The
Cincinnati Commandos have decided to suspend operations and play for
the 2013 season. As a result of industry analysis and growth
projections, the team decided to forgo the season and reorganize.
Due
to instability with the leagues they have participated in the last few
seasons and throughout the industry, the Commandos organization needed
to re-organize for their future success. In a release the team stated
that “It is paramount to increase marketing initiatives, corporate
partnerships, as well as our fan base, for the Commandos to move forward
in 2014 and beyond.”
General
Manager Jason Buckley commented on the situation; "While we are
disappointed we will not be able to play in 2013, we would like to thank
all of our fans who supported the Commandos through our
THREE-consecutive championship runs!!!"
Showing posts with label Cincinnati Commandos. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
Commandos Return Home to CIFL
The
CIFL is proud to announce the return of the 2010 & 2011 CIFL
Champion, Cincinnati Commandos. Led by Head Coach Billy Black and GM
Jason Buckley the Commandos will return to the CIFL having put together
an impressive 35-3 record in 3 seasons of play.
"The Cincinnati Commandos organization would like to thank Jim O'Brien and the rest of the CIFL for giving us the opportunity to rejoin the league and compete for another title," said owner Dennis Whitman, "I was personally very impressed with Mr. O'Brien and his outlook on how a successful league should be structured and function as a "team." I look forward to working with everyone involved in the CIFL and hopefully the Commandos can live up to the standard expected from us by our fans and all of our sponsors."
The Commandos will play their home contests at the Cincinnati Gardens when the season begins in February of 2013.
"The Cincinnati Commandos organization would like to thank Jim O'Brien and the rest of the CIFL for giving us the opportunity to rejoin the league and compete for another title," said owner Dennis Whitman, "I was personally very impressed with Mr. O'Brien and his outlook on how a successful league should be structured and function as a "team." I look forward to working with everyone involved in the CIFL and hopefully the Commandos can live up to the standard expected from us by our fans and all of our sponsors."
The Commandos will play their home contests at the Cincinnati Gardens when the season begins in February of 2013.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Cincinnati Commandos Capture 3rd Straight League Championship
The
Cincinnati Commandos Indoor Football Team made it three league
championships in three years, going on the road to defeat the Florida
Tarpons 62-44 in the United Indoor Football League's Ultimate Bowl II on
Monday night at Germain Arena. The Commandos won the CIFL championship
each of the previous two seasons. The loss for Florida, was their one
and only on the season.
The Commandos were led for the second straight game led by wide-receiver turned quarterback Nez Mincy, due to an ankle injury to starting quarterback Tyler Sheehan. Mincy was 10-13 for 155 yards and threw five first half touchdowns and ran for another in staking Cincinnati to a 42-29 lead at halftime. Phillip Barnett and Brandon Boehm were on the receiving end for two scoring passes each, while Mack Ogletree also caught a touchdown pass. Mincy added three touchdown passes in the second half to secure the third consecutive championship for the Commandos in their third year of existence.
Not only did the Commandos go on the road to win the championship, they had to overcome a nightmare trip to Southwest Florida. After leaving on a bus late Friday night, the charter experienced not one, but four breakdowns en-route. After 27 hours, the Commandos finally arrived at their hotel in Estero, Florida early Sunday morning.
The win caps a 10-2 season for the Commandos. Florida finishes the season at 11-1.
The Commandos were led for the second straight game led by wide-receiver turned quarterback Nez Mincy, due to an ankle injury to starting quarterback Tyler Sheehan. Mincy was 10-13 for 155 yards and threw five first half touchdowns and ran for another in staking Cincinnati to a 42-29 lead at halftime. Phillip Barnett and Brandon Boehm were on the receiving end for two scoring passes each, while Mack Ogletree also caught a touchdown pass. Mincy added three touchdown passes in the second half to secure the third consecutive championship for the Commandos in their third year of existence.
Not only did the Commandos go on the road to win the championship, they had to overcome a nightmare trip to Southwest Florida. After leaving on a bus late Friday night, the charter experienced not one, but four breakdowns en-route. After 27 hours, the Commandos finally arrived at their hotel in Estero, Florida early Sunday morning.
The win caps a 10-2 season for the Commandos. Florida finishes the season at 11-1.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Teams Ready to Answer Questions in Ultimate Bowl II
Midway
through the 2012 season visions of two unbeaten teams meeting for the
Ultimate Bowl II championship were dancing in the minds of fans across
the footprint.
However, Cincinnati stumbled twice and needed a late Marion victory to secure the top seed in the North playoffs. Despite the hiccup, Monday's Cincinnati/Florida game is the meeting that people have pined for the most. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. at Germain Arena.
Both teams are entering the Ultimate Bowl II, sponsored by Trophy Awards, with questions. The health of starting quarterback Tyler Sheehan is at the top of the list for the Commandos. The honorable mention North selection missed the North title game with an ankle injury.
