Post by Nevadanut on Mar 6, 2018 23:07:11 GMT -8
Cedar Rapids Titans at Sioux Falls Storm
What: The Titans visit Southeast South Dakota to face the Storm.
When: Monday, March 12 at 4:05 p.m. pacific (6:05 p.m. central).
Where: Denny Sanford Premier Center; Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Youtube Live Stream: Titans at Storm on IFL Youtube Channel.
2018 Head to Head: April 21 - Titans at Storm. May 18 - Storm at Titans.
Note: These teams met in the 2016 United Conference Championship game, with the Storm winning, 54-28.
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The Titans are 1-1 overall and 0-1 on the road. They are coming off a 47-39 home win over the Green Bay Blizzard on March 2. They are averaging 39.0 points per game and are allowing 41.5 points per game.
The Storm are 0-1 overall and 1-0 at home. They are coming off a 39-33 road loss to the Arizona Rattlers on Feb. 25. They are averaging 33.0 points per game and are allowing 39.0 points per game.
2018 REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN
Total Yards per Game - Titans 236.0; Storm 189.0
Pass Yards per Game - Titans 158.0; Storm 100.0
Rush Yards per Game - Titans 78.0; Storm 89.0
3rd Down Conversion - Titans 50%; Storm 14%
4th Down Conversion - Titans 25%; Storm 50%
Total Tackles - Titans 80; Storm 36
Tackles for Loss - Titans 4; Storm 3
Total Sacks - Titans 1; Storm 0
Fumble Recoveries - Titans 1; Storm 0
Interceptions - Titans 0; Storm 2
Note: The Titans have played two games and the Rattlers have played one.
CEDAR RAPIDS TITANS
Titans QB Jake Medlock (Photo courtesy Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
ROSTER
# - name (pos)
1 - Homer Causey (QB)
2 - Cedric Dozier (DB)
4 - Michael Georgetti (K)
5 - Jake Medlock (QB)
6 - James Calhoun (DB)
7 - Javon Bell (WR)
8 - Raheem Bramwell (LB)
11 - Raheem Harvey (WR)
17 - Jordan Smith (WR)
18 - Connor Hollenbeck (WR)
20 - Qua Cox (DB)
22 - Tyler Thomas (RB)
23 - Danzel McDaniel (DB)
25 - Raphael Lawson-Gale (RB)
26 - Corey Neely Jr. (DB)
28 - Rodney Barnes (DB)
32 - Moses White (LB)
42 - Bryce McClain (DL)
48 - Kwame Bell (DL)
54 - Ricarlo Bell (DL)
60 - Andrew Erbes (OL)
62 - Randall Harris (OL)
65 - Sean Brown (OL)
72 - Marcus Haynes (OL/DL)
N/A - Marquel Wade (WR)
Short Term IR
9 - Herbert Gonzales III (DL)
N/A - Elijah Lee (DB)
Season Ending IR
N/A - Eddie Elliott II (RB/WR)
RTR
N/A - Cory Butler-Byrd (WR/DB)
N/A - Toni Pulu (DL)
N/A - Rick Rumph (DB)
N/A - Carlif Taylor (DL)
Marvin Jones - Head Coach
Scott Porter - Director of Player Personnel
REGULAR SEASON STATISTICAL LEADERS
Passing Yards - Jake Medlock 342
Passing TDs - Jake Medlock 5
Passing Ints - none
Rushing Yards - Tyler Thomas 76
Rushing TDs - Tyler Thomas/Jake Medlock 2
Receptions - Connor Hollenbeck 11
Receiving Yards - Connor Hollenbeck 133
Receiving TDs - Connor Hollenbeck/Tyler Thomas 1
Total Tackles - Cedric Dozier 11.5
Sacks - Ricarlo Bell 1
Interceptions - none
KO Return Ave - Raphael Lawson-Gayle 16.8
KO Return TDs - none
Roster information is subject to change and is presented here as a basic guide for following the game. Rosters and team information is gathered from the IFL's 2018 Media Guide, as well as other sources, and will be updated as further roster information becomes available.
SIOUX FALLS STORM
Storm WR Mike Tatum (Photo courtesy of siouxfallsstorm.com)
ROSTER
# - name (pos)
1 - Daniel Lindsey (DB)
2 - Jabari Gorman (DB)
3 - Lyle McCombs (RB)
4 - J'Vontez Blackmon (DB)
6 - Dillion Turner (QB)
8 - Lorenzo Brown (QB)
11 - Melvin German (WR)
12 - Marques Rodgers (RB)
13 - Trey Wafford (DB)
16 - Miles Bergner (K)
18 - Jermaine Robinson (DB)
19 - Chris Martin (DL)
20 - Judd Harold (WR)
22 - Ace Clark (LB)
23 - Mike Tatum (WR)
24 - Marlon Moore (DB)
34 - Robert Haynes (LB)
55 - Chad Stoterau (DL)
65 - Lawrence Martin IV (OL)
71 - Darrien Oliver (OL)
74 - Rashaud Mungro (OL)
75 - Forrestal Hickman (OL)
88 - Brandynn Clark (WR)
95 - Claude Davis (DL)
N/A - Owen Williams (DL)
Season Ending IR
56 - Phillip Williamson (DL)
N/A - Eldrick Bright
Kurtiss Riggs - Head Coach
Brian Hermanson - Defensive Coordinator
Jared Fredenburg - Linebackers Coach
Paul Keizer - Offensive Line Coach
Cory Johnsen - Defensive Line Coach
Blake Wilson - Wide Receivers/Special Teams Coach
Terrance Bryant - Quarterbacks Coach
Shannon Poppinga - Defensive Backs Coach
2019 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICAL LEADERS
Passing Yards - Lorenzo Brown 106
Passing TDs - Lorenzo Brown 1
Passing INTs - none
Rushing Yards - Lorenzo Brown 59
Rushing TDs - Lyle McCombs 2
Receptions - Judd Harold 5
Receiving Yards - Mike Tatum 51
Receiving TDs - Mike Tatum 1
Total Tackles - Trey Wafford 9
Sacks - none
Interceptions - Jabari Gorman/Daniel Lindsey 1
KO Return Ave - Daniel Lindsey 18.6
KO Return TDs - none
Roster information is subject to change and is presented here as a basic guide for following the game. Rosters and team information is gathered from the IFL's 2018 Media Guide, as well as other sources, and will be updated as further roster information becomes available.
