DownUnder Bowl (Australia) Invites 2 Billies Seniors
February 9th, 2013 by Joe Burgess
At Thursday night’s Billie Booster Awards Banquet, Coach Tiner announced that two seniors off of this year’s playoff team have been invited to play in this year’s DownUnder Bowl, in Australia.
Zach Berryman and Diante Barnhill were excited to be invited to this unique event, as recognized in front of approximately 300 Billies fan at the banquet.
The Down Under Bowl is in its 25th year with teams from the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Teams are divided into brackets of four, with each team playing in two games. The Down Under Bowl was inaugurated in 1989 to promote gridiron to the people of New Zealand and Australia.
Down Under Bowl alumni include Jake Plummer—former quarterback for the Denver Broncos, Ahman Green—running back for the Green Bay Packets, and Rob Morris—2007 Super Bowl Champ with the Indianapolis Colts.
Click here for the Wikipedia desctiption of the DownUnder Bowl.
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