Bill Stull News Today

Football in February is becoming common in Western Pennsylvania as two local products made news this past week. While Greg Perry was hired as Mt. Lebanon’s new head coach, Justin Watson of South Fayette added another championship ring to his collection. On Feb. 12, the Blue Devils introduced Perry as their new coach, and he […]

The Pitt Panthers signed a three-man class of quarterbacks that will be crucial to the short and long term health of the program.

Turn back the clocks, ladies and gentlemen. The Arena Football League is officially only available on tape delay once again. Just as was the case two decades ago when the AFL's

When the Pittsburgh Power beat the Orlando Predators at the Amway Center in the first game of the 2012 Arena Football League season, several players, including QB Kyle Rowley were forced to bus back to the Steel City. The Predators should be forced to walk back to Orlando after coughing up a 31-point lead and losing at Consol Energy Arena 57-54 on Saturday night in overtime.

The Spokane Shock resumed their winning ways against highly-ranked teams, surviving injuries to quarterbacks Bill Stull and Kyle Rowley to bring down the Dallas Vigilantes, 71-49.

The Pittsburgh Power and the Orlando Predators are set to play for the second time this season in Week 6 of the Arena Football League season, and the circumstances that they are going to be playing under aren't anywhere near the same as their meeting on the opening night of the season on March 9th.

Ten weeks down, ten more to go in the longest regular season in AFL history. Nine teams have winning records, last year's ArenaBowl participants are a combined 7-10, Jacksonville is riding an eight-game winning streak and Arizona has lost two games by two combined points. Game recaps, midyear awards, historical nuggets and other notes of interest are featured in this week's edition of Breaking it Down.

Pat O'Hara and 24 members of the New Orleans VooDoo stood solemnly on a warm day in May in the Crescent City. They were mourning over a loss that shook the team to its core, a loss the likes that no team should have to sustain. As those men gathered together near the building they call the Graveyard for a funeral, it was clear that the atmosphere was somber.

Week Nine featured the renewal of league's two greatest rivalries (Arizona-San Jose, Tampa Bay-Orlando). All four division leaders won against division rivals. Utah and Georgia battled in the week's highest scoring and most exciting game that was decided in the final seconds. Recaps of these games, my weekly ramblings and more Hall of Fame thoughts awaiting in Volume Three, Issue Nine of Breaking it Down.

Touchdowns are worth six points. Throw in an extra point and you have seven. So why is five the most important number in Arena Football? If your team can put up 5 points per possession on offense, they're a virtual lock to win.