2008 Tulsa Talons Media Guide
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ArenaCup 2008 Media Guide Media Guide Index 2008 Media Guide Index Talons Club Information..................................................................3 2008 Talons Schedule ......................................................................3 Talons Coaching Staff......................................................................4 2008 Talons Roster .........................................................................5 Talons Front Office Staff .................................................................6 2008 Talons Player Bios.................................................................9 2007 Game Summaries..................................................................14 2007 Team Statistics.......................................................................20 2007 Individual Statistics...............................................................21 Talons Record Holders................................................................25 Year by Year Season Results.........................................................26 Media Information .........................................................................28 Tulsa Media Outlets .......................................................................28 af2 Mission Statement....................................................................31 af2 Divisional Alignment...............................................................32 About Arena Football.....................................................................33 af2 Rules of the Game ...................................................................34 2007 Regular Season Team Statistics...........................................35 2008 af2 Game Schedule...............................................................71 2007 MEDIA GUIDE © 2008 TULSA TALONS 2008 Talons Information Tulsa Talons Tulsa Talons Front Office Staff Football Operations 6221 South 107th East Ave. Owners: Henry Primeaux, Paul Ross Head Coach:Mitch Allner Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133 General Manager: Corey MacIntyre Offensive Coordinator: Craig Strickland Phone: 918-294-1000 Director of Media Relations/Marketing Offensive/Definsive Line Coach: Fax: 918-307-2914 Executive: Jeana Hogan Marty Robinson Web: www.tulsatalons.com Director of Game Day Equipment Managers: Operations/Merchandise: Allison Webb Steve Enlow & John Young Arena Information Ticket & Community Relations Director: Team Trainer: BJ Leyser Tulsa Convention Center Kyle’ Thornton Team Assistant: Danny Jones 100 Civic Center Drive, Tulsa, OK 74103 Ticket information Tulsa Talons 918-294-1000 www.tickets.com 1-877-TULSACC 2008 Game Schedule 3-29 Amarillo Dusters 6:30 PM 5-31 Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings 7:00 PM 4-5 Boise Burn 7:00 PM 6-7 Lubbock Renegades 7:00 PM 4-11 Arkansas Twisters 7:00 PM 6-14 Iowa Barnstormers 7:00 PM 4-19 OKC Yard Dawgz 7:00 PM 6-21 Rio Grande Valley Dorados 7:00 PM 4-26 Lubbock Renegades 7:00 PM 6-28 Amarillo Dusters 7:00 PM 5-3 Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings 6:30 PM 7-12 Arkansas Twisters 7:00 PM 5-10 Rio Grande Valley Dorados 7:00 PM 7-19 OKC Yard Dawgz 7:05 PM 5-16 Manchester Wolves 7:30 PM 7-26 Iowa Barnstormers 7:05 PM * All games are subject to change * All home games played at the Tulsa Convention Center * All time are Central Time * Home games are in RED af2 League Information arenafootball2 LEAGUE OFFICE President: Jerry B. Kurz 200 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1200 VP, Business Development: Tiffanie Worsham Chicago, IL 60604 Senior Director, Team & Partner Development: Stephen C. Smith Telephone: (312) 450-6300 Chief Financial Officer: Nichole Ocepek Fax: (312) 450-6301 Staff Accountant: Kristy Durst www.af2.com Director, Media Services: Marc Lestinsky Director, Team Development: Ron Armour Director, Football Operations: Scott Wentzel International Development Coordinator: Atsushi Suzuki Coordinator, Workers’ Compensation: Michelle Curtis Coordinator, Licensing & Marketing: Derek Oberg 2008 MEDIA GUIDE © 2008 TULSA TALONS 2008 Owenership, Coaching and On-Field Staff Henry Primeaux Paul Ross Co-owner Co-owner Henry Primeaux III is entering his fifth season as Paul Ross is entering his fifth season as co-owner co-owner of the Tulsa Talons. Primeaux was born of the Tulsa Talons. Paul also serves on the and educated in New Orleans and lived most of executive committee of the af2, as well as finance his life in the Crescent City. committee. From the mid-1960s to 1990, he was a consultant Ross is chairman of the board and CEO of PAR III to the Automotive Industry, training dealers, Companies located in Tulsa and Denton, Texas. manufacturers, vendors and giving motivational Ross is the majority shareholder of PAR III speeches. Companies, which is a holding company for the acquisitions and investments made under the In 1995, he formed Primeaux Marketing, a full- various owned companies since 1986. service marketing, advertising and public relations agency. Currently, he is the owner of Henry Primeaux's Crown Bristow, a Paul and his