach ever to win the Celebration Bowl back to back.
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The Cricket Celebration Bowl will kick off the ESPN Events Bowl Schedule on December 14. For the first time, the game is scheduled for the second week of December. This returns the Cricket Celebration Bowl to the official opening game slot of the college football bowl season.
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During pre-game @GoJSUTigersFB Coach @DeionSanders met his goal of taking steps inside @MBStadium! #AChampionWillRise #IBelieve
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WHAT. A. GAME. They'll be talking about this one for years to come. After 7 lead changes and an overtime period, @NCCU_Football comes out on top to win their first Cricket Celebration Bowl. #AChampionHasRisen #beGREAT
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Wilma Rudolph is a World Record holding Olympic Track and Field Champion. She became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at the same Olympic game. She earned the title of “the fastest woman in the world.” Wilma Rudolph is HBCU Excellence.
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.@GSU_TIGERS QB Devante Kincade unleashed this sick spin move on the way to a 2nd straight SWAC Championship and Celebration Bowl berth!
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🚨 Mark your calendars for December 15 as we open bowl season for the 4th consecutive year!. 🏈 @MEACSports Champion vs. @theswac Champion.📅 Saturday, Dec. 15.🕛 Noon ET.📍 @MBStadium.📺 ABC. More info ➡️
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2015 Celebration Bowl MVP Tarik Cohen is NFL bound! He had 348 total yards and 3 TDs in @FOOTBALL_NCAT's 41-34 win over Alcorn St #NFLDraft
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Your 2021 Cricket Celebration Bowl Champions are the BULLDOGS of @SCSTATE1896 ! Congratulations to the @MEACSports and Bulldogs, from everyone at the Cricket Celebration Bowl, our sponsors, partners, and HBCU fans across the globe! #AChampionWillRise #AChampionHasRisen
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