"He is good," said Cincinnati head coach Billy Back. "His ankle getting better, he is able to take drops. He was 85 percent last week and we wanted to make sure he was healthy for this game."
If Florida Tarpons head coach Michael Taylor had a preference, he would prefer the less mobile Sheehan returned to action.
"It's easier to prepare for Sheehan," said Taylor. "Its different assignments when playing against a running quarterback. Our defense would be more basic football 101 to make him throw to ball to beat you. (Mincy) is someone we have to account for."
Sheehan threw for 2,537 yards on 185-of-353 passing with 39 touchdowns and 18 interceptions to lead Cincinnati to an 8-2 regular season. In his only extended action at quarterback, Mincy accounted for eight touchdowns in leading Cincinnati to the 62-40 victory over Erie in the North championship game.
Whoever takes the snaps for the Commandos will have to account for South Defensive Player of the Year, Terrance Jones. Jones leads the South with 11 interceptions and was second on the team with 41 tackles. Linebacker Harriel Moore led the Tarpons with 44 tackles, 14.5 for loss and eight sacks.
For the Tarpons, who have only trailed three times this season, their biggest question mark is how they will react to being down by more than one possession. The team ran through its competition and trailed just once after they had possession. Two of three times they trailed, the opposing team scored before Florida gained possession.
"That is the unknown because we haven't been in that position," said Taylor. "If Cincinnati jumps up 21 points, how will the guys fight back? I would like to think we have veteran guys and I feel pretty confident we will handle it. That is the reason we brought in a Chris Wallace."
Harassing Wallace and forcing the signal caller into mistakes should be one of the primary focuses for the Commandos. He has been sacked just 10 times this season and thrown just five interceptions. The Tarpons as a team, lead the league in turnover margin at a whopping plus-40. They have forced 50 turnovers on the season, while committing just 10.
Cincinnati's strength is arguably along the defensive line where North Defensive Player of the Year James Spikes leads a quintet of monsters in the trenches. Spikes, who finished the season with 12 sacks and 16.5 tackles for loss, is just a part of a rotation that gave opposing offenses fits. He is joined up front by James Frazier (10 sacks), Terrill Byrd (six sacks), Thomas Claggett (2.5 sacks) and D'arrell Brown (one sack).
If Wallace does have time to throw, the duo of Donald Fusilier and Carlos Singleton could wreak havoc on the Commandos secondary.
"Carlos is a matchup nightmare, but I feel EJ Underwood will provide a good matchup to watch," said Back. "Donald is 6-3 with speed, runs well and catches well. It will come down to playing the ball in the air and making plays; our route recognition and how physical we can be."
While Underwood will spend a lot of time on Singleton, safety Corry Stewart's presence could be felt as well. His 14 picks led the UIFL and his penchant for making key plays can't be lost.
However, Cincinnati stumbled twice and needed a late Marion victory to secure the top seed in the North playoffs. Despite the hiccup, Monday's Cincinnati/Florida game is the meeting that people have pined for the most. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. at Germain Arena.
Both teams are entering the Ultimate Bowl II, sponsored by Trophy Awards, with questions. The health of starting quarterback Tyler Sheehan is at the top of the list for the Commandos. The honorable mention North selection missed the North title game with an ankle injury.
"He is good," said Cincinnati head coach Billy Back. "His ankle getting better, he is able to take drops. He was 85 percent last week and we wanted to make sure he was healthy for this game."
If Florida Tarpons head coach Michael Taylor had a preference, he would prefer the less mobile Sheehan returned to action.
"It's easier to prepare for Sheehan," said Taylor. "Its different assignments when playing against a running quarterback. Our defense would be more basic football 101 to make him throw to ball to beat you. (Mincy) is someone we have to account for."
Sheehan threw for 2,537 yards on 185-of-353 passing with 39 touchdowns and 18 interceptions to lead Cincinnati to an 8-2 regular season. In his only extended action at quarterback, Mincy accounted for eight touchdowns in leading Cincinnati to the 62-40 victory over Erie in the North championship game.
Whoever takes the snaps for the Commandos will have to account for South Defensive Player of the Year, Terrance Jones. Jones leads the South with 11 interceptions and was second on the team with 41 tackles. Linebacker Harriel Moore led the Tarpons with 44 tackles, 14.5 for loss and eight sacks.
For the Tarpons, who have only trailed three times this season, their biggest question mark is how they will react to being down by more than one possession. The team ran through its competition and trailed just once after they had possession. Two of three times they trailed, the opposing team scored before Florida gained possession.
"That is the unknown because we haven't been in that position," said Taylor. "If Cincinnati jumps up 21 points, how will the guys fight back? I would like to think we have veteran guys and I feel pretty confident we will handle it. That is the reason we brought in a Chris Wallace."
