Casino del Sol College All-Star Game

{{Short description|Former post-season college football all-star game}}

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| name = Casino Del Sol College All-Star Game

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| defunct = yes

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| stadium = Kino Stadium (2012–2013)
Sun Devil Stadium (2011)

| previous_stadiums =

| location = Tucson, Arizona (2012–2013)
Tempe, Arizona (2011)

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| years = 2011–2013

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| sponsors = Casino Del Sol (2012–2013)

| former_names = Eastham Energy College All-Star Game (2011)

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The Casino del Sol College All-Star Game was a post-season college football all-star game that was established in 2011 as part of the post-BCS events; the game was discontinued after its third playing, in 2013.

The game was first played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, in January 2011, when it was sponsored by Eastham Energy. The game then relocated to Tucson, Arizona, and was played at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium.{{cite news|last=Gimino|first=Anthony|title=College football all-star game makes move to Tucson|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildcatreport/2011/10/18/college-football-all-star-game-makes-move-to-tucson/|accessdate=19 October 2011|newspaper=Tucson Citizen|date=19 October 2011}} The game was sponsored by Casino Del Sol, a casino located in Tucson, for its final two years.

Game results

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! Date

colspan="2" | Winning teamcolspan="2" | Losing teamWinning team coachLosing team coachNotes
January 23, 2011Stripes40Stars34Hal MummeJoe Moglia[http://www.azcentral.com/sports/colleges/articles/2011/01/23/20110123college-football-eastham-energy-all-star-game.html 2011 Game Recap]
January 16, 2012Stripes24Stars21Pat HillHouston Nutt[http://azstarnet.com/sports/football/college/casino-del-sol-college-all-star-game-small-college-receiver/article_d5557efc-9351-53af-b261-c2a436e6cc57.html 2012 Game Recap]
January 11, 2013West40East7Dick TomeyHouston Nutt[http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildcatreport/2013/01/12/scouts-pac-12-standouts-help-put-casino-del-sol-game-on-all-star-map/ 2013 Game Recap]

Game MVPs

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! Year

Game MVPOffensive PlayerDefensive Player
2011

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|Brandon Smith (WR, Arizona State)

|Loyce Means (CB, Houston)

2012

|Matt Faulkner (QB, San Jose State)

|LaMark Brown (WR, Minnesota State - Mankato)

|Jeremy Lane (CB, Northwestern State)

2013

|Drew Terrell (WR, Stanford)

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See also

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