Sports stats



Rock River Raptors Announce 2008 Schedule

November 21, 2007 - Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL)
Rock River Raptors News Release


The Rock River Raptors in conjuction with the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) have released the schedule for the 2008 indoor football season.

The opening weekend for the 2008 season is March 7, 8, & 9 with the first game of the season at the Sears Centre in Chicago on Friday night as the Kalamazoo Xplosion visit the Chicago Slaughter.

The Raptors will open their seaon on March 14th with a trip to Kalamazoo to take on the Xplosion. On March 29th, Coach Steve McMichael and the Chicago Slaughter will visit the MetroCentre for the Raptors 2008 home opener. The Raptors regular season will conclude on June 6th when the Milwaukee Bonecrushers, coached by former Green Bay Packer Gilbert Brown, come to town.

The schedule will cover twelve games over a fourteen week span with the regular season concluding on June 6, 7, & 8. The playoffs are schedule to begin on June 14, with the 2008 CIFL Championship Game to be played on the weekend of June 28 at the home of the team with the best record.

The league will have two conferences, the Atlantic Conference and the Great Lakes Conference. The conferences will then be divided into an East and West Division. The division breakdown and playoff format are as follows.

DIVISION ALIGNMENT

Atlantic (East) – Chesapeake Tide, Lehigh Valley Outlawz, New England Surge, New Jersey Revolution

Atlantic (West) – Flint, Marion Mayhem, Rochester Raiders, Saginaw Sting

Great Lakes (East) – Fort Wayne Freedom, Kalamazoo Xplosion, Miami Valley Silverbacks, Muskegon Thunder

Great Lakes (West) – Chicago Slaughter, Milwaukee Bonecrushers, Rock River Raptors

PLAYOFF FORMAT

CIFL Divisional Playoffs – June 14*

Atlantic Conference – East 1 vs East 2 -and- West 1 vs West 2

Great Lakes Conference – Division 1 vs Wild Card 2 -and- Division 2 vs Wild Card 1

CIFL Conference Championships – June 21*

Atlantic Conference – East Winner vs West Winner

Great Lakes

Conference – D1/W2 Winner vs D2/W1 Winner

CIFL Championship – June 28*

Atlantic Conference Champion vs Great Lakes Conference Champion

*Subject to arena availability and could change

The Continental Indoor Football League will kickoff season three in March 2008 as the Rochester Raiders will begin their defense of the CIFL Championship. The league spans from Milwaukee, WI to Worcester, MA and all states in between. The Continental Indoor Football League, A Better Brand of Football.

Rock River Raptors 2008 season tickets are on sale and can be purchased by calling the Raptors office at 815-965-7000 or visit them on the web at www.raptorsuif.com .

Raptors 2008 Schedule:

Fri. March 14 @ Kalamazoo

Fri. March 21 @ Muskegon

Sat. March 29 Chicago

Fri. April 4 Fort Wayne

Sat. April 12 Bye

Sat. April 19 @ Fort Wayne

Sat. April 26 Saginaw

Sat. May 3 @ Chicago

Sat. May 10 Kalamazoo

Sat. May 17 Flint

Fri. May 23 @ Milwaukee

Sat. May 31 @ Flint

Sat. June 6 Milwaukee

• Discuss this story on the Continental Indoor Football League message board...

Continental Indoor Football League Stories from November 21, 2007


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

Other Recent Rock River Raptors Stories



Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central