Any opportunity to being back this graphic will not be squandered It is a rite of passage for all SEC members, a bit of hazing, if you will, that any schools seeking membership into the conference must at one point endure.  Mizzou got the unpleasantness out of the way during the bowl season as it [...]

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As it is my birthright, I braved the cold and copious amounts of confectionery fair food to attend the 2010 installment of the Advocare Independence Bowl.  There was a double helping of triple option football, a pregame milking station, a party for nothing but poultry, a Tim Brando combover sighting…and, of course, a bird of [...]

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From time to time, I have been known to do a little grindin’ for my city…today’s no different as I’ll be on hand for what promises to be the shortest college football game ever played.  The 2010 Independence Bowl features Georgia Tech, Air Force, and an over/under of 8 total passes.  Ill be sporting a [...]

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Tony Schiavone thinks Shreveport is “custom made from head to toe” The Independence Bowl is (or from now on, was) one of the better run SEC bowls, at least that’s what former World Championship Wrestling play-by-play man turned Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network host, Tony Schiavone says.  He praised the city and its bowl for their hospitality and [...]

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Out of a sense of obligation or perhaps morbid curiosity, FOTP made the trip to the Advocare 100 Independence Bowl for the final installment of SEC and Big 12 match-up  under the lights in the Port City. Its bittersweet really, theres something of a badge of courage for having to follow your team into mediocrity and the Fairgrounds in Shreveport.  [...]

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It cannot be avoided any longer, FOTP is taking the rest of the day off to brave the mean streets of Shreveport to take in all that the Advocare 100 Independence Bowl has to offer.  Its the final matchup of Big 12 and SEC also-rans and we’ll be updating the FOTP Twitter during any and [...]

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Unfortunately for Georgia and Texas A&M fans, the inevitable is unavoidable at this point…the Independence Bowl is mere days away and those two fan bases are on the precipice of a sporting and cultural experience like no other.  The pageantry, the fanfare, the off chance you may be shot in a drive-by by a someone who appreciates the luxury [...]

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