For N.C. Central, it’s “the experience of a lifetime” to play Saturday in the Rose Bowl. For schools in the ACC and Big Ten, meanwhile, these kinds of cross-country trips will soon become the norm.
UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond's late mother attended North Carolina Central, making Saturday's Bruins football game against the Eagles special to him.
UCLA to host Alabama State in 2022, North Carolina Central in 2023
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The UCLA Bruins have added the Alabama State Hornets and the North Carolina Central Eagles to their future football schedules, it was announced on Wednesday.
UCLA will host Alabama State at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. North Carolina Central will make the trip to face the Bruins the following season on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.
Alabama State is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), while North Carolina Central competes in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), both in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Both schools are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).