View Full Version : The Official 2007 Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz/af2 Thread
oklaclarinet
4/14/2007, 12:40 PM
Tonight, the 0-1 Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz play just their second game of the season in a 7:00 PM matchup in Corpus Christi against the Sharks. The Dawgz had a bye last week after opening the season in week 1 with a 55-22 loss in Florida against the Firecats.
The Yard Dawgz have their home opener next Saturday at 7:00 PM in the Ford Center against the Quad City Steamwheelers.
oklaclarinet
4/15/2007, 09:42 AM
The Dawgz are now 1-1. They picked up their first win of the season 76-42 over Corpus Christi. Road wins are always more difficult to come by in af2, so this win is nice.
Now it is time to defend home field. This coming Saturday (Apr. 21), is the home opener at the Ford Center. Everyone who can should show up to support the team, as the crowd noise can be quite an advantage in arena football. If you have never experienced the arena game, it may seem quite odd at first, but it is really an enjoyable experience, so give it a try.
oklaclarinet
4/21/2007, 11:34 AM
Tonight is the Yard Dawgz home opener at the Ford Center. The 1-1 Yard Dawgz are ranked 12th in this week's coaches poll. The top ranked team is undefeated Florida, who beat the Dawgz in their season opener. Tonight's opponent, Quad City, is ranked number two.
An additional treat for those in attendance tonight is the halftime performance of the Grambling State University Marching Band.
Jello Biafra
4/22/2007, 12:27 AM
Tonight is the Yard Dawgz home opener at the Ford Center. The 1-1 Yard Dawgz are ranked 12th in this week's coaches poll. The top ranked team is undefeated Florida, who beat the Dawgz in their season opener. Tonight's opponent, Quad City, is ranked number two.
An additional treat for those in attendance tonight is the halftime performance of the Grambling State University Marching Band.
GSU was super sweet.....also........
me, my son and several others around us just about had the steemwheelers in tears. poor bastards....after the initial trash talking they threw at us early in the pre game, it was all down hill for them :)
JohnnyMack
4/23/2007, 10:03 AM
Tulsa Talons 3 - 0. Coming to town this weekend to put the dawgs to sleep.
oklaclarinet
4/23/2007, 05:28 PM
Actually, the Talons game is the following weekend. OKC travels to Boise this weekend.
And about the Steamwheelers, they always whine and complain a lot until OKC puts them away. Every time they visit they try to start a fight. It was nice to see former Yard Dawg Kris Peters do well though. I met him that first season when he was in OKC, and he was a very friendly guy.
Jello Biafra
4/26/2007, 05:58 PM
Tulsa Talons 3 - 0. Coming to town this weekend to put the dawgs to sleep.
mmmmhmmmmm because tulsa beats okc in soooo many things. tulsa=stillwater
oklaclarinet
4/27/2007, 07:09 AM
The Yard Dawgz have cracked the top ten in this week's coaches poll. However, I don't get why they are three spots behind No. 7 Quad City, especially since OKC just destroyed them last weekend (63-41).
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is the new No. 1 after Florida lost last weekend. (They fell to No. 4.) The Tulsa Talons, who the Dawgz face on May 5 in the Ford Center, are up to No. 2.
The next Dawgz opponent, the Boise Burn, is in the poll at number 13. OKC travels to Boise this Saturday to take on the Burn.
Jello Biafra
4/27/2007, 05:50 PM
The Yard Dawgz have cracked the top ten in this week's coaches poll. However, I don't get why they are three spots behind No. 7 Quad City, especially since OKC just destroyed them last weekend (63-41).
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is the new No. 1 after Florida lost last weekend. (They fell to No. 4.) The Tulsa Talons, who the Dawgz face on May 5 in the Ford Center, are up to No. 2.
