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An Early Texas Shootout at Billy Bob’s for Air Force, Houston

Fort Worth, Texas, December 27, 2009 – A Texas shootout is anticipated Thursday in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl when Houston’s top-ranked passing offense goes against the nation’s fourth best rushing attack in Air Force. However on Sunday night there was a preliminary shootout of sorts between the teams at Billy Bob’s, the world’s largest Honky Tonk in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards. Billy Bob’s is the 127,000-square foot facility where such musical icons as the Gatlin Brothers, Waylon Jennings, Jamie Fricke, Willie Nelson, George Strait, Garth Brooks, Ringo Star, the Beach Boys and Gloria Estefan were among the many headline performers that have performed on the showroom stage. On Sunday night, Chris Whatley (pictured with Houston linebacker coach Leon Burtnett) directed a quick draw competition between the schools. Continue Reading

Houston lineman Anderson put the ‘cold’ in cold calling

By Brian Hilderbrand, www.armedforcesbowl.com

Fort Worth, Texas, December 28, 2009 – As one of a dozen out-of-state players on the University of Houston roster, and the only one hailing from Alaska, offensive lineman Jaryd Anderson made the longest trek to the Lone Star State. A second-team all-conference player at South Anchorage High School, Anderson also made arguably the most inventive one. Anderson, who will line up against the Air Force Academy when the Cougars meet the Falcons in Thursday’s Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl at Amon G. Carter Stadium, used some good old-fashioned self-promotion to get noticed by the Houston coaching staff. “It’s very hard to get recruited out of Alaska,” Anderson said Monday after the Cougars’ first practice here for the seventh annual Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. “I had someone help put together a bio and a highlight film and we put it online and waited to see what happened.” Continue Reading

Air Force Enjoys Break from ‘Regular’ Routine

By Jim Benton, www.armedforcesbowl.com

Fort Worth, Texas, December 28, 2009 – Air Force Academy football players are starting to enjoy how the ‘other’ half of the regular college world lives as they prepare this week for Thursday’s seventh annual Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl that will be played at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Stepping away from their regular military academy routine, the Falcons went through their third practice on Monday at Kennedale High School and since the Air Force Academy is on break for the holidays, the players have the rare opportunity to concentrate on nothing but football. Air Force players don’t have to be concerned about early wake up calls, trigonometry, calculus or aeronautical engineering assignments or military duties. “It’s a lot nicer,” junior defensive back Reggie Rembert (pictured) said. “We don’t have to wake up at 6:30, we get a little more sleep and get to have a little more fun.”

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“Bowl Week” Begins Saturday

Fort Worth, Texas, December 26, 2009 – “Bowl Week” for the seventh annual post-season collegiate football game in the “City of Cowboys and Culture” begins here Saturday with the arrival of the United States Air Force Academy as the Falcons will also hold their first of four practices at Kennedale High School. The Air Force will be competing in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl for the third-straight year as the 2009 game at Amon G. Carter Stadium is a rematch of the 2008 contest where the University of Houston defeated the Falcons 34-28 before a record crowd of 41,127. Houston, which is also competing in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl for the third-time after losing the 2005 game to Kansas, will arrive here Sunday in time for the “Team Welcome Party” at the world famous Billy Bob’s in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards. The Cougars’ first of two practices at Southlake Carroll Senior High School with be Monday.

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BHAFB – Team Welcome Party, Schedule of Events

The kickoff event for the seventh annual Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl will be a Team Welcome Party at Billy Bob’s in the “Historic Fort Worth Stockyards”! Featuring coaches and players from both the University of Houston and the United States Air Force Academy, the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Team Welcome Party will be held Sunday, December 27 starting at 6 p.m. The event is open to the media. If you have any questions, please contact Tim Simmons (cell telephone 720/244-6580 starting December 26). Billy Bob’s (817/624-7117) is located at 2520 Rodeo Plaza in Fort Worth.

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2009 BELL HELICOPTER ARMED FORCES BOWL TICKET SALES EXCEED 40,000

Fort Worth, Texas, December 22, 2009 – With eight “selling” days left before the kickoff of the 2009 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, more than 40,000 tickets have been sold for the New Year’s Eve game featuring the University of Houston against the United States Air Force Academy at Amon G. Carter Stadium.

The “pass first” 10-3 Cougars of Houston (ranked 25th in the latest USA Today poll and 27th in the AP rankings) meet the 7-5 “pass defense first” Falcons of Air Force in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl here December 31. The seventh annual post-season game kicks off at 11 a.m. (CST) at Amon G. Carter Stadium and will be aired live on ESPN.

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2009 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Ranked #1 Bowl Matchup by Fox Sports

Rating the bowl matchups from worst to first
Article released by Fox Sports
Fox Sports: Rating the bowl matchups from worst to first
by Pete Fiutak

1. Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl
2. Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
3. GMAC Bowl
4. Citi BCS National Championship
5. FedEx Orange Bowl
6. Rose Bowl presented by Citi
7. Champs Sports Bowl
8. Allstate Sugar Bowl
9. Independence Bowl
10. Capital One Bowl

View the complete list by reading the full article at Fox Sports: Rating the bowl matchups from worst to first

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Return Suits Air Force

By Jim Benton, www.armedforcesbowl.com

Air Force Academy, Colo., December 21, 2009 – The Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and the state of Texas are bountiful recruiting targets for college football teams.

That’s one of the reasons Air Force is pleased to be playing for the third consecutive year in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl.

Even though the Falcons have different recruiting standards because of academic and military demands, Air Force has been successful attracting players from Texas to enroll at the Academy.

There are 23 players on the Air Force roster from Texas, the most from any state. Eight projected starters hail from the Lone Star State.

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Air Force’s Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Notes

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Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Luncheon Speaker Faces “Double Duty”

Fort Worth, Texas, December 16, 2009 – It is not often that a featured speaker at a meeting, conference and/or event will get to display his skills before a bigger setting, but Retired Sgt. First Class Dana Bowman will be handling those tasks this month at the 2009 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl.

In addition to being the featured speaker at the 2009 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Kickoff Luncheon presented by Armed Forces Insurances and the Omni Fort Worth Hotel here December 30, Retired Sgt. First Class Bowman will also parachute into Amon G. Carter Stadium the next day with two members of The Screaming Eagles Army parachute team and five members of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Wings of Blue parachute team. All of this will occur prior to the kickoff of the post-season intercollegiate college football game. Continue Reading

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