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After a five-year hiatus, the Arena Football is back for season number 33. Some familiar franchise names are back, along with a few expansion teams and some that played in other indoor and arena leagues last season. Below is a capsule of the 16-team league with early preseason roster analysis.
ArenaFan Originals - My 2013 AFL HOF Finalists Ballot arenafan.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arenafan.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Your AFL Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of Prognosticators correctly called nine of the ten AFL Hall of Fame finalists. My gut called all ten but with the eligible players so vast, I pulled Gene Nudo off the big board to put a fellow Arizona great in Randy Gatewood as a finalist. Let's take a closer look at these ten Arena legends and my five picks of who gets inducted.
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.