VooDoo news & notes
April 21, 2004 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
New Orleans VooDoo News Release
VooDoo REMAIN SECOND IN WEEKLY POLL: The VooDoo's 8-2 start and 64-46 victory over the reigning Columbus Destroyers impressed the Arena Football League Writers Association enough to keep them at #2 in the weekly writers poll for the third consecutive week. The weekly poll, which is based on a vote of AFLWA members, ranks the top eight teams in the Arena Football League. Founded at the start of the 2004 season, the AFLWA is a national organization made up of media members who cover the AFL. New Orleans received 137 votes with four first place votes. The San Jose SaberCats, who the VooDoo will play in San Jose next Saturday, held onto first place in the poll with 148 votes and 15 first place votes.
⢠VooDoo MILESTONES: The following individual marks could be set by VooDoo players this Sunday at Austin:
OS Aaron Bailey needs 141 yards to reach the 1,000-yard receiving plateau, three touchdown receptions for 25 on the season and 32 kickoff return yards for 1,000 career.
FB/LB Jason Bratton needs one rushing touchdown for 30 in his career
OL/DL B.J. Cohen needs one touchdown reception for 10 in his career.
OL/DL Aaron Hamilton needs one sack for 15 in his career.
FB/LB Dan Curran needs 19 yards to reach the 250-yard mark for the season. Curran is currently the AFL's leading rusher with 231 yards and 14 touchdowns through 10 games. Last year's leading rusher in the AFL, Los Angeles's Chad Dukes, ran for 223 yards and 12 touchdowns in 14 games. Curran also needs three touchdowns for 30 in his career.
OL/DL Tim Martin needs one reception to tie his career-high total of five in 2003 with the Dallas Desperados. Martin has already set a career high with two TD receptions.
DS Chris Pointer currently has 47.5 tackles and needs 2.5 tackles to reach 50.
⢠VooDoo ON THE AIRWAVES: VooDoo and AFL fans will enjoy plenty of chances to watch the newest team in New Orleans both live and on various on radio and television programs throughout the 2004 season.
Every VooDoo game will be broadcast on WWL 870-AM or WSMB 1350-AM. The Voice of the VooDoo, Chris Kenyon, will handle the play-by-play. Various local celebrities and selected Saints coaches, players and front office personnel will serve as color analysts. Sunday's game will be broadcast on WSMB. WWL will broadcast The Mike Neu Show with VooDoo Head Coach Mike Neu each Tuesday from 9-10 pm as Kenyon and WWL's Kenny Wilkerson co-host. Fans can call into the show or submit questions for Coach Neu through the club's official web site, GoVooDoo.com.
Up to 10 of the VooDoo's 16 regular season games are scheduled to be telecast by NBC (WDSU-TV 6 in New Orleans). This week's contest with Austin will be part the AFL's first-ever network doubleheader. The Austin contest can be seen locally on WDSU-TV 6 at 2 pm CT, following the Orlando Predators-Dallas Desperados contest which will be seen at 11 am on Channel 6. Pat Sperduto (analyst), Bill Weber (play-by-play) and Roger Wallace (sideline reporter) will call the game that will be seen in 26 percent of the country (Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Central and Western Tennessee, North and South Carolina). Cox Sports Television will telecast most of the remaining VooDoo games on regional cable with each telecast starting with a 30-minute pre-game show. Todd Kalas will handle the play by play and Harry McCulla will handle sideline reporting duties. Various local celebrities and selected Saints coaches, players and front office personnel will serve as color analysts. Cox will air Inside VooDoo with Mike Neu, a 30-minute show, each week. Inside VooDoo with Mike Neu will air this week on Thursday, April 21 from 5:30-6 pm and will be replayed on Sunday, April 25 at 10 am.
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