After twenty grueling weeks and 156 games, the longest AFL regular season has come to close. Lucky for you, this final regular season edition of Breaking it Down is perhaps the longest single article about the AFL in league history. Nearly 7,000 words of wisdom chock full of nuggets, morsels and all sorts of chewy and yummy AFL notes that'll fill you up while you're not watching live AFL playoff games in your living room this week.
The two West Coast OT thrillers highlighted the first week of the league's 25th season, but its first game was perhaps the lowest point in the league's history. There were three other games and for some strange reason five teams had byes to open the season. Welcome to Breaking it Down - the most comprehensive coverage of Arena Football anywhere.
In Super Bowl XXXIV, it was Tennessee Titan wide receiver Kevin Dyson stretching for the goal line only to come up one yard shy of scoring the tying touchdown as Mike Jones of the St. Louis Rams made the game winning tackle.
Maurice Purify's 8-yard TD reception from QB Nick Davila proved to be the difference in a wild, record-setting game on Saturday night. The Arizona Rattlers are on their way to ArenaBowl XXV to face the Philadelphia Soul after beating the Utah Blaze 75-69 on Saturday night in what proved to be a record-setting National Conference Championship Game.