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Post by Caballo Diablo on Jun 7, 2009 14:14:52 GMT -5
SIFL Week 8 Game Recaps June 6, 2009 - Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL)
LAFAYETTE, La. (June 6, 2006) --
SWASHBUCKLERS 27, MUDBUGS 21[/U]
The Louisiana Swashbucklers stuffed Acadiana Mudbugs quarterback Bo Bartik on a late fourth down and goal to preserve the victory. It was the third time this season Louisiana (6-1) has beaten the Mudbugs (3-3).
The Swashbucklers won the first two games by identical 56-35 scores.
Louisiana took the lead for good on Marcus Wilridge's second touchdown pass of the game with 2:22 remaining in the third quarter.
Alvin Bartie finished with three touchdown passes for Louisiana. Kirt Duhomn rushed for the other.
Bartik threw for 131 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 46 yards and one score for the Mudbugs, who led 9-6 after one quarter and 21-20 at halftime.
CONQUERORS 34, PIRATES 20 [/U]
HOUMA, La. (June 6, 2006) -- Omar Haughbook threw three touchdown passes -- two to Clevan White as the Houma Conquerors posted their first victory of the season by downing the Texas Pirates.
The Conquerors (1-5) blew open a 14-14 halftime game with Haughbook's touchdowns of 30 to Gerald Landry and 40 to White that made it 27-14.
Texas (1-4) closed to 27-20 on Trumain Dorsey's 25-yarder to Joe Townsend with 11:33 remaining, but Houma used a 15-yard Haughbook to White score to conclude the scoring.
Two Michael Burks 1-yard runs gave Houma an early 12-0 lead.
Texas took its only lead when Danny Newphew returned a Conqueror fumble 15 yards to give the Pirates a 14-12 lead with 2:20 remaining in the first half, but the Conquerors quickly tied the game again when they returned the 2-point conversion back and scored two points of their own.
TURFCATS 71, CRUNCH 15[/U]
AUSTIN, Tex. (June 6, 2009) -- Deron Ellis threw four touchdown passes and rushed for two more as the Austin Turfcats defeated the North Texas Crunch 71-15 in a Southern Indoor Football League game Saturday night.
Keith Clay, Darrick Wallace and Robert Quiroga each scored twice for the Turfcats, who won their fifth consecutive game.
One of Wallace's touchdowns came on a missed field goal, his fourth such score of the season.
Austin (5-1) led 19-0 at the first quarter and 29-9 at halftime, but put up 35 points in the third period.
Ellis was just 6-16 for 57 yards passing, but managed the four touchdowns -- two to Quiroga and one each to Wallace and Nick Lewis. He also rushed for 33 yards.
Clay rushed for 46 yards on nine carries for the Turfcats.
Making their SIFL debut as the league's travel team, North Texas got a touchdown run from former TCU star Ricky Madison and James Wilson's 8-yard pass to Guy Fernandez. John Bryant kicked a 33-yard field goal.
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Post by Caballo Diablo on Jun 9, 2009 11:49:58 GMT -5
The Monday After: Turnovers (Lack Thereof) Key Houma Turnaround June 08, 2009 by Dan Ryan The Houma Conquerors’ turnover ratio in their first five games was (minus)-10 and that contributed to the team’s 0-5 start. On Saturday, Houma gave up the ball only once … and finally broke into the win column with a 34-20 victory over the Texas Pirates. “We shot ourselves in the foot a lot this season. We think we should have won a bunch more games,’’ said Houma coach Franklin Thomas. ``We finally put it all together tonight and played 60 minutes of football.” The one Conqueror turnover did result in a Texas touchdown when Danny Newphew returned a fumble 15 yards to give the Pirates a 14-12 lead in the second quarter. But the bobble only cost Houma four net points. Lineman Ricky Nevers caught an errant pitch on the two-point conversion and lumbered to the other end for two Houma points that tied the game. Thomas knew his 290-poing lineman could handle the run. Really. “I was hoping he would make it,” Thomas said of Nevers’ sprint. “The way we run them during practice, we condition them pretty good, so I had faith he would make it.” All five SIFL charter have now reached the win column. Prior to Saturday, only two other teams in the four indoor leagues had yet to taste victory. Both the IFL’s Alaska Wild and the CIFL’s Miami Valley Silverbacks lost