There have been both East-West and North-South All-Star games. The disadvantage of both is that traditionally the dividing lines have put a large population advantage for the East and North squads, perhaps to satisfy the vanity of the West and South; after all, the point of the Blue-Gray and such like was to refight the Civil War, where the South was fighting at a 2 or 3 to a disadvantage. And I guess the East-West games (invariably held in some West Coast venue) was to prove the greater health and vigor of Westerners. In each case, population discrepancies tended to prevail.
Hunter7 almost 11 years ago
North/South Division championships & semi-finals? ….. Nah. Wouldn’t work. Whoever heard of a North/South rivalry?
karanne almost 11 years ago
NW – SE games? That would work – I hate the west coast teams!
jbmlaw01 almost 11 years ago
SEC and ACC against all others? Does not sound fair.
Kenneth Penney Premium Member almost 11 years ago
At one time they played the “Blue-Gray” bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. The game lost sponsorship and faded away.
sarah413 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
There was an all star game that was North/South. It was called the Blue-Grey Game.
rhsasl almost 11 years ago
what happened to the fun in the hot tub?
Gary Bennett Premium Member almost 11 years ago
There have been both East-West and North-South All-Star games. The disadvantage of both is that traditionally the dividing lines have put a large population advantage for the East and North squads, perhaps to satisfy the vanity of the West and South; after all, the point of the Blue-Gray and such like was to refight the Civil War, where the South was fighting at a 2 or 3 to a disadvantage. And I guess the East-West games (invariably held in some West Coast venue) was to prove the greater health and vigor of Westerners. In each case, population discrepancies tended to prevail.
Timothy Madigan Premium Member almost 11 years ago
The Senior Bowl is the North-South bowl
The Blue-Grey Bowl are “former Confederate States” vs “Union States” schools
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 11 years ago
what happened to the Blue-Grey Game????!!!…it was from Mobile Alabama and was on every Christmas Day I miss it
edward thomas Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Out of the mouths of “babes!”