Denny’s has signed on to become the games title sponsor, and there’s a “Welcome to the 305” pre-game concert presented by Bacardi Rum, and Toyota recently signed on as a sponsor. Pepsi, Nomi Health, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, City of Miami Gardens and Miami-Dade County are also sponsors. In fact, Miami Gardens and Miami-Dade County put up the initial seed money for the games revival.
With the added star power of JSU Coach Deion Sanders and the fact that FAMU Coach Willie Simmons has restored the Rattler football program once again inserting it into the national championship conversation, the buzz around this game makes it one of the hottest tickets in FCS football.
The original Orange Blossom Classic (OBC) was a FAMU owned property, that was postseason college football game held between 1933 and 1978, pitting the Rattlers against another historically black college and was commonly referred to as the "Black National Championship" game.
After a 41-year hiatus, the Orange Blossom Classic Committee and the City of Miami Gardens, and FAMU officials announced the revival of the historic game in 2018, in which FAMU signed a two-year contract to play in the game in which FAMU would receive a $250,000 appearance fee to play, plus have all travel expenses paid for the football team and the band. Due to the global pandemic, the initial Classic game against Albany State U. was postponed.