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[UND92,96]

Sutton named rookie of the year, and makes first team offense. Kasowski makes first team defense. Bamba, Hellevang (as both kicker and punter), Bondy, Boyle and Hawkins make second team. Ankenbauer and Brenneman are honorable mention.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gwfc/s...-Conference.pdf

I'm surprised Hellevang (as a kicker) and Bamba didn't get first team. Also surprised Dublanko didn't get at least honorable mention.

[RD17]

Sutton named rookie of the year, and makes first team offense. Kasowski makes first team defense. Bamba, Hellevang (as both kicker and punter), Bondy, Boyle and Hawkins make second team. Ankenbauer and Brenneman are honorable mention.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gwfc/s...-Conference.pdf

I'm surprised Hellevang (as a kicker) and Bamba didn't get first team. Also surprised Dublanko didn't get at least honorable mention.

The UC Davis kicker that beat out Hellevang had similar stats (12-15 on FGs, 4-5 beyond 40 yards, perfect on PATs) so although Hellevang had a great year, the two players were pretty close statistically.

I agree about Bamba, especially when you throw in his productivity on kick returns. One of the UCD receivers that made first team had just 584 receiving yards. He must have been a heck of a decoy.

Total all-conference players by team (including honorable mention):

UCD: 16 (8 seniors)

Poly: 14 (4 seniors)

USD: 12 (7 seniors)

SUU: 12 (7 seniors)

UND: 9 (2 seniors)

I was really suprised at how young Cal Poly is. They only have 11 seniors on the roster and will have 9 offensive and 8 defensive starters returning. They return their entire OL along with five defensive players that were named all-conference this year. They could easily go from worst to first next year.

USD graduates 5 of its front 7 (three all-conference) on defense, including the entire line. In addition to Shepard, on offense USD loses three OL (two all-conference) and an all-conference receiver. This looks like it should have been USD's big year and they didn't get it done.

UCD loses five all-conference defensive players, including the league player of the year. Offense is in better shape with the return of second team all-conference QB Denham, but they must replace two all-conference receivers, including league offensive MVP.

SUU will return two top receivers, but must replace three all-conference players on the OL, a second team all-conference QB, and possibly the nation's top FCS punter. Generally speaking though, SUU is still young with just 12 seniors on the team this year.

In addition to Sutton and Bamba on offense, UND will return five defensive players that were named all-conference. With the possibility of starting seven seniors on that side of the ball, UND just may have the best defense in the league next year.

[homer]

The UC Davis kicker that beat out Hellevang had similar stats (12-15 on FGs, 4-5 beyond 40 yards, perfect on PATs) so although Hellevang had a great year, the two players were pretty close statistically.

I agree about Bamba, especially when you throw in his productivity on kick returns. One of the UCD receivers that made first team had just 584 receiving yards. He must have been a heck of a decoy.

Total all-conference players by team (including honorable mention):

UCD: 16 (8 seniors)

Poly: 14 (4 seniors)

USD: 12 (7 seniors)

SUU: 12 (7 seniors)

UND: 9 (2 seniors)

I was really suprised at how young Cal Poly is. They only have 11 seniors on the roster and will have 9 offensive and 8 defensive starters returning. They return their entire OL along with five defensive players that were named all-conference this year. They could easily go from worst to first next year.

USD graduates 5 of its front 7 (three all-conference) on defense, including the entire line. In addition to Shepard, on offense USD loses three OL (two all-conference) and an all-conference receiver. This looks like it should have been USD's big year and they didn't get it done.

UCD loses five all-conference defensive players, including the league player of the year. Offense is in better shape with the return of second team all-conference QB Denham, but they must replace two all-conference receivers, including league offensive MVP.

SUU will return two top receivers, but must replace three all-conference players on the OL, a second team all-conference QB, and possibly the nation's top FCS punter. Generally speaking though, SUU is still young with just 12 seniors on the team this year.

In addition to Sutton and Bamba on offense, UND will return five defensive players that were named all-conference. With the possibility of starting seven seniors on that side of the ball, UND just may have the best defense in the league next year.

Awesome breakdown. Nice work. Things look good for next year and it looks like it will again be a very competitive league next year. Impressive that a pretty young Cal Poly team was able to beat SDSU.

[UND92,96]

Not a bad showing by UND's 2008 recruiting class--rookie of the year and first-team offense (Sutton); second-team offense (Bamba) and honorable mention (Brenneman). In the future, I wouldn't be surprised if they're joined by McGurran, Lynch, Benjamin, Cameron and possibly Mersereau.