over the weekend and each slipped to 0-9. DEFENSE: The pattern this year for the Louisiana Swashbucklers has been to use a dominate second quarter on defense to win the game. Against the Acadiana Mudbugs on Saturday, the Bucs had to rely on the tried and true dramatic goal line stance to preserve a 27-21 victory. Raymond Harris stuffed Bo Bartik’s run inside the one-yard with 59 seconds remaining as Louisiana won a defensive struggle. The Mudbugs were held scoreless in the second half and neither team scored in the fourth quarter. ``Every series in the second half was like the last one,’’ said LA coach Darnell Lee. “”The Mudbugs did a good job of preparing for us and keeping our offense off the field in the second half. It was definitely an exhausting effort.’’ LEWIS LIGHTS UP BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL: When Acadiana lost leading receiver Anthony Parks to a hamstring on the first play from scrimmage, Mudbugs coach John Fourcade didn’t have to look far to find someone to take up some of the slack. After all, Kimmee Lewis had caught eight passes … from other quarterbacks so far this season. Lewis made it nine as he helped hold LA’s Alvin Bartie to season lows of 114 yards and three touchdown passes on defense while registering his first offensive touchdown of the season on a second-quarter pass from Bartik. He finished with three catches for 33 yards. Fourcade wasn’t surprised by Lewis’ effort and doesn’t mince words when he says that ``Lewis is the best player in the league.’’ `He's a jack of all trades,’’ Fourcade said of Lewis. ``He can do it all. Kimmee’s a special player that doesn't belong in our league. He needs to be playing in the outdoor leagues.’’ GAME MVPS: Week 8 Game MVPs are as follows:[/u] LOUISIANA 27, ACADIANA 21OFFENSE: Marcus Wilridge (L) DEFENSE: Brandon Thomas (L) LINE: Eddie White (L) SPECIAL TEAMS: Andre Kelly (A) AUSTIN 71, NORTH TEXAS 15OFFENSE: Deron Ellis (A) DEFENSE: J.R. Turner (A) LINE: Barrett Dallmeyer (A) SPECIAL TEAMS: Darrick Wallace (A) HOUMA 34, TEXAS 20OFFENSE: Omar Haughbook (H) DEFENSE: Sebroyo Daniels (H) LINE: Ricky Nevers (H) SPECIAL TEAMS: Anthony Matthews (H) Wilridge, Thomas, Ellis, Turner, Haughbook and Daniels are the candidates for the VIDSWAP.com player of the week, which is determined by fan balloting on www.southernifl.com. Voting runs until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday 5/9
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Post by Caballo Diablo on Jun 9, 2009 13:46:12 GMT -5
Shoemaker Joins SIFL Front Office June 09, 2009 by Dan Ryan
The newest member of the SIFL front office is Bryan Shoemaker, who will serve as Director of Quality Control.
Shoemaker will work alongside Director of Operations Rob Winfrey and visit all the SIFL arena to make sure they are in compliance with SIFL standards. The main focus will be on player and fan safety.
Shoemaker has been in the construction/ petrochemical safety field for over 22 years overseeing hundreds of employees on job sites.
An avid football fan, Shoemaker was introduced to indoor football when his wife, Leah, gave him season tickets to the Beaumont Drillers as a Christmas present. His passion for the game led him to forming a team booster that he oversaw as president.
He and Leah reside in Port Arthur, Texas, and have two children -- Kayla (18) and Kolton (9).
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Post by Caballo Diablo on Jun 19, 2009 20:15:43 GMT -5
SIFL Week 10 Previews/Hurricanes Sign O'Brien Award Winner June 19, 2009 - Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL)
HOUSTON (June 19, 2009) - Former Davey O'Brien Award winner, Heisman Trophy runner-up and New England Patriot Michael Bishop has signed with the Southern Indoor Football League's Texas Hurricanes. Bishop will make his SIFL debut Saturday when the Hurricanes travel to face the Austin Turfcats. While at Kansas State, Bishop garnered the 1998 O'Brien Award, beating out UCLA's Cade McNown for the best college quarterback in the nation and finished second in the 1998 Heisman Trophy voting to Ricky Williams.
He was a seventh round draft selection by the Patriots in the 1999 NFL draft, seeing limited action before spending a year with the Frankfurt Galaxy in NFL Europe.
