NFL COMES TO OKLAHOMA! (MADDEN 2010)

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July 2, 2009, 1:32 PM ET
New Expansion Team Enters League
Associated Press

JACKSONVILLE, Florida -- After long talks between Commissioner (Roger) Goddell & Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver; a press confrence was held today announcing that the Jacksonville Jaguars franchise would no longer be in existence.

"We just can not get enough fan support to keep the team funded," stated Wayne. "We decided it was better for both parties to start over in a new city rather than have all home games blacked out. It's extremly disappointing to see this happen not even 15 years into an organization existence but thats just the way it is now a days."

Depite the loss of the Jacksonville organization a new team will enter the league this year and take over its spot in the AFC South.

When asked what city won the vote and who was all in the running Goodell responded, "Good thing is though we had a few cities step up and agree to take over the right to have a new organziation. Oklahoma City, Louisville, Virginia Beach, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles all gave us a call. Unfortunly Vegas & LA werent really considered due to us not wanting to switch around the teams in divisions. So when the final decission was made Oklahoma City won the right to have an NFL organization into its city."

Godell later went on to explain how Oklahoma will fill outs its roster. Suprisingly they wont just recieve the Jaguars roster yet instead be forced to take 1 player from all 32 teams, that includes only 1 from Jacksonville, and fill rest out with free agents. Whoever is not selected from Jacksoville will actually be unable to play in the NFL. No player can be better than 66 overall and when selecting out of the players from another team only 5 can be in the league for his rookie or second season. The draft will be held a week from now which is exactly a month the start of the season.

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July 9, 10:37 PM ET
OKC EXPANSION DRAFT'S COMPLETE
OKLAHOMA CITY PRESS


OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma -- It took alittle under 6 hours but the Oklahoma City (insert nickname) roster is finally complete & here is how it looks...

TEAM	POS	NAME	OVR		TEAM	POS	NAME	OVR
ARI	FS	Matt Ware	66		MIA	CB	Jason Allen	64
ATL	OLB	Cory Wire	59		MIN	DT	Jimmy Kennedy	62
BALT	CB	Chris Carr	65		NE	DT	Terdell Sands	64
BUF	WR	Roscoe Parrish	66		NO	P	Thomas Morstead	59
CAR	K	Rhys Lloyd	60		NYG	MLB	Chase Blackburn	65
CHI	DE	Israel Idonije	65		NYJ	CB	Ahmad Carroll	65
CIN	LT	Dennis Roland	62		OAK	FB	Luke Lawton	60
CLE	WR	Josh Cribbs	59		PHI	T	Wiston Justice	66
DAL	G	Cory Procter	64		PIT	DE	Travis Kirschke	65
DEN	OLB	Jarvis Moss	66		TB	MLB	Niko Koutouvides	63
DET	SS	Kalvin Pearson	61		TEN	DE	Dave Ball	66
GB	CB	Will Blackmon	63		SD	C	Scott Mruczkowski	63
HOU	WR	Andre Davis	63		SEA	DT	Craig Terrill	64
IND	QB	Jim Sorgi	54		SF	OLB	Ahmad Brooks	64
JAX	OLB	Adam Seward	65		STL	T	Adam Golderg	65
KC	T	Ryan O'Callaghan	65		WASH	SS	Reed Doughty	63

Later on this week we will have free agent signings for the OKC organzition and hopefully a word from the GM & coaching staff.

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July 23, 2009 5:39 PM ET
OKC Roster Finalized
STILL NO NICKNAME
ASSOCIATED PRESS

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma -- Well it took all but two weeks & literally less than 24 hours before training camp opens that Oklahoma City finally filled its roster completly. Allowed to carry 55 players OKC organziation took advantage of it and signed 23 free agents & here they are...

G Travis Bright 66		WR Ashley Lelie 57
QB Brian Brohm 51		CB Ricky Manning 66
TE Scott Chandler 62		CB Mike Mickens 66
OLB Bruce Davis 63		CB Deltha O'Neal 66
G Toniu Fonoti 65		TE Bear Pasco 63
C Dustin Fry 62		OLB/DE Antwan Peek 64
LB Morlon Greenwood 66		G Tutan Reyes 65
HB Mike Hart 65		HB Ryan Torain 66
FS Jonathan Hefney 64		QB Andrew Walter 61
DE Marcus Howard 59		WR Jaison Williams 62
RB Ian Johnson 65		QB Andre Woodson 52
WR Aaron Kelly 61

With a solid group of vets and rookies signed it should be interesting to see how OKC season turns out. We hope to have a sit down interview with some organization members later this week.

