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 DIEGO SHARKS (2007 REDUX: 9-9, 2nd in Pacific)
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)
COLORADO CRUSH (2007 REDUX: 11-7, 1st in Midwest)
QB – John Dutton (8), Daniel Forrest (7)
OS – Damian Harrell (1)
DS – Rashad Floyd (4), Delvin Hughley (2)
OG/LE – Chris Watton (67), Aaron Johnson (92)
TE/RE – Chris Snyder (54), Dustin Barno (90)
C/NG – Kyle Moore-Brown (96), Craig Heimburger (75)
FB/LB – Saul Patu (48), Anthony Dunn (43)
WR/LB – Andy McCullough (81)
WR/DB – Willis Marshall (22), Ahmad Hawkins (9), Evan Hlavacek (28)
K – Jason Ball (6)
