Conference Semi-Finals Vidswap.com Players of the Week Announced
Published on July 7, 2010 under Indoor Football League (IFL) News Release
Richmond, VA: The Indoor Football League is proud to announce the Conference Playoff Semi-Finals Vidswap.com Players of the Week. With one game separating teams from a chance to be conference champions, overall play was turned up another notch. While many contributed to their teams winning efforts, only three could be selected as pinnacle players for the Conference Semi-Finals. Each week the IFL selects three players, one from each phase of the game, offense, defense, and specials teams, whose play on the field stood out among the rest of the competition. The four Conference Semi-Final games that took place yielded these three top tier performers the prestigious status of IFL Conference Playoff Semi-Finals Vidswap.com Players of the Week.
Offensive Player of the Week: QB Brian Jones, Arkansas Diamonds
The Arkansas Diamonds and Amarillo Venom met twice during the IFL regular season. They each came away with a victory. Now with the bright lights of a bigger stage being shined upon them, the question would be who could come out on top? The Diamonds ended up shinning brightest in a spectacular grid-iron match-up against Amarillo by a 46-31 finish. The Diamonds brilliance on offense was led by QB Brian Jones. The Arkansas quarterback went 15 for 27 on his passing attempts, good for 246 yards and five touchdowns. The scoring power didn't stop there. Jones also proved to be apt on his ground game. Scrambling for 42 yards on ten rushes, the mobile QB came away with a rushing touchdown to aid in his teams' victory. With the Conference Finals looming, Jones and the Diamonds will need to stay sharp as they head into Billings to battle the Outlaws.
Defensive Player of the Week: DL Brandon Russell, Wichita Wild
The Wichita Wild have enjoyed there home stretch in the playoffs. Looking to continue to satisfy their fans, the Wild needed someone to step up and come up big against another hot team in the Rochester Raiders. Defensive lineman Brandon Russell made all the right plays in the 45-33 Wichita win. The DL came up with three tackles and three sacks to terrorize the Raiders offense. The Wild will need another defensive onslaught to knock off the Storm in Sioux Falls for the Conference Championship game.
Special Teams Player of the Week: KR Tim Brown, Billings Outlaws
The question of "What Can Brown Do For You?" has been a popular pop-culture slogan over the past year and the Billings Outlaws might have found the answer, everything. KR Tim Brown was all over the field for the Outlaws 68-39 win over the San Angelo Stampede Express. For his returns, Brown had 111 yards and a TD off of four returns. His efforts however would expand far past the return game. Brown aided the ground game with 68 yards and a touchdown on 11 rushes. He also managed 61 yards on four receptions, with one of those receptions being in the end-zone for a TD. This type of all around play will be needed if the Outlaws hope to once again travel to the United Bowl. Billings hosts Arkansas for the rights to represent the Intense Conference in the United Bowl.
The IFL post season continues on Saturday July 10th for the Conference Finals. Both the Sioux Falls Storm hosting the Wichita Wild and Arkansas Diamonds visiting the Billings Outlaws will take place on Saturday. You can view live broadcasts of IFL games all season long at www.b2livetv.com.
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Indoor Football League Stories from July 7, 2010
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- Conference Semi-Finals Vidswap.com Players of the Week Announced - IFL
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