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The playoff teams are all set. Chicago and Cleveland won their respective divisions, while Georgia, Orlando and Spokane clinched playoff berths. Jacksonville has dropped three straight and San Jose failed to reach the postseason for the first time since 1999. The defending champion Shock pulled off a miracle last-second play to sneak into the playoffs after starting the season 4-7. There's a lot to cover in the first Week 19 in AFL history so buckle up. ....
It's not that often that you'll see me referencing Drake in any of my articles, but in the case of the Cleveland Gladiators, I feel as though I can safely say that they started from the bottom, now they're here in ArenaBowl XXVII. ....
About the only good news that the Jacksonville Sharks can say is that they were beating the Philadelphia Soul 6-0 on Friday night. The bad news for the Sharks is that they were absolutely demolished from that point forward, as they ended up getting beaten 89-34 in front of 12,330 at the Wells Fargo Center. The performance was one for the Arena Football League record books, and now, the Soul are on their way to New Orleans for ArenaBowl XXV next Friday. ....
It's been a rough season for the Arena Football League. No one would argue that point. Off the field, we endured the loss of the New Orleans VooDoo and the Las Vegas Outlaws, who were taken over by the league in July, only to ultimately cease operations the day after the regular season ended. We've had to deal with the black eye cast upon the league for taking Las Vegas out of the playoffs five days before its first game, only to replace it with a 5-13 Portland Thunder team. ....
The Cleveland Gladiators were the #2 ranked team in the American Conference this season, but on Sunday (July 31) they came up a little short to the visiting Georgia Force in a 50-41 playoff loss. The game was not without drama, however, and the final outcome was in questions until the final seconds of the game. ....