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For the better part of 29 minutes, the Tampa Bay Storm were dominating the Dallas Vigilantes in Week 7's Arena Football League action. And then, the wheels fell off...

Drama, heartbreak, exhilaration, and thrill: All components of another wild edition of the War on I-4 Saturday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. Unfortunately for the Tampa Bay Storm, heartbreak was the most prevalent in a 56-52 last second loss to the Orlando Predators