Rickey Smiley, This Year’s Celebrity Ambassador, Has Long History With Magic City Classic

Alabama News Center | October 28, 2017 @ 5:00 am

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

Rickey Smiley will never forget the 2004 Magic City Classic.

Alabama State fought back from a 20-7 third-quarter deficit to record a 24-20 victory.

“Tarvaris Jackson was the quarterback and they won with, like, a minute on the clock,” Smiley said. “I grabbed that flag from a cheerleader and took off running across the field and waved it in front of the student section.“That was probably the best Magic City Classic ever,” he exclaimed, his bubbling emotions clearly coming through the telephone. “That was probably my favorite Magic City Classic.”

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