Loss Of A Legend
The day after Thanksgiving is a tradition like no other in New Orleans. Automobiles are backed up for miles along Interstate 10, as college football fans make their way to the French Quarter to enjoy the annual Bayou Classic showdown between Grambling State and Southern.
The lobby of the Hyatt Hotel is chaotic as Gramblingnites and Southernites stand in line to claim their hotel reservations, paying hundreds of dollars to be in the center of all the excitement.
Frat brothers and sorority sisters reminisce about the good old days, as it becomes apparent to causal observers that this weekend is more of a family reunion than a simple football game.
College students pack the Louisiana Superdome that Friday night for the Battle of the Bands and Greek Show, and the weekend culminates that Saturday for the main event between the Jaguars and Tigers. Many spectators make a fashionably late entrance prior to the halftime show, to show off their fancy outfits and mink coats.
After the game, visitors pack Bourbon and Canal as children tap dance on the corner and local jazz musicians bless the tourists with harmonic melodies.
The annual Bayou Classic, televised annually by NBC, became a reality because of Grambling
