Adam Markowitz
In no way could the road to Spokane have been better. except for if that last boot of the pigskin had a couple more yards of air under it.
The only other major sin about Tampa Bay s 63-62 victory last Saturday night in the American Conference Championship Game was that so few people actually got a chance to see it on television. I must admit that I ve been hard on the league this year for producing lousy game after lousy game, but in spite of the fact that my Preds watched their season come to a close just one kick short of the ArenaBowl, it was still one of the best five games I have ever seen (live) in the history of this league.
And now. the moment that you all have been waiting for. The Week 7 Dubious Distinctions!
The Sparky McEwen Bonehead Coaching Move of the Week:
Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz Head Coach Sparky McEwen successfully ran the Grand Rampage into the ground for three seasons, finishing 13-35 and drawing the ire of many across the state of Michigan. This award will be handed out to the head coach who displayed the most ineptitude for the week.
And the award goes to.
Ernesto Purnsley, Utah Blaze: I mean, really. Really. I may have to rename this award. Coach, I understand that you left play calling at the end of your game against the Milwaukee Iron up to one of your coordinators, but ultimately, if they screw up, you take the fall. The Blaze had every chance in the world to pull the biggest upset of the season and beat the Iron, but somehow, they snapped defeat from the jaws of victory. With the game tied at 48 with 0:55 to play facing 3rd down and goal to go with neither team having a timeout
Andy Lopusnak
Wednesday June 29, 2011
Week 16 featured three games were decided by a single point, while four others were blowouts of at least 20 or more points. Jacksonville won the American Conference regular season crown and its record-breaking 13th straight game, Cleveland handed San Jose the second worst defeat in AFL history, Tommy Grady hit the century mark and Orlando s playoff streak might be in jeopardy. This and much more await you in this week s Breaking it Down.
SHARKS CLAIM #1 SEED IN AMERICAN CONFERENCE AGAIN
In just two seasons in the AFL, the Jacksonville Sharks have not just won the always-tough South Division that features AFL legacy teams in Tampa Bay and Orlando, but have claimed the top seed in the American Conference portion of the playoffs both years. Saturday s 25-point win over Tampa Bay marked the Sharks 13th straight win, which is a new AFL record for consecutive wins in a season. In four games against the five-time ArenaBowl champions, Jacksonvi
Adam J Locascio
Thursday March 3, 2011
With all the damage and destruction surrounding the Tampa Bay Storm this off-season, it’s a miracle that they haven’t changed the name of the franchise to “Katrina.”
The Storm’s front office has been mired in controversy since last season’s ArenaBowl loss to the Spokane Shock. The team has changed owners, changed head coaches and general managers, endured law suits and failed to re-sign their top-flight quarterback.
And how was YOUR vacation?
Present turmoil aside, the most shocking event has to be the
firing resignation of Storm head coach Tim Marcum due to the discovery of racist jokes and pornographic materials in his work-related e-mail. Shortly after the discovery of said material, it was uncovered that these various items were sent and received by Assistant Coach Dave Ewart… who just so happened to be Marcum’s successor.
· Dallas, Cleveland and Utah each got their first victories of the season.
· Milwaukee lost its first game of the year.
· The top three scoring teams all lost this week (Milwaukee, Tulsa and Spokane).
· Just three passers went over 300 yards and 14 receivers had at least 100 yards receiving.
· Chicago is the last team without a loss (4-0).
· Orlando is the last team without a win (0-3).
· The league still hasn’t published a record book.
· The stats program still stinks and stats are still wrong.
IT’S NEVER BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
The AFL posted the stats from Friday night’s game between Bossier-Shreveport and Utah at about 1:00 PM Eastern on Monday. This is the third time in five weeks that the AFL has not published a boxscore or report for a game within 48 hours of the end of the game. Sure most of the boxscores are still wrong, but not having something up is unacceptable,