![Independence Bowl Boss Explains What Happened [VIDEO]](http://townsquare.media/site/180/files/2020/12/setters-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Independence Bowl Boss Explains What Happened [VIDEO]
![1130 The Tiger logo](https://townsquare.media/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KWKHAM.png?w=100)
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Executive Director Missy Setters talks about the events that led up to the cancellation of this years game, originally scheduled for December 26.
"I think you have to go back and look at the past few weeks," Setters says. "We started with 42 bowl games, we had ten bowl games that decided to...not play this year, to cancel and then as we got closer and closer to the selection, we saw teams opting out, to not play in bowl games.
"(Sunday) we were prepared, but at the last minute another team decided to opt out after selections had already started. That created a void that had to be filled by another team and it had a domino effect. Then you had four bowls yesterday (the Independence Bowl among them) that couldn't play because they couldn't fill their spots."
Setters then explains why a single I-Bowl slot couldn't be filled, one of those already committed to by Army. "You had fifty teams that opted out. In a normal year with 42 games you need 84 teams to play. It ended up being a numbers game. Multiple teams opted out the day before selection, then the one that opted out the day of selection. You can prepare, but when something like that happens...it can completely undo what was done."
Read More: Sports Stars from Shreveport
More From 1130 The Tiger
![Former Independence Bowl Stars Continue to Shine](http://townsquare.media/site/180/files/2023/01/attachment-GettyImages-1415225179.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Independence Bowl Bound? Here Are the 10 Best Places to Eat in Shreveport](http://townsquare.media/site/182/files/2022/12/attachment-GettyImages-2018911.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Five Former Indy Bowl Players Up For College Football HoF](http://townsquare.media/site/184/files/2017/05/2018911.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![There Were 11 Former Independence Bowl Players Drafted In 2021](http://townsquare.media/site/184/files/2021/05/GettyImages-1315307113.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![20 Years Ago…Shreveport’s Snow Bowl? [VIDEO]](http://townsquare.media/site/180/files/2021/01/snow-bowl-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Army Coach Vents After I-Bowl Cancellation](http://townsquare.media/site/180/files/2020/12/monken-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![How to Get Your Independence Bowl Ticket Refund](http://townsquare.media/site/184/files/2017/05/2018911.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![2020 Independence Bowl Cancelled](http://townsquare.media/site/184/files/2017/05/2018911.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Independence Bowl Gets Boost For 2020 Through Bowl Cancellation](http://townsquare.media/site/184/files/2017/05/2018911.jpg?w=980&q=75)