We’ve all just returned from an extended holiday weekend, and it’s hot as hell in most parts of the country. While we’ve all been celebrating independence — or considering what that means, and our complex relationship with it — we can also dream of cooler weather, of not feeling like the humidity is actively trying to kill us.
Let’s kill two birds with one stone by revisiting the 2000 Independence Bowl, also known as “The Snow Bowl” for the unusual-for-Shreveport snowstorm that blew through the entire game, a wild affair that ended in a 43-41 overtime win for Mississippi State over Texas A&M, who at the time were not division rivals.