The 2010 College Senior Bowl Preview
The 2010 College Senior Bowl will be played this Saturday, January 30th with kickoff scheduled for 4:00 P.M at Ladds-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. This game pits the best college seniors from the North against those from the South.
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Under Armour Senior Bowl Football Game Info:
Date: January 30, 2010
Kickoff: 3 pm CT
Stadium: Ladd-Peebles Stadium (40,646)
Television: NFL Network
With this year’s NFL draft only about three months away, this game is considered the first real chance for many borderline first or second round players to impress the pro scouts by making a name for themselves in this game.
The atmosphere is so intense that the NFL Network has been broadcasting the practices all week long and many draft experts are already critiquing players on their body mechanics, speed, and agility based on their performance.
Two NFL teams already have the inside track on these top 100 pro prospects as the North is being coached by Jim Schwartz and the Detroit Lions staff and the South is being coached by Tony Sparano and the Miami Dolphins staff. There is no betting line for this game as this is looked upon as the initial interview in a college football player’s job search so the team concept of winning does not really apply.
Some of the players to watch from the North include Oregon State QB Sean Canfield, Cincinnati WR Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati QB Tony Pike, Fresno State RB Lonyae Miller and Oklahoma RB Chris Brown as these are the type of players that can catch someone’s eye with a strong performance and have their stock rise dramatically. On the South roster, all the talk has centered around Florida QB Tim Tebow. 
The biggest knock on him so far is his lack of experience in taking the snap from center, having played in a shotgun offense his entire college career. He obviously has caught everyone’s attention by struggling in practice with the three step drop.
Some of the other names to keep an eye on from the South include Alabama RB Roy Upchurch, Florida State LB Dekoda Watson, OL John Jerry from Ole Miss, DB Harry Coleman from LSU, and WR Jeremy Williams from Tulane. These guys also have a chance to rise up pretty high with a solid showing.
Of course all the players on both rosters will all come under close scrutiny this week as every NFL team is out looking to find a few impact players with their early draft picks that can step in and immediately help fill some gaps. How much weight to put on their performance in both practice and the actual game this week remains to be seen as their body of work in college should still be the ultimate measuring stick, but that obviously is not always the case.
These are weeks that guys like Mel Kiper Jr. lives for as it gives them enough ammunition to talk up their top picks between now and the combines, but remember one thing, there are plenty of guys who will be playing in Sunday’s NFL Pro Bowl that never even came close to being invited to play in the College Senior Bowl.
Recent Senior Bowl results: Year Score Most Valuable Player
2009 —– South 15, North 18 —– Pat White, QB, West Virginia
2008 —– South 17, North 16 —– Matt Forte, RB, Tulane
2007 —– North 27, South 0 —– Tony Hunt, RB, Penn State
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