The next Dawgz opponent, the Boise Burn, is in the poll at number 13. OKC travels to Boise this Saturday to take on the Burn.
aye, remind everyone who tulsa has beaten to end up at number 2? :)
oklaclarinet
4/27/2007, 10:16 PM
For the record, Tulsa has beaten 0-3 Everett, 1-2 Amarillo, and 0-3 Laredo.
Jello Biafra
4/27/2007, 10:18 PM
For the record, Tulsa has beaten 0-3 Everett, 1-2 Amarillo, and 0-3 Laredo.
;)
now, this is only the second game i've seen since the yard dawgz have been around........but from what i saw last saturday night, i like our chances.....
JohnnyMack
5/2/2007, 01:07 PM
AF2 smack.
Loves it.
:D
oklaclarinet
5/3/2007, 09:01 PM
The Dawgz fell to number 12 in this week's coaches poll after losing last week at Boise 48-42 on a last second drive. Of course, the write-up of the game just had to mention a certain other game involving a team from Boise.:rolleyes:
The 2-2 Dawgz will host archrival Tulsa this Saturday. The Talons enter the game ranked No. 2 with a 4-0 record.
oklaclarinet
5/6/2007, 06:14 PM
Well, the Dawgz are now 2-3 after a 64-54 loss to Tulsa. Just a few of my observations:
1. OKC had the game well in hand early. We had the lead and all momentum through most of the first quarter. Tulsa was on the verge of self-destructing. Then, on a 4th down, the OKC defender bats down a pass in the endzone. In fact, he almost intercepts it. In the process, he barely touches the Tulsa receiver, if at all, and is going for the ball. The ref decides to call pass interference, and Tulsa proceeds to score with the new set of downs. At this point, the momentum turned Tulsa's way.
2. Our special teams need work. We allowed at least 3 big returns against Tulsa, and our performance against Quad City wasn't much better. We also gave Tulsa the ball at the 3 yard line after a bad shank on an attempted onside kick. It's hard to stop touchdowns when the other team doesn't even have to work for them.
3. Velasquez (#17) needs to be cut. He dropped four passes that were well thrown to him, and you don't get too many more with our QB. He was primarily playing as an offensive specialist, and your whole job there is to be fast and catch. If you can't do half of your job, you should be cut. If he catches just half of those drops, it is a much different game.
4. Our announcer needs to be fired. I'm tired of him treating us in the crown like we are idiots and don't know what is going on. Plus, last night he showed that he is really a closet Tulsa fan. When the game went to the half tied, he said that is right where everyone thought it would be. When OKC was fighting back in a close game in the 4th, he said that when we came to the game this is what we expected. No, I expected us to be up by 30 especially after the first quarter. I don't need the announcer to tell me that the undefeated Tulsa Talons are a great bunch and we are a pretty good squad too. I know Tulsa is good. The Tulsa fans know the team is good. You don't need to tell us and give them any more of a morale boost. Sure, you don't have to sugarcoat it, but don't keep pouring accalades on the visiting team.
That being said, I think we will still have a pretty good year. OKC usually starts slow with a bunch of early road games, and then we get better with our schedule backloaded with home games, most of which we usually win. I would go off on the af2 scheduling, but that is for another post.
oklaclarinet
5/11/2007, 08:07 PM
Well, OKC is now on the verge of falling out the the poll. The Dawgz fell to 16 this week, which is the final spot of the poll.
Saturday, the Dawgz travel to Amarillo, a team that is 1-4 and at the bottom of the division but still a rival. Amarillo fans love to talk some smack, even though they haven't had a good team since the season before last and their arena is the only one in the entire league that is worse than Tulsa's. OKC usually fares well against the Dusters, with the major stumble being an upset in the first round of the playoffs two years ago (after completely destroying them twice in the regular season). Anyway, any team that wears orange and black deserves to be destroyed, so let's hope the Dawgz can right the ship and get the season back on track.
oklaclarinet
5/14/2007, 06:09 PM
Dawgz win in Amarillo, 59-55. Al Hunt scores 3 TDs and becomes just the 7th player in af2 history to reach 700 career points.
