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Practices for the Doom began in a cow pasture near St. Paul in October
of 1999.
Head Coach Jungwirth briefly played fullback for the Los Angeles Rams
during the 1987 strike. He coached the Oregon Panthers in their
final season and invested $25k into the Doom startup.
DT - Jeff Schilling, DE - Randall Erving, C - Rod Wilson originally
expected to play with the Doom, but were signed to play indoor ball with
the Portland Prowlers.
PK - Jason Heckel
FB - Ardell Baily (Willamette)
QB - Ryan Ivanoff (Western Oregon)
RB - Ivan McCrae (North Salem)
OL - Matt Matthews 6'9" 370lbs
S - Kenny Land
Ivan McCrae returned two kickoffs for TD's in the opening season loss to
Rogue.
On Apr 29, 2000 the Statesman Journal newspaper reported that the Doom
had been expelled from the OFL for among the list of problems, failure
to pay the remaining $500 of the $750 league entrance fee. The new
ownership (John Washington) asked Larry Matthews of Stockton to buy in
as minor owners with the agreement that Jungwirth would have no future
association with the Doom organization. By June, lawsuits
had been filed and battles ensued over the financial dealings.
Jungswirth would try to field another team, the Yamhill County
Enforcers, an independent team in 2001 that would go on to success in
the 9-man leagues.
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