Post by Mr Bee on Mar 25, 2007 9:15:56 GMT -5
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The Marshals beat the Columbia Stingers, 31-19. Antonio Davs threw touchdown passes to Jon Cain and Anthony Tyus and Maurice Douse and Richard Hall had TD runs. Columbia helped out with three fumbles. The Marshals defense only allowed a field goal at the end of the first half as the Marshals led 17-3 at the half. Hall had touchdown late in the third quarter after a great catch by Douse and Davis hit Cain on the first play of the fourth quarter to go up 31-3. Columbia scored two touchdowns after that with a 2-point conversion after each for the final score.
As for off the field, If I had to guess I'd say there were about 500 people there. If anything, that'd be on the high side. The turf was relatively unmarked in terms of ads (all the yard lines were there), except a small yellow pages ad near the goal line and the middle of the field which read "Musser Forests, Inc. Field." Looking it up, that is a companyy based out of Indiana, Pennsylvania. The ads along the boards had 814 area codes and were for things like Froggy 95 (an Altoona, Pa. station) and the Tribune-Democrat (a Johnstown, Pa. newspaper), so its pretty clear that was borrowed from probably the Johnstown Riverhawks or some other team.
Neither team had any markings on their helmets. The Marshals wore all silver helmets without logos and the Stingers helmets were all black. The playclocks themselves worked fine, except the game time at the top of each one did not match the actual game time on the scoreboard.
It appears Marshal Mitts is no longer with us, but they had Marshal Bill instead. In the first half he seemed to mostly just have odd conversations with himself, but by the second half he seemed to do a decent job. They also have probably the most appropriate mascot for the NIFL- a horse named "Touchdown" who should be right at home on road games at all the horse arenas that are supposed the be being used around the league.
In all, that's basically my impression- what was on the field counted, but marketing-wise, this was like an exhibition game. With no home games for almost a month followed by three straight home games, it probably would have been pretty silly to get fans too fired up about this one, because that excitement would certainly wear off. Hopefully they'll promote the April 21 game a little more and be able to get fans fired up for what should be a big game the following week against
Fayetteville.
And the Diamond Deputies look like they'll continue to be the class of the league. A couple of snafus with the sound system but that didn't phase them. And they've branched out into a Junior Diamond Deputies group that is more like a traditional high school-type cheerleading group. I sometimes wonder if they keep the team going just so they can keep the Diamond Deputies alive.
ohioindoorfootball.com/index.php?topic=1660.0
The Marshals beat the Columbia Stingers, 31-19. Antonio Davs threw touchdown passes to Jon Cain and Anthony Tyus and Maurice Douse and Richard Hall had TD runs. Columbia helped out with three fumbles. The Marshals defense only allowed a field goal at the end of the first half as the Marshals led 17-3 at the half. Hall had touchdown late in the third quarter after a great catch by Douse and Davis hit Cain on the first play of the fourth quarter to go up 31-3. Columbia scored two touchdowns after that with a 2-point conversion after each for the final score.
As for off the field, If I had to guess I'd say there were about 500 people there. If anything, that'd be on the high side. The turf was relatively unmarked in terms of ads (all the yard lines were there), except a small yellow pages ad near the goal line and the middle of the field which read "Musser Forests, Inc. Field." Looking it up, that is a companyy based out of Indiana, Pennsylvania. The ads along the boards had 814 area codes and were for things like Froggy 95 (an Altoona, Pa. station) and the Tribune-Democrat (a Johnstown, Pa. newspaper), so its pretty clear that was borrowed from probably the Johnstown Riverhawks or some other team.
Neither team had any markings on their helmets. The Marshals wore all silver helmets without logos and the Stingers helmets were all black. The playclocks themselves worked fine, except the game time at the top of each one did not match the actual game time on the scoreboard.
It appears Marshal Mitts is no longer with us, but they had Marshal Bill instead. In the first half he seemed to mostly just have odd conversations with himself, but by the second half he seemed to do a decent job. They also have probably the most appropriate mascot for the NIFL- a horse named "Touchdown" who should be right at home on road games at all the horse arenas that are supposed the be being used around the league.
In all, that's basically my impression- what was on the field counted, but marketing-wise, this was like an exhibition game. With no home games for almost a month followed by three straight home games, it probably would have been pretty silly to get fans too fired up about this one, because that excitement would certainly wear off. Hopefully they'll promote the April 21 game a little more and be able to get fans fired up for what should be a big game the following week against
Fayetteville.
And the Diamond Deputies look like they'll continue to be the class of the league. A couple of snafus with the sound system but that didn't phase them. And they've branched out into a Junior Diamond Deputies group that is more like a traditional high school-type cheerleading group. I sometimes wonder if they keep the team going just so they can keep the Diamond Deputies alive.