The Dawgz continued to struggle on special teams. Former Red Raider Keith Toogood, who was just picked up by the Dawgz, apparently isn't all that good because he missed several extra points.
JohnnyMack
5/14/2007, 08:46 PM
Score-mother****in'-board.
Get some hills while you're at it.
Jello Biafra
5/14/2007, 11:08 PM
Score-mother****in'-board.
Get some hills while you're at it.
got some. your mother came to visit and i took the loss out on her.
you taint blisters up in the northeast part of the state are what stillwater is to norman. live with it.
o yeh forgot the ;)
JohnnyMack
5/15/2007, 09:30 AM
got some. your mother came to visit and i took the loss out on her.
you taint blisters up in the northeast part of the state are what stillwater is to norman. live with it.
o yeh forgot the ;)
Yeah the tallest hill you all have is a freaking trash heap last I checked.
Having canvassed the greater OKC area at length in my college days I can safely say that if we're taint blisters, you guys are the pieces of ****.
:pop: :pop: :pop: :pop:
:D :D :D
oklaclarinet
5/15/2007, 06:56 PM
Took you two weeks to come and talk some smack? You lost your window of opportunity for that.
To me, any fans of Tulsa teams and OSU fans are about the same. In fact, my friend and I were in Sonic before the OKC-Tulsa game, and there were a bunch of OSU fans around for the baseball game that night. As you can probably guess, there was mass confusion in the Sonic, mainly because of all the OSU fans and Tulsa Talon fans that couldn't figure out how to order food. My friend and I agreed that the collective IQ of the OKC metro must have dropped 30 points with all the visitors from Stillwater and Tulsa.
By the way, don't try to get in a who has the better hills contest with someone who currently lives in Poteau. We have the world's tallest hill. After living down here for a year, I can easily say neither central nor NE Oklahoma looks all that hilly. I win. Game over.
JohnnyMack
5/16/2007, 09:41 PM
Took you two weeks to come and talk some smack? You lost your window of opportunity for that.
Shows you about how much of a **** I really give about AF2 and/or Tulsa/OKC smack.
:D
oklaclarinet
5/17/2007, 06:49 AM
Shows you about how much of a **** I really give about AF2 and/or Tulsa/OKC smack.
:D
Well, if you don't care about it, don't come hanging out here. I am a true af2 fan, and this is my af2 thread. I don't want this thread locked or turned into a trash talking segment. Since apparently you are going to make it one, I will no longer respond to any of your smack. I will just continue to provide actual news and my opinions when they are pertinent.
oklaclarinet
5/17/2007, 07:03 AM
And to whomever neg speked me without signing it, for my first and only neg spek of the board ever, I would appreciate it if you refrain from personal insults. I fully respect your right to disagree with my opinion. I feel that it is ok to have general playful banter and to take swipes at fan bases as a whole, so you want to neg me and say something about my support of the Sooners or the Yard Dawgz, or being and OKC native, or currently living in Le Flore County, go ahead. If you want to comment on something I have said, like, "What were you thinking?" or "That is the stupidist post I have ever seen," that is fine. But could we please leave personal insults out of this, especially ones with no basis. I think it would make this board a better place. Thanks.
oklaclarinet
5/17/2007, 04:59 PM
Oklahoma City moves up two spots in the poll this week to number 14. Wilkes-Barre-Scranton holds steady at the top spot for the 4th week in a row.
The Dawgz travel to Lubbock on Saturday to face the 2-4 Renegades. The Renegades are one of the new expansion teams as well as a divisional rival of the Dawgz.
oklaclarinet
5/20/2007, 12:26 PM
The Yard Dawgz now back above .500 with a 64-61 win at Lubbock. The game winning touchdown came with no time left on the clock. It was the second OKC TD in the final 2 minutes, as the Dawgz recovered an onside kick to set up the final score.
