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Turnovers Doom Georgia Tech as Air Force Wins Independence Bowl

In a game that saw 106 rushing attempts compared to just 37 passes, it's only fitting the winner was the one who held onto the football. Air Force ran for 170 yards on 49 attempts and was outgained on the ground significantly by Georgia Tech (279 yards on 57 carries). The Yellow Jackets, however, lost three fumbles,...

Independence Bowl Has a Vitamin to Sell

The Independence Bowl has always resided in that lower tier of bowls. Unlike other bowls at that level, though, the Shreveport, Louisiana-based bowl has struggled with keeping its corporate sponsorship. It has not had the stability of hotel chains (Gaylord Liberty and Sheraton Hawaii), electronics (Pioneer Las Vegas),...

Turkey Legs to Go: Independence Bowl, Louisiana State vs. Northern Illinois

Turkey Legs to Go is FanHouse's complete travel guide for all of the 2008-2009 college bowl games. Here, we cover the Independence Bowl (Shreveport, Louisiana), which pits Louisiana Tech against Northern Illinois.Overview/Matchup: If the city of Shreveport was hoping for a tourism boost this bowl season, well ... they're...

Football for the Easily Distracted: Minor Bowls in Three Sentences or Less, Part I

Ready for bowl season? Join FanHouse as we preview each of the 34 bowls with a lot of analysis, a little irreverence, and, we promise, at least one joke about Karl Malden's nose. Your parents, or Joe Paterno, will explain it to you.Below are the Week 1 bowl games. Click here for Week 2 and the non-BCS bowls of Week 3. Or...

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06/01/12 Briefly: LSUS searches for coach; McDowell gets new... Source: The Times - Shreveport LA LSUS has begun advertising for a men's basketball coach on the Internet as longtime coach Chad McDowell is being moved to a new position in the athletic department.

Background on independence bowl

The Independence Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game that is played annually at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, so named because it was inaugurated in the United States bicentennial year, 1976.

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