wife Laurie have two children, Alexiss and Austin. Daimler-Chrysler franchise selling Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles and the owner of Primeaux KIA in Tulsa. Henry and his wife Jane, celebrate their 47th anniversary in July and have three wonderful children: Joann, Lisa, and Henry Joseph. They also have six grandchildren who enjoy Talons football. Craig Strickland Mitch Allner Assistant Coach / Offensive Coordinator Head Coach Craig Strickland returns to the Talons for his second Mitch Allner, 30 year-old from Sioux City, Iowa, season as the Offensive Coordinator. His new ideas for kicks off his second season as the Tulsa Talons Head the Talons offensive game, helped lead the team to their Coach and Defensive Coordinator, after a successful ArenaCup Championship win last season over Wilkes- 2007 ArenaCup Championship win. He coached for Barre. the Talons’ as an Offensive Coordinator in both the 05 and 06 seasons. Allner is the first Head Coach in Prior to joining the Talons coaching staff, Strickland af2 history to have played and coached for an spent three years as the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz ArenaCup Championship. Quarterback. In 2003, he lead the Talons to their ArenaCup Championship win in as their QB. Allner served five years in the af2 as top-ranked Strickland and Allner are the only coaching duo in the af2, to have both played player. In five years, Allner played a year with Quad and coached in an ArenaCup Championship game. City Steamwheelers and Iowa Barnstormers and then three years with the Tulsa Talons. Prior to the 2005 season he held three records in the 2004 He resides in Tulsa with his wife Jae and daughter Kate. season game highs, six career records as a Talon, four records in a single season and two records in a single game. In the 2005 af2 record book, Allner Marty Robinson was the All-Time af2 Leading Scorer, All-Time af2 First Team OS in 2002, Offensive Line Coach Offensive Player of the Year in 2002, Week 6 Offensive Player of the Week Marty Robinson begins his fourth season as the for the League in 2002 and the National Conference All-af2 Second Team Offensive and Defensive Line Coach for the Talons. WR/LB in 2003. He helped lead the 2007 Talons to an ArenaCup Championship win. As a coach, Allner was the varsity assistant and sophomore head coach for two years at Sioux City North High School. Once in Tulsa, Allner was the Robinson has coached football and baseball locally in varsity receiver’s coach at Catoosa High School for one year and the varsity Tulsa for the past sixteen years. Currently, he is the receiver’s coach for two years at Jenks High School. Offensive Line Coach at East Central High School in Tulsa Allner resides in Tulsa with his wife Brandy and their Shih-Tzu Elly. Robinson completed a degree in Business at Mesabi College in Virginia, Minnesota on an ice hockey scholarship. Robinson resides in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma with his wife, Kay, and three children Matt, Lauren and Brady. Steve Enlow Equipment Manager John Young Assistant Equipment Manager BJ Leyser Team Trainer Danny Jones Team Assistant 2008 MEDIA GUIDE © 2008 TULSA TALONS Numeric and Alphabetic Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. College Exp. 1 Reid, Delenell WR/DB 5-10 180 lbs Houston 3 Yr 3 Hughley, Jeff WR/DB 5-8 175 lbs Averett 1 Yr 4 Hope, Jermaine WR/ DB 5-9 175 lbs Tulsa 2 Yr 5 Holland, Jon DS 5-11 185 lbs Oklahoma St. 2 Yr 8 Allen, Kellen WR/LB 6-2 210 lbs Southern Illinois 1 Yr 9 Maddox, Chris WR/LB 6-2 210 lbs Alabama St. R 11 Elliot, Prentiss WR 6-1 195 lbs Oklahoma St. R 12 Rasumssen, Derek QB 6-4 220 lbs Evangel R 16 Allgood, Justin QB 6-1 205 lbs Central Oklahoma 2 Yr 17 Landrum, Jermaine WR 5-8 180 lbs Tulsa 2 Yr 18 Shack, Michael FB/LB 6-2 290 lbs Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2 Yr 21 Fletcher, Oliver DB 6-0 175 lbs Tulsa 2 Yr 23 Carter, Terrance DL 6-4 275 lbs Colorado St. 1 Yr 27 Phillips, Luke K 6-0 185 lbs Oklahoma St. 2 Yr 42 McLain, C.J. FB/LB 6-4 250 lbs Arkansas 5 Yr 44 Ransom, Jamar FB/LB 6-0 230 lbs Oklahoma St. 2 Yr 56 Chavers, Aaron OL/DL 6-3 270 lbs North Texas 2 Yr 76 Allen, Barrett OL/DL 6-4 265 lbs Abilene Christian 3 Yr 79 Green, Roderick OL/DL 6-5 305 lbs Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 Yr 90 Rayl, Brett OL/DL 6-6 325 lbs Oklahoma R 93 Jones, Jesse OL/DL 6-4 315 lbs Tulsa R 94 Floyd, Antwan OL/DL 6-1 315 lbs Tulsa 3 Yr 98 Myles, Quincy OL/DL 6-4 300 lbs Louisiana Tech 5 Yr 99 Bolden, Anthony OL/DL 6-3 315 lbs Temple 2Yr Name No. Pos. Ht. Wt. College Exp. Allen, Barrett 76 OL/DL 6-4 265 lbs Abilene Christian 3 Yr Allen, Kellen 8 WR/LB 6-2 210 lbs Southern Illinois 1 Yr Allgood, Justin 16 QB 6-1 205 lbs Central Oklahoma 2 Yr Bolden, Anthony 99 OL/DL 6-3 315 lbs Temple 2Yr Carter, Terrance 23 DL 6-4 275 lbs Colorado St. 1 Yr Chavers, Aaron 56 OL/DL 6-3 270 lbs North Texas 2 Yr Elliot, Prentiss 11 WR 6-1 195 lbs Oklahoma St. R Fletcher, Oliver 21 DB 6-0 175 lbs Tulsa 2 Yr Floyd, Antwan 94 OL/DL 6-1 315 lbs Tulsa 3 Yr Green, Roderick 79 OL/DL 6-5 305 lbs Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 Yr Holland, Jon 5 DS 5-11 185 lbs Oklahoma St.