2008 Rattler Season

Angel · February 11th, 2008, 08:34 AM

Our "Playoff Guaranteed" season will start soon.

“ARIZONA RATTLERS VS LA AVENGERS
OPEN SCRIMMAGE - February 12th at 12Noon
Come watch your 2008 Arizona Rattlers on as they scrimmage LA.
US Airways Center - Free Admission, the doors will open at 11:00am.
Come catch the new team in action!”

For those of you who have nothing else to do in the middle of a workday.

…course I work in downtown Phoenix so I will be spending the lunch hour there.

BigShtank · February 11th, 2008, 02:31 PM

Too bad I carpool with the wife and she'll have the car. I'm 5 minutes from the stadium, by car anyways.

Nasser22 · February 11th, 2008, 06:21 PM

I can't wait for the season. I'll miss Bonner, but am looking forward to seeing what this team can do.

Yuma · March 1st, 2008, 07:51 AM

Bonner was getting stale here in AZ. It was time for new blood. I'm just hoping our OL is better than last year. Giving up sacks in the Arena League is a killer. The new coaches should be a plus, too! We were out-coached last year, too. I'm used to the Rattlers winning more games and being a playoff team. Here's hoping we return to prominence in the AFL this year!

coyoteshockeyfan · March 1st, 2008, 10:31 AM

New uniform:

Yuck, this is an "if it isn't broken, don't fix it" situation if I have ever seen one.

Nasser22 · March 1st, 2008, 11:15 AM

Disgusting. The Rattlers had some very nice uni's before this. Even though I loved Colangelo, this change bothers me much more than the D-Backs uni/team change.

And Bonner would have never become "stale" to me. He's my second favorite AZ athlete of all-time, right behind Randy Johnson.

Nasser22 · March 2nd, 2008, 08:07 AM

Good way to start off the season, a 63-62 win over the rival Blaze in Utah. I believe the new QB threw 8 TD's..

Angel · March 3rd, 2008, 05:59 AM

Our playoff guaranteed Arizona Rattlers are one for one. The team took down (read; sneaked by but we’ll take it) the Utah Blaze by a score of 63-62 in Salt Lake City Saturday.

The new generation Rattlers (don’t like the unis either but they can wear whatever they like if the keep winning) weathered a series of high and lows, down two scores in the second quarter before taking the lead late in the third. The teams slugged it out all night (tied score at last count 6 times, could have been more but it is dang hard to keep track of the game on radio when you haven’t learned your own players names yet

), and it all came down to a defensive stand in the game’s waning seconds, forcing Utah into a missed long field goal attempt (from the AFL’s most accurate kicker).

“Seven rookies. Six first year players,” said Head Coach Kevin Guy. “We showed mental toughness throughout the game. We got the win, and we’re only going to get better.”

Campbell who took the Offensive Player of the Game award, tossed eight touchdowns, going 31 of 47 with 319 yards he was efficient and spread the ball amongst his receivers.

The last-minute stand at the end of the first half inspired Arizona's defense to open the third quarter with two straight stops. First LB White intercepted Germaine then DB Craver knocked the ball away from the Utah receiver to force a fourth down, where Utah’s field goal attempt was no good. Add a missed extra point to the final failed field goal and you come up with an AZ win.

San Jose may be the team to beat (this year as well as in the past) but there is still a simple sweetness to beating Utah who had a good crowd on hand if noise is any indicator.

BigShtank · March 5th, 2008, 06:49 AM

FINALLY got my season tickets last night. Can't wait till monday.

Angel · March 5th, 2008, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BigShtank

FINALLY got my season tickets last night. Can't wait till monday.

That was sure cutting it close. Did you notice the free comp ticket voucher; tell everyone...we want the Pit rocking again.

On the side…..did we see that Mr. Bonner is still our there helping us? I'm sure it was not his main goal taking the field but his Rush beat those pesky Sabrecats, who may still hand us our cookies, but at this moment in time...who is 1-0 and who is 0-1? Sweet

BigShtank · March 5th, 2008, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Angel

That was sure cutting it close. Did you notice the free comp ticket voucher; tell everyone...we want the Pit rocking again.

On the side…..did we see that Mr. Bonner is still our there helping us? I'm sure it was not his main goal taking the field but his Rush beat those pesky Sabrecats, who may still hand us our cookies, but at this moment in time...who is 1-0 and who is 0-1? Sweet

It was close, I had to ask them last week when we were getting them. Thank god DHL didn't toss em over my fence where my dogs were sure to chew them up.

San Jose is a good team and good for Bonner finding a home somewhere else. He'll give Chicago some veteran leadership.

Hopefully they'll start airing some road games so we can watch em. It stunk that I couldn't watch em Saturday. Oh well, maybe ch 45 for fox sports will step up.

boldinfan18 · March 7th, 2008, 03:43 PM

Lets go Rattlers have a good season always fun to watch them

Nasser22 · March 7th, 2008, 04:47 PM

Gosh, I despise them damn Sabercats! Hopefully this overhaul of the roster will put us back ahead of them soon. I only hate the Lakers and Spurs more than them....no other team in any other league pisses me off more. >

BigShtank · March 7th, 2008, 06:44 PM

I hate every freaking team from California. Their fans are the most obnoxious. I am from there and the only team I liked were the Raiders, but now I can't like them. I'm not ghetto enough to be a Raiders fan nor do I want to be associated with them.

Nasser22 · March 7th, 2008, 06:53 PM

Good to see that there are now at least a handful of Rattlers' fans here.

That's the only thing we're really lacking here.

Don't forget guys, this weekend's game is on ESPN2!