The
Oklahoma Defenders were looking to make it two wins in a row on
Saturday night as they hosted the Kansas City Renegades at the Tulsa
Convention Center. This was also a revenge game as the Defenders lost to
the Renegades 54-47 in Kansas City back on March 30. Instead Oklahoma
ran into a buzzsaw that night and lost to the Renegades 65-28.
Throughout
the game, the Kansas City defense plagued the Defenders’ offense. The
defense forced five turnovers (including two that resulted in immediate
scores by Renegades LB Rashad Washington) and caused the Oklahoma
offense to commit several mistakes that lead to the victory.
The
Renegades offense was led by Chris Coffin, who went 15-23 for 184 yards
and seven touchdowns (to six different receivers) on the night.
Return
man O.J. Simpson continued to make an argument for Special Teams Player
of the Year as he returned a second quarter kickoff 50 yards for a
touchdown.
The loss drops the Defenders to 3-7 on the season and the Renegades improve to 6-4.
Kansas
City host their last home game of the season this Saturday as they take
on the Kansas Koyotes at Kemper Arena. The Renegades have teamed up
with the Salvation Army on a food drive. If you bring a canned good to
the box office you will receive $1 off every ticket purchased.
There will also be a pregame concert by local band Run With It in the parking lot.
You know, I tried to give the Renegades a chance, I really did. I love Arena Football, but the past few years of the original league folding to the incompetence of the new AFL 2.0 turned me off to the game. So even though I heard that the CPIFL wasn't close to the talent level of the AFL 2.0, I still wanted to give it a try. Boy it's hard to follow and like this team. The on field product is horrible. I guess the CPIFL is semi-pro league level of the indoor game. And IMO, without the nets, indoor Arena Football sucks. No real flow to the game during kick offs and field goals. The tickets were over priced for the product. And to make matters worse, you have to pay for parking, even though only 100 people came to the three games I went too. The website for the team was laughable at best. And Kemper is still the "Dump with a Hump." I went to the last home game of the season yesterday, and while it was interesting to see a team score 82 points, the biggest entertainment was watching the Renegade fan club, the Posse throw the hissy fit to end all hissy fits. Well, I won't be back next year and from the looks of things, I doubt the Renegades will too.
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