2008 POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE PREPARED IN AUGUST 2008 2008 Postseason Media Guide 2008 CLEVELAND GLADIATORS RESULTS Monday, March 3 NEW YORK DRAGONS W, 61-49 Sunday, March 9 UTAH BLAZE W, 66-63 Saturday, March 15 at Columbus Destroyers W, 59-57 Friday, March 21 at New Orleans VooDoo L, 24-63 BYE WEEK Saturday, April 5 at Dallas Desperados L, 51-58 Friday, April 11 COLORADO CRUSH L, 66-69 Saturday, April 19 at Los Angeles Avengers W, 83-69 Saturday, April 26 at New York Dragons L, 39-56 Friday, May 2 PHILADELPHIA SOUL W, 67-55 Friday, May 9 ORLANDO PREDATORS W, 43-62 Saturday, May 17 at Colorado Crush W, 50-46 Friday, May 23 at Tampa Bay Storm L, 48-58 Saturday, May 31 DALLAS DESPERADOS L, 52-68 Saturday, June 7 CHICAGO RUSH W, 65-44 Saturday, June 14 at Philadelphia Soul L, 61-62 Saturday, June 21 COLUMBUS DESTROYERS W, 47-35 PLAYOFFS Monday, June 30 ORLANDO PREDATORS (Wild Card) W, 69-66 Monday, July 7 at Georgia Force (Divisional) W, 73-70 Saturday, July 12 at Philadelphia Soul (Conf. Champ) L, 35-70 PAGE 2 2008 Cleveland Gladiators Postseason Media Guide 2008 Postseason Media Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS ORGANIZATION OWNERSHIP - JIM FERRARO ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 PRESIDENT - BERNIE KOSAR ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 HEAD COACH MIKE WILPOLT...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 COACHING STAFF ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 STAFF DIRECTORY ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6 AFL LEAGUE DIRECTORY .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7 NUMERICAL ROSTER ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7 TRANSACTIONS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 2008 REVIEW 2008 FINAL STANDINGS .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10 SEASON REVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 REGULAR SEASON NEWS & NOTES ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................12 POSTSEASON NEWS & NOTES.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 PLAYER BIOS ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21 WAIVED OR RELEASED PLAYERS................................................................................................................................................................................................................43 PARTICIPATION CHART ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48 STARTING LINEUPS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48 FINAL REGULAR SEASON STATS .................................................................................................................................................................................................................49 FINAL POSTSEASON STATS ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................50 FINAL REGULAR SEASON DEFENSIVE STATS ........................................................................................................................................................................................51 FINAL POSTSEASON DEFENSIVE STATS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................52 TOP OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCES ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................53 2008 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................54 2008 RECORD WHEN ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55 PLAYER OF THE GAME ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55 DEFENSIVE GAME-BY-GAME ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................56 2008 GAME RESULTS ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................57 HISTORY FRANCHISE HISTORY .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................68 ALL-TIME AWARD WINNERS ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................68 ALL-TIME ROSTER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................69 YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70 ALL-TIME ATTENDANCE / RECORDS ........................................................................................................................................................................................................71 THE LAST TIME ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................71 ALL-TIME VS. AFL .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................72 RECORDS