Comments on: D-III Senior Classic

By: Pat Coleman

Pat Coleman — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:00:18 +0000

The old Aztec Bowl was paid for by the AFCA, yes.

The “new Aztec Bowl” (aka the Tazon de Estrellas) is financed by the players, to the tune of … I think it was $1,200 per.

By: iheartfootball

iheartfootball — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:28:45 +0000

I didn’t know it was self-financed…then again I don’t know if the aztec bowl was either. I just hoped for some representatation from a school that was from WA, OR, or CA…but we all know the cost of education these days…glad the boys had fun and maybe some day we get the aztec bowl back.

By: ryantipps

ryantipps — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:57:17 +0000

Well the NWC is always accustomed to the east coast bias …

For what it’s worth, the co-founder of the event played for and graduated from a West Region school. Any East Coast bias seems unlikely.

Ditto what Pat said about finances.

By: Pat Coleman

Pat Coleman — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:34:48 +0000

iheart: Linfield’s Scott Millenbach was invited to play, but he was a little busy this past weekend. I assume you wanted him playing against St. Thomas rather than in an all-star game, right?

No idea who else was invited, but the finances to fly from the west coast might have been more than the players had been willing to foot the bill for.

By: iheartfootball

iheartfootball — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:29:42 +0000

I guess us Left-coasters got left out this year. Well the NWC is always accustomed to the east coast bias…GO WILDCATS! One of four remaining in the Country…

By: ryantipps

ryantipps — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:49:23 +0000

Most all of that info is on the game’s web site: http://www.d3seniorclassic.com/

I’ll have some thoughts to add to that this week when I put together a story.

By: sammyiam

sammyiam — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:51:32 +0000

Can anyone give me info on this game, who picked teams, any charge to play, who is in charge of this bowl game? where would I go for info?

By: DanPadavona

DanPadavona — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:33:06 +0000

A North Shut-out! A tip of the cap to the Cortland Coaches. Dan MacNeill handled the Defensive Coordinator duties, along with 3 of his assistants today. Senior Defensive End Bryan Wiley was on the field for the North.

By: kevdog

kevdog — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:57:45 +0000

hello all. my wife and i just got back from the game, our nephew played for the north team. with the exception of the weather we had a great experience. the game and the banquet were fantastic. it was a low scoring but exciting game with a lot of talent. we were told that game will be aired tomorrow on nbc roanoke and that highlights will be posted on the website.

By: ryantipps

ryantipps — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:29:11 +0000

Game is wrapping up here in Salem — and the South did not rise again.

North leads it 14-0 with 41 seconds left. This was absolutely a day of defenses, with mutiple turnovers, including inside the red zone. I’m told there were NFL scouts in the stands.

Look for a wrapup of how this inaugural D3 all-star game went in my story to come out sometime early this coming week.