Bishop spent six seasons with the CFL's Toronto Argonauts and also saw time in the Arena Football League with the Grand Rapids Rampage and Kansas City Brigade.
SIFL commissioner Dan J. Blum is looking forward to seeing Bishop compete in the first-year league.
``I'm very, very pleased with the quality of talent we have at the quarterback position throughout the league,'' Blum said. ``In addition to Alvin Bartie and Freddie Harrison in Louisiana, a veteran like Bo Bartik in Acadiana, the versatile Deron Ellis in Austin and a promising young guy like Omar Haugabook in Houma, we now have a quarterback in Michael who was recognized as the best in the country. I'm excited for Coach [Troy] Esprit and the Hurricane as well as the league.''
Week 10 of the SIFL includes three games - Texas at Austin and North Texas at Acadiana Saturday and Louisiana at Houma Monday.
TEXAS HURRICANES (1-4) AT AUSTIN TURFCATS (5-2[/u] Saturday, June 20 6:30 p.m. Adfirmative.com Field at the Travis County Expo Center First game for Hurricanes under new ownership and name but second in the series ... Austin won first meeting 38-20 on 5/23 ... Former Kansas State QB Michael Bishop, the 1998 Davey O'Brien winner and Heisman Trophy runner-up will start for the Hurricanes as part of revamped roster ... Austin 4-1 at home this season ... Turfcats WR Robert Quiroga has registered two TD catches in last two games ... QB Deron Ellis had gone three games without throwing an interception before surrendering two to Louisiana Monday night.
NORTH TEXAS CRUNCH AT ACADIANA MUDBUGS (4-3)[/u] Saturday, June 20 7:05 p.m. Blackham Coliseum Second appearance for the Crunch, who replaced the PASM Florida Kings as the SIFL's inaugural season travel team ...Crunch lost its SIFL debut 71-15 to Austin two weeks ago and currently leads the IIFA with a 5-1 record ... Crunch has six former Division I-A players on roster, most notable is TCU's Ricky Madison, who led the Intense Football League in rushing for most of 2008 while with the defunct Frisco Thunder ... Mudbugs snapped a three-game losing streak last by holding off Houma 35-33 ... Mudbugs have never scored more than 38 points a game ... QB Bo Bartik has rushed for 72 yards and 2 TDs the last games... Leading WR Anthony Parks has missed the last two games to injury ... stepping in has been DB Kimmee Lewis, who has posted 9 catches for 73 yards and 1 TD in addition to his usual one interception per game.
LOUISIANA SWASHBUCKLERS (7-1) AT HOUMA CONQUERORS (1-6) [/u] Monday, June 22 6 p.m. Houma-Terrebone Civic Center Second meeting between teams ... Bucs won first game 48-16 after pulling away from 17-13 game in second quarter ... Bucs' last two road games have all been close - a three-point loss in Austin and six-point win in Lafayette against Mudbugs ... WR Marcus Wilredge is averaging one touchdown in every two catches in last three games ... LA has scored 50 or more in six of eight games ... Houma begins a four-game homestand to end the season ... Omar Haugabook did not register a TD pass last week against Mudbugs, but ran for two .. RB Michael Burks has rushed for 5 TDs in last two games.
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Post by cm916 on Jun 20, 2009 5:13:14 GMT -5
Looks like there could be some pretty good games this week, a shame people like me who have never set foot in Louisiana or been to Austin won't be able to see or hear the games. I guess I'll keep an eye on the twitter feed but they really need to get these arenas internet ready or find some radio stations.
