2005 ALL-STARS ANNOUNCED!!!!!!!!
IT WILL BE NORTH VS. SOUTH ON JULY 30TH IN
IDAHO FALLS!!!
RMFL – The 8th annual RMFL All-Star Classic
will kick-off on Saturday, July 30th at 6:00 p.m… and there will be
plenty of first timers participating in on the fun. For the first time ever, the all-star rosters have increased to
40 players, which, according to RMFL League Commissioner, Jared Neumeier, still
“wasn’t enough”.
“I was real excited to go from 32 to 35 players and
then from 35 to 40, but honestly, even at 40 players per squad there are some
real legitimate all-star players that are not only not on the first team, but
didn’t even make the alternate list,” Neumeier added.
The 2005 All-Stars were selected similar to previous
seasons whereby the GM’s and or coaching staffs of each team submit to the
league a ranked list of their players from which the RMFL fills the squads
based on team performance using the teams ranked lists. In 2005, by a vote of the Managing Board in
February, team performance was to be based on team statistical performance as
both an offensive and defensive unit.
“What is unfortunate for a few teams, and I won’t
mention which ones,” Neumeier explained, “despite constant reminders and pleas,
they did not submit a list of all stars to the league. In those cases, we used
the ‘best information available’ to try to do it for them. What we come up with
will never be as good as from a team source. We also cannot help it if someone
doesn’t want to be listed. Dave Stireman,
who would likely start at quarterback for the South team, didn’t want to be
listed. Fortunately, at least he will be coaching the offense.”
If a team’s offensive unit placed first, they would
get 4 offensive players, second and they got 3 players, gradually scaling down until
the last place team would get no players.
Defensively, the scale worked the same way except that the last place
defensive team would get at least one player, making sure every team had at
least one representative.
“Part of the philosophy of how we create our all-star
team,” Neumeier explained is not so much to ensure that our top 80 players make
it, but to make sure our top 40 or 60 do AND that we have a good ‘mixing’ of
the teams. This event is about playing
the game with, rather than against the guys you have been against all
year. It has always been a great place
to shape friendships and get to know the guys from the other teams.”
The maximum number of players any team could place on
an all-star team would have been 8 (top ranked defense, top ranked offense in
group), however, no team in their all-star group had the top overall defense
and top overall offense, so the most any team placed on the first year this
year was 7 (Rhino-Raiders, Wasatch). Several teams placed 6 players (Madison,
Helena and Boise). “These top teams
received priority as well in how their players were put on,” Neumeier added,
“these teams pretty much got their top ranked players on the team according to
their own rankings, whereas some of the other teams had might have seen higher
ranked players skipped over because his position was filled already. If a player from the Rhino-Raiders, Wasatch,
Madison, Helena or Boise was left off, it was a combination of how their
GM/coach ranked them and the fact that there is a limit to how many from each
team can make it. Before anyone
complains, ask themselves, ‘who from my team should be dropped for me to make
it… then make that case to your GM. It
is a bit late, now, but it is important to understand how that works.”
All All-Stars will continue to be contingent upon his
team turning in MVP ballots to the league, post-marked by Firday, June 17th. If you have not filled out a ballot with
your team for the MVP voting, make sure it is getting done and make sure to
vote. Each team must return a minimum
of qualified ballots so their all-stars are actually qualified and their MVP
candidates can be considered.
Coaches for the All-Star games will be split crews,
keeping in the nature of the All-Star game as both players and coaches will get
to know and work with each other. For
the North team, Helena has been asked to coach the offense, Madison the defense
and Boise the Special Teams. For the
South squad, the Rhino-Raiders have been asked to coach the offense, the
Wildcats have been asked to coach the defense and the Wolverines to coach the
Special teams.
This All-Star team list is presented below with
alternates for each position listed in order of how they will be asked in the
event that a first team player cannot be confirmed. GM’s and coaches will have until next Friday (June 24th) to
confirm first team players. Any
unconfirmed players will be dropped from the active team and alternates will be
contacted. As soon as the RMFL knows
that a first team player will not be able to play in the game, the alternate
will be notified (in other words, the league may not wait until after next
Wednesday to start contacting certain alternates).
