Inside the I-Bowl

Former Lou Groza Award winning kicker Art Carmody talks about his experience at the NFL Combine, which featured six former Independence Bowl players this year. Also, 2022 Independence Bowl Foundation Chairman, Rob Rubel, joins the podcast to talk about his background, his experience in the Foundation and what he's looking to accomplish as the Bowl's chairman!

We start the episode by recapping our favorite moments from 2021 Bowl Season with Art Carmody before getting into coaching carousel talk. Art gives us his personal experience about coaching changes, as a member of the Louisville football team when Bobby Petrino left for the Atlanta Falcons. We also introduce newly-named Independence Bowl Director of Development Andrew Givens to the listeners! We talked to Andrew about his stops along his career at ESPN, HBO, KMSS 33 and others!

Former Lou Groza Award winner Art Carmody IV shares stories about life as a college football player during fall camp and practice leading into the season. Sports Illustrated's Ross Dellenger joins us on Episode 5 of the Inside the I-Bowl Podcast to talk about all the changes in college football - including NIL, conference shuffling, college football playoff expansion and more! Ross also shares his favorite bowl memory (it happened in Shreveport in 2000). Logan Lewis joins the show to talk about the newly announced 1st & Give Charity Flag Football Tournament!

On Episode 4 of the Inside the I-Bowl Podcast, Erik Evenson and Art Carmody talk about the first few weeks of NIL in college athletics - with Art using his first-hand knowledge as a former college football player to weigh in. Ben Mintz with Barstool Sports talks about his path from Shreveport and Baton Rouge sports radio to Barstool and his first eight months at the national sports media giant. Art and Erik also talk about what a great event the Kickoff Dinner with Marcus Spears was.

On Episode 3 of the Inside the I-Bowl Podcast, current ESPN NFL Analyst and former LSU and Dallas Cowboys player Marcus Spears joins the pod (4:04) to discuss his time at LSU, his bowl experiences, his current work at ESPN and coming to speak at the Independence Bowl Kickoff Dinner in July. Art and Erik talk about the newly announced proposal to expand the College Football Playoff, and Art talks about his experiences on campus over the summer as a former college football player.

On Episode 2 of the Inside the I-Bowl Podcast, Art and Erik discuss the possibility of College Football Playoff Expansion, and Art tells a great story of the late college football legend Colt Brennan from their playing days. Cole Thompson - NFL, NFL Draft and College Football writer for Sports Illustrated and FanSided - joins the pod (15:56) to talk about the NFL Draft and the 11 Indy Bowl alumni that were selected in this year's draft. The boys also talk about the upcoming Independence Bowl Foundation events and more!

Bill Bailey – CEO of title sponsor Radiance Technologies – joins the inaugural episode to talk about Radiance Technologies' first year as title sponsor, their one-year extension and more. Logan Lewis, Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Director of Marketing and Sponsorships, also joins to talk about Rewinding the Bowl and the Independence Bowl Foundation's event schedule that is ramping up – including the Crawfish Boil, Kickoff K's and more!