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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THEINDEPENDENCE BOWL FOUNDATION &
RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES INDEPENDENCE BOWL
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CFB WEEK 6OCTOBER 5-11
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 | 6-7 PM CTTune into 1130 The Tiger every Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. for the official radio show of the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl! Director of Media Relations Erik Evenson and 2019 I-Bowl Chairman & former Lou Groza Award-winning kicker Art Carmody IV get you set for each weekend of college football. They'll update you on all the best games of the weekend and update on everything you need to know about the 2020 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl!
GAME OF THE WEEKFAST FACTS:
• Miami's offense has transformed under graduate transfer quarterback D'Eriq King. After a 31-point opening performance against UAB, the Hurricanes have posted 47 and 52-point performances on No. 18 Louisville and rival Florida State, respectively. King has thrown for 592 yards and five touchdown passes in the last two games, while also adding 74 yards on the ground. On the season, he has 736 passing yards and six passing TD's to go along with 157 yards and one TD on the ground.
• Trevor Lawrence has been lighting up defenses this year to the tune of 848 yards, seven TD's and no interceptions. In two ACC matchups, Lawrence has thrown for 680 yards (340 avg.), four TD's and no touchdowns.
• Miami running back Cam'Ron Harris is averaging 8.1 yards per carry and 104 rushing yards through three games, but he only rushed for 43 yards on 12 carries in the Hurricanes' 52-10 win over Florida State. Harris did, however, add two scores on the ground against the Seminoles.
I-BOWL WEEKLY RADIO SHOW///////////////////////////////////////////////
CATCHING UP ON CFB//////////////////////////////////
BOWL PROJECTIONS////////////////////////////////
JERRY PALM (CBS SPORTS)
WEEK 6 SCOREBOARD
#22 BYU - 45, Louisiana Tech - 14 West Virginia - 27, Baylor - 23 (2OT)Wake Forest - 66, Campbell - 14 UAB - 21, UTSA - 13#2. Alabama - 52, #13 Texas A&M - 24 Liberty - 28, North Alabama - #1 Clemson - 41, Virginia - 23 Army - 55, Abilene Christian - 23#3 Florida - 38, South Carolina - 24 Kansas State - 31, Texas Tech - 21#4 Georgia - 27, #7 Auburn - 6 Florida Atlantic - 21, Charlotte - 17TCU - 33, #9 Texas - 31 Virginia Tech - 38, Duke - 31Tulsa - 34, #11 UCF - 26 Ole Miss - 42, Kentucky - 41 (OT)#12 North Carolina - 26, Boston College - 22 Florida State - 41, Jacksonville State - 24#15 Cincinnati - 28, South Florida - 7 Western Kentucky - 20, Middle Tenn. - 17Arkansas - 21, #16 Mississippi State - 14 Air Force - 40, Navy - 17#17 Oklahoma State - 47, Kansas - 7 Georgia Southern - 35, UL Monroe - 30Iowa State - 37, #18 Oklahoma - 30 Southern Miss - 41, North Texas - 31#20 LSU - 41, Vanderbilt - 7 Coastal Carolina - 52, Arkansas St. - 23#21 Tennessee - 35, Missouri - 12 Georgia State - 49, East Carolina - 29NC State 30, #24 Pittsburgh - 29 SMU - 30, #25 Memphis - 27
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
AP TOP 25 - WEEK 51. Clemson (52) 14. Tennessee2. Alabama (8) 15. BYU3. Georgia 16. Wisconsin4. Florida 17. LSU5. Notre Dame 18. SMU6. Ohio State (2) 19. Virginia Tech7. Miami 20. Michigan8. North Carolina 21. Texas A&M9. Penn State 22. Texas10. Oklahoma St. 23. ULL11. Cincinnati 24. Iowa State12. Oregon 25. Minnesota13. Auburn
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SPORTING NEWS
MARK SCHLABACH (ESPN)
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MARK SCHLABACH (ESPN)
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ERICK SMITH (USA TODAY)
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OVERALL RECORDCONFERENCE RECORD
POINTS PER GAMEPTS. ALLOWED PER GAMETOTAL YARDS (PASS/RUSH)
YDS. ALLOWED (PASS/RUSH)PASSING LEADERRUSHING LEADER
RECEIVING LEADER
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STATS & LEADERS
3-02-0 (ACC)
42.312.0
477.3 (316.0/161.3)303.0 (213.0/90.0)
T. Lawrence: 848 yds, 7 TD, 0 intT. Etienne: 39 car, 243 yds, 2 TD
A. Rodgers: 12 rec, 206 yds, 3 TD
3-02-0 (ACC)
43.319.3
499.0 (266.7/232.3)377.0 (230.3/146.7)
D. King: 736 yds, 6 TD, 0 intC. Harris: 38 car, 311 yds, 5 TDB. Jordan: 15 rec, 212 yds, 3 TD
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR//////////////////////////////////
THE CITADEL (0-3) @ ARMY (3-1) | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 @ 12:30 PM CT | CBSSNFAST FACTS:
• In a matchup of triple-option teams, there will not be many secrets coming into this one. Army is facing an FCS foe for the second consecutive week after defeating Abilene Christian 55-23 to move to 3-1.