First team players can also request a different number
than the one listed for them.
NOTE: NAMES LISTED IN RANDOM ORDER. NOT NECESSARILY STARTING ORDER.
NORTH
ALL-STARS (AWAY TEAM)
OFFENSE:
Quarterback: #10 Troy Dougherty, Madison;
#8 Shane Jurasek, Helena
Running Back: #6 Travis Boden, Idaho Falls;
#26 Aaron Blakely, Boise; #5 Tyler Collingwood, Snake River
Fullback: #9 Dusty Hawker, Idaho Falls
Tight End: #84 Nate Brown, Madison
Wide Receiver: #1 Brock Gunter, Pocatello;
#19 Buck Mouser, Madison; #18 Brandon Reed, Idaho Falls; #22 Dave Garza, Helena;
#4 Jerry Smith, Idaho
Offensive Line: #72 Doug Brasier; Idaho
Falls, #71 Todd Rietmann; Boise, #96 Brad Slater; Magic Valley, #72 Landon
Lamb, Helena; #75 Chris McIntyre, Pocatello; #70 Brian Smith, Missoula; #77
Carlos Uresti, Great Falls
Place-kicker: #2 Bryan Hilborn, Helena
DEFENSE:
Defensive End: #99 Josh Huntsman, Madison;
#80 Cliff Garbett, Pocatello; #49 KC McKenzie, Boise
Defensive Tackle: #55 Michael Pease, Great
Falls; #74 Justin Lamb, Helena; #94 Rashard Howard, Boise; #1 Brad Chase, Idaho
Linebacker: #47 Tad Sheridan, Missoula; #54
Steve Rice, Helena; #29 Maurice Sapp, Boise; #35 Dustin Simmons, Madison; #3
Rick May, Magic Valley; #9 Yharmaan Williams, Idaho; #2 Irvin Hill, Madison
Cornerback: #14 Kelly Nebeker, Magic Valley;
#6 Jeff May, Magic Valley; #3 Dave Decoite, Missoula
Safety: #23 Jason Zielanski, Glacier; #8
Sean Powell, Idaho Falls; #17 Sean Thompson, Boise
Return Specialist: None selected. Zielanski
and Reed already on team.
ALTERNATES (in order of selection):
Quarterback:
#12 Mike
Manning, Magic Valley
#4 Buckie
Brawley, Missoula
#10 Jeff
Belnap, Pocatello
Running
Back:
#21 Justin
Nixon, Missoula
#5 Justin
Clement, Helena
#16 Lonnie
Edwards, Magic Valley
Fullback:
#34 Jeremy
Ewan, Helena
Tight
End:
#41 Shawn
Mares, Boise
Wide
Receiver:
#1 Cole
Meiners, Magic Valley
#2 Cody
Bates, Snake River
#88 Tony
McPherson, Boise
Offensive
Line:
#75 Steve
Elfering, Idaho Falls
#77 Travis
Hobson, Magic Valley
#50 Sean
McBride, Boise
Place
Kicker:
#5 Rapheal
Roberts, Missoula
Defensive
End:
#79 Calvin
Pruitt, Magic Valley
#47 Jason
Carlyle, Idaho Falls
#42 Sam
Morgan, Great Falls
Defensive
Tackle:
#54 Red
Dutton, Glacier
#44 Austin
Callison, Boise
#92 Jeremy
Masiak, Helena
Linebacker:
#48 Jamie
Jones, Missoula
#34 Curtis
Seutopka, Pocatello
#51 Bryce
Smith, Idaho Falls
#13 Matt
Frye, Snake River
Cornerback:
#6 Dane
Knickrehm, Boise
#12 James
VonGunten, Madison
#2 Jonny
Fisher, Pocatello