The win puts OKC at 4-3 and still sitting at the edge of the playoff picture for the National Conference. The National Conference definitely appears to be the stronger conference, as there are six teams with a better record than OKC and two with the same record. However, if OKC was in the American Conference, that 4-3 record would be good for a tie with eight other teams for second in the conference.
JohnnyMack
5/20/2007, 08:38 PM
<cough, cough> 7 and oh <cough, cough>
oklaclarinet
5/22/2007, 10:58 PM
OKC has a bye weekend this weekend before hosting the Laredo Lobos on June 2nd. I am heading out of town, so I will not be able to update where the Dawgz rank in the polls for the next two weeks. I will also not be at this home game, but I will return a couple of days later, and at that point I will continue updates here.
oklaclarinet
6/3/2007, 09:44 AM
Just got back into town, so I wasn't at the game, but I saw that OKC won 57-41. The Dawgz are also up to No. 10 in the most recent coaches poll.
oklaclarinet
6/7/2007, 11:14 AM
This week the Dawgz, now 5-3, are up to 8th in the coaches poll.
The thing I find amazing is how the National Conference still appears to be that much stronger than the American conference. Top ranked Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is the only American Conference team to be in the top eight, as two through eight are all National Conference teams (2. South Georgia, 3. Tulsa, 4. Rio Grande Valley, 5. Bossier-Shreveport, 6. Florida, 7. Arkansas, 8. Oklahoma City). The Dawgz definitely need to keep up this win streak to make a playoff push.
oklaclarinet
6/14/2007, 09:01 AM
Well, things are pretty much the same at the top of the polls. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is still number one for the eighth week in a row, the longest such streak ever in af2. The team they narrowly defeated last week, South Georgia, fell to fifth, pushing Tulsa, Rio Grande Valley, and Bossier-Shreveport up to 2, 3, and 4, respectively. Florida and Arkansas are still 6th and 7th. However, OKC, after a 46-36 win over Amarillo to improve to 6-3 on the year, dropped one spot to 9th. This behind a Spokane team that technically has a better record (7-3), but has it in the weakest division in the weaker conference. (History has shown that however the league has been aligned, the west coast teams for the most part are very weak and only obtain good records by beating up on each other. Of course, Spokane did buck that trend last year by winning the Arena Cup.)
Either way, OKC has a chance to earn its way up the polls with a road trip to Arkansas this Saturday. OKC is on a four game win streak, which interestingly enough is the longest in team history.
oklaclarinet
6/22/2007, 11:15 PM
After a tough loss last week at Arkansas, the Dawgz fell to 12th in the most recent coaches poll. The loss snapped the recent four game win streak OKC had been enjoying. The Dawgz face another tough game this weekend, as they travel down to Texas to take on 9-1 Rio Grande Valley. A win would be nice for the Dawgz to keep them in playoff contention, as they are currently entrenched in the 7th position and need an end of the season push to get into the top six in the conference. Luckily after this weekend, the Dawgz don't leave the state again, as all their remaining games are at home with the exception of the road trip to Tulsa.
oklaclarinet
6/30/2007, 05:02 PM
So the Dawgz lose last week at Rio Grande Valley, but they move up one spot in poll. Weird. Anyway, tonight marks their return home, and it is time for revenge against Florida.
Interestingly, the paper today said that the top eight from each conference make the playoffs, whereas in the past it had been six. I wonder if this is true, because that would put the Dawgz in a slightly better position.
oklaclarinet
7/7/2007, 11:50 AM
So yet once again the Dawgz lose. Last week was pathetic. The team sort of gave up in the second half. I can take loses that are competitive, but when the only people on the field giving any effort are the mascots, that is just sickening.
Somehow with a 6-6 record the Dawgz are still in the coaches poll, coming in a 13.
