Could 28, 2025
Howard College Athletics Director Kery Davis: “The tagline for this recreation is ‘Constructed on Historical past. Fueled by Delight,’ however I’d prefer to say that we see this recreation as being fueled by revenge.”
Howard College will open its subsequent soccer season enjoying in opposition to Florida A&M College within the 2025 Orange Blossom Traditional, which can happen Aug. 30.
The sport can be performed at Miami Gardens’ Exhausting Rock Stadium, pitting the 2 colleges in opposition to one another as a “revenge” match since Howard misplaced an in depth recreation on the 2023 Celebration Bowl when Florida A&M pulled off a 30-26 victory. This recreation can also be a “rematch” of kinds since these groups performed within the first Orange Blossom Traditional in 1933.
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Howard College Athletics Director Kery Davis gave Florida A&M a warning as Howard seeks vengeance on Aug. 30: “The tagline for this recreation is ‘Constructed on Historical past. Fueled by Delight, however I’d prefer to say that we see this recreation as being fueled by revenge.”
The primary Orange Blossom Traditional, based by J.R.E. Lee Jr., the son of then-FAMU president J.R.E. Lee Sr., was performed on a “Black solely” discipline in Jacksonville, Florida, in its debut. Earlier than a crowd of two,000 folks, FAMU shut out the Bison by a rating of 9-0. Greater than 4 a long time later, in 1974, FAMU bested Howard once more with a 17–13.
Head coach Larry Scott, who grew up in South Florida, expressed pleasure in bringing his workforce right down to his native state to compete in opposition to the workforce that took a title championship away from them practically three years in the past.
“This actually is a full-circle second for me, having the chance to convey my workforce right here for this recreation, which suggests a lot to the group and the HBCU tradition,” Scott stated. “And enjoying Florida A&M to kick off the season is particular as a result of we wish to shut out the season enjoying for a championship and will very nicely achieve this in opposition to them on this 12 months’s Celebration Bowl.”
Anybody with plans to attend the sport should purchase tickets for the 2025 Invesco QQQ Orange Blossom Traditional right here.
For extra info on the basic’s weekend of actions, go to www.orangeblossomclassic.com.
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