Heroes magic number is 6!

[matt]

against the "Heroes" and whoever is coaching them....because it won't be a lot of our regular players nor our regular coaches....should be a thorough ass whooping laid on us by you guys....

[stingray53]

Well at least my Stingrays have a better chance of making the playoffs

[frostbite]

whomever is left standing at the end of the season gets in the playoffs...

[theherohimself]

true dat, there seems to be two teams per division with chance of folding anyway before seasons end. which leaves two teams per division, both making the playoffs. So every team in the AIFA makes the playoffs this year! (its a joke)

[gonzo13]

Eliminated all of the weak ownership huh?

[lionsroar]

"nothing is for certain, nothing last forever
Heroes eventually Die
It's him and I, Aquemini"

-Big Boi (outkast)

[Gene]

Apr 25, 2008 13:22:01 GMT -5 phantomzoner said:

I would love to know what you guys are talking about!? I am the biggest fan of the Phantoms and I have not heard any of these rumors that you guys are discussing. Sounds like alot of hear say. I will be posting to keep you abreast of things but as i know it tonight's game is on against Huntington tonight at 7.
Go Phantoms

In my 3 years in this league the one thing i have learned is that where there is smoke there is fire. If you hear a rumor, it will be no less than partly true if not 100% accurate.

[gonzo13]

Apr 25, 2008 20:06:31 GMT -5 lionsroar said:

"nothing is for certain, nothing last forever
Heroes eventually Die
It's him and I, Aquemini"

-Big Boi (outkast)

Outkast, Nice one Brent.....I love those guys. I saw them at Club LaVela in Panama City back in the late 90's and nobody even knew who they were.....Atlanta music at its finest. Top shelf stuff

[Gene]

This is almost a carbon copy of the 1st year of the AIFA. Half the teams folding and the other half gettin by. And how about a shoutout to all the Baltimore fans. Your league owned team STINKS! Bring back the Blackbirds.Yea, i could see why all the tv networks are fighting for a contract to broadcast the games. Gimmee a break...........

And the magic number for the Heroes should be around $300,000.00 and a sizeable surplus to match for the miscellaneous expenses such as, oh i dont know, maybe payroll....... ;D

[gonzo13]

I have two questions at this point:

1) Do we have a final score on the "game" that was played tonight?

2) Can we call the replacement team "The Ghostchasers"?

[theherohimself]

Phantoms easily take apart depleted Huntington squad

Friday, Apr 25, 2008 - 11:30 PM

By Shawn Singleton

FLORENCE — All week, the Florence Phantoms prepared for Friday night’s rematch with American Indoor Football Association power Huntington and its brash coach Teddy Keaton.
When the game began, Florence didn’t get the Heroes or Keaton, but a makeshift version of the team instead.
Keaton and every other Huntington player quit the team due to financial strife with the Heroes’ ownership group two days before the game.
The Phantoms showed no mercy, getting 23 points from its defense as Florence handed the first-place Heroes their worst loss of the season, 66-12 at the Florence Civic Center.
“The defense had a lot of built-up tension from our past losses,” Florence middle linebacker Nick Freet said. “We had to take it out on someone, and Huntington happened to be here.”
“All during practice, I didn’t know I was going to play this game because of my Achilles and my neck. But I knew I had to step up,” Phantoms linebacker Cory Groover said. “We’ve practiced two weeks in a row with no breaks. We came out fired up tonight.”
The league replaced the team with a local players and members of Baltimore’s practice squad before Friday’s game.
“A win’s a win,” Florence coach Tavares Bowens said. “We appreciated this team coming out and playing hard under the circumstances.
“But as far as we’re concerned, we played the Huntington Heroes tonight.”
From the opening kickoff, the Phantoms (3-3 overall, 2-1 East Division) took advantage of the short-handed Heroes. After Florence stopped Huntington on a fourth-down gamble, it took just one play for the Phantoms to crack the scoreboard.
Omar Jacobs found former South Florence standout Torrey Pettigrew in the end zone from 25 yards away and Florence held a 7-0 lead with 11:17 remaining in the opening period.
Then Freet took over. The Phantoms’ middle linebacker made two huge plays in the first quarter that led to Florence scores. After scoring a safety on a sack of Huntington’s Earl Harvey, Freet forced a fumble on a first-and-goal attempt on the initial play of the second quarter that the Phantoms recovered on the Florence 6.
Jacobs capitalized on Freet’s punishing hit by completing a 30-yard rainbow to Tres Moses to give the Phantoms a 16-0 advantage at the 11:18 mark of the second.
The Phantoms’ defense got on the scoreboard once again on the Heroes’ next possession. Leonard Moore blasted Harvey in the end zone. Former USC star Brian Brownlee pounced on the gift for another Florence score and a 23-0 lead with 6:46 left before halftime.
Jacobs capped the first half by finding A.J. Bennett from 17 yards away as time expired for his third scoring pass of the game. The Phantoms ran into the locker room with a 30-0 tally.
Jacobs finished with five TD passes, three to Moses. Bennett finished with two TDs, including a scoring catch from former Lakeland teammate Aso Pogi in the fourth.

[lionsroar]

Apr 25, 2008 22:58:29 GMT -5 gonzo13 said:

I have two questions at this point:

1) Do we have a final score on the "game" that was played tonight?

2) Can we call the replacement team "The Ghostchasers"?

Ghostchasers nice! the old Asheville team eh?

[Canton Cougar Fan]

I hate to see any team fold, even the Heroes.

There are problems in Canton, Huntington, Mississippi, etc. Well documented.

This is the 2006 AIFL all over again.

Remember the Cumberland Valley Cardinals?

[Sykotyk]

And the Columbus Blackhawks and Philadelphia Scorpions (who played Steubenville and Reading, respectively).

Sykotyk

[The Stable Master]

ah the ghostchasers/ghostriders. they played like 4 home games in 4 different places 2 years ago. i remember when the spartans (gahh i said it) played them