Talk:Senior Bowl

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

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)

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?

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. Altairisfartalk 06:08, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Game first televised nationally in 1958 by NBC
I corrected the first televised information for the Senior Bowl using information obtained from 1958 newspapers, and also from the Reese's Senior Bowl website. CBS did not televise the Senior Bowl nationally when they had those rights. The game was first televised nationally by NBC.AdmPope (talk) 10:39, 8 March 2021 (UTC)


 * , properly sourced corrections and clarifications are certainly welcome, thanks. Dmoore5556 (talk) 18:44, 8 March 2021 (UTC)


 * , You're welcome. I have a huge collection of newspaper clippings regarding the Senior Bowl '58 due to research that I am doing for a book that I'm working on. I'll provide more updates to this page, in time, and also to pages for the players.AdmPope (talk) 05:52, 9 March 2021 (UTC)


 * , contributions of that sort would also be very welcome. I have a newspapers.com account, so if there are specific holes you might be looking to fill at some point, let me know and I'd be happy to help with searching there. Dmoore5556 (talk) 06:16, 9 March 2021 (UTC)


 * , Thank you for the offer. I had a newspaper.com account for many years, but allowed it to lapse about 3 years ago. Many of my clippings were acquired from there. If I need something from there, I will certainly let you know.AdmPope (talk) 11:54, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Confusing team designations
How was the 1993 designation determined when both the "AFC" (Colts) and "NFC" (Browns) staffs were from AFC teams? 2600:1004:B105:4A63:0:28:D4CF:3C01 (talk) 16:32, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

"Rough play" incident
One time when the game was close late, one of the staffs ordered an all-out rush on a punt, blocked, took it back and "scored" for an apparent victory. This was, of course, in violation of the rules of this (and most other) all-star games against aggressive play to minimize injury risk. The penalty signaled was "unsportsmanlike conduct" since there is obviously no standard signal for doing something that is completely legal under most other circumstances. I think that a (documented) mention of this would be a fine addition to the article. 2600:1004:B105:4A63:0:28:D4CF:3C01 (talk) 16:59, 4 February 2022 (UTC)