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August 3, 2009 7:30 PM ET
Oklahoma City Finally Announce Nickname
OKLAHOMIAN

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma -- It took just over a month after the announcement of OKC getting an NFL franchise but owner Josh Northcutt announced today the new nickname for OKC will be Bandits. Josh also went on to show off the new logo & jerseys for the team. They can be seen below. Josh had no comment on the team upcoming season besides well see in a 2 weeks how the team will come out. The Bandits open preseason play versus the Miami Dolphins in Miami

**PLEASE HELP ME HOW DO I GET PICS**

[WWF80sKid]

Oh man I hope you kick some butt with Mike Hart!!!

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OKC BANDITS
DEPTH CHART

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August 18th 12:31 AM ET
Bandits Pick Up W In First Preseason Game
ASSOCIATED PRESS

	1	2	3	4	F
OKC	3	10	3	12	28
MIA	0	7	7	8	22

MIAMI, Florida -- In a decently dramatic opening preseason game between the Oklahoma City Bandits and Miami Dolphins, the Bandits held on for a 28-22 victory. The game balls went to K Rhys Lloyd, who was 5-5 with a long of 44, and WR Joshua Cribbs, who had 4 catches for 73 yards and a TD grab on fourth and goal from the 4. Four plays before the TD grab Josh busted a quick slant 59 yards and looked like he was going all the way before losing his balance and going out at the two.

"I thought I was gone becasue I had one defender to beat. I was looking for the block but it was not there," stated Josh when asked why he didnt score. "Its okay though we still got the six in the long run but next time I just gotta out run the defender straight up field."

Threw out the game players were coming in and out which was not suprising due to coach DJ Tanner announcement in pregame to that all his players are in a test to see who could win the jobs. When asked if anyone had won a starting spot already he answered quickly, "Ha not even close. We have 3 more games left and everyone will get a start a game to prove they deserve to be here. An before you ask yes that includes the QB also. Jim (Sorgi) will get the start with (Brian) Brohm getting the start at Philly in week 3 and Andre W(oodson) getting it in the last week."

Next up for the Bandits is a home game vs the Buccaneers this Saturday. It should be interesting to see the fan turn out and the continue competition between players.

1ST

R. Lloyd 39 YD FG, 6:02

2ND

M. Hart 1 YD TD RUN (R. Lloyd kick), 3:10

G. Camarillo 42 YD PASS from C. Henne (D. Carpenter kick), 1:20

R. Lloyd 44 YD FG, 0:00

3RD

R. Lloyd 43 YD FG, 5:29

T. Ginn 10 YD PASS from P. White (D. Carpneter kick), 0:31

4TH

J. Cribbs 4 YD PASS from A. Woodson (2-pt failed), 8:36

G. Wilson returned fumble 3 YDS (2 PT successful), 7:06

R. Lloyd 39 YD FG, 2:24

R. Lloyd 27 YD FG, 0:00

PASSING

A. Woodson 11-16 136 yds 1 TD

C. Henne 5-10 111 YDS 1 TD 2 INT

P. White 7-11 87 YDS 1 TD

J. Sorgi 8-14 72 yds 1 INT

B. Brohm 5-9 46 yds

A. Walter 3-5 25 yds

RUSHING

R. Torain 8 att 27 yds + 2 rec 18 yds

R. Brown 7 att 22 yds

M. Hart 6 attt 23 yds 1 td + 6 rec 29 yds

R. Williams 5 att 7 yds + 2 rec 37 yds

I. Johnson 4 att 9 yds + 8 rec 84 yds

RECEIVING

Cribbs 4 rec 73 yds 1 TD

T. Ginn Jr 3 rec 35 yds 1 TD

G. Camarillo 1 rec 42 yds 1 TD

BLOCKING

0 sacks or pancakes both sides

DEFENSE

Mickens & O'Neal INT

V. Davis 2 tackles, 1 sack, 1 int

KICKING

R. Lloyd 5-5 FG long 44

PUNTING

B. Fields 4 punts 36.2 AVG

T. Morstead 1 punt 56 AVG

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Nice win.