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It is the best known game and rivalry in Historically Black College Football and is televised in the USA by NBC , the only HBCU game to be shown nationally on Broadcast Television . The festivities are also noted for the " Battle Of The Bands ", where both school's Marching Band s stage elaborately choreographed performances at halftime and before and following the game. The success of the Bayou Classic is a major source of tourism revenue to the city of New Orleans, and has inspired the promotion of numerous other HBCU rivalries as "Classics", often played at neutral sites in distant cities. Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina , organizers had to move the 2005 event from the Superdome to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas , where many of New Orleans' evacuees are currently living. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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