YouTube Tuesday - July 5, 2011

A look back at the Talons memorable win over the Tampa Bay Storm in the Talons first game in the AFL:

YouTube Tuesday - April 12, 2011

Found this interesting documentary that follows the Spokane Shock in the lead up to last year's Arena Bowl.

YouTube Tuesday - August 24th, 2010 (Post-ArenaBowl Edition)

ArenaBowl XIII Preview and Pick

Tonight marks the 23rd Championship Game for the Arena Football League. The game has an amazing matchup between the Tampa Bay Storm and the Spokane Shock.

The Tampa Bay Storm has been a model franchise in their roughly 20 years in the league. In that time the team has won 5 Arena Bowl Championship.

The Spokane Shock however have been the model of af2 excellence before joining the AFL this season. They did not miss a beat however. The Shock showed that af2 teams can make the move up and be successful.

Now onto the matchup. Both teams are outstanding on Offense. Tampa Bay has one of the best offensive lines I have seen all season. The only time they haven't been good is against poor competition (giving up a lot of sack to Dallas). Spokane has an equally impressive line. Both teams also have solid quarterbacks that worked their way through the af2. The big kicker on offense is that Spokane's star receiver is not expected to play. That could end up costing them a stop or two.

On Defense the Shock seem to plan to outscore people. Their defense is solid, but no where near as dominant as the Storm's. The Storm two weeks ago gave the Talons, one of the league's best offenses, fits all night. The Storm also have a superior pass rush. Even if they don't get sacks the pressure they get on Spokane will show.

I really don't know how to pick this game because it seems to really be a toss up. I will however say that it seems and feels Tampa Bay has a real edge. For that reason I'm going to pick Tampa Bay by less than 6.

TUNE IN TONIGHT TO NFL NETWORK AT 7PM TO CHECK OUT THE ARENABOWL FOR YOURSELF

Live Coverage: Tampa Bay Storm at Tulsa Talons

YouTube Tuesday - August 3rd, 2010

In honor of this week's playoff rematch against the Storm we have a recap from the season opener:

Talons v. Vigilantes NFL Network game bumped

Today it was announced that the NFL Network would be exercising their Flex Scheduling to switch games on June 11, 2010. The original game was suppose to be the Tulsa Talons at the Dallas Vigilantes; a great matchup from week 2. In it's place the Tampa Bay Storm at Alabama Vipers game will be moved from Saturday to Friday night. This will be Alabama's only scheduled appearance on the NFL Network this season.

While congratulations are in order for the Vipers getting an NFL Network game, the decision sheds doubt on future games, including the only other Talons NFL Network appearance, week 18 at the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz. With OKC struggling, the NFL Network may look for a more competitive game to fill that date.

However, it does open up the possibility of the NFL Network Flexing to the Tulsa Talons v. Spokane Shock game in early July. There is a large amount of rivalry between the Shock and Talons. In addition, it would be a matchup of (most likely) two division leaders.

What do you think of the NFL Flexing the Dallas game and future possibilities? Let us know by leaving a comment!

Talons/Storm Recap

Yesterday the Tulsa Talons opened the 2010 season of the Arena Football League with a home game against the Tampa Bay Storm. The Storm has been one of the most historic teams of the Arena Football League; while Tulsa has been one of the winningest teams of the af2.

I started the day by going to the official tailgate party on 3rd Street before the game. There were several vehicles grilling out. Some people were throwing around footballs and playing other games. Also, Z104.5 was there giving away Bon Jovi tickets. However, I didn't win any.

At around 5:30PM me and my friends went to get in line to enter the BOK center. There was a ton of fans piled up in line to enter.

After all the pregame warmups, entrances, and the coin flip the game was ready to begin! The Storm won the toss and deferred until the 2nd half. Thus, the Talons received the first kickoff. The Talons first drive started off great with a 1st Down completion to Donovan Morgan. The Talons would continue to drive and culminate with a touchdown pass to Carlese Franklin.

The Storm, however, would answer. With a 3 play drive to tie the game. The two teams continued to answer each other until the end of the half when, due to time restraints, the Storm had to kick a field goal to cut the lead to 5. The Talons went to the locker room leading 35-30 and set to kickoff to the Storm.

The Storm failed to continue scoring at the beginning of the 2nd half. The Talons forced the Storm to 4 plays and out, giving them the ball on the Storm's 11 yard line. The Talons would go on to score. The teams continued to answer each other in the 2nd half until turnovers by Tampa allowed Tulsa to build a decent double-digit lead. The Storm then could not catch back up to Tulsa before the clock ran down. Tulsa won 69-58.

The Talons played a near flawless game offensively. They never let Tampa Lead during the entire game. Justin Allgood didn't throw a single interception. Tulsa's only flaws seemed to be defensive penalties and stopping Tampa's Tyrone Timmons; who had 5 touchdowns.

