Might 28, 2025
Howard College Athletics Director Kery Davis: “The tagline for this sport is ‘Constructed on Historical past. Fueled by Pleasure,’ however I’d wish to say that we see this sport 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 Basic, which can happen Aug. 30.
The sport will likely be performed at Miami Gardens’ Onerous Rock Stadium, pitting the 2 faculties in opposition to one another as a “revenge” match since Howard misplaced a detailed sport on the 2023 Celebration Bowl when Florida A&M pulled off a 30-26 victory. This sport can also be a “rematch” of kinds since these groups performed within the first Orange Blossom Basic 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 sport is ‘Constructed on Historical past. Fueled by Pleasure, however I’d wish to say that we see this sport as being fueled by revenge.”
The primary Orange Blossom Basic, based by J.R.E. Lee Jr., the son of then-FAMU president J.R.E. Lee Sr., was performed on a “Black solely” subject in Jacksonville, Florida, in its debut. Earlier than a crowd of two,000 individuals, FAMU shut out the Bison by a rating of 9-0. Greater than 4 many years 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 deliver my workforce right here for this sport, which implies a lot to the neighborhood and the HBCU tradition,” Scott mentioned. “And enjoying Florida A&M to kick off the season is particular as a result of we need to shut out the season enjoying for a championship and will very effectively accomplish that in opposition to them on this yr’s Celebration Bowl.”
Anybody with plans to attend the sport can buy tickets for the 2025 Invesco QQQ Orange Blossom Basic right here.
For extra data on the traditional’s weekend of actions, go to www.orangeblossomclassic.com.
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