South Carolina has sold 700 tickets for the Independence Bowl

[LZH]

Shreveport is OK, if you like casinos...............and Pine Bluff.

[Rison Razor Hog]

Shreveport is OK, if you like casinos...............and Pine Bluff.

Rison is a little town of 1250 24 miles south of Pine Bluff on US 79. Having lived in Rison and then going home to Rison and traveling through Pine Bluff countless 1000s of times, I get the insult you've just lobbed at Shreveport, lol.

[HOGfaninLA]

Too far for Gamecock fans to travel (after their horrible season) and Miami fans don't travel.  Sucks for the I-bowl. I think their new sponsor this year is the Duck Commander guys?

[BENTON PIGGEE]

I gambled and bought 4 nice tix there thinking we might go there. I couldn't believe they got two EAST COAST teams when they are surrounded by SEC-W teams. Sidline seats, row 15 on the SEC side for $50 each and they threw in 2 parking passes, 4 vouchers for hot dog and a drink and a voucher for a game program. I am reselling them but probably won't get all my $ back.

I had to pay more for 4 Texas bowl seats that aren't nearly as nice. I wish we had gotten Texas in Shreveport- it's so much closer. Indy Bowl got shafted. I knew the risk I was taking but it worked for the Cotton Bowl. Oh well.

[Paul]

Shreveport is OK, if you like casinos...............and Pine Bluff.

I drove there to interview for a job.  Pine Bluff is a very good comparison.

[hoglady]

Shreveport is OK, if you like casinos...............and Pine Bluff.

I've lived in Shreveport and I'm in Pine Bluff on a regular basis - the 2 have little in common.

I drove there to interview for a job.  Pine Bluff is a very good comparison.

Come on, guys.
The 2 towns have little in common.
Shreveport/Bossier is actually more comparable to Little Rock/North Little Rock.

[98hogs]

I've lived in Shreveport and I'm in Pine Bluff on a regular basis - the 2 have little in common.
Come on, guys.
The 2 towns have little in common.
Shreveport/Bossier is actually more comparable to Little Rock/North Little Rock.

No! Little Rock NLR is not a trashy and hood rattish as Shreveport

[Southpointhog]

http://www.ktbs.com/story/27609316/ticket-sales-up-for-2014-duck-commander-independence-bowl

Well I guess this ruins the arguement!

[Inhogswetrust]

I've lived in Shreveport and I'm in Pine Bluff on a regular basis - the 2 have little in common.
Come on, guys.
The 2 towns have little in common.
Shreveport/Bossier is actually more comparable to Little Rock/North Little Rock.

I don't think they were comparing size.....................

[hoglady]

I don't think they were comparing size………………...

I'm not either.
I like Shreveport/Bossier.
Shreveport has it's good areas and bad just like any other city.
The entire city is not crime ridden.
Grew up in Bossier so maybe I'm just bias.

[Inhogswetrust]

I'm not either.
I like Shreveport/Bossier.
Shreveport has it's good areas and bad just like any other city.
The entire city is not crime ridden.
Grew up in Bossier so maybe I'm just bias.

Been there several times. Not my favorite city but not the worst. Those that compare it to Pine Bluff though are wacko!

[jbcarol]

Independence Bowl @DCIBowl  ·  Dec 16

.@MissyDuckWife will sing National Anthem, Uncle Si will help w/ coin toss & @williebosshog will present the trophy! http://independencebowl.org/robertson-family-game-day-appearances/ ...


Duck Commander @Duck_Commander  ·  Dec 15

Congrats to the @MiamiHurricanes and @GamecockFB for making it to the @DCIBowl! Who are you cheering for?




Independence Bowl @DCIBowl  ·  24 hours ago

Here's a shot of the new, almost completed, LED scoreboard inside Independence Stadium.




Tyler Hawthorne @THawthorne13  ·  3 hours ago

@DCIBowl Christmas gift #1 has arrived.

[DeltaBoy]

700. As in seven hundred. Wow.

They should have fought for the Hogs and they would be sold out!

[Hogfaniam]

They should have fought for the Hogs and they would be sold out!