There is some hope. The Dawgz have picked up receiver Jarrail Jackson, who was one of the team's top players last year. They have also picked up a kicker and a lineman and released three players, including kicker Keith Toogood, who never, ever lived up to his name. Velazquez has left the team, which doesn't hurt, because as I mentioned a while back, he can't catch.
We'll see how this revamped lineup does tonight against Alabama. Three of the last four are at the Ford Center, so come out and cheer for the Dawgz.
oklaclarinet
7/14/2007, 10:51 AM
Ok, despite a 56-45 win last week against Alabama and an improved record of 7-6, the Dawgz dropped a spot in the poll to 14. The return of Jarrail Jackson was a big plus, as he provided some spark, as well as some much needed speed, to OKC. Hill, the QB, seemed to have a good chemistry with him. Plus, we finally got a kicker who went all game without missing an extra point.
Interestingly enough, the next Yard Dawgz game is on a Monday, at Tulsa. Apparently, early on when the schedules were being set, ESPN2 agreed to broadcast one af2 game a week every Monday, so one game a week was scheduled then. However, the AFL said no dice, because they just wanted the AFL games broadcast, not af2. Since the schedules were set, the games were just left on the Mondays anyway.
JohnnyMack
7/17/2007, 09:36 AM
Anyone catch the score of last night's Tulsa/OKC game?
oklaclarinet
7/20/2007, 09:06 PM
Yeah, OKC lost 70-69 when they gave up two TDs in the last minute. OKC fell one spot in the poll to 15th and are now 7-7 with two crucial games left for a push into playoffs.
What I want to know is what is up with Tulsa's arena deal. I was up in Tulsa this past week and heard them talking on radio with someone from the Talons about how they might have to fold them for a season or move them to Omaha or San Juan for a year. Why is that? Does anyone out there have some more knowledge on this situation?
SoonerRain
7/20/2007, 09:54 PM
Yeah, OKC lost 70-69 when they gave up two TDs in the last minute. OKC fell one spot in the poll to 15th and are now 7-7 with two crucial games left for a push into playoffs.
What I want to know is what is up with Tulsa's arena deal. I was up in Tulsa this past week and heard them talking on radio with someone from the Talons about how they might have to fold them for a season or move them to Omaha or San Juan for a year. Why is that? Does anyone out there have some more knowledge on this situation?
The Convention Center will be undergoing a major renovation and not be available next season apparently. The new BOK Center is not due to be finished until the fall of 2008. So the Talons will have to go on hiatus for a season or play in another city.
KC//CRIMSON
7/20/2007, 10:10 PM
I can't decide what's funnier?
The fact that a AFL2 thread even exists or the fact the AFL2 has a Coaches Poll.:D
Pricetag
7/23/2007, 01:00 PM
After Tulsa missed consideration for the Big 12 basketball tournament due at least partly to the lack of a close venue for the women's tournament, it looks like the city is reconsidering demolishing the Convention Center Arena and doing something different with the area. Henry Primeaux said yesterday that he's 99 percent sure that the Talons will be back in the Convention Center next year.
The Talons are 13-2, division champs, and fighting for home field in the playoffs. Hopefully someone else will take out Arkansas before they ruin things again.
oklaclarinet
7/23/2007, 07:18 PM
That's good news. I'd hate for either OKC or Tulsa to go away, it is such a nice intrastate rivalry.
Yeah, right now Tulsa is looking at the 2nd seed in the conference, while OKC is fighting for either 7th or 8th. I'm hoping for the 7th seed, meaning OKC would play at Tulsa in the first round of the playoffs. After two years in a row of OKC hosting a first round game against a team they beat twice in the regular season and then losing, I would take great pleasure in the irony if OKC could accomplish the same against someone else. However, that might just be me being a little hopeful.
Six division titles in seven years, the first AF2 franchise to reach 100 wins...dare I say it?
