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Palmetto Capital City Classic is about more than football

A Benedict fan dances with the Tiger Saturday evening at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium during the game against Livingstone College. The Benedict College Tigers took on the Livingstone College Blue Bears on Saturday, but not before just about everyone but the players took on some tailgating. The annual Palmetto Capital City Classic isn’t just about football, although the fans, for a while, anyway, might think it is. Alumni, students and FOBs (Friends of Benedict) also found ways to socialize all week in events leading up to the game, with the Drumline performance, the Garnell McDonald Memorial Golf Tournament, an alumni mixer and the R&B Ole School Funk Fest attracting crowds almost every day.
A Benedict fan dances with the Tiger Saturday evening at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium during the game against Livingstone College. The Benedict College Tigers took on the Livingstone College Blue Bears on Saturday, but not before just about everyone but the players took on some tailgating. The annual Palmetto Capital City Classic isn’t just about football, although the fans, for a while, anyway, might think it is. Alumni, students and FOBs (Friends of Benedict) also found ways to socialize all week in events leading up to the game, with the Drumline performance, the Garnell McDonald Memorial Golf Tournament, an alumni mixer and the R&B Ole School Funk Fest attracting crowds almost every day. Sean Rayford Special to the State

The Benedict College Tigers took on the Livingstone College Blue Bears on Saturday, but not before just about everyone but the players took on some tailgating.

The annual Palmetto Capital City Classic isn’t just about football, although the fans, for a while, anyway, might think it is.

Alumni, students and FOBs (Friends of Benedict) also found ways to socialize all week in events leading up to the game, with the Drumline performance, the Garnell McDonald Memorial Golf Tournament, an alumni mixer and the R&B Ole School Funk Fest attracting crowds almost every day.

This story was originally published September 5, 2015 at 10:11 PM with the headline "Palmetto Capital City Classic is about more than football."

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