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Charting the 2009 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl & Post-Season Play
Fort Worth, Texas, January 8, 2009 – With the 20 days of bowl competition for 34 post-season college football games at 30 sites in two countries concluding Thursday, here are notes associated with the action highlighting the 2009 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl facts and figures.
The post-season was played in 14 states and the District of Columbia with Texas tying California for the second-most games (five) behind Florida (six). Five Texas cities (Arlington, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio) hosted post-season games to match Florida’s five (Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg and Tampa). California’s five games were held at three sites (Pasadena, San Diego and San Francisco).
pdfCharting the 2009 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
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FORT WORTH, Texas — A dedicated group of leathernecks from several Marine Forces Reserve units in Texas and Louisiana sacrificed some of their holiday vacation to showcase their equipment at the 2009 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl at Texas Christian University (TCU) here Dec. 30-31.
“The Marine equipment is tremendously instrumental at the Adventure Zone,” said Brant Ringler, the executive director of this seventh annual Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. “It lets families come out and see what the military is all about. When people meet the Marines and see, feel and touch the equipment they get a better idea of what it is all about, what our service members do.” more>
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