AFL REDUX 2007: What if the Arena Football League didn’t collapse after the 2007 season, but was continuing to thrive to the point there are 24 teams in the league. After a successful 20-team season, the Arena Football League welcomes back the New Orleans VooDoo, returns to Albany, NY with the Conquest, brings back the Detroit Drive, returns to Hartford with a revised version of the New England Sea Wolves, rebrands the San Diego Seawolves as the Sharks and finally, brings in the last two champions of Arena Football 2 (af2) – the Memphis Xplorers and the Spokane Shock. The Columbus Destroyers will return in either 2008 or 2009.
The conference/division alignment for the 2007 season is as follows:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
North Division: Albany Conquest, New England Sea Wolves, New York Dragons and Philadelphia Soul
Southeast Division: Georgia Force, Nashville Kats, Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Storm
Central Division: Chicago Rush, Detroit Drive, Grand Rapids Rampage and Kansas City Brigade
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Midwest Division: Austin Cannons, Dallas Desperados, Memphis Xplorers and New Orleans Voodoo
Mountain Division: Arizona Rattlers, Colorado Crush, Las Vegas Gladiators and Utah Blaze
Pacific Division: Los Angeles Avengers, San Diego Sharks, San Jose Sabercats and Spokane Shock
GAMEDAY ROSTERS
SAN JOSE SABERCATS
(2006 REDUX: 11-7, 1st in Pacific, lost Arena Bowl XX to Philadelphia 55-52)
QB Mark Grieb (16), Jeff Otis (5)
OS – Jason Geathers (7)
DS – Clevan Thomas (8), Rufus Brown (26)
OG/LE – Joe Jacobs (93), Albrey Battle (95)
TE/RE – Rex Richards (79), Sam Hernandez (55)
C/NG – Dan Loney (91), George Williams (97)
FB/LB – Phil Glover (31), Brin Johnson (27)
WR/LB – James Roe (9), Ben Nelson (80)
WR/DB – Charles Pauley (3), Rodney Wright (17)
K – Brian Schmitz (18)
SAN DIEGO SHARKS
(2006 REDUX (as San Diego Seawolves): 6-12, 5th in Pacific, missed playoffs)
QB – Raymond Philyaw (2), Ryan Van Dyke (13)
OS – Thabiti Davis (82), Freddie Solomon (81)
DS – Billy Parker (7), Raphael Ball (25)
OG/LE – Tim Martin (96), Andrew Tippins (94)
TE/RE – Bobby Leffew (48), Ryan Roth (32)
C/NG – Corey Mayfield (91)
FB/LB -Matt Kinsinger (25), David White (34)
WR/LB – Cory Fleming (8), Rob Johnson (19)
WR/DB – Brett Cooper (1), Scottie Montgomery (18)
K – Mark Lewis (10)
