Game Ball & Official Program Click for HOF Information National Media Releases   The Sports Network - 09/10/11 The Virginian Pilot - 08/20/11 . . . . SOUTH BEND, IN - Following the opening kickoff of the Inaugural Lombardi Bowl, the ball will be replaced and sent to the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, IN along with the Official Program that will include the names of all the participants, coaches, game officials, Lombardi Banquet honorees, operations staff, sponsors and support personnel. National Media REleases The Sports Network Big Green Alert The Virginian PIlot CBS Business Network Fighting Camels 08-18-11 08-19-11 08-20-11 08-20-11 08-29-11 Lombardi Bowl Executive Board Craig Haley Dean Kenefick Kurt Svoboda Scott Meyer Jon Kasper Mark Simpson Mike Kern FCS Editor Philadelphia Wrters New England Writers Asst. Commissioner Asst. Commissioner Asst. Commissioner Assoc. Commissioner Sports Network Villanova Harvard CAC Big Sky Big South Missouri Valley Matt Dougherty Kyle Schwartz Cody Bush Jason Yaman Jacque Cottrell Ron Ratner Tom Galbraith Media Director Asst. Commissioer Asst. Commissioner Asst, Commissioner Director - Media Assoc. Commissioner Asst. Commissioner Patriot League Ohio Valley Pioneer Football Southern Great West Northeast SWAC Tod Lamb Steve Conn Scott Selheimer Sarah Abdul-Rashid Scottie Rogers Niki DeSantis Joe DiBari Asst. Commissioner Associate AD Assstant AD Asst. Director - Madia Assoc. Exec. Director Asst. Commissioner Sports Information Dir. Southland Yale Delaware MEAC The Ivy League CAA Fordham K.C. Keeler Frank Tavani Mike Murphy Head Coach Head Coach Assoc. Director Delaware Lafayette New Hampshire Lombardi Bowl, Inc. Staff John Grady Manager Event Operations Nisha Nadkar, CAT Directot Medical Servuces Molly Robinson Manager Special Events Liz Sardinsky Director Awards Banquet Sak Gigante Manager Football Operations Liz Case Manager Community Projects Jon Birdsey Manager Broadcasting USA College Sports, Inc. announces the creation of Lombardi Bowl, Inc. that will serve as the first-ever FCS Senior All-Star Game. The event complies with NCAA rules and regulations and includes representatives from all 14 FCS conferences on its Board of Advisors. Inaugural Lombardi Bowl (FCS Senior All-Star Game) set for MLK holiday Applications being accepted now - Reserve your slot Long overdue, national recognition of NCAA Division I-AA football, its past and present, will be the focus of the Inaugural Lombardi Bowl that will take place over the MLK national holiday weekend. The highlight will occur Monday (January 16) when the Lombardi Bowl will be contested at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex as the nightcap of a unique gridiron doubleheader, following the Hansen (D-III) Bowl. On Saturday evening (January 14) the recipient of the FCS Coaching Legend Award will be honored at the Lombardi Bowl Awards Banquet. In addition awards will be presented to the FCS Conference Commissioner, FCS Assistant Coaches for Offense and Defense, FCS Grad Assistant Coaches and FCS Sports Information Director of the Year. Dennis Wilson, President of USA College Sports, Inc., who is serving his 21st term as President of the Metropolitan NY Football Writers Association, is the Executive Director of the event. Phil Sokol, Director of Operations for The Sports Network, Dean Kenefick, Associate Athletic Director of Communications for Villanova University and Director of the Philadelphia College Football Writers Association, Scott Meyer, Assistant Commissioner of the Colonial Athletic Association, Kurt Svoboda, Assistant Director of