Justin Allgood went 26 of 36 for 274 yards and 8 TDs. His most efficient target was Donovan Morgan who finished with 120 yards and 4 TDs. The defensive effort was lead by Andre Burns who had a league high 5 pass breakups and a forced fumble.

Next saturday the Talons take on the Dallas Vigilantes at 7:00 at the BOK Center.

Live Coverage of Storm-Talons Game 4/3/2010

For today's game I will be having live updates via my twitter feed (as shown below). If you aren't doing anything tonight be sure to get to the BOK Center for some great Talons football!

• Waiting on Talons Cheerleaders then heading to Full Moon for post game party! about 11 hours ago
• Its official! Talons win 69-58! about 11 hours ago
• Storm answer with a TD pass. Extra is good. Talons lead 69-58 with 30.6 second left. about 11 hours ago
• What was that? Oh yeah allgood to spiderman TD! Fake extra point fails. Tulsa leads 69-51 with one min left! $1 beers at full moon tonight! about 11 hours ago
• Pick by BJ Barre! Another stop for Tulsa! about 11 hours ago
• Allgood to spiderman again! Extra point good! Talons 63-51 with 4:03 left in the game! about 11 hours ago
• Storm TD. Extra point is good. Talons lead 56-51 with 5:57 left in the game. about 11 hours ago
• Storm able to get their first stop of the game. Ball on their own 10. about 11 hours ago
• Storm attemt onside and fail. 1st and goal for Talons. about 11 hours ago
• After some bad defensive penalties by the talons the storm score. Extra good to cut the lead to 12. Talons lead 56-44 with 9:55 left in ... about 11 hours ago
• Allgood to Spiderman again on back to back plays for the TD! Extra is good! Talons lead 56-37 with 12:58 left in the game!about 11 hours ago
• End of 3rd Quarter. Talons lead 49-37 and have the ball. The weather must be clearing because things look bad for this Storm. about 11 hours ago
• TE pass by Storm results in a fumble. Recovery by Talons! about 11 hours ago
• Allgood to Spiderman for a TD! Extra good! Talons lead 49-37 with 5:37 left in the 3rd quarter. about 12 hours ago
• Storm answer with good kick return and TD pass. Extra good. Talons lead 42-37 with 8:46 to go in the 3rd Quarter. about 12 hours ago
• TD pass complete to franklin. Extra good! Talons lead 42-30 with 10:16 left in 3rd quarter! about 12 hours ago
• Talons get a 4 and out to start 2nd half. Ball on Storm 11. about 12 hours ago
• Storm kick long FG at the end of the half. Cut lead to 5. Talons lead 35-30 at the half with Storm set to receive. about 12 hours ago
• Rushing TD for Ransom. Extra good! Talons lead 35-27 with 30 seconds left in the 1st half! about 12 hours ago
• Storm over the wall catch for a TD. Extra good. Talons lead 28-27 with 54 seconds left in the first half. about 12 hours ago
• Hughley shimmy and shakes for a long reception for a TD! Extra good! Talons lead 28-20 with 4:44 left in the first half!about 12 hours ago
• Storm answer with long drive. Extra no good! Talons lead 21-20 7:25 left in the half! about 13 hours ago
• TD pass to Ransom. Extra good! Talons lead 21-14 with 13:06 to go in 1st half. about 13 hours ago
• End of 1st. Talons driving, on Storm 5. 14-14. about 13 hours ago
• Storm respond. 1 play 47 yrd pass for TD. Extra good. 3:01 in 1st. 14-14 about 13 hours ago
• Jeff Hughley rushing TD. Extra good. 4:40 in first 14-7 Talons.about 13 hours ago
• Storm respond with a 3 play drive to score. Extra good. 8:33 7-7. about 13 hours ago
• Allgood pass complete to Carlese Franklin for a TD! Extra is good 10:54 Talons lead 7-0. about 13 hours ago
• First play, allgood to spiderman for a first down. about 13 hours ago
• Storm win toss, defer to the 2nd half. about 13 hours ago
• Talons entrances!!!! about 14 hours ago
• Storm just introduced. Some trash talkin coming from the fans about Dietz nuts! about 14 hours ago
• 20 min till kickoff. Talons v Storm! about 14 hours ago
• And doors are open! about 14 hours ago
• Waiting for doors to open to get into the BOK. about 15 hours ago
• Quick twitter poll: which sign would be better "welcome to tuscon" or "I'm Talon St. Michael" about 15 hours ago
• Didn't win bon Jovi tickets :( about 15 hours ago
• Arrived at Baxters, walking to 3rd St. about 16 hours ago
• Getting a bite to eat then headin to the Talons tailgate! about 17 hours ago

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