Hogs were off the board before they even had a chance to

[southeasthog]

I was actually hoping for this bowl for selfish reasons. Close enough for me to drive same day from South Arkansas. But since I have family that live outside of Houston, it's all good.

[PorkRinds]

Independence Bowl @DCIBowl  ·  Dec 16

.@MissyDuckWife will sing National Anthem, Uncle Si will help w/ coin toss & @williebosshog will present the trophy! http://independencebowl.org/robertson-family-game-day-appearances/ ...


Duck Commander @Duck_Commander  ·  Dec 15

Congrats to the @MiamiHurricanes and @GamecockFB for making it to the @DCIBowl! Who are you cheering for?




Independence Bowl @DCIBowl  ·  24 hours ago

Here's a shot of the new, almost completed, LED scoreboard inside Independence Stadium.




Tyler Hawthorne @THawthorne13  ·  3 hours ago

@DCIBowl Christmas gift #1 has arrived.

Duck Commander has seriously oversold itself.  Putting your own face on the bowl tickets?  Man.  Either they have a horrible marketing person giving them horrible advice, or they are a bunch of idiots with huge egos.  Maybe a bit of both?

[Uncommon]

Putting your own face on the bowl tickets?  Man.  Either they have a horrible marketing person giving them horrible advice, or they are a bunch of idiots with huge egos.  Maybe a bit of both?

Agree.  Neither South Carolina's or Miami (FL)'s logos are on the tickets.  Not honoring the teams that are playing in the bowl by putting their logos on front of the tickets is not wise in my opinion.  The teams should be the main attraction.  Not Willie.

[southeasthog]

Agree.  Neither South Carolina's or Miami (FL)'s logos are on the tickets.  Not honoring the teams that are playing in the bowl by putting their logos on front of the tickets is not wise in my opinion.  The teams should be the main attraction.  Not Willie.

Have you seen the tickets for the Texas Bowl? Neither Arkansas nor Texas is on there. Just the SEC vs B12. In fact, they remind me of old concert tickets from the 90's. But that might just be the "nosebleed" section I have.

[Hogfaniam]

This is a really good matchup in a really dumb location.  I'm sure both teams will be bishing about it as they write the checks for the unsold tickets.

"And for South Carolina, it's about a long ride. The Gamecocks will play Miami on Dec. 27 in 49,000-seat Independence Stadium at 3:30 p.m. South Carolina's 1,628-mile round trip is the second longest for an SEC team not in one of the sport's College Football Playoff-controlled bowl games (Missouri's 2,226 miles to the Citrus Bowl and back is the longest).

South Carolina's ticket sales are feeling the impact of the distance.

The Independence Bowl distributed 8,000 tickets to the Gamecocks and 6,000 to the Hurricanes (based on the bowl's agreement with each conference). South Carolina had sold 784 of those as of the middle of the day Monday and will have to pay the bowl for all its unused tickets.

"It's difficult for our fans," athletics director Ray Tanner said. "We understand that."

South Carolina is encouraging its fans to buy from the school's allotment to donate to military members and children in the Boys and Girls Club in the Shreveport area."

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/12/15/3875740_christmas-in-shreveport-slow-start.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy

[jbcarol]

When swagger ruled: USC, Miami involved in 'wild melee' in '87 game

Twenty-seven years later, South Carolina is getting another shot at Miami, and Todd Ellis, who took plenty of shots the last time the teams met, is happy he will be there to see it.

"You are darn right I am glad to have the game back," Ellis said.

That's the exact opposite of the feeling South Carolina administrators and fans had after these two teams played in 1987. In fact, then-Gamecocks athletics director Bob Marcum said at the time it would never happen again, and he was right for almost three decades.

The Dec. 27 Independence Bowl will be the first time South Carolina and Miami have played since an eventful evening in South Florida on Dec. 5, 1987, caused the Gamecocks to swear off the Hurricanes forever. This year's matchup between two 6-6 teams is a far cry from that game, which was a battle of star-studded, top 10 opponents that was capped by what the next day's The State called "a wild melee."

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