Born2BKing
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Rate this HBCU Day 22: Grambling State University
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staticshock
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Never been to Grambling but they are well known in the SWAC. Most legendary HBCU football program..basically the Alabama of HBCU football (legacy wise..they ain’t been hitting on shyt in a few years though). Eddie Robinson is the greatest football coach of all time idc what anyone says..the FCS coach of the year award is named after him. The things he had to do outside of football along with coaching puts him in a league of his own. Much respect to him.
Their band is the Notre Dame of the HBCU world..amazing success decades ago & at one point was the most legendary and well known HBCU band but they’ve fell off. They’ll have an amazing year every now and then but aren’t consistent. Their current band director is the first female head director in SWAC history I believe & she has them sounding good again. Back when Bama State still played in the old Crampton Bowl, GSU’s band would always come when they were on our schedule. They came the year before I got there, but we haven’t been to Grambling in forever so I don’t have any experience going head up against them.
I see a lot of Gram supporters and alum in the Atlanta area. They’re very supportive of their school..from the outside looking in I always thought that Southern University had the most black support in Louisiana, but I went to the Bayou Classic a couple years back & saw just as many Grambling folks as I saw SU folks.
I know they have a big base in Dallas..they play Prairie View every year in Dallas around the same time Texas plays Oklahoma..always cool to see OU & Texas folks watching the bands march in and the game at the State Fair Classic every year.
Their band is the Notre Dame of the HBCU world..amazing success decades ago & at one point was the most legendary and well known HBCU band but they’ve fell off. They’ll have an amazing year every now and then but aren’t consistent. Their current band director is the first female head director in SWAC history I believe & she has them sounding good again. Back when Bama State still played in the old Crampton Bowl, GSU’s band would always come when they were on our schedule. They came the year before I got there, but we haven’t been to Grambling in forever so I don’t have any experience going head up against them.
I see a lot of Gram supporters and alum in the Atlanta area. They’re very supportive of their school..from the outside looking in I always thought that Southern University had the most black support in Louisiana, but I went to the Bayou Classic a couple years back & saw just as many Grambling folks as I saw SU folks.
I know they have a big base in Dallas..they play Prairie View every year in Dallas around the same time Texas plays Oklahoma..always cool to see OU & Texas folks watching the bands march in and the game at the State Fair Classic every year.
My friend played football there.... and they got business they need to handle internally fr
i think they got some of the facilities stuff handled, but even then bringing in Art Briles? horrible fukking look
i think they got some of the facilities stuff handled, but even then bringing in Art Briles? horrible fukking look
staticshock
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I think art resigned a week after he was hired..I would have liked to see what he could have did there but I understand why anyone wouldn’t want him there.
Did any of y’all watch that Eye Of The Tiger show that aired on BET back in the day? It followed Bruce Eguene, some other football players & a few band students. shyt was funny along with giving me a preview of what I’d face when I would go on to band camp later that school year
When you a freshman in the band, you get a “crab name”, basically a nickname everyone will call you by until the end of time. White dude on that show’s crab name was Jeffery Dahmer
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Grambling was cool. The administration was trash.
Coming from LA to live in the country was fun....the quite simple life. I had to use to people wanting to have conversations lol, because in LA people do not have conversations like that unless you know them.
I remember I walked to Sonic and was eating my combo and some old man walked up on me and asked how much is that combo, then he was like 'oh now look at here, I can go to Walmart and buy a pound of beef and buns and make 10 hamburgers for that price and then he sat down and started talking lol. I was there for a good hour talking.
It was fun meeting people from different states, the downside is that I always had some weird ass roommates. One of my cool roommates was the plug for syrup, bro was from Houston and was flooding the campus with that drank lol. Bro made his money and dropped out.
I remember we had some Black people from Alaska and North Dakota, I was like there Black people in Alaska and North Dakota lol
The education was good, but I had one professor really help out and the game he gave me help me do well in my profession.
They have a great engineering program also!
Funny story. This breh that was a grade ahead of me in high school went to Gram. Lets call him "John". John also had a arm malformation but he was a helluva drummer. We were both in the high school band. He told everyone he was in the band at Gram (played drums) and even came back showing us dance routines etc.
The very next year I went to Alcorn and we played Gram at Soldier Field, Chicago. Even though I was crabbing I managed to link up with some of Grams members pre-game. I asked them where was "John" from the drumline. I even described his physical condition so there would be no mistaking him
This is the response I got
Turns out "John" made up this whole front about being in the band. The previous year a friend of mine verified that he was at band camp. Turns out he couldn't handle it mentally and quit
The very next year I went to Alcorn and we played Gram at Soldier Field, Chicago. Even though I was crabbing I managed to link up with some of Grams members pre-game. I asked them where was "John" from the drumline. I even described his physical condition so there would be no mistaking him
This is the response I got
Turns out "John" made up this whole front about being in the band. The previous year a friend of mine verified that he was at band camp. Turns out he couldn't handle it mentally and quit
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Dr Willie Hill, who runs the UMass Fine Arts department was the drum major when Grambling did the first Super Bowl halftime show. He’s from my hometown Mobile Al.
Solid legacy, and it needs to be invested in more by the state. 8.5/10
Solid legacy, and it needs to be invested in more by the state. 8.5/10
Like Grambling...unless Bayou Classic week. 
I believe so I think both him and b legit attended
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Some cute country guls that go there, you will come across more southern alum living in Nola than grambling, but you find you some stunnas
I know they had some issues with sports with the staph out break and kids refusing to play til they get the facilities in order
The volleyball coach and cutting all them scholarship players,
Trying to hire art briles as the oc
I know they had some issues with sports with the staph out break and kids refusing to play til they get the facilities in order
The volleyball coach and cutting all them scholarship players,
Trying to hire art briles as the oc
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Here's what we know about the new president of HBCU Grambling State University
The University of Louisiana System Board names new president for Grambling State University, one of America's signature HBCUs.
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