``SIFL Live" Preview Webcast Goes Sunday at 6 p.m. July 25, 2009 by Dan Ryan
LAKE CHARLES, La. (July 25, 2009) – Join the Southern Indoor Football League webcast team on Sunday, July 26 for ``SIFL Live’’ and a preview of Monday’s championship game between the Austin Turfcats and Louisiana Swashbucklers.
The fun and festivities begin at 6 p.m. CST and can be viewed at
www.southernifl.com/sifllive/ or at
www.southernifl.com/Veteran and venerable broadcaster Richard Dow will serve as host/chaperone as everyone lends their expertise to previewing the game and pretty much having a fun time. Both coaches are scheduled to appear.
``I’m grateful that Richard will be hosting because A) He can bring credibility to the show and B) He’ll keep all of us in line and C) We can use his bald head to test our lighting levels,’’ said SIFL Director of Communications Dan Ryan. ``Sunday’s show will be both breezy and informative and you’ll actually be able to see us.’’
Monday’s webcast will begin at 6:30 p.m. CT with Scott Blanchard (play-by-play), Cason Robinson (color) and Lexie Iskander (sidelines) on the videocast and Kasey John on the live blog.
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(Updated 7/25)
Championship Game Media Information July 25, 2009 by Dan Ryan
Media attending Monday's Southern Indoor Football League championship game between the Austin Turfcats and Louisiana Swashbucklers are invited to a pre-game meal at 5 p.m. in the foyer outside the Swashbucklers' offices in the Lake Charles Civic Center .
Olive Garden is providing the catering. Your credentials and SWAG will be available for pickup during this time.
We've added additional media seating in the arena to accommodate our live webcast. Stat service will be the same as Swashbuckler regular season games. A HTML page of the final can be sent to your official as soon as it is completed.
Voting for the game MVP will be conducted among league staff, media and fans using the interactive function on the league's webcast.
Post-game interviews will be conducted on the field. Representatives from each team will help track down any player and coach you wish to interview.
After you file your story, you're invited to attend the SIFL post-game party in the Lake Charles Civic Center 's Contraband Room. Take your time filing - we'll still be there. It's been a LONG season.
We appreciate your coverage and will strive to make your working experience as enjoyable as possible.
Contact Dan Ryan at (386) 295-8136 or e-mail dryan@southernifl.com if you have any questions or last minute needs.
SOUTHERN INDOOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESIDENT’S CUP[/U]
AUSTIN TURFCATS (10-2) VS. LOUISIANA SWASHBUCKLERS (11-1)Monday, July 27 7 p.m. CST Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles La. (5,550)
WEBCAST: Available at
www.southernifl.com/ Pregame starts at 6:30 p.m. CST
Talent: Scott Blanchard (Play-By-Play) Cason Robinson (Color) Lexie Iskander (sidelines)
LIVE BLOG: Available at
www.southernifl.com/ (Kasey Johns, moderator)
TWITTER FEEDS: twitter.com/siflfootball/ (league);
twitter.com/austinturfcats/ (Austin) and
twitter.com/coachsmb05/ (Louisiana)
ON THE WEB[/U]
LEAGUE WEB SITE:
www.southernifl.com/ AUSTIN:
www.turfcats.com/ [GAME NOTES]
LOUISIANA:
www.labucs.com/[GAME NOTES]
STATS:
www.thestatguys.com/SIFL/confstat.htm/PRE-GAME[/U]
COIN TOSS: Louisiana State Senator Willie L. Mount
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Chris Flowers
INVOCATION: TBA
THE GAME: The inaugural season of the Southern Indoor Football League concludes with its inaugural championship game as the Louisiana Swashbucklers host the Austin Turfcats. Louisiana earned home-field advantage by posting the best regular season record with a 10-1 mark. The Swashbucklers defeated the Houma Conquerors 61-19 last Monday in the semifinals.
Austin finished with the SIFL’s second-best regular season record at 9-2 and won the league’s first overtime game last Saturday with a 56-49 instant classic semifinal victory over the Acadiana Mudbugs.
SERIES: Tied 1-1
FIRST MEETING: TURFCATS 56, SWASHBUCKLERS 53 (5/9/09 In Austin) Deron Ellis threw three touchdown passes and rushed for two more as Austin Turfcats snapped Louisiana’s 20-game winning streak.
SECOND MEETING: SWASHBUCKLERS 60, TURFCATS 43 (6/15/09 In Lake Charles) Freddie Harrison threw for 175 yards and three touchdowns -- two to Marcus Wilridge -- as Louisiana erased a 16-point first-half deficit.
COACHES: [/U]
CHRIS DULIBAN (Austin, 2nd year as head coach 19-9 overall, 2-1 post-season)
DARNELL LEE (Louisiana, 4th year as head coach 50-10 overall, 5-2 post-season)
THREE-PEAT: Louisiana is vying to become the sixth professional football team to win three consecutive championships.
Two NFL teams have accomplished the feat, and the Green Bay Packers have done it twice. The 1929-31 Packers under Curly Lambeau (the guy they named the stadium after) were first, then Vince Lombardi won the NFL championship from 1965-67, with the last two culminating in the first two Super Bowl victories.
Louisiana’s situation is similar to that of the 1946-50 Cleveland Browns, who won all four All-American Football Conference championship and then won all the marbles in their first NFL season in 1950 under Paul Brown.
In the CFL, the Edmonton Eskimos won three straight from 1945-47 under Pop Ivy and five in a row from 1978-82 under Hugh Campbell. The Toronto Argonauts won three straight under Teddy Morris from 1945-47.
One indoor team has won at least three straight championships: The Sioux Falls Storm won all four UIF titles under Kurtiss Riggs from 2005-2008.
HOME COOKING: The Swashbucklers current home winning streak is 27 games dating back to 2006. LA is also undefeated in five home playoff games.
STRONG START: While Louisiana is trying to extend a winning tradition, Austin is trying to establish one in its first season of operation. If the Turfcats win, they join the following teams in winning a championship in their first season of operation:
Arena Football League: Denver Dynamite (1987) and Detroit Drive (1988)
USFL: Philadelphia Stars (1983)
National Indoor Football League: Tri-Cities Fever (2005)
Af2: Quad City Steamwheelers: (2000), Spokane Shock (2006)
NFL Europe: London Monarchs (1991)
CREDENTIAL INFORMATION
Credential requests for the SIFL championship game on Monday, July 27 can be e-mailed to dryan@southernifl.com
The cutoff will be Sunday night.
SIFL Director of Communications Dan Ryan has traded his mountain view in Utah for Cajun cooking and will be based in the Louisiana Swashbucklers' offices through next week's SIFL league meeting.