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Come Fan with UsWednesday, June 24, 2026

PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: Bowls, bands, Boosie, and the state of HBCU football

On the Celebration Bowl, graduate transfers, and all things HBCU football.

NCAA Football: Celebration Bowl
NCAA Football: Celebration Bowl
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Hold on, let’s set the mood.

Okay, now we’re good. Steven Gaither of HBCU Gameday was today’s PAPN guest host with Godfrey on paternity leave.

Today’s topics:

  • The power of Facebook and a dancing mom video.
  • The effect of the Celebration Bowl, the two-year old HBCU national title game.
  • Savannah State and the debate between living in Division I and Division II.
  • The effects of the graduate transfer.
  • Alabama State, Southern, FAMU, and the programs with the highest upside.
  • The brightest path for a SWAC or MEAC school.
  • Grambling was LSU before LSU was LSU.
  • The glory of the Human Jukebox and the Dancing Dolls.
  • Our president. :(
  • Grambling’s resurgence.
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