Ahead Scheduleextreme Puts 5-Year Plan On Fast Track, Makes Title Game in 3

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL › July 11, 2008

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BLOOMINGTON - Ted Schmitz vividly remembers that chilly December morning more than two years ago. The field house inside Illinois Wesleyan University's Shirk Center was filled with potential football players, hoping to earn a spot on the first Bloomington Extreme roster.

Schmitz, the first head coach in team history, presided over the tryout like an army general before battle.

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Ahead Scheduleextreme Puts 5-Year Plan On Fast Track, Makes Title Game in 3

But there was one major glitch to the camp

"We did not have footballs," Schmitz said. "We had to borrow balls from Illinois Wesleyan and Illinois State."

It was not an ideal beginning for the franchise.

"We just started from scratch," Schmitz said.

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