Coaching Announcements

We are still waiting on the Defensive coordinator, but Team Texas did post this coaching announcement for Tony Marciano, Howard Tippett, and Donald Hollas. Marciano will be coaching the O-Line, Tippet the Special Teams, and Hollas the superbacks.

Supplemental Draft Preview

I don't believe that this weekend's supplemental draft is being broadcast. Team Texas will have 8 picks. I'm going to be out of pocket this weekend, but if you check back on Monday I'll have all the picks with a little analysis.

Look for the drafted players to be skewed toward the offense, especially WR and OT.

Two Protected for the Suplamental Draft

Team Texas has announced two players that they will protect in the upcoming supplemental draft:

Quinten Smith – RB – Rice
Kevin Garrett – DB – SMU

This will leave Team Texas with 8 picks in the supplemental draft. After the 16th, we will know what our team looks like.

AAFL Fundraising

The Team Texas Office sent this over. Sounds like a great program if you organize any sort of youth group:

The AAFL is pleased to announce an innovative fundraising program, where youth organizations have the ability to raise money through ticket sales for their local AAFL team.

We started this program last week, and it has already been very well received by various Church Youth Programs, high-school teams and clubs, as well as many other charitable and non-profit organizations. This program provides organizations with a fun, exciting way for their members to raise much-needed money. We have already heard from many organizations that they have never seen their kids so excited and motivated to participate in a fund-raiser.

For larger events and to kick off an organization’s fund-raising efforts; players and coaches from that local AAFL team, as well as a group of ex-NFL players are available to attend your event and speak to the group. We will match the speakers with your type of organization to ensure the message they deliver is a good fit for your organization. They deliver a powerful, positive message to these young adults; ranging from faith-based messages to anti-gang, drug, and alcohol messages. They are also happy to sign autographs and have their pictures taken with the kids.

The potential money an organization can raise is substantial, and there are generous prizes for the organization members –

· Top 3 in every Organization –

o 1st place - $250 Gift Card and 4 $53 season tickets

o 2nd place - $100 Gift Card and 4 $43 season tickets

o 3rd Place - $50 Gift Card and 4 $33 season tickets

· Top 4 in every State –

o 1st - $2000 cash prize

o 2nd - $1500

o 3rd - $1000

o 4th - $500

· Top Person between all states - $5000 cash prize

If you are interested in learning more about this for your organization, or have questions; please contact us at fundraising@aafl.com; or by calling 877-286-3248.

It is going to be a Party

I think the following information is fantastic news for kicking off Team Texas this April:

Right now our game times at home will be pretty standard at 6:00 p.m. at Rice Stadium.

We will have fireworks after every home game and our gates will open at 4:30.

You can fully tailgate in our parking lots (be sure to pick up your mess though) and we will have great concessions and game atmosphere.

If you have any suggestions on what we might do at games to make them more enjoyable for you, please send us an email on the contact page of http://www.aafl.com, click Texas.

We are going to have to organize some serious tailgating. If you have a great tailgating set up, come over to facebook and join our group, Sell out for Team Texas. If tailgating at DKR is any indication we should be able to round up some sponsorships(ie Free Beer and Free Food). We'll need to clarify Rice's alcohol rules in their lots, but if they are forbidden there we can stroll the 1 mile from Herman park to the Stadium.

Team Texas Games to be Streamed Online

Team Texas is starting to leak some info about the media deals for showing games. It looks like they are going to be very aggressive with new media. If it isn't on in you're area, you're going to be able to watch it online. That is pretty darn cool.

We are working on an announcement soon of a national television agreement to show two regional games a week and a national game of the week. The outlets will be announced at that time, but rest assured that in Houston you will be able to see the games on television.

Also, we are working on our radio network and in Houston and Dallas, we have outlets right now and we are working on Austin, Corpus and San Antonio. Once we lock those down, we will announce them.

You will also be able to watch all of the Texas games on line and also be able to get a subscription to actually watch the games on your cell phones if you wish.

We will also live stream video and audio of games, coaches shows and player features beginning with our series of updates every day during training camp.

I think this is another reason why this league is going to be different. Even the XFL didn't have the media outlets that are available today. Team Texas has been very cooperative with this Blog. It looks like they have a good grip on what is available to them to really get the word out and gain a following.

Official Colors are Silver and White

The Team Texas office sent this uniform information over and I thought I'd share it:

Just for the record, our team colors are Silver and White.

The numbers for home will be white trimmed in maroon, with maroon around the collar and sleeve trim.

The numbers for road will be burnt orange trimmed in maroon with orange collar and sleeve trim.

Our helmets are white with the logo being the Texas Flag cut out into the shape of the state of Texas.

Our colors are NOT burnt orange and maroon.

So there you have it. I'm looking forward to seeing some players wear these. As a college football fan I appreciate the hat tip to the two big Texas Universities

What is the AAFL and Team Texas?

In my promotion of this blog, I can't tell you how many time's I've had someone ask "What is this?!" The ? followed by the ! seems to be universal. This will be here so that you can direct your friends to it when they ask the same question:

What is the AAFL?

• Pro football.
• Played on a 100 yard field.
• Mostly College Rules.
• Players must have graduated from College. At first this may seem odd, but when you will see that they are trying to partner with Universities and this is a big selling point for educational institution.
  
• Games are played in the Spring
• There will be six teams the first year: Texas, Michigan, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee
• The season will be 10 games long, followed by a 2 round, 3 team playoff. Winner of the regular season gets a bye.
• The AAFL is seeking to reproduce some of the pageantry of College Football. They hope to partner with Universities and play their games on campus.
• The AAFL is no seeking to compete with the NFL and in fact hopes to become more of a farm system for the NFL.
• The AAFL board of directors is made up of a number of former athletic directors and other executives that have been involved in college athletics for many, many years.
• Tickets to games will cost between $13 - $53.
  

What is Team Texas?

• Team Texas is one of the teams playing in the AAFL.
• They will play their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston on Saturdays this spring.
  
• The head coach is John Jenkins.
• Team Texas is made up of mostly players who graduated from Texas Colleges.
  
• Their colors are silver and white, with a touch of burnt orange and maroon thrown in here and there.
• Their first game is April 12th, 2008.
• Tickets: Here
• Team Website: Here
• Roster: Here