WEBVTT - IDKMYDE: HBCUs 1st Football Game

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<v Speaker 1>On today's episode. If I didn't know, maybe you didn't either.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to give a big congratulations to Jackson State

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<v Speaker 1>University football program for being the Black College Football National champions.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know. You didn't. No, I didn't know. I

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<v Speaker 2>did No, I didn't know. You didn't I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know. I did. We know who the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four HBCU champion is. But let's take it back

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and thirty three years ago, eighteen ninety two.

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<v Speaker 2>It's freezing, snow is everywhere, and.

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<v Speaker 1>What do these brothers decide to do start black college football? Yep,

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<v Speaker 1>in less than a football field of snow. Because when

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<v Speaker 1>life gives us blizzards, we make history.

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<v Speaker 2>Baby. Now, I live in Charlotte and to.

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<v Speaker 1>Get to Salisbury, it's about forty five minutes in the car.

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<v Speaker 1>But back in eighteen ninety two, it was Mason Bethe

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<v Speaker 1>and Cameron Horse and carriage five hours. Do you know

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<v Speaker 1>how long five hours is in the cold. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>you're hoes start questioning their life choices. And they wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>rolling up in luxury carriages. No, this ain't cinderellam. It

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<v Speaker 1>was more like hold on tight y'all, one of these

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<v Speaker 1>wheels is wobbling.

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<v Speaker 2>But here's where it gets good.

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<v Speaker 1>Because the women at Livingstone College, they like to say,

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<v Speaker 1>l see, let me tell you, these ladies were the

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<v Speaker 1>real MVPs cause they didn't just make their uniforms. They

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<v Speaker 1>tailored them. I'm talking custom fits. I can see them

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<v Speaker 1>now over there on campus of LC. No Jerome hold

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<v Speaker 1>steal your chest is lopsided and cleats or they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>buy no cleats. They customize them. Probably have some brother

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<v Speaker 1>in the workshop, like, hey, y'all, y'all want some spikes

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<v Speaker 1>or some glitter on y'all's cause you know, sometimes you

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<v Speaker 1>got to pop out in shows.

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<v Speaker 2>So game they comes, and what do they play?

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<v Speaker 1>No? Not a stadium, not even a field. A lawn, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody's front yard. I mean you out there dodging defenders

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<v Speaker 1>and daffodil bushes. I don't even know if daffidil bushes

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<v Speaker 1>are a thing. And let's talk about the final score.

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<v Speaker 1>Biddle Institute five Livingstone College zero. Biddle Institute is now

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<v Speaker 1>Johnson C. Smith University. They like to say jays c

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<v Speaker 1>as you, but that was the finals car five to nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know what you're thinking, was that even a game?

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<v Speaker 1>But it's somebody tripping a the end zone. But it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't about the score. It was about the statement. These

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<v Speaker 1>dudes weren't just playing football. They were saying, yeah it's snowing,

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<v Speaker 1>and yeah we got ten hours of carriage ride round trip,

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<v Speaker 1>but we still gonna make history.

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<v Speaker 2>And they did that.

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<v Speaker 1>That game laid the foundation for everything we love about

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<v Speaker 1>HBCU football today. The women supporting the team, whether it's

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<v Speaker 1>getting the uniforms out cheering in the stands, the bands,

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<v Speaker 1>the halftime shows, the energy. It all started with some

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<v Speaker 1>brothers in the snow and some sisters with.

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<v Speaker 2>A kneeling thread.

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<v Speaker 1>So next time you're watching a game sipping your hot coco,

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<v Speaker 1>remember this December twenty seventh, eighteen ninety two, one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and thirty three years ago. These folks was out there

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<v Speaker 1>and freezing weather. The no gloves, just grit, and the women, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>they on the sidelines like.

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<v Speaker 2>Y'all better win.

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<v Speaker 1>I ain't stay up all night sewing these uniforms for nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either.

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<v Speaker 1>I