• Army QB Christian Anderson is questionable for this matchup, and his status might come down to a game-time decision. On the year, Anderson has passed for 122 yards on 11 completions to go along with 239 rushing yards and three TD's on 55 attempts. With backup QB Jabari Laws still unavailable following his late-season injury in 2019, So. QB Jemel Jones could potentially make first career start on Saturday.
WEEK 6 MATCHUPS TO WATCH THIS WEEKENDTULANE (2-1) @ HOUSTON (0-0) | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 @ 6:30 PM CT | ESPN
FAST FACTS: • Houston should finally get to play game one of their season after having five cancellations due to COVID-19. The Cougars
are breaking in 33 transfers from the JUCO, FCS and FBS ranks. Houston went 4-8 in Dana Holgorsen's first season last year.• Tulane has had an up-and-down season thus far. The Green Wave are coming off of a 66-24 win over Southern Miss a couple
weeks ago, but they preceded that win with a 27-24 loss to a 1-2 Navy team and a 27-24 win over South Alabama in week one.• When the Green Wave offense is rolling, they pound the ball on the ground, and that is exactly what happened a week ago
against Southern Miss. Tulane racked up 427 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns while averaging 7.9 yards per carry. Leading rusher Tyjae Spears is out for the season with a torn ACL, but Tulane still leads the American in rushing with 882 yards and 14 touchdowns on the ground this season.
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I-BOWL ALUMNI IN THE NFL////////////////////////////////////////////Tremaine Edmunds – Buffalo Bills, MLB (Virginia Tech, 2015): 8 solo tackles, 12 total tackles vs. Raiders
Damiere Byrd – New England Patriots, WR (South Carolina, 2014): 5 receptions for 80 yards vs. Chiefs
Justin Houston – Indianapolis Colts, DE (Georgia, 2009): 3 solo tackles, 4 total tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack vs. Bears
Josh Jones – Jacksonville Jaguars, S (NC State, 2016): 7 solo tackles, 11 total tackles vs. Bengals (23 solo tackles, 36 total tackles this season)
Bradley Chubb – Denver Broncos, OLB (NC State, 2016): 3 solo tackles, 5 total tackles, 2.5 sacks, 5 QB hits vs. Jets
Mike Davis – Carolina Panthers, RB (South Carolina, 2014): 16 rushes for 84 yards and 1 TD, 5 receptions for 27 yards vs. Cardinals
Brian Burns – Carolina Panthers, LB (Florida State, 2017): 1 solo tackle, 2 combined tackles, 1 TFL, 3 QB hits vs. Cardinals
Tre Boston – Carolina Panthers, S (North Carolina, 2011): 3 solo tackles, 4 total tackles, 1 fumble recovery vs. Cardinals
John Johnson – Los Angeles Rams, S (Boston College, 2013): 5 solo tackles, 6 total tackles, 2 TFL vs. Giants
Bradley Chubb (Denver Broncos, OLB)
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PAC-12 SCHEDULE RELEASED//////////////////////////////////////////////
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The Pac-12 announced Saturday, October 3 its 2020 football schedule, which features a seven-game Conference-only lineup commencing Saturday, November 7 and culminating the weekend of December 18-19 with the Pac-12 Football Championship Game, presented by 76®, featuring the North and South champions alongside a full slate of Pac-12 games for all teams.
Read the full story from Pac-12.com here.
UTEP (3-1) @ LOUISIANA TECH (2-1) | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 @ 6:30 PM CT | ESPN2FAST FACTS (via C-USA):
• LA Tech has won seven straight in the series, including 42-21 last year in El Paso, but UTEP is 3-1 for the first time since 2010 as it opens C-USA play. • So. WR Jacob Cowing is averaging 17.1 yards/reception with 22 catches for 377 yards. He has topped the 100-yard mark in three of the first four
games. He is the first Miner with three 100-yard receiving games in a season since Jordan Leslie in 2013.• In UTEP’s win at ULM, Cowing (102 yards) and Justin Garrett (120 yards) gave the Miners two receivers with 100 yards in the same game for the
first time since Nov. 24, 2012 versus Rice, when Jordan Leslie had 168 yards and Michael Edwards added 121.• Fr. RB Deion Hankins has rushed for five TD's in the first three games. In the win at ULM, Hankins became the first UTEP freshman to score three
rushing TD’s in a game since 1985. He tied the school record for single-game rushing TD's by a freshman. Hankins has gone over 100 yards twice in three games, becoming the first UTEP freshman with multiple 100-yard rushing games in a season since Aaron Jones had three in 2016.
• The Miners held ULM to six points, 193 yards and six first downs - all opponent lows under HC Dana Dimel. It was the Miners’ top defensive outing since 2014 at UTSA, when they limited them to 70 yards and two first downs in a 34-0 shutout.
