Morris Brown in the Chik-Fil-A Bowl
The Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game has set up a number of events for fans in Atlanta for Saturday's Boise State-Georgia game at the Georgia Dome.
"When we first created this game, the goal was to have the best game on the first weekend of college football, a BCS-type game on the first weekend and a BCS-type of bowl experience for the fans," said Gary Stokan, the president and CEO of the Chick-fil-A Bowl. "We wanted a sold-out game. We wanted to create some other events around it like we do for bowl game at end of season."
To that end, game officials have lined up the Morris Brown College band to serve as a fill-in for the Boise State band, which is not making the trip. The Morris Brown band will play the Broncos' fight song and other Boise State standbys. Game organizers have purchased blue t-shirts for members of the band.
Morris Brown College is an historically black college located in Atlanta. It lost its accreditation and federal funding in 2002 after a financial scandal.
"College bands have a lot to do with that full experience," Stokan said. "We reached out to some of our friends here at the HBCU schools and they've been really first class in helping to create a band. It's going to be a unique atmosphere in the Georgia Dome."
Stokan said it was Boise State's decision not to bring its own band. Max Corbet, Boise State's associate athletic director for communications, said the Broncos do not normally take their band on the road for regular-season games.
"In fact, I can't remember the last time we took the band to a regular-season road game," he said.
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