It would seem that professional football has returned to Tampa Bay. Make all the jokes you want, but the Tampa Bay Storm s 54-41 victory over the Dallas Vigilantes was exactly what the football-starved fans of Tampa Bay needed after enduring 16-months of lunacy watching the NFL s Buccaneers.
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And with that, the Storm are once again doomed to mediocrity.
With their 73-70 victory over the Tampa Bay Storm on Saturday night, the San Jose SaberCats locked up the Western Division title. The Storm, on the other hand, locked up another non-winning season and a darn-near impossible trip to the playoffs.
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It seems that year in and year out the Storm come to life in the last half of the season AND when their backs are against the wall. And since 2003, it usually means a first round playoff exit. Going back to 2001, the Storm are 36-20 (.643) in the last eight games of the season.