Safety:
#4 Scott
Brown, Idaho Falls
#23 Tony
Sanderson, Missoula
#37 Max
McCracken, Missoula
SOUTH
ALL-STARS (HOME TEAM)
OFFENSE:
Quarterback: #6 Nate Cone, Salt Lake; #13
Joey Collins, Wolverines
Halfback: #32 Marcus Whalen, Wasatch; #22
Geroge Allums, Kamas Valley; #12 Kyle Curtis, Vipers
Fullback: #34 Randy Bushnell, Brigham City
Tight End: #81 Adam Terry, Blitz
Wide Receiver: #4 Norvell Young,
Rhino-Raiders; #22 Tony Saunders, Wasatch; #8 Trevor Bell, Rhino-Raiders; #11
Mike Christensen, Colorado; #17 Chris Hooper, Kamas Valley
Offensive Line: #57 Phil Sotomayor,
Rhino-Raiders; #76 Todd Wheelwright, Rhino-Raiders; #52 Dave Lundberg, Salt
Lake; #74 Chris Jones, Vipers; #71 Mike Junkins, Wolverines; #52 Wes Amitoelau,
Wasatch; #51 Micah Mobley, Colorado
Place-kicker: #9 Gary Nye, Wasatch
DEFENSE:
Defensive End: #19 Justin Oswald,
Rhino-Raiders; #19 Andrew Butler, Wolverines; #55 Jasen Ah You, Wasatch
Defensive Tackle: #99 Setema Gali Jr.,
Wasatch; #60 Mike Tooa, Blitz; #99 Dustin Reid, Blitz
Linebacker: #47 Justin Walker, Wasatch; #53
Dan Cruser, Salt Lake; #1 Matt Shoda, Wolverines; #58 Levine Tupe,
Rhino-Raiders; #52 Luke Eyre, Brigham City; #54 Mike Christensen, Vipers
Cornerback: #7 Kyto Khouang, Kamas Valley;
#28 Chris Carter, Wasatch; #2 Luke Gunn, Colorado
Safety: #2 Ben Wiscombe, Morgan; #9 Nick
Coates, Vipers; #1 Harold Regan, Salt Lake; #25 Jay Tupe, Rhino-Raiders
Return Specialist: #3 Joe Wiscombe, Morgan
ALTERNATES:
Quarterback:
#5 Jeff
Labounty, Blitz
#7 Skylar
Sherwood, Vipers
Running
Back:
#23 Jeff
Dotson, Colorado
#8 Danny
Gagnier, Blitz
#22 Rob
Morse, Rhino-Raiders
Fullback:
#33 Sim
Tiatia, Wasatch
Tight
End:
#99 Nick
Fotu, Rhino-Raiders
Wide
Receiver:
#10 James
Neslen, Wolverines
#24 James
Morgan, Morgan
#22 Hugo
Anderson, Blitz
Offensive
Line:
#77 Jason
Savainnaea, Wasatch
#71 John
White, Blitz
#70 Eric
Christensen, Rhino-Raiders
Place-kicker:
#13 Bryce
Kennington, Vipers
Defensive
End:
#46 Sam
Matagai, Wasatch
#61 Nate
Jeppson, Brigham City
#95 Bill
Nebeker, Rhino-Raiders
#13 Ed Johnson,
Colorado
Defensive
Tackle:
#92 Matt
Taliulu, Wasatch
#80 Vaea
Fiefia, Rhino-Raiders
#44 Nathan
Mackey, Blitz
Linebacker:
#5 Roger
Shulze, Wolverines
#44 Mike
Pierce, Rhino-Raiders
#56 Phil
Filimoeatu, Blitz
Cornerback:
#20 Jared
Harward, Wasatch
#13 Quinton
Case, Salt Lake
#11 Jed
Davies, Rhino-Raiders
Safety:
#30 Jeremy
Smith, Wolverines
#8 Jeff
Wissler, Wasatch
#4 JT
Armendariz, Colorado
Return
Specialist:
#10 James
Neslen, Wolverines