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Alright Orlando, you've proven your point. There's no doubt that Rob Keefe's team was the better on the field last weekend against Arizona, the team which most of us (myself included) perceived to be the best team in the league. Would I favor the Preds to win the ArenaBowl right now if they got on the field with the Rattlers again? No, I wouldn't. But have the Predators earned their spot as the No. 1 team in this Power Poll? You betcha.

Last week, I was a bit skeptical about Adrian McPherson after he completed his first game with just two touchdown passes. McPherson silenced any skeptics about his ability to fit in this league as he accounted for 10 total touchdowns (eight passing, two rushing) in the Storm's 69-47 win over Cleveland.

In front of a crowd of 6,689 the Milwaukee Mustangs (2-4) returned home for their second home game of the year and lost a back and forth game with the Utah Blaze (5-2) with a final score of 61-58.

The San Jose SaberCats (18-1) took care of business on Friday night and secured their spot in the National Conference Championship for a second consecutive year, silencing the Portland Thunder (5-14) at the SAP Center by a 55-28 margin.

Depending on who you are, betting on the AFL this season has either been a nightmare or a bunch of blessings. A number of games have come down to a complete fluke of a play this season, including two of the three games involving the New York Dragons.

You can't spot a great football team a 21-point lead seven minutes into any game. The Arizona Rattlers simply did not show up to play in ArenaBowl 29 on Friday afternoon at Gila River Arena about a half hour west of their usual home field -- the Snake Pit in downtown Phoenix.

Two years ago, Ron James came to a podium in an upper conference room at the Maverick Center and made some spectacular comments on the future of the team. Having just taken a two year contract extension after taking over as the Utah Blaze Head Coach, James illustrated his vision of the team and the type of players it would take to reach that goal.

The Philadelphia Soul are champions of Arena Football League for the second consecutive season. The game was close for three quarters, but the Soul turned up the defense with a safety and an interception in the fourth quarter to pull away to a 44-40 victory in ArenaBowl XXX.

The Albany Empire began the first of two consecutive road games on Friday night and came away with a victory in Washington, 53-42, in front of 9,037 at the Capital Once Center. This was the first road victory in the history of the franchise.

The team with the higher position in the ArenaFan Power Ranking won every game on the final Saturday of the 2015 Arena Football Season, meaning the Top 6 remained the same from the Week 20 ranking.