Alabama Football , Auburn Football , Football , NFL , SEC , Senior Bowl » NFL prospects to square off in sold-out Senior Bowl By Tommy Hicks January 30, 2010, 9:00AM G.M. ANDREWS/Staff Photographer Oklahoma State’s Perrish Cox gets tackled by UAB’s Joe Webb (5) as Miami’s Darryl Sharpton runs up during a South squad practice on Wednesday for the Senior Bowl. The final exam for the week-long NFL job interview known as the 2010 Under Armour Senior Bowl takes place at 3 p.m. today at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. After almost a week of being evaluated, players will take to the field for the actual game in front of a sellout crowd and an NFL Network TV audience. The game is a culmination of a week of intense workouts and provides one last chance to make an impression this week. While NFL scouts, coaches and general managers place most of the emphasis in terms of player evaluation on the practices leading up to today’s game, gauging how players perform in game situations is also important. That’s especially true for some players who may be asked to play a different position at the pro level or make adjustments to how they play their position. For the fans, today’s game is an opportunity to see some of their favorite college players perform one last time before they make that step to the pro game. Detroit Lions’ coach Jim Schwartz, whose staff is leading the North team, said choosing who starts at each position doesn’t carry the emphasis it holds in other games. “All these guys are good players,” he said. “All these guys deserve to play, and they’re going to play. Whoever starts or whoever finishes has nothing to do with anything other than paper covers rock.” While many fans at today’s game will be there to cheer on players for their favorite teams — the six players from the national champion Alabama team, Florida’s Tim Tebow and Auburn’s Antonio Coleman and Ben Tate among them — some fans (and NFL personnel) are interested in seeing how the players perform in a different environment and, in some cases, in new positions. Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said it is the overall value of the Senior Bowl week that is important. “I just know that it’s a great evaluator for our league,” he said. “To get to see them compete at this level and see them practice all week is really a good evaluation. At the end of this whole thing, the mental thing is important and how they play is pretty important, too.” The South team will be looking for a third consecutive win. In the previous 10 games, the North and South have five wins each. Detroit Lions staff is coaching the North team,well if they coach anything like they do in the Pro`s in this game the South has this game in the Bag. Senior Bowl / both have 5 wins apiece South has won the last 2 games. South by !0 points ! Football withdrawls.

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