Post by fwp on Apr 6, 2009 10:54:24 GMT -5
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/06/armor-provide-worthy-night/
Quarterback Mike Scipione dropped back smartly and lofted a high pass toward pay dirt.
A very high pass.
Over and over it spiraled majestically - over the goal line, over the end zone, over a restraining fence at D.C. Armory in Southeast. Scipione, who was a record-setting passer at Division III Western Connecticut, did better on his second attempt of the evening. This one cleared the goal line and end zone but fell short of the fence.
Such was life Saturday night for the D.C. Armor in their first home game as an expansion member of the 3-year-old American Indoor Football Association. Although Scipione eventually threw two touchdown passes, the visiting Reading Express found enough chinks in the Armor's defense to notch a 39-19 victory.
Of course, the result wasn't really what mattered. The size of the crowd was, and Armor owner/general manager/chief investor Corey Barnette proclaimed the evening "an overwhelming success" because 2,114 paying customers attended.
Actually, Barnette was being conservative in that evaluation. Erik Moses, CEO of the D.C. Sports & Entertainment Commission, and PA announcer Jim Clarke referred to it as a "historic" occasion, which might have been stretching a point or two.
Yet there is no reason to pan the Armor, except perhaps for a defense that has permitted a total of 120 points while enduring two losses in three games. The team, composed mostly of players who failed or didn't get a chance at a higher level, has 11 games left. So maybe the defense and Scipione will learn to flatten opponents and passes, respectively, before the season ends in June. ......article continues in link.
Quarterback Mike Scipione dropped back smartly and lofted a high pass toward pay dirt.
A very high pass.
Over and over it spiraled majestically - over the goal line, over the end zone, over a restraining fence at D.C. Armory in Southeast. Scipione, who was a record-setting passer at Division III Western Connecticut, did better on his second attempt of the evening. This one cleared the goal line and end zone but fell short of the fence.
Such was life Saturday night for the D.C. Armor in their first home game as an expansion member of the 3-year-old American Indoor Football Association. Although Scipione eventually threw two touchdown passes, the visiting Reading Express found enough chinks in the Armor's defense to notch a 39-19 victory.
Of course, the result wasn't really what mattered. The size of the crowd was, and Armor owner/general manager/chief investor Corey Barnette proclaimed the evening "an overwhelming success" because 2,114 paying customers attended.
Actually, Barnette was being conservative in that evaluation. Erik Moses, CEO of the D.C. Sports & Entertainment Commission, and PA announcer Jim Clarke referred to it as a "historic" occasion, which might have been stretching a point or two.
Yet there is no reason to pan the Armor, except perhaps for a defense that has permitted a total of 120 points while enduring two losses in three games. The team, composed mostly of players who failed or didn't get a chance at a higher level, has 11 games left. So maybe the defense and Scipione will learn to flatten opponents and passes, respectively, before the season ends in June. ......article continues in link.