Talk:Senior Bowl

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Contents 1 Coach selection 2 1950 Game 3 Divisions 4 Rating

[edit] Coach selection

Does anyone know how the NFL coaches are chosen, and by whom? NjtoTX 16:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1950 Game

How can the North have lost in 1950 while having more points? I found this googled cache of the past results, http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:u7UZT0XLl5IJ:www.seniorbowl.com/2006/gamescores.htm+senior+bowl+past+results&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5 , that says South 22, North 23, which is 1 point off from what this page shows, and would mean north won. Then I found this googled cache, http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:AYOwMItj584J:www.seniorbowl.com/2006/gamerecaps1950s.htm+1950+senior+bowl&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1 , that has a paragraph on the game and repeats a few times that the score was South 22, North 13, including "it was Auburn's Travis Tidwell who emerged as its MVP as the South took a 22-13 victory before 16,487 fans". The entire article follows (in case google's cache stops working for this page):

1950

SOUTH 22, NORTH 13 MVP: Travis Tidwell, Auburn NORTH COACH: Bo McMillin, Lions SOUTH COACH: Steve Owen, Giants TOP PLAYERS: Doak Walker, Travis Tidwell, Charlie Justice, Eddie LeBaron

When Nashville businessman Jimmie Pearre decided to stage the first Senior Bowl all-star game in Jacksonville, Florida's Gator Bowl on January 7, 1950, he not only laid the groundwork for a contest which would immediately become the most unique football game in the nation, but one that would soon develop into one of the nation's premier sporting events. It was decided that this game would be unique in that it would feature college football's finest senior stars being coached for the first time in their careers by coaching staffs from the National Football League. The event was also structured so that those same players would also receive a percentage of the game's proceeds (a practice which was eventually discontinued in 1989). SMU's Doak Walker, Charlie Justice of North Carolina and Tulane's Eddie Price entered the inaugural contest as the game's most highly touted stars, but it was Auburn's Travis Tidwell who emerged as its MVP as the South took a 22-13 victory before 16,487 fans. Tidwell threw for two touchdowns and set up a third as he completed 13 of 19 passes for 227 yards.

As such, I'm going to change North's 24 points to 13. 136.167.208.234 17:18, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Divisions

What half of the 119 teams make up the North and South? There seems to be no infomation on it. Where is the cut off line?

[edit] Rating

Rated as Start class for WikiProject Alabama. Although it is extensive, it cannot be B class without citing references. A little long on the use of lists, but that wouldn't keep it from being B class. Altairisfar^talk 06:08, 19 December 2007 (UTC)