A viral altercation involving the NCCU Sound Machine and members of North Carolina A&T’s football equipment staff added another heated chapter to one of HBCU culture’s fiercest rivalries.
DURHAM, N.C. — The latest Aggie-Eagle Classic produced a close football game, a lengthy weather delay and a viral sideline confrontation rooted in one of HBCU band culture’s most serious unwritten rules.
Members of the North Carolina Central University Sound Machine marching band and North Carolina A&T’s football equipment staff became involved in a brief physical altercation Saturday at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium.
Video of the incident quickly circulated across social media, showing band members exchanging aggressive shoves with members of the Aggies’ support staff in gray jackets as rain fell near the sideline…