Bloomington Edge

Bloomington Edge
Founded	2006
League	UIF (2006-2008) IFL (2009-present)
Team history	Bloomington Extreme (2006-2011) Bloomington Edge (2012-present)
Arena	U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Based in	Bloomington, Illinois
Team colors	Blue, Silver, Red
President	Jim Morris
Head coach	Kenton Carr
Championships	0
Division titles	1 (2008)
Dancers	Extreme Dance Team
Mascot	Spike
Website	www.bloomingtonedge.com

The Bloomington Edge is a professional indoor football team and a member of the Indoor Football League. Based in Bloomington, Illinois, the Edge plays its home games at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum.

From the team's inception until 2011, the team was known as the Bloomington Extreme, with the having been derived from a naming rights deal with local auto dealer Extreme Motors. In the 2011-12 offseason, the team was sold to Jim Morris (owner of a local Sonic Drive-In franchise and of the Premier Basketball League's Central Illinois Drive), with a naming rights deal with another auto dealer; this time Heller Ford would acquire said rights, giving the team its new Edge nickname (derived from the Ford Edge automobile).

History

The Extreme started out as an expansion team in United Indoor Football in 2006. They missed the playoffs in their first season, but rebounded to get a franchise best record of 8-7 in 2007, when they fell to the Lexington Horsemen in the Eastern Conference championship. In 2008, they went 7-7, which was good enough for 1st place in a weak Eastern Conference. They won their first conference title and went on to the United Bowl where they would fall to the Sioux Falls Storm. The UIF merged with the Intense Football League in the 2008 offseason, meaning that the Extreme will compete in the new Indoor Football League in 2009.

In 2009, former Florida State and NFL wide receiver Peter Warrick signed a one year contract with the Bloomington Extreme.

Bloomington Extreme Dance Team

2009 Dance Team Members

• Jessica Scharf
• Alice Starks
• Amber Kashner
• Cassandra Isaacs
• Maggie Lakebrink
• Alicia Mallory
• Jessica Hernandez

Season-By-Season

The Extreme in a game against the Alaska Wild in May 2009.

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
Bloomington Extreme (UIF)
2006	5	10	0	2nd Central	--
2007	8	7	0	4th East	Won Round 1 (Rock River) Lost Eastern Championship (Lexington)
2008	7	7	0	1st East	Won Eastern Championship (River City) Lost United Bowl IV (Sioux Falls)
Bloomington Extreme (IFL)
2009	10	4	0	2nd United Central	Lost Divisionals I (Wichita)
2010	9	5	0	2nd Central North	Lost Round 1 (Wichita)
2011	9	5	0	2nd Great Lakes	Lost Round 1 (Omaha)
Bloomington Edge (IFL)
2012*	--	--	--	--	--
Totals	50	43	0	(including playoffs)

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  Bloomington Extreme logo

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  Bloomington Edge logo

2011 Season Schedule

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final Score	Team Record
	February 20 (Sun)		Cincinnati Commandos		---

Regular Season

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final Score	Team Record
1	February 27 (Sun)	3:05pm	Richmond Revolution	W 44-6	1-0
2	March 5 (Sat)	7:05pm	Green Bay Blizzard	W 42-26	2-0
3	March 11 (Fri)	7:30pm (6:30 Central)	@Reading Express	W 44-14	3-0
4	March 18 (Fri)	7:30pm	@Green Bay Blizzard	L 51-61	3-1
5	Bye
6	April 1 (Fri)	7:05pm	Chicago Slaughter	W 52-44	4-1
7	April 9 (Sat)	7:05pm (6:05 Central)	@Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	W 30-16	5-1
8	April 16 (Sat)	7:07pm	Richmond Revolution	W 53-40	6-1
9	April 22 (Fri)	7:00pm	@La Crosse Spartans	W 71-26	7-1
10	April 29 (Fri)	7:07pm	Wichita Wild	L 18-20	7-2
11	May 7 (Sat)	7:05pm	@Sioux Falls Storm	L 28-60	7-3
12	May 14 (Sat)	7:05pm	@Chicago Slaughter	L 16-42	7-4
13	May 21 (Sat)	7:07pm	Nebraska Danger	W 45-27	8-4
14	Bye
15	June 3 (Fri)	7:07pm	La Crosse Spartans	W 45-29	9-4
16	June 11 (Sat)	7:05pm	@Wichita Wild	L 22-62	9-5
Playoffs
1	June 18 (Sat)	7:00pm	@Omaha Beef	L 34-39	---

Division Standings

2011 Great Lakes Division
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	GB	STK
y Green Bay Blizzard	11	3	0	0.786	764	508	4-2	---	W4
x Bloomington Extreme	9	5	0	0.643	561	473	4-2	2.0	L1
x Chicago Slaughter	8	6	0	0.571	624	627	4-2	3.0	L3
La Crosse Spartans	5	9	0	0.357	495	633	0-6	6.0	W1

Past Seasons

2010 Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
February 27	BYE WEEK
March 6	Richmond Revolution	Home	Lost 37-49
March 13	Green Bay Blizzard	Home	Won 24-20
March 21	Chicago Slaughter	Away	Won 27-26
March 26	Green Bay Blizzard	Away	Lost 21-35
April 3	BYE WEEK
April 10	Chicago Slaughter	Home	Lost 43-50
April 17	Maryland Maniacs	Home	Won 32-6
April 23	Rochester Raiders	Away	Lost 41-56
May 1	Omaha Beef	Away	Lost 25-66
May 8	La Crosse Spartans	Home	Won 54-18
May 14	Chicago Slaughter	Home	Won 33-30
May 21	La Crosse Spartans	Away	Won 40-37
May 29	BYE WEEK
June 5	West Michigan ThunderHawks	Home	Won 34-14
June 12	Maryland Maniacs	Away	Won 44-7
June 19	La Crosse Spartans	Away	Won 35-21
June 26	Wichita Wild (Playoffs)	Away	Lost 48-61

2010 Central North Division
	W	L	T	PCT	GB	DIV	PF	PA	STK
y-Green Bay Blizzard	10	4	0	0.714	---	4-3	686	538	W3
x-Bloomington Extreme	9	5	0	0.643	1.0	6-2	497	435	W6
x-Chicago Slaughter	6	8	0	0.429	4.0	3-5	577	543	L3
La Crosse Spartans	3	11	0	0.214	7.0	2-5	355	565	L1

Notable Players

• Rocky Hinds-QB who lead the team to two consecutive playoff apperance.

External links

• Official website
• Extreme's 2009 Stats