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Name: Texas Vs. The Nation All-Star Challenge®
- Division I-A Collegiate Senior All-Star Bowl
- Scheduled to be played February 6, 2010 at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas.
- Kick-off is set for 12:00 PM MST.
- Will pit top collegiate players originally from Texas or who play college football in Texas against top players from around the nation.
- Will feature related events throughout the week
- First year's inaugural game (2007) broke the attendance record for first year all-star games with 21,548.
- Set a record for NFL signees in a first year all-star game with 79 players from the 2007 roster signing NFL contracts.
- Ranked in the top-10 all-time NFL signee record for an all-star game.
- 2nd year (2008) set a new record number of NFL signees in an all-star game with 102 players signing NFL contracts
- In 2009, attendance almost doubled in the third year of the game with more than 40,000 fans in attendance.
- 93% of the 2009 roster went on to sign NFL contracts, 111 out of 119.
- As of now, the record stands at Nation-2, Texas-1
- Texas has always claimed to be the best at football, here's their chance to prove it.