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AndreWhere (1252)

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The Indepdendence Bowl is in trouble

http://www.latechreport.com/2017/01/03/ … n-trouble/

An excerpt:

The I-Bowl hosted a 6-6 Vanderbilt who was the 11th best team from the SEC this year and a 6-6 North Carolina State team from the ACC. While the announced attendance was just under 29,000, the actual attendance yesterday was much less as evidenced by pictures from the stadium.

The Independence Bowl lost $1.5 million over 2014 and 2015, and has the second-lowest reported net assets of any bowl game as of the 2013-14 filing (it’s actually much worse according to the latest filing with the Louisiana Legislative Auditor).

Yet, when the Independence Bowl featured a matchup of two 6-6 teams for the third year and didn’t draw a decent crowd, the first instinct among some members of the Shreveport media wasn’t to blame the Independence Bowl Committee. Their first instinct was to blame the local population for not spending four hours and their money to watch Vanderbilt and North Carolina State the day after Christmas.

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AndreWhere (1252)

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From: Decatur, GA

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Re: The Indepdendence Bowl is in trouble

Article concludes with a call for the bowl to feature regional C-USA teams like USM and Houston and hypothesizes that we'd bring fans to the game.

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