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The intense rivalry extends beyond the game itself, featuring a battle between the schools' well-respected and popular marching bands, Jackson State's "Sonic Boom of the South" and Southern's "Human Jukebox." [9] Hence, in the past, the game had been commonly referred to informally by using a portmanteau of the bands' names—the BoomBox ...
The Bayou Classic is an annual college football classic rivalry game between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars, first held under that name in 1974 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, although the series itself actually began in 1932. A trophy is awarded to the winning school.
Longtime Director of Bands, Dr. Isaac Greggs "Doc" (1969-2005) T. Leroy Davis is credited with establishing Southern University's marching band and served as the band director between 1947 and 1964. He also helped organize the first Southern University Band Festival and Band Day and was well-known for his contributions and achievements in music.
The dancing "Baby Tigers" first appeared in a halftime show in 1994. In 2000, Liddell established the "Jackson 5" drum majors (also known as J5 - previously the Fabulous 4) and in 2001 announced the first woman drum major in the band's history. [4] In 2003, the marching band was enshrined in the NCAA Hall of Champions. [5]
For example, Grambling and Southern first clashed in 1932 but today rarely acknowledge their games played prior to the formal creation of the Bayou Classic of New Orleans in 1974; indeed, the series even seems to have intensified since it has become more of a media spectacle—Southern initially won a solid 60% of the games in the series ...
In the German federal election, the CDU/CSU, led by Friedrich Merz (pictured), wins the most seats in the Bundestag.; Archaeologists announce that the empty tomb Wadi C-4 near Luxor, Egypt, was that of the pharaoh Thutmose II.
This rivalry is noted as being the oldest high school football rivalry West of the Mississippi River. There were no games held from 1908–1920. There were no games held from 1908–1920. Played at Pueblo's Dutch Clark Stadium, known as The Bell Game as the winning school takes possession of an old train bell which was donated as a trophy in 1950.
Rivalry in Dixie is the name given to the Louisiana Tech–Southern Miss football rivalry. [2] It is a college football rivalry game between the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Southern Miss Golden Eagles .