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Post by Banana Cat on Jun 20, 2009 10:14:35 GMT -5
SIFL Week 10 Previews/Hurricanes Sign O'Brien Award WinnerJune 19, 2009 - Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) HOUSTON (June 19, 2009) - Former Davey O'Brien Award winner, Heisman Trophy runner-up and New England Patriot Michael Bishop has signed with the Southern Indoor Football League's Texas Hurricanes. Bishop will make his SIFL debut Saturday when the Hurricanes travel to face the Austin Turfcats. While at Kansas State, Bishop garnered the 1998 O'Brien Award, beating out UCLA's Cade McNown for the best college quarterback in the nation and finished second in the 1998 Heisman Trophy voting to Ricky Williams. He was a seventh round draft selection by the Patriots in the 1999 NFL draft, seeing limited action before spending a year with the Frankfurt Galaxy in NFL Europe. Bishop spent six seasons with the CFL's Toronto Argonauts and also saw time in the Arena Football League with the Grand Rapids Rampage and Kansas City Brigade. SIFL commissioner Dan J. Blum is looking forward to seeing Bishop compete in the first-year league. ``I'm very, very pleased with the quality of talent we have at the quarterback position throughout the league,'' Blum said. ``In addition to Alvin Bartie and Freddie Harrison in Louisiana, a veteran like Bo Bartik in Acadiana, the versatile Deron Ellis in Austin and a promising young guy like Omar Haugabook in Houma, we now have a quarterback in Michael who was recognized as the best in the country. I'm excited for Coach [Troy] Esprit and the Hurricane as well as the league.'' Left out was that he played for the Corpus Christi Hammerheads this year and that he wasn't that successful. I wish him better success with the Hurricanes, since he is a Frankfurt Galaxy alum (one of my favorite teams).
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Post by Banana Cat on Jun 20, 2009 10:21:28 GMT -5
Looks like there could be some pretty good games this week, a shame people like me who have never set foot in Louisiana or been to Austin won't be able to see or hear the games. I guess I'll keep an eye on the twitter feed but they really need to get these arenas internet ready or find some radio stations. I agree. Must be because I'm old, but I don't care for the IFL's scrolling ticker or the SIFL's twitter updates. I like to watch the game or listen to it, that's about it. Anything else is too much work. All teams in all leagues should at least have a radio broadcast as a pro team, but that's just me. This seems to be the age of text messaging, but I'm a non-adapter on that.
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Post by Caballo Diablo on Jun 20, 2009 11:27:44 GMT -5
I agree. Must be because I'm old, but I don't care for the IFL's scrolling ticker or the SIFL's twitter updates. I like to watch the game or listen to it, that's about it. Anything else is too much work. All teams in all leagues should at least have a radio broadcast as a pro team, but that's just me. This seems to be the age of text messaging, but I'm a non-adapter on that. Same here, I'll follow along on twitter if it's my team but not others. A radio station brings their own feed, too bad they don't care.
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Post by Caballo Diablo on Jun 20, 2009 11:28:34 GMT -5
FSM Fan Footblog: Wallace Has My Vote June 20, 2009
Darrick Wallace got my vote for Player of the Week due to how many kicks the Louisiana Swashbucklers put into the stands Monday night.
Not to take away any credit from Sammy Knight, who was equally being dodged as a potential kick returner, but Wallace touched the football twice on special teams this week and scored once and was a shoe string away from another.
Each time these two touch the football, they create the opportunity of a score on special teams. Wallace still remains one of the most dangerous playmakers on the field. I really don’t have anything else to add to that except if the Swashbucklers somehow meet the Turfcats in the playoffs, expect more footballs to be lost due to a kickoff out of bounds. Ironically, Tommy Hebert, the kicker that put those kickoffs into the stands won the Player of the Week with his league-record four field goal performance. He was also six of seven on extra point attempts. Maybe he won it for being smart enough not to kick to Wallace.
The transition from the Texas Pirates to the Texas Hurricanes has been somewhat of a different situation behind the scenes. The fact that the Hurricanes signed former Kansas State quarterback Michael Bishop shows their commitment to becoming a winning franchise. New team owner Terry Williams was quoted as saying he wanted to finish the season strong and concentrate on next season. But the fact is that with a few big wins, the Bishop-led Hurricanes could find themselves as an upset special caliber team in the SIFL playoffs this season. They visit the Turfcats this week and Louisiana the following Monday. They will instantly get their chance to prove their worth.
The Houma Conquerors are also going through some transition with their team. Although Franklin Thomas is the owner, the former Bayou Buck has brought in a new coach to take his place, which I am sure was not the easiest thing to do personally. Then Thomas brought in former Bucks owner Travis Carrell who should bring more stability and help Thomas’ vision of a championship franchise. The League is growing stronger; as the inaugural season begins its stretch run, no team has been eliminated. The SIFL has gone through a ton of obstacles this season, but has overcome them well, all in the name of fun in professional sports. After all, isn’t that what we are all here for? ...................................................................................