ANALYSIS
The Titans and the Storm have met 12 times in the regular season over the course of their IFL tenures with the Storm winning nine of those contests. Additionally, the Storm defeated the Titans in four straight United Conference Championships from 2013 to 2016. The last time the Titans came out on top in one of these match ups was a 60-57 victory on March 26, 2016. All three of the Titans' wins over the Storm came in Cedar Rapids. The Storm's Feb. 25 loss to the Arizona Rattlers was the first season opening loss in 13 seasons for Sioux Falls, who will seek their first win of the young 2018 season.
The Titans are standing tall after their week 2 win over the Green Bay Blizzard. With the Cedar Rapids down 39-33 in the last minute of the third quarter, running back Thomas Tyler scored the go ahead touchdown on a 32 yard pass from quarterback Jake Medlock at the end of the quarter, Tyler sealed the game with a 2-yard run in the middle of the fourth quarter. In just two weeks, the Titans have equaled their win total from 2017. That's not hard to do, what it does is to give them some optimism. The offense could emerge as an effective unit and the defense has shown signs that it can compete when needed. That defense shut out the Blizzard in the fourth quarter en route to the win. The Titans were respectable for most of their season opener, but still fell to the Iowa Barnstormers, 44-31.
Cedar Rapids may have found a pair of emerging impact players in Tyler and quarterback Jake Medlock, who has completed 68.8 percent of his passes for 342 yards, 5 touchdowns and no interceptions. Through two games, he certainly looks like the real deal and is definitely entrenched as the starter and the Titans have the potential to do some positive things with hum under center. Tyler's 3.5 yards per carry average and 38 rushing yards per game should be enough to keep defenses honest Add to that his versatility to catch passes out of the backfield. He is second on the team in receptions with 8, third with 67 receiving yards and tied for first with 2 touchdown passes. His pure ability makes Medlock's life easier. Wide receiver Connor Hollenbeck is the go to receiver. At 66.0 receiving yards per game, he is sure to be a solid target for Medlock. Defensive back Cedric Dozier has been solid, leading the team with 11.5 total tackles, and Defensive lineman Kwame Bell has 11. Fellow defensive lineman Ricarlo Bell has the team's only sack of the season. Michael Georgetti is 3 of 4 on his field goal attempts with a long of 23 yards.
Sioux Falls had a golden opportunity to get a little revenge on the Arizona Rattlers for ending their six-year run as IFL champions in last season's United Bowl. It didn't work out to plan. A freak fumble by the Storm which traveled into the end zone before being recovered by the Storm and resulting in a safety to put the Rattlers up 32-30. After it recovered the onside kick, the Rattlers scored on a touchdown run. The Storm kicked a field goal to put themselves within a touchdown, but were unable to recover the next onside kick. Sioux Falls is looking to right the ship as it eyes a run to make it back to the United Bowl. The next step is this contest against the Titans. The Storm have an overall IFL record of 110-21 Recently, SCtoC IFL correspondent Drew Galyardt interviewed Storm head coach Kurtis Riggs.
Storm quarterback Lorenzo Brown is the benchmark by which IFL quarterbacks are measured. He has guided the team to multiple United Bowl wins. His objective is to lead his team back to the United Bowl and bring back the IFL championship trophy to southeast South Dakota. Brown didn't have his most effective outing in the season-opening loss to the Rattlers, but he has the resilience to bounce back for the Storm. He is 10th all-time in the IFL in passing yards with 6,015 and eighth in passing touchdowns with 118. He also has 73 career rushing yards. Running back Lyle McCombs can be a factor in the running game. He seems to be more of a short-yardage runner, but he ran for 2 touchdowns in the opener so he could be a positive red zone rusher. Wide receivers Judd Harold and Mike Tatum were solid in the opener, with Harold catching 5 passes for 45 yards and Tatum catching 4 passes for 51 yards and a touchdown. Tatum's touchdown came on a 31-yard strike from Brown in the second quarter. Last season's defensive player of the year, defensive back Trey Wafford, led the team in total tackles with 9 and Defensive lineman Chris Martin had 8.5. Defensive backs Jabari Gorman and Daniel Lindsey each intercepted a pass. Miles Bergner is 2 of 3 on field goal attempts with a long of 45 yards.
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March 10 - Arizona Rattlers at Iowa Barnstormers; 5:05 p.m. pacific (7:05 p.m. central)
March 11 - Green Bay Blizzard at Nebraska Danger; 1 p.m. pacific (3 p.m. central)
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