Fans will get plenty of opportunities to meet with players and coaches of South Carolina College All Star Bowl
March 14, 2013
GREENVILLE, SC – March 14, 2013 – The inaugural South Carolina College All Star Bowl will give fans plenty of opportunities to meet and interact with players and coaches in the game.
On Thursday, March 21, an autograph session will be held at Flour Field in the West End from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. where fans also can purchase game tickets as well as souvenir programs. In addition, practices will be open to the public at North Greenville University from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Practices will again be open to the public on Friday, March 22 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
On game day, Saturday, March 23, North Greenville University’s Younts Stadium will open at noon for fans. During pregame, New York Life will be onsite doing identification kits for children and NFL Experience will be there with bounce houses, a football toss and more.
The South Carolina College All Star Bowl pits a team representing the Lowcountry against a team from the Upstate. Both teams consist of players from Palmetto State colleges and universities and/or athletes who played high school football here, but went out-of-state to play college.
Joining Upstate head coach Danny Ford will be Richard Moncrief, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks, Trey Lamb, offensive line/tight ends, David Bennett, wide receivers, Rodney Blount, running backs, Patrick Sapp, defensive coordinator/linebackers, Brian Dawkins and Mo Drayton, secondary, Nick Eason, defensive line, and C.J. Heinz, special teams.
The Lowcountry team is being led by Willie Jeffries. He is being assisted by Charlie Brown, offensive coordinator/wide receivers, Tim Shields and Jeff Hoffman, offensive line and tight ends, Woody Dantzler, quarterbacks, Joey Lewis and E.G. Green, wide receivers, Walt Gary, running backs, Freddie
Brown, defensive coordinator/linebackers, Brian Pirone, linebackers, Duane Harper, secondary, Marco Coleman and Charles Jones, defensive line, and Parker Richardson, special teams
The Lowcountry team features players from the University of South Carolina, University of Nebraska, Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt, Navy, Howard, Wyoming, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Coastal Carolina, The Citadel, Wingate University, South Carolina State, Brevard College, Furman University, Appalachian State, Calgary, St. Augustine, Benedict, North Carolina Central, Carson Newman, Tennessee Tech, Shaw, Charleston Southern, Johnson C. Smith, West Chester, Kean, Winston-Salem State, Knox, Georgia State and Western Carolina.
The Upstate team has players representing Clemson University, Virginia, Navy, Washington State, East Carolina, The University of Colorado, Brevard, Newberry College, Bowling Green, The Citadel, Presbyterian College, Wingate, North Greenville, Tifflin, Bethune-Cookman, Davidson, Gardner-Webb, Furman, Rochester, Fort Valley State, Concord, Western Carolina, Winona State, Mars Hill, Tusculum, and Averett. For the entire roster, go to www.sccollegeallstarbowl.com.
The game will be aired live to more than 4.5 million viewers throughout South Carolina as well as parts of Georgia and North Carolina. Tickets can be purchased online or at Flour Field in the West End where a post-game after party is being held featuring The Blue Dogs. For more information, go to
www.sccollegeallstarbowl.com.