Tulsa > the rest of the league
goingoneight
7/24/2007, 02:38 AM
You just a fan or an insider? I is kind of an insider, I've worked for the one of the GMs (best friend's sister) a couple of times. Free bar tabs after the games! :D
oklaclarinet
7/24/2007, 05:20 PM
I'm just a fan, one with some weird fascination with arena football. Had a friend who bought four sets of season tickets the first season, and I pretty much ended up using it for most games. When he decided just to keep two of the seats, I took over one of the others for the next season, and I've had it ever since. I've only missed five of the regular season home games in four years, despite living two hours away last season and three this season.
The Talons and Yard Dawgz are currently battling it out in the Maxwell House to see who gets to break their three-game posteseason losing streak and advance in the AF2 playoffs. In the middle of the fourth, it's 52-27, Talons on a 48-yard touchdown pass on the first play after intercepting an OKC pass in the end zone.
As usual, Tulsa > OKC. :D
My bad, I mean 58-27 Talons after a sack and fumble return for six.
OKC falling apart in the second half never gets old. :D
65-27 Talons after OKC yanked their starting QB and failed on fourth down. We're gonna need a bigger scoreboard.
:58 left, and OKC fails on 4th down again. Ball game.
Fun AF2 Fact: Oklahoma City is now 0-4 all-time in the postseason. :D
JohnnyMack
8/4/2007, 09:35 PM
TALOwned.
oklaclarinet
8/4/2007, 11:20 PM
Hey, I am just plain disgusted by this year. I will admit that this season, the Talons, along with half of the league, are better than the Yard Dawgz. While the Dawgz have talent, it hasn't seemed to gel at all, and the coaching is pathetic. Meanwhile, the front office is just as inept, as for some reason season tickets now have to be renewed in September. I've had them since the Dawgz have been around, but unless our coach gets canned, I might not for another. I could take losing if it was obvious that it was just a lack of talent, but our losses this year can be chalked up to poor coaching and lack of effort. For the past month it has been obvious that the players no longer care and that the coach doesn't know how to plan a proper game strategy. Our play calling this year reminds me of an inexperienced XBox NCAA football player, something I saw plenty of in the dorms at OU. Sure, we've had some dumb luck along the way, and we've had a schedule from Hades, but that is no reason to be up two possessions at Tulsa in the final minute and lose, or to be up by 15 at Rio Grande Valley in the 4th and lose. The saddest moment I think was when Arkansas came into the Ford Center and had their way like, no wait, I won't finish that thought. Changes need to happen with this team. People in OKC don't tolerate losers, and the Ford Center, as the nicest arena in all of af2, shouldn't be home to losers. The sad part is, I probably care more about what happens to this team than the coaching staff and players combined. If they cared, maybe things would have been better this season.
People in OKC don't tolerate losers, and the Ford Center, as the nicest arena in all of af2, shouldn't be home to losers.
Unless, of course, they're on loan from another city. In which case, the "beggars can't be choosers" rule is in effect. :D
oklaclarinet
8/5/2007, 09:36 AM
Unless, of course, they're on loan from another city. In which case, the "beggars can't be choosers" rule is in effect. :D
At least the Hornets, while they had a losing record, played with some effort. Both seasons they had some pitiful luck with injuries that just killed them, and even with that, they for the most part seemed to play above the level of the talent they had. The Yard Dawgz this past season had talent and consistently played below that level and without any heart or effort.
So at least for my part, even though they technically lost a bunch of games, I wouldn't call the Hornets "losers." Can't say the same for my Dawgz. Effort does make a difference.
Pricetag
8/25/2007, 10:32 PM
The Tulsa Talons are your 2007 af2 Champions! Way to go, boys!
http://www.bestoftulsa.com/tulsatalons/Main.gif
critical_phil
8/26/2007, 12:19 AM
Tulsa $400/game arena football players > OKC $400/game arena football players
take THAT.
Hey, don't feel bad. You can't have winners without losers.
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