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12/4/2009, 02:26 PM
http://newsok.com/barry-switzer-to-coach-at-uso-event-in-iraq/article/3422522?custom_click=headlines_widget
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Barry Switzer to coach at USO event in Iraq
BY BERRY TRAMEL, Staff Writer, [email protected] Comments http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.newsok.com/newsok/images/comment_icon.gif0 (http://newsok.com/barry-switzer-to-coach-at-uso-event-in-iraq/article/3422522?custom_click=headlines_widget#comments) </SPAN>Published: December 4, 2009
Barry Switzer (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Barry+Switzer&CATEGORY=PERSON) will coach again. This time, in Iraq (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Iraq&CATEGORY=COUNTRY) as part of a USO event to bring the college football bowl experience to American troops.
Switzer and Tommy Bowden (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tommy+Bowden&CATEGORY=PERSON) will coach teams made up of college football legends and military personnel in a flag football game sponsored by Tostitos (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tostitos&CATEGORY=PRODUCT) and the Fiesta Bowl (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Fiesta+Bowl&CATEGORY=MISC).
"I've never been (to the Middle East (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Middle+East&CATEGORY=REGIONS))," said Switzer, who leaves Dec. 27 for Kuwait City (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Kuwait+City&CATEGORY=CITY). "I'm looking forward to it.
"American soldiers, they love college football. We're taking a bowl game to them."
Former Sooners (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Oklahoma+Sooners+(Football)&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) Tony Casillas (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tony+Casillas&CATEGORY=PERSON), Brian Bosworth (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brian+Bosworth&CATEGORY=PERSON) and Joe Washington (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Joe+Washington&CATEGORY=PERSON) are among the former players signed up for the game. Others include Tee Martin (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tee+Martin&CATEGORY=PERSON), who quarterbacked Tennessee (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tennessee&CATEGORY=STATE) to the 1998 national title; Tommie Frazier (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tommie+Frazier&CATEGORY=PERSON), who quarterbacked Nebraska (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Nebraska+Cornhuskers+(Football)&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) to national titles in 1994 and 1995; 1990 Heisman Trophy (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Heisman+Trophy&CATEGORY=MISC) winner Ty Detmer (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Ty+Detmer&CATEGORY=PERSON) of BYU; Pro Football Hall of Famer Bruce Smith (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bruce+Smith+(Football)&CATEGORY=PERSON) of Virginia Tech (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Virginia+Tech+Hokies+(Football)&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION); former Georgia (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Georgia&CATEGORY=STATE) star Garrison Hearst (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Garrison+Hearst&CATEGORY=PERSON); and former Notre Dame (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=University+of+Notre+Dame&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) star Rocket Ismail (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Raghib+Ismail&CATEGORY=PERSON).
The game will be played at a base in Iraq. The exact location and time is not released, for security purposes.
The game is billed as the Salute the Troops Bowl. The former college stars will team with selected military personnel to form the squads.
Highlights from the event will be shown during halftime of the Jan. 4 Fiesta Bowl.
The event for the troops also will include a pre-game pep rally and tailgate party.
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Barry Switzer to coach at USO event in Iraq
BY BERRY TRAMEL, Staff Writer, [email protected] Comments http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.newsok.com/newsok/images/comment_icon.gif0 (http://newsok.com/barry-switzer-to-coach-at-uso-event-in-iraq/article/3422522?custom_click=headlines_widget#comments) </SPAN>Published: December 4, 2009
Barry Switzer (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Barry+Switzer&CATEGORY=PERSON) will coach again. This time, in Iraq (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Iraq&CATEGORY=COUNTRY) as part of a USO event to bring the college football bowl experience to American troops.
Switzer and Tommy Bowden (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tommy+Bowden&CATEGORY=PERSON) will coach teams made up of college football legends and military personnel in a flag football game sponsored by Tostitos (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tostitos&CATEGORY=PRODUCT) and the Fiesta Bowl (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Fiesta+Bowl&CATEGORY=MISC).
"I've never been (to the Middle East (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Middle+East&CATEGORY=REGIONS))," said Switzer, who leaves Dec. 27 for Kuwait City (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Kuwait+City&CATEGORY=CITY). "I'm looking forward to it.
"American soldiers, they love college football. We're taking a bowl game to them."
Former Sooners (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Oklahoma+Sooners+(Football)&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) Tony Casillas (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tony+Casillas&CATEGORY=PERSON), Brian Bosworth (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brian+Bosworth&CATEGORY=PERSON) and Joe Washington (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Joe+Washington&CATEGORY=PERSON) are among the former players signed up for the game. Others include Tee Martin (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tee+Martin&CATEGORY=PERSON), who quarterbacked Tennessee (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tennessee&CATEGORY=STATE) to the 1998 national title; Tommie Frazier (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tommie+Frazier&CATEGORY=PERSON), who quarterbacked Nebraska (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Nebraska+Cornhuskers+(Football)&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) to national titles in 1994 and 1995; 1990 Heisman Trophy (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Heisman+Trophy&CATEGORY=MISC) winner Ty Detmer (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Ty+Detmer&CATEGORY=PERSON) of BYU; Pro Football Hall of Famer Bruce Smith (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bruce+Smith+(Football)&CATEGORY=PERSON) of Virginia Tech (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Virginia+Tech+Hokies+(Football)&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION); former Georgia (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Georgia&CATEGORY=STATE) star Garrison Hearst (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Garrison+Hearst&CATEGORY=PERSON); and former Notre Dame (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=University+of+Notre+Dame&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) star Rocket Ismail (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Raghib+Ismail&CATEGORY=PERSON).
The game will be played at a base in Iraq. The exact location and time is not released, for security purposes.
The game is billed as the Salute the Troops Bowl. The former college stars will team with selected military personnel to form the squads.
Highlights from the event will be shown during halftime of the Jan. 4 Fiesta Bowl.
The event for the troops also will include a pre-game pep rally and tailgate party.