Harassing Wallace and forcing the signal caller into mistakes should be one of the primary focuses for the Commandos. He has been sacked just 10 times this season and thrown just five interceptions. The Tarpons as a team, lead the league in turnover margin at a whopping plus-40. They have forced 50 turnovers on the season, while committing just 10.
Cincinnati's strength is arguably along the defensive line where North Defensive Player of the Year James Spikes leads a quintet of monsters in the trenches. Spikes, who finished the season with 12 sacks and 16.5 tackles for loss, is just a part of a rotation that gave opposing offenses fits. He is joined up front by James Frazier (10 sacks), Terrill Byrd (six sacks), Thomas Claggett (2.5 sacks) and D'arrell Brown (one sack).
If Wallace does have time to throw, the duo of Donald Fusilier and Carlos Singleton could wreak havoc on the Commandos secondary.
"Carlos is a matchup nightmare, but I feel EJ Underwood will provide a good matchup to watch," said Back. "Donald is 6-3 with speed, runs well and catches well. It will come down to playing the ball in the air and making plays; our route recognition and how physical we can be."
While Underwood will spend a lot of time on Singleton, safety Corry Stewart's presence could be felt as well. His 14 picks led the UIFL and his penchant for making key plays can't be lost.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Cincinnati Commandos Suffer First Home Loss Ever
For
the first time in their three years of existence, the Cincinnati
Commandos suffers back-to-back losses as the Erie Explosion came into
the historic Cincinnati Gardens to post the 62-18 victory Saturday. It
is also the first home loss ever for the Commandos.
The loss drops Cincinnati to 7-2 on the season, while Erie moves to 6-2. Erie also claims the head-to-head point total battle, which is key in the playoff tiebreak scenarios.
Erie raced out to a 38-0 lead through most of the first half before Cincinnati was able to take advantage of one of few Explosion miscues. With Erie trying to run out the clock, they fumbled the snap which was recovered by James Spikes.
Kyenes Mincy caught a touchdown pass from Tyler Sheehan to pull Cincinnati to 38-6, and the Commandos were as close as they would be.
Sheehan finished the game 20-of-47 for 160 yards, three touchdowns and five interceptions. Receiver Phillip Barnett led the Commandos with 10 catches for 62 yards and two touchdowns, while Mincy added seven receptions for 70 yards and one touchdown.
Cincinnati, in order to have a shot at the first round bye, needs a win next week against Marion, and then have those Blue Racers beat Erie in the season finale. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. June 2 at the Gardens.
The loss drops Cincinnati to 7-2 on the season, while Erie moves to 6-2. Erie also claims the head-to-head point total battle, which is key in the playoff tiebreak scenarios.
Erie raced out to a 38-0 lead through most of the first half before Cincinnati was able to take advantage of one of few Explosion miscues. With Erie trying to run out the clock, they fumbled the snap which was recovered by James Spikes.
Kyenes Mincy caught a touchdown pass from Tyler Sheehan to pull Cincinnati to 38-6, and the Commandos were as close as they would be.
Sheehan finished the game 20-of-47 for 160 yards, three touchdowns and five interceptions. Receiver Phillip Barnett led the Commandos with 10 catches for 62 yards and two touchdowns, while Mincy added seven receptions for 70 yards and one touchdown.
Cincinnati, in order to have a shot at the first round bye, needs a win next week against Marion, and then have those Blue Racers beat Erie in the season finale. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. June 2 at the Gardens.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Cincinnati Commandos Join Fight against Breast Cancer
The
Cincinnati Commandos, in conjunction with SportsCo Apparel, Pure
Romance and the Susan G. Komen Foundation, are helping in the fight
against Breast Cancer.
During Saturday's game with the Erie Explosion, part of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Komen Foundation, while the Commandos will be wearing special uniforms - designed by SportsCo Apparel. The game used uniforms will be auctioned off following the completion of the contest.
Coming off its first loss since 2010, the Commandos still hold their playoff fate in their own hands. A victory over the Explosion clinches the top seed in the UIFL's North playoffs. In the first meeting, Cincinnati dominated the first half en route to the 55-34 win.
The Cincinnati Commandos are the longest-tenured professional indoor football team in the city of Cincinnati. All seven home games are played at the historic Cincinnati Gardens.
During Saturday's game with the Erie Explosion, part of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Komen Foundation, while the Commandos will be wearing special uniforms - designed by SportsCo Apparel. The game used uniforms will be auctioned off following the completion of the contest.
Coming off its first loss since 2010, the Commandos still hold their playoff fate in their own hands. A victory over the Explosion clinches the top seed in the UIFL's North playoffs. In the first meeting, Cincinnati dominated the first half en route to the 55-34 win.
The Cincinnati Commandos are the longest-tenured professional indoor football team in the city of Cincinnati. All seven home games are played at the historic Cincinnati Gardens.
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