Bloomsburg University Football Ranked Fifth in D2Football.com Poll
BLOOMSBURG-- The Bloomsburg University football team has been ranked fifth in the country according to the D2Football.com pre-season rankings.
The Huskies, coming off an 11-1 season a year ago, are the highest ranked Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) team in the poll, ahead of 11th-ranked East Stroudsburg.
Bloomsburg is fifth in the poll behind NCAA Division II national champion Grand Valley in the top spot; Saginaw Valley at number two; Northwest Missouri State at number three and North Alabama at number four.
In addition to the national ranking for the team, Jamar Brittingham (Langhorne/Neshaminy), the PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Year and Harlon Hill finalist, is listed as a pre-season All-American by D2Football.com. Brittingham is coming off a spectacular season in which he rushed for 2, 260 yards and 32 touchdowns. He also added 20 catches for 299 yards and two scores giving him 34 touchdowns for the season. His rushing total of 188.3 yards per game and scoring average of 17 points per game led all divisions of NCAA college football. He also set school and conference records for rushing yards in a season, touchdowns in a season, most points in a season and most points per game in a season.
The Huskies open the 2006 season with a game at NCAA Division I-AA James Madison University on Saturday, Sept. 2nd at 6 p.m. Bloomsburg will open its 2006 home season on Sept. 9th against California (PA) at 1 p.m. at Redman Stadium. The game will be a matchup of the teams picked number one in their respective divisions of the PSAC by the league's coaches. The game is scheduled to be broadcast over the internet via College Sports Television's (CSTV) broadband network. For season ticket information, call 389-4413.
2006 D2Football.com Pre-Season Poll
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Grand Valley |
| 2 | Saginaw Valley |
| 3 | Northwest Missouri |
| 4 | North Alabama |
| 5 | Bloomsburg |
| 6 | Pittsburg State |
| 7 | North Dakota |
| 8 | Presbyterian |
| 9 | Valdosta State |
| 10 | Albany State |
| 11 | East Stroudsburg |
| 12 | South Dakota |
| 13 | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 14 | West Texas A&M |
| 15 | Washburn |
| 16 | Shepherd |
| 17 | Carson-Newman |
| 18 | NC Central |
| 19 | Ashland |
| 20 | Northwood |
| 21 | C.W. Post |
| 22 | Tuskegee |
| 23 | Winona State |
| 24 | Central Washington |
| 25 | Delta State |
D2Football.com Pre-Season All-Americans
| First Team Offense | |||
| QB | Jimmy Terwilliger | Sr. | East Stroudsburg |
| RB | Germaine Race | Sr. | Pittsburg State |
| RB | Jamar Brittingham | Jr. | Bloomsburg |
| WR | Evan Prall | Sr. | East Stroudsburg |
| WR | Tymere Zimmerman | Sr. | Newberry |
| TE | Zach Herald | Sr. | Nebraska-Omaha |
| OL | Jason Capizzi | Sr. | IUP |
| OL | Joe Wohlscheid | Jr. | Grand Valley |
| OL | Heath Benedict | Jr. | Newberry |
| OL | Peter Martocci | Sr. | C.W. Post |
| OL | Allan Barbre | Sr. | Missouri Southern |
| First Team Defense | |||
| DL | Michael McFadden | Sr. | Grand Valley |
| DL | Alton Pettway | Sr. | Albany State |
| DL | Chris Amico | Jr. | Edinboro |
| DL | Alex Hall | Sr. | St. Augustine's |
| LB | Charleston Hughes | Sr. | Northwood |
| LB | Anthony Adams | Jr. | Grand Valley |
| LB | Donald Tharpe | Sr. | North Alabama |
| DB | Fletcher Terrell | Sr. | Washburn |
| DB | Dan Peters | Sr. | Shepherd |
| DB | Kyle Killingsworth | Sr. | Humboldt State |
| DB | Chad Burgess | Sr. | Presbyterian |
| First Team Special Teams | |||
| K | Paul Williams | Sr. | Tarleton State |
| P | Jason Davis | Jr. | Adams State |
| Ret | Anthony Merritt | Sr. | North Alabama |
| Ret | Rashad Moulton | Sr. | Fort Valley |
| Second Team Offense | |||
| QB | Toby Korrodi | Sr. | Central Missouri |
| RB | Stefan Logan | Sr. | South Dakota |
| RB | Jeremiah White | Sr. | Missouri Western |
| WR | Da Mon Lindsey | Sr. | Glenville State |
| WR | Drew Bohannan | Jr. | Mesa State |
| TE | Kevin Boss | Sr. | Western Oregon |
| OL | Robert Blocker | Sr. | Bowie State |
| OL | Tim McCutcheon | Sr. | California |
| OL | Chris Kaczor | Sr. | Edinboro |
| OL | Rayshaun Hollings | Sr. | Southeastern Oklahoma |
| OL | Chris Lundin | Jr. | Adams State |
| Second Team Defense | |||
| DL | Casey Larson | Sr. | Saint Anselm |
| DL | Damion Derosia | Sr. | Saginaw Valley |
| DL | Eric Power | Sr. | Concordia-St. Paul |
| DL | Ryan Waters | Sr. | Northwest Missouri |
| LB | Brady Miller | Sr. | Ashland |
| LB | Kenny Onatolu | Sr. | Nebraska-Omaha |
| LB | Michael Eubanks | Jr. | Delta State |
| DB | Monterio James | So. | Delta State |
| DB | Kendall Ricketts | Jr. | Central Missouri |
| DB | Reed Duvall | Sr. | Fort Lewis |
| DB | Jordan Davis | Sr. | South Dakota |
| Second Team Special Teams | |||
| K | Nathan Alleman | Sr. | Pittsburg State |
| P | Craig McFarlin | Jr. | Ouachita Baptist |
| Ret | Weston Dressler | Jr. | North Dakota |
| Ret | Octavius Love | Jr. | Tusculum |
