The 2018 CIF Season of the Texas Revolution ...Turn Out The Lights!

…. This party’s over! Yes, that is the song and that is the season of the 2017 Defending CIF Champions Texas Revolution!

The 2018 year, might have had a target on their backs when they opened their season against the Dallas Marshals, but change and more change was about to happen for this team.

It started out with the head coach of the champions, Victor Mann, leaving to go and coach the team he beat in the championship game in 2017, The Omaha Beef.

So that takes back to last September, and the Revolution were looking for a new head coach, they tapped Carlos Cavanaugh, the former Offensive Coordinator, and so the process begins.

Players change,  no longer running the team from the Quarterback position would be the Hall of  Famer, Chris Dixon, with the running back and Rookie of the Year, Michael Dyer, the former Auburn and Louisville standout.

Changes, that was the theme for the 2018 Revolution, they were in for lots of changes for the season.

In August, before everything else was set in motion, the team moved from Allen, Texas, where they called the Allen Event Center home for five seasons, they moved to their new home base,  of Frisco, Texas and the Dr Pepper Star Center. This arena holds hockey for the Texas Tornado, the basketball team of the NBA’s “G” League,  Texas Legends, and the Dallas Stars Hockey practice facility, and is now the new home of the Revolution.

With these changes, the team is in gear to create some excitement, and the exhibition game on the 24^th of February they opened up against the NTX Savages with a win 49-14. However, after that, it went downhill quickly—four in a row losses, including to the cross town rival Dallas Marshals.

Coach Cavanaugh could not get this ship going in the right direction, three different quarterbacks, and a slew of different wide receivers, and going back to Darius Fudge at running back, but nothing seemed to work for this team.

IN the fifth game of the season, a change was made. After word came, that Coach Mann was released from the Omaha Beef, and had returned to N. Texas, the CEO of the Revolution, Tommy Benezio, was able to bring back the Champion Head Coach Victor Mann to the team, and with hopes of setting the course in the right direction.

First game back, not so good, but then again, only a week back with the team, and other changes had to be made, including, finding a quarterback to steer the ship.

Finally they found the right guy in Andrew Jackson. Seemed that he was able to find a rhythm, with finding targets like Clint Solomon, and LaDon Hudson, bringing back last year’s spark plug, Joe Adams, and lets not forget Brett Reece Jr.—and again the running back of Darius Fudge, and Jordan Brown, the offense was in good shape, the defense, led by Linebacker Frankie Solomon, and Tre Harlan, Meshak Williams, and a host of others.

Once again change was happening, when during the four game winning streak, one of the wins was a forfeit, with the Dallas Marshals ceasing operation, and not able to complete the season.

One of the losses in the beginning of the season was to the Marshals, in fact, it was opening night, 38-37, after that it was one more game that they faced their cross town rival, and beat them soundly, almost getting a shutout, however the third game that was set to be played, by then the Marshals had folded up.

That only allowed four teams in the South, and it was decided that no matter what the record was going to be, the Revolution was going to make it to the play offs.

On their way to that post season, they still were able to manhandle their conference foes, the Amarillo Venom beating them not only soundly at home, but also on the road  and again in the first round of the playoffs, then they were able to beat the division leading Duke City Gladiators, also at home, but it seemed that the Gladiators had the Revolution’s number.

With a convincing shut out (the first for an arena team in recent memory) 37-0 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Setting the stage in the event that these two teams were to meet up in the playoffs, and for the right to go to the Champion Bowl IV, and it all comes down to a game that started out looking like a rout.

The Gladiators open up the scoring quickly 15-0 before the Revolution get on the board, and try to make a game out of it, before the half.

The Second Half started and the Revolution got the ball to start it off, and were able to score and tie the game up, but that was about as close as they were going to get, because the Gladiators started to score and keep the Revolution at bay.

When the smoke cleared, the reign of the Revolution came to an end, and the Gladiators are headed to the Champions Bowl IV presented by Baymont Inn & Suits.

Their opponent, the Sioux City Bandits who have 13 division titles and THREE Championships in their hip pocket, and looking for number four. The Game will be played on the weekend of the June 30^th, and most likely will at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, NM. With the Gladiators going into the game with a 12-2 record against the Bandits 11-3.

An exciting season for the Revolution, but now its time to regroup, and get set for the 2019 season of Champions Indoor Football- the off season will be full of changes once again!

Just a thought.