Cricket Celebration Bowl 2025-26 x KAWS Ugly Christmas Sweater NCAA HBCU Championship Trophy Companion Mascot Design Knitted Pullover Holiday Gift

Cricket Celebration Bowl 2025-26 x KAWS Ugly Christmas Sweater NCAA HBCU Championship Trophy Companion Mascot Design Knitted Pullover Holiday Gift

The Cricket Celebration Bowl 2025-26 x KAWS Ugly Christmas Sweater NCAA HBCU Championship Trophy Companion Mascot Design Knitted Pullover Holiday Gift commemorates the 10th anniversary edition of the Cricket Celebration Bowl scheduled for Saturday, December 13, 2025, at 12:00 PM EST at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, celebrating the premier postseason championship game that crowns the national champion of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) football through an annual showdown between the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champions. This exclusive knitted pullover merges the rich tradition of HBCU excellence with Brooklyn-based contemporary artist KAWS’s instantly recognizable aesthetic featuring his iconic Companion character with signature XX eyes, celebrating the 2025 matchup where South Carolina State Bulldogs (2025 MEAC regular season champion) will face the winner of the SWAC Championship Game in a battle broadcast nationally on ABC as part of ESPN Events’ commitment to showcasing the contributions, excellence, and impact of HBCUs in college football. The sweater honors the Celebration Bowl’s prestigious legacy since its 2015 inauguration as the successor to the Pelican Bowl and Heritage Bowl, featuring historic programs like four-time champion North Carolina A&T Aggies who dominated from 2015-2019, recent champions including Florida A&M Rattlers (2023) and Jackson State Tigers (2024) led by NFL legend Deion Sanders before his Colorado departure, and the passionate fan bases that have generated attendance records exceeding 49,000 at the state-of-the-art 71,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium that also hosts Super Bowls, College Football Playoff National Championships, and major concerts. The design incorporates the Cricket Celebration Bowl championship trophy alongside KAWS’s distinctive artistic elements including his gloved hands, crossbones imagery, and playful deconstruction of beloved characters that has earned him collaborations ranging from Dior runway shows to large-scale public sculptures, capturing both the athletic excellence of HBCU football programs that have produced NFL legends including Jerry Rice, Walter Payton, and Michael Strahan, and the contemporary art world’s embrace of accessible, design-forward collectibles that bridge high art and popular culture. This limited-edition ugly Christmas sweater serves as essential holiday apparel and collectible merchandise for HBCU alumni, college football fans, and KAWS enthusiasts who appreciate the Celebration Bowl’s role as the only active FCS bowl game and its celebration of HBCU culture through championship week festivities including team arrivals at Omni Atlanta, the Coca-Cola Taste of Atlanta dinner at World of Coca-Cola, and Champions Circle Showcase at the College Football Hall of Fame, representing a decade of crowning champions while the MEAC currently leads the all-time series 6-3 after the SWAC’s recent consecutive victories in 2023-2024, making this collaboration a perfect fusion of athletic achievement, cultural pride, and contemporary art innovation that celebrates the excellence and legacy of black college football.

Product Details:

• Comfortable and versatile, this sweater is perfect on its own or as a layer under a blazer or jacket.
• This casual wardrobe-essential comes in a lightweight fabric perfect for comfortable everyday wear.
• Suitable for special occasions such as Christmas, birthday, celebration, housewarming gift.
• Material: Polyester and spandex is used to react to your body’s temperature, thus keeping you warm in the Winter.
• Dye-sublimation printing.
• For all ages.
• EU warranty – 2 years.

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