After a whirlwind final weekend of the AFL season, the playoff matchups have been set. The Spokane Shock, who were still gunning for the #1 seed, settled for the #3 seed and a home playoff game against the Chicago Rush. Their only matchup of 2013 was in late March, during Week 2. Spokane went into Chicago on Easter Sunday and dominated the Rush 76-61.
TAMPA BAY The Portland Thunder came to the Sunshine State two weeks ago without a win to their name. They scored their second upset in as many weeks as double-digit underdogs on Saturday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, as they beat the Tampa Bay Storm 61-42.
When we started the 2016 season, everyone was excited about Nathan Stanley in Los Angeles and Cleveland was ready to start the year with Chris Dieker under center. Randy Hippeard was coming off a good season and played very well to start this season.
Can you believe that we're already almost a quarter of the way through the regular season? Some teams still feel like they're still trying to find their identities, while others are in midseason form and ready for the playoff push. Check out our debut AFL Power Rankings and see how they compare to the Power Poll as voted on by you, the fans of ArenaFan.
It's easy to say that the regular season is meaningless this year, but don't tell that to the Rattlers. They fought with all their might on the road against the Sharks on Saturday night and earned an overtime victory on a night where their defense wasn't particularly special and Nick Davila threw two picks. If Kevin Guy's club can win a game like that in hostile territory, it can do anything.