Story credit: Scott Blanchard. Blanchard is a former Swashbucklers GM, Vice President of Football Operations, SI Director and now serves as Creative Services Director of the Southern Indoor Football League. His blog runs on Thursday but he was late this week because he moved states, so please forgive him, just this once.
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Post by Caballo Diablo on Jun 21, 2009 10:52:28 GMT -5
June 20, 2009 Southern Indoor Football League SIFL Week 10 Recaps
TURFCATS 41, HURRICANES 34[/u] AUSTIN, Tex (June 20, 2009) -- Keith Clay's 3-yard run with 56 second remaining and Mycal Catchings' fumble recovery with one second remaining lifted the Austin Turfcats a 41-34 victory over the Texas Hurricanes Saturday night. The Turfcats (6-2) erased a 20-0 first half deficit, taking their first lead at 28-27 when Deron Ellis threw a 27-yard touchdown to Robert Quiroga with 14:18 left.
Texas (1-5) regained the lead at 34-28 on Michael Bishop's 3-yarder to Roland Hayes with 10:13 remaining, but Austin tied it at 34-34 with 8:47 left on Tim Blackwell's 7-yard run. After a missed Texas field goal, Austin drove 45 yards to take the lead. Texas moved to the Austin 5-yard line, but Catchings recovered the fumble to preserve the victory. Five different players scored Austin's six touchdown, with Reggie Smith posting a 44-yard kickoff return and a touchdown pass from Deron Ellis, who threw two scores and ran for another. Bishop, the 1998 Davey O'Brien award winner and Heisman Trophy runner-up, threw for 104 yards and three touchdowns - two to Joe Townsend - in his SIFL debut. ...........................................................................................
MUDBUGS 45, CRUNCH 6 [/u] LAFAYETTE, La. (June 20, 2009) -- Antonio Logan and Anthony Parks each scored two touchdowns as the Acadiana Mudbugs held the North Texas Crunch without a touchdown for a 45-6 Southern Indoor Football League victory Saturday.
Sean Samuels came off the bench after starting quarterback Bo Bartik was injured and completed 9 of 13 passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for another as the Mudbugs (5-3) won their second straight game. Logan's touchdowns came in the first quarter as the Mudbugs jumped out to a 14-0 lead. Parks, who had missed the last two games due to injury, had eight catches for 91 yards. Defensive back Kimmie Lewis registered his SIFL best 11th interception and also caught two passes for 27 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown. John Bryant produced all the Crunch scoring with a pair of 21-yard field goals.
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Post by Banana Cat on Jun 21, 2009 18:47:56 GMT -5
The new-look Texas looks much improved. Maybe they can pull off an upset before season's end.
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Post by Caballo Diablo on Jun 21, 2009 19:32:50 GMT -5
They have definitely improved greatly and headed up. Once Michael Bishop gets some more rep's with the offense and gets familiar with his WR's they will be a much better team.
Big props to the new owner and the coaching staff for already starting the rebuilding. They are no longer the push over the Pirates were.
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Post by cm916 on Jun 24, 2009 0:58:31 GMT -5
I really am more interested in the Houma/Texas playoff race than the others at this point. We know LA, Austin, and Acadiana are going just not which two get the home games. Both teams have shown flashes of being able to claim that 2nd win. I just hope the missing two games on the Texas schedule dont effect the outcome too much, especially if they have to cram them in the week before a possible playoff match in LA.
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Post by Caballo Diablo on Jun 24, 2009 10:30:23 GMT -5
I don't see how it can't affect the play of the Hurricanes. Texas plays Acadiana on Sun the 5th, Austin on Tue the 7th, and Austin on Sat the 11th, with the game against the Crunch still looming somewhere.
Unless the league just awards Texas a win against them, hey everyone else will have a win against them. If somehow Houma loses to the Crunch this week they could just throw out both games and let them go down to tiebreakers.
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Post by Banana Cat on Jun 24, 2009 11:32:33 GMT -5
Texas plays Acadiana on Sun the 5th, Austin on Tue the 7th, and Austin on Sat the 11th, with the game against the Crunch still looming somewhere. As I've posted elsewhere, that's just messed up. 3 games in 6 days is asking for injuries and not fair to the players/team.
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