Athletics at Harvard University and Director of the New England Football Writers Association and Patricia P. Parker, Director of Corporate Partnerships/Marketing, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference are members of the Executive Board of USA College Sports, Inc. Providing guidance and direction to insure the success of this project is a Lombardi Bowl Executive Board that includes either a commissioner, assistance commissioner or media relaations director from all 14 FCS conferences as well as several head coaches, including Delaware's K.C. Keeler who has guided the Blue Hens to a national championship. Official Lombardi Bowl Hotel & Media Center Click for discount accomodations Click for event information Click for event discounts Presentd by USA College Sports. Inc. Kathleen Slattery Phillips passed away November 21, 2007 at the age of 55. For 30 years, she was on the staff of Dartmouth College, the last 24 of which she served as Sports Information Director. She was the second woman SID in the Ivy League and covered 305 consecutive Dartmouth football games dating back to September 18. 1976/ At the time of her passing, this was the 10th longest streak among the nation's SIDs. An outstanding women's amateur golfer, the Dean of the Ivy League SIDs was the 1997 recipient of the Irving T, Marsh Award that is the "highest honor" presented by ECAC-SIDA for contributions to the profession. In 2002 she was recognized by Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd after she won her 18th straight Hanover Country Club women's championship.           ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES FOR INAUGURAL LOMBARDI BOWL The Sports Network Shawn Abuhoff, RS (Dartmouth); Matt Bevins, PK (Liberty); Eric Breitenstein, FB (Wofford); Jeremy Caldwell, RS (Eastern Kentucky); Jason Cunningham, PK (Montana State); Nate Eachus, RB (Colgate); Dejuan Fukgham, LB (Texas Southern); Alex Gottlieb, TE (William & Mary); David Harrington, P (Idaho State); Tyler Holmes, LB (UMass); Asa Jackson, CB (Cal Poly); Matt Johnson, SS (Eastern Washington); Trumain Johnson, CB (Montana); Dontrell Johnston, RS (Murray State); Taiwan Jones, RB (Eastern Washington); Shadrae King, TE (Robert Morris); Mario Kurn, DB (San Diego); Zack Nash, DB (Sacramento State); Ameet Pall, DB (Wofford); J. C. Oram, OG (Weber State); Chris Powers, OC (Eastern Washington); DeAndre Presley. QB (Appalachian State); Tavoy Moor, RS (Idaho State); A.J. Storms, LB (Idaho State); Chris Summers, WR (Liberty) Sporting News Magazine Kadarron Anderson, LB (Furman); Jason Cunningham, PK (Montana State); Nate Eachus, RB (Colgate); Moses Ellis, DB (Prairie View A & M); D.J. Hall, OL (Texas State); David Harrington, P (Idaho State); Tyler Holmes. LB (UMass); Trumain Johnson, DB (Montana); Shadrae King, TE (Robert Morris); Mario Kurn, DL (San Diego); Brett Moore, OL (Georgia Southern); Zack Nash, DL (Sacramento State); Juavahr Nathan, OL (South Carolina State); J.C. Oram (Weber State); Ameet Pall, DL (Wofford); David Pickard, OL (Southern Illinois); Laron Scott, DB (Georgia Southern); Chris Summers, WR (Liberty) USA College Football Network OFFENSE Shawn Abuhoff, RS (Dartmouth); Jeff Adams, OL (Columbia); Justin Aldredge, TE (Northwestern State); Nick Andrews, RB (Alabama State); Rodney Austin, OL (Elon); Sanford Banks, OL (Grambling); Tim Benford, RB (Tennessee Tech); Matt Bevins, PK (Liberty); George Bias, OL (Stephen F. Austin); Joel Bradford, RB (Chattanooga); Mike Brevi, RB (Stony Brook); Eric Breitensetain, FB (Wofford); Mike Brown, QB (Liberty); Jeremy Caldwell, RS (Eastern Kentucky); Jason