• Four LA Tech wide receivers have recorded multiple TD catches in a single game - Jr. Griffin Hebert (2 at USM, Sept. 19), So. Wayne Toussant (2 vs. HBU, Sept. 26), Sr. Isaiah Graham (2 vs. HBU, Sept. 26) and So. Smoke Harris (2 at BYU, Oct. 2). This marks the first time since 1999 that four Bulldogs have had a two-TD receptions game in one season. There were only four two-TD receptions games in the last three years combined.
• So. WR Smoke Harris has caught three TD receptions this season, (including a 66-yard TD catch at BYU), to rank 9th in the nation.• QB Luke Anthony threw two TD in the loss at BYU and has 10 in his first three games. That ties him for second in the FBS, trailing only Texas' Sam
Ehlinger, who has 14 TD passes this season. Anthony’s pass efficiency rating of 169.1 leads all C-USA QB's that have played at least one game.• RS-Fr. K/P Jacob Barnes has not missed a FG(2-of-2) or XPA (15-of-15) this season. He booted a career-long 50-yard punt at BYU last week.
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UTSA (3-1) @ #15 BYU (3-0) | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 @ 2:30 PM CT | ESPN2FAST FACTS (via C-USA):
• UTSA So. Lucas Dean has been named the Ray Guy National Punter of the Week. Dean averaged 45.0 yards on six punts at UAB last Saturday. Five kicks were downed inside the UAB 20-yard line, including a 55-yarder that pinned the Blazers at their 1, and UAB did not log a return on any of his six punts. Dean ranks second in C-USA and eighth in the FBS with a 46.5 punting average. Of his 24 punts, 14 have pinned opponents inside their 20, nine have sailed 50-plus yards and six have ended in a fair catch.
• UTSA Sr. K Hunter Duplessis was 2-for-2 in FGA at UAB. He leads the FBS with nine FG's made and has the longest active streak of FG's made with 18.• UTSA is tied with Cincinnati and Syracuse for the most interceptions in the FBS with seven and they stand third in the nation with nine total
takeaways. The Roadrunners also pace C-USA and stand 11th in the FBS in turnover margin (1.25/+5).• UTSA has been nearly perfect in the red zone this season. The Roadrunners have reached the opponent’s 20-yard line 20 times through the first
four contests and they have scored on 19 of those trips with 11 TD's and eight FG's. The only unsuccessful visit to the red zone occurred when UTSA did not convert on four tries following a first-and-goal opportunity from the 2-yard line vs. UAB.
• So. RB Sincere McCormick leads the FBS in rushing yards (527) and ranks second in rushing yards per game (131.8). He notched the fifth 100-yard game of his 16-game career with 150 yards and a TD on 22 totes against UAB. The 2019 Freshman All-American is ninth with 151.8 all-purpose yards per contest, 12th with four rushing TDs and 20th with a 5.92 yards-per-carry average.
• No. 15 BYU will be playing a C-USA opponent for the second straight week after defeating Louisiana Tech last week, 45-14. The Cougars are 3-0, having outscored its opponents 148-24 (an FBS-leading scoring margin of 41.3 points per game). Zach Wilson paces a BYU offense that is averaging 585.7 yards and 49.3 points, as the Jr. QB has completed 60 of 71 passes (84.5%) for 949 yards and six TD's.
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SUPER BOIL SUNDAY////////////////////////////////WHERE: Field Level at Independence Stadium
WHEN: Sunday, October 25 from 12-3 p.m.
LEARN MORE: Due to ongoing changes in state regulations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Independence Bowl Foundation event - Super Boil Sunday - will be MOVED TO THE INDEPENDENCE STADIUM FIELD and has shifted to a MEMBER AND MEMBER-GUEST-ONLY EVENT, in compliance with the state and local COVID-19 regulations on public gatherings.
Super Boil Sunday is still slated for SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 FROM 12-3 P.M., and the event will still feature boiled shrimp, fried fish and char-grilled oysters courtesy of Louisiana Seafood and Shaver's Catering, as well as beer from Great Raft Brewing. The noon National Football League games will be aired on the main video board of the stadium.
This event was previously scheduled as the Annual Crawfish Boil in May but was re-scheduled as Super Boil Sunday due to the shifting state and local COVID-19 regulations. Super Boil Sunday is now for current Independence Bowl Foundation MEMBERS AND MEMBER-GUESTS ONLY. Members who want to bring additional guests will be charged $15 each, as space permits.To purchase or renew a foundation membership, visit www.radiancetechnologiesindependencebowl.com/foundation-membership-purchase/.
The Independence Bowl Foundation asks that members comply with state and local regulations on public gatherings - including the wearing of face masks to and from tables and standard social distancing guidelines, and members are asked to consider RSVPing for either the first or second half of the event to remain under the capacity on public events established by the state of Louisiana. Priority will be given to those who RSVP. Members can reserve their spot for the event by contacting the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl office at (318) 221-0712.
