The Athletic -- Celebration Bowl: A Perfect Name, A Perfect Game

The third annual Celebration Bowl took place in the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. this past Saturday, with North Carolina A&T State defeating Grambling State 21-14 to claim the first undefeated season for a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) football team in the conference's history.

The Celebration Bowl, which has been broadcast live on ABC in each of its three years of existence, pits in the champions of the MEAC and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) against each other in the first game of the college football bowl season.

Prior to this year's game, a pair of articles ran detailing how the Celebration Bowl came to be. Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic wrote an article published on the site on Friday titled "Celebration Bowl: a Perfect Name, a Growing Game."

In addition, Lut Williams of the Black College Sports Page sat down with MEAC Commissioner Dennis E. Thomas for an interview about the origins of the Celebration Bowl on Friday. Read the interview here.