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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    Around 2007-08, Conference USA actively approached the Independence Bowl about getting its #2 team, starting in 2010. The Independence Bowl really wanted two BCS conferences, and so declined pretty definitively. Things didn't work out as the I-Bowl had hoped, and they somehow ended up with the MWC instead.
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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    Quote Originally Posted by parialex View Post
    Around 2007-08, Conference USA actively approached the Independence Bowl about getting its #2 team, starting in 2010. The Independence Bowl really wanted two BCS conferences, and so declined pretty definitively. Things didn't work out as the I-Bowl had hoped, and they somehow ended up with the MWC instead.
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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    Quote Originally Posted by parialex View Post
    Around 2007-08, Conference USA actively approached the Independence Bowl about getting its #2 team, starting in 2010. The Independence Bowl really wanted two BCS conferences, and so declined pretty definitively. Things didn't work out as the I-Bowl had hoped, and they somehow ended up with the MWC instead.
    That decision could have been the turning point for the bowl but I guess that stubborn heads prevailed that day.
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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    Quote Originally Posted by HogDawg View Post
    ....That kind of stuff happens when a business has no leadership with vision.
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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    Quote Originally Posted by HogDawg View Post
    ....That kind of stuff happens when a business has no leadership with vision.
    That's what happens when you have a figure head ostensibly "in charge", but with no real authority, and powerful people behind the scenes actually run the show....and they don't really have the specific professional prowess to pull it off.

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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    There's one less SEC team in the Indy Bowl pool for 2017 and maybe longer.

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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    Quote Originally Posted by Dawg06 View Post
    There's one less SEC team in the Indy Bowl pool for 2017 and maybe longer.

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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

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      Breaking News... The @IndyBowl title sponsor is Walk-On’s!!!



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      Huge get for Independence Bowl!! Great company with locations here and surrounding area




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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    that may make it a pretty cool bowl game.......

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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    The big question now is: How does the Walk-On's deal compare to Camping World's $550,000 offer the Indy Bowl turned down?

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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    The Indy Bowl should seek a sponsorship from Rayfield Wright's PetroSun company...

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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    Quote Originally Posted by dawg80 View Post
    The Indy Bowl should seek a sponsorship from Rayfield Wright's PetroSun company...
    Been tgere, done that

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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    Makes sense. Louisiana company working on a nationwide expansion. And if you get Walk-Ons...You get Drew Brees.

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    Re: Op/Ed: The Independence Bowl is in trouble

    Quote Originally Posted by Dawg06 View Post
    The big question now is: How does the Walk-On's deal compare to Camping World's $550,000 offer the Indy Bowl turned down?
    The short term deal with the Duck Dynasty crew, who was a hot commodity at the time, didn't seem to work out well. Drew Brees is not the hot commodity he was two years ago either.

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