Cunningham, PK (Montana State); Chase Deadder, RB (Sacramento State); James Deckle, OL (Prairie View A & M); Nathan Dick, QB (Central Arkansas); Matt Dickerson, OL (Central Arkansas); David Duran, TE (Coastal Carolina); Nate Eachus, RB (Colgate); Austen Fletcher, OL (Dartmouth); Orry Frye, OL (Appalachian State); John Gallagher, TE (Dartmouth); Miguel Gauthreaux, OL (McNeese State); Roderick Gladnry, OL (Jackson State); Alex Gottlieb, TE (William & Mary); Brad Greenway, PK (Cornell); Mike Harris, RB (Murray State); Orlandus Harris, WR (Eastern Kentucky); Brock Jackolski, RB (Stony Brook); Gabe Jackson, OL (Eastern Washington); Kenny Jones, TE (Tennessee-Martin); Taiwan Jones, RB (Eastern Washington); Ben Jorden, TE (Appalachian State); Shadrae King, TE (Robert Morris); Ryan Lee, OL (Furman); Chris Lum, QB (Lehigh); Mike McCabe, OL (Holy Cross); Cory McCacfrrey, RB (Portland State); Levi McFatter, OL (Charleston-Southern); Brett Moore, OL(Georgian Southern); Alex Mott, OL (Northern Arizona); Kevin Murphy, OL (Harvard); Luke Nawrocki, TE (Penn); Ryan O'Neil, QB (Lafayette); Ryan O'Neill, OL (Dartmouth); J.C. Oram, OG (Weber State); Cinnie Paciulli, FB (Northern Arizona); Nate Page, OL (Wofford); James Perry III, WR (Gardner-Webb); Chris Powers, OC (Eastern Washington); DeAndrew Presley, QB (Appalachian State); Michael Reilly, WR (Dartmouth); Cordell Roberson, WR (Stephen F. Austin); Renty Rollins, TE (Jackson State); Odie Ruchm OL (Jacksonville State); Jimmy Saros, WR (Brown); Matt Scheible, QB (Southeast Missouri State); Scott Schweitzer, OL (Tennessee Tech); Nick Schwieger, RB (Dartmouth); Austin Shanks, WR (Northern Arizona); Jonathan Sheridan, OL (Fordham); Hudson Smith, LS (Gardner-Webb); Chris Summers, WR (Liberty); Casey Therriault, QB (Jackson State); Alex Thomas, RB (Yale); Dante Thomas, RB (Tennessee State); Max Travis, OL (Presbyterian); Caleb Turne, OL (Weber State); Gene Van Roten, OL. (Penn); Ryan White, RB (Austin Peay); Darryl Whiting, RB (Fordham); Marceallos Wilder, WR (Jackson State); Patrick Witt, QB (Yale); Marcus Wright, RB (Tecas Southern); Simmie Yarborough, WR (Southeastern Louisiana); Eric Zink, OL (Eastern Illinois) DEFENSE Byron Alten, DB (VMI); Kadarron Anderson, LB (Furman); Emory Attig, DL (Eastern Kentucky); Josh Aubrey, DB (Stephen F. Austin); Drew Baldwin, DB (Yale); Justin Bethel, DB (Presbyterian); Taylor Brock, DB (Southwest Missouri State); Malcom Bronson, Jr. (McNeese State); Jeremy Caldwell, DB (Eastern Kentucky); Mike Catapano, DL (Princeton); Asa Chapman, DL (Liberty); J.T. Cleveland, DL (Sam Houston State); Ryan Consiglio. LB (Chattanooga); Kynjee Cotton, DL (Alabama State); A.J. Cruz, DB (Brown); Tim Dandridge, DB (Jackson State); Alex Davis, DL (Samford); Robert De La Rosa, DL) Bucknell); Chris DiMassa, LB (Colgate); Ben Eaton, LB (Lafayette); John Eden, DE (Bucknekk); Charlie Edwards, P (Georgia Southern); Cliff Exama, LB (Grambling); Bobby Felder, DB (McNeeses State); Ed Gainey, DB (Appalachian State); Zack Gallow, DB (Texas Southern); Rodney Garrott, LB (Jacksonville State); Alex Gedeon, LB (Harvard); Mike Groome, LB (Lehigh); A.J. Gross, LB (VMI); Ryan Haber, DL (Stony Brook); Matthew Hanson, DB (Harvard); Kendal Harper, DB (Tennessee-Martin); Derek Hayden, DB (Georgia Southern); Jordan Haynes, LB (Yale); Wayne Heimuli, DB (Georgetown); Will Henry, LB (Sam Houston State); Tyler Holmes, LB (UMass); Zack Imhoff, LB (Cornell); Dontrell Johnson, DB (Murray State); Matt Johnson, DB (Eastern Washington); Zach Johnson, LB (Eastern Washington); Jayah Kaisamba, DB (Georgetown); Mike Larsson, P (Liberty) Desmond Lighten, DL (McNeese State); Patrick McClellan, DB (Eastern Kentucky); Caleb McSurdy, LB (Montana); Dan Minamide, DB (Harvard); Josh Norman, DB (Coastal Carolina); Josue Ortiz, DL (Harvard); Ricky Ottis, LB (Holy Cross); Ameet Pall, DL (Wofford); Tyson Patrick, LB (Eastern Kentucky); Marty Patterson, LB (Gardner-Webb); Steve Peyton, DB (Brown); Erik Rask, LB (Penn); Donavan Robinson, DL (Jackson State); DeShawn Shead, DB (Portland State); Ryan Steed, DB (Furman); A.J. Storms, LB (Idaho State); Arturo Tamayo, P (Alcorn State); Jamison Wadley, DL (Tennessee State); Bryan Wakdhauser, DL (Montana); Nick Webb, LB (Weber State). Nick Womack. LB (Fordham)   History of College Football All-Star Games The Chicago Charities College All-Star Game was a pre-season contest played from 1934 through 1978 between the NFL and a team of college all-stars from the previous year. The first game was played before a crowd of 79,432 on August 31, 1934 and ended in a scoreless tie. Over the years, events such as the Blue-Gray Football Classic, East-West Shrine Game, Hula Bowl and Senior Bowl emerged. In 1996, USA Football All-Star Classic arrived asthe nation's first NCAA Division III Senior Game. It was held at Robeson Stadium in East Orange, NJ. Like the original game in 1934, the Initial D-III game resulted in a 12-12 standoff between the New York/New Jersey All-Stars and the Philadelphia Area All-Stars. Dan Garrett, current head coach at Kean University, represented Montclair State as a player in the game while Paul Guenther, now in his seventh season on the staff of the Cincinnati Bengals, made his head coaching debut guiding the Philadelphia squad. On April 6, 1997 at Hinchclife Stadium in Paterson, NJ, the D-III game went national. The West All-Stars were coached by Ron Schipper of Central (IA) who was the recipient of the initial Butterfield (Ithaca) Coach of the Year award. Butterfield served as head coach of the East squad and the Giants provided the first D-III NFL combine. The following year the event took place in Fayetteville, NC and the tradition of holding the event on the Martin Luther King holiday weekend began. The players marched in the local MLK parade and the Carolina Panthers' staff headed the NFL combine. . In 1998, Shreveport, LA was the venue as the All-Stars participated in front of the largest crowd in the history of D-III sports when they marched in the Crewe of Geminia Mardi Gras Parade in front of an estimated 400,000 spectators. The local CBS affiliate televised the event live and produced a three-minute side-bar on the All-Stars as they passed along the parade route escorting the six Royal Floats. Bryan Mader (Wisconsin-Whitewater) split the uprights with three field goals and a PAT while Jesse Ortiz (Lewis & Clark) churned out a game-high 75 yards rushing, including a six-yard TD run as the Black All-Stars, coached by Frank Haege of the New Jersey Red Dogs of the AFL defeated the Red All-Stars under the guidance of Joe McDaniel of Centre, 16-0 at Rodney Doran Stadium on the campus of Evangel Christian Academy. For the first time in D-III sports, all four major TV networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) had television crews at the game while the New Orleans Saints conducted the NFL combine. Home of the Inaugural Lombardi Bowl Virginia Beach Sportsplex The Stadium is a three-level structure. The Concourse Level consists of a broad spectator walkway leading to the lower seating deck, plus concessions and restroom areas. The Club Level leads to the upper seating deck as well as six luxury suites.

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