New College Football All-Star Game comes to Little Rock

Media Contact: Justin VanFulpen

Battle 4 the Rock, LLC   

Phone: 616.299.0053   

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 21, 2011

New College Football All-Star Game comes to Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas - The Players All-Star Classic (TM) a new college football all-star game will be played at War Memorial Stadium at 3pm EST on February 4th, 2012.  The roster will spilt in a North-South format and be made up of a collection of talented players from all levels of college football who are rated as prospects for the 2012 NFL Draft.  Prospects from the roster of a similar game played last year currently boasts over 60 NFL players; the game has agreed to a multi-year deal with War Memorial Stadium.  

Players All-Star Classic (TM) has already agreed to a television deal which will be announced next week.  The game has also partnered with 103.7 The Buzz, the Sports radio leader in Little Rock.  The Hilton Little Rock will be the official hotel partner for players, coaches, staff, NFL scouts and agents.  This just won't be about the game as during the week there will be multiple events going on around Little Rock in conjunction with the All-Star game.  More details about those events will be made available soon. 

The games organizers included Walter O’Neal, a local Little Rock business man, John Murphy, Calgary Stampeders of the CFL assistant GM who over the years has worked on over 20 different All-Star games, Justin VanFulpen, who has worked on All-Star games, Super Bowl events, and other sports marketing events, Spencer Conley, who played professional football and last season coached at Texas College and Garrick Jones, who is from Little Rock and played college football at Arkansas State and then went on to play in both the NFL and CFL.    

Players will be coming to "Battle for the Rock" (TM) in their final college football game will you be there?  For more information, please visit our web site at www.playersallstarclassic.com, powered by Athletes United (www.athuni.com).

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2012 NFL Draft: Top 10 Senior ILB's

Here are my top inside linebackers for the 2012 NFL Draft.


1. Tank Carder, Texas Christian
2. Courtney Upshaw, Alabama
3. Jerry Franklin, Arkansas
4. Chris Galippo, USC
5. Korey Williams, Southern Mississippi
6. Chris Marve, Vanderbilt
7. James Michael-Johnson, Nevada
8. Will Ebner, Missouri
9. Carmen Messina, New Mexico
10. D.J. Holt, California

VanFulpen’s Top 10 Draft Eligible Offensive Tackles

1. Anthony Castonzo, Boston College - Senior
2. Nate Solder, Colorado - Senior
3. Derek Sherrod, Mississippi State - Senior
4. DeMarcus Love, Arkansas - Senior
5. Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin - Senior
6. Tyron Smith, USC - Junior
7. Matt Reynolds, BYU - Junior
8. Andrew Datko, Florida State - Junior
9. Jason Pinkston, Pittsburgh - Senior
10. Marcus Cannon, TCU – Senior

VanFulpen’s Top 10 Draft Eligible Quarterbacks

1. Andrew Luck, Stanford – Red-Shirt Sophomore
2. Ryan Mallett, Arkansas – Junior
3. Jake Locker, Washington – Senior
4. Christian Ponder, Florida State – Senior
5. Blaine Gabbert, Missouri – Junior
6. Nick Foles, Arizona – Junior
7. Pat Devlin, Delaware – Senior
8. Jerrod Johnson, Texas A&M – Senior
9. Nathan Enderle, Idaho – Senior
10. Colin Kaepernick, Nevada – Senior

VanFulpen's College Football Poll

1. Alabama (5-0) – No rest in the SEC as Alabama takes on South Carolina this week.


2. Ohio State (5-0) – Ohio State takes on Indiana this week as the wait to for a real Big Ten test in two weeks against Wisconsin.


3. Oregon (5-0) – Oregon beat a very good team in Stanford and should roll this week against Washington State.


4. Boise State (4-0) – Boise State is rolling along with another win in the WAC


5. TCU (5-0) – TCU wins again, they are waiting for their only test left for the season November 6th against Utah.


6. Nebraska (4-0) – Nebraska plays Thursday against Kansas State a good test for them as well as Kansas State running back Daniel Thomas.


7. Oklahoma (5-0) – Beat Texas this past Saturday and might have a shot of going 12-0 going into the Big 12 Championship game.


8. Auburn (5-0) – Auburn rolled this week and now the next big SEC game isn’t until October 16th against Arkansas.


9. Arizona (4-0) – Big game this week against a very good Oregon State team.


10. LSU (5-0) – A wild finish against Tennessee where they were able to get the win, now a huge game against Florida.


11. Utah (4-0) – Utah should be undefeated when the go in their game against TCU, November 6th.


12. Arkansas (3-1) – Can Ryan Mallett and Arkansas bounce back this week against Texas A & M.


13. Iowa (4-1) – A big win against Penn State at home, and take on Michigan in two weeks.


14. Michigan State (5-0) – Huge win against Wisconsin now they take on Michigan in Ann Arbor.


15. Michigan (5-0) –Denard Robinson showed his magic against Indiana now he and Michigan take on Michigan State at home.


16. Stanford (4-1) – Stanford lost at Oregon and now are at home this week against USC.


17. Miami (FL) (3-1) – A huge game this week against Florida State.


18. Florida (4-1) – The Gators just got beat down against Alabama and hope to bounce back against LSU this week.


19. South Carolina (3-1) – At least they had the week off before they have to play the best team in college football in Alabama.
20 Wisconsin (4-1) – The lost to Michigan State this past week but in two week can make that up as they take on Ohio State.


21. Florida State (4-1) – Florida State has to travel to Miami to take on the Hurricanes at night.


22. Nevada (5-0) – The Wolf Pack are waiting for their November 26 match-up against Boise State.


23. Kansas State (4-0) – Kansas State takes on Nebraska this week and they need running back Daniel Thomas to have a big game.


24. Oklahoma State (4-0) – Big win on this past Thursday Night against Texas A&M and their next big game is October 23 against Nebraska.


25. Missouri (4-0) – Missouri hasn’t played anyone really so far this season but will as they start to get into the Big 12 schedule this week against Colorado.

VanFulpen's Heisman Watch

1. QB Ryan Mallett, Arkansas – Mallett won on the road against Georgia with a game winning touchdown passes and threw for 380 yards and 3 touchdowns. Has a huge game this week against Alabama and if he has a great game and pull off the upset should be in the driver seat for the Heisman.

2. QB Denard Robinson, Michigan – Robinson played UMass and did win the game and put up good number, but it was UMass and for a while it looked like Michigan could have been on upset alert.

3. QB Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State – Pryor and Ohio State did beat Ohio, but Pryor threw 2 interceptions and it was never a game where Pryor needed to make any Heisman type moments.

4. QB Kellen Moore, Boise State – Moore threw for 370 yards and 2 touchdowns and crushed Wyoming, but a huge test for Boise State as well as Moore awaits this week against Oregon State.

5. QB Landry Jones, Oklahoma – Jones threw for 254 yards and 1 touchdown against Air Force but didn’t look all that impressive as he did the week before, his Hesiman hopes are fading but has a huge game in two weeks against Texas in which his Hesiman stock could rise fast depending on how he plays.

VanFulpen’s Heisman Watch

1. QB Denard Robinson, Michigan – If the Heisman Trophy was given out after two weeks Robinson would win the award hands down. What he has been able to two in the first two weeks of the season has been amazing. In two weeks he has put up 885 yards in total offense, and leads the country with 455 yards rushing and has 3 rushing touchdowns and also has thrown for 430 yards and 2 touchdowns. In last week against Notre Dame he racked up 502 yards in total offense and help Michigan win the game down in South Bend. In the next three week he should do well with winnable game for Michigan.

2. QB Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State – Pryor is coming off a huge win against Miami in which he rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown and lead Ohio State to the win. This season Pryor has thrown for 480 yards and 4 touchdowns and rushed for 130 yards and 1 touchdown. Ohio State isn’t tested for a while until they play at Wisconsin, October 16th.

3. QB Ryan Mallett, Arkansas – Mallett has throw for 701 yards and 6 touchdowns in two weeks and has the ability to put those type number game in and game out this season. He plays Georgia this Saturday and then in two weeks plays Alabama in which if he can pull that win off and put up good numbers who could job to the top of the Heisman list.

4. QB Kellen Moore, Boise State – Moore and Boise State didn’t play this past week and only has played one game against Virginia Tech in which he lead Boise State back to a win late in the game and threw for 215 yards and 3 touchdowns. In two weeks they play Oregon State which will be another big test for him and Boise State.

5. QB Landry Jones, Oklahoma – Jones is coming off a huge win against Florida State in which he threw for 380 yards and 4 touchdowns. In the first two weeks of the season he has thrown for 597 yards and 6 touchdowns with 2 interceptions, and Oklahoma will be in the National Title hunt all season long and they have a huge game against Texas in 3 weeks.