Independence Bowl now the AdvoCare Bowl, but you don't have to call it that

Truly a sad day for freedom RT @roylangiii New Independence Bowl name: AdvoCare Bowl

— Bunkie Perkins (@BunkiePerkins) February 28, 2013

Our official response:

Good morning. Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind.

Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences any more. We will be united in our common interest.

Perhaps it's fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from annihilation.

We're fighting for our right to live, to exist, and should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, 'We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on. We're going to survive.'

Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

-- President Bill Pullman, July 4, 1996

Follow @SBNationCFB Follow @SBNRecruiting

More in College Football:

• All in, at last: SB Nation inside Gus Malzahn's Auburn

• Why Big Ten coaches should listen to the hive mind before hiring

• Kiffin says USC's defense cost Barkley the Heisman

• How to recruit 8th graders: Tips for Alabama and LSU

• The best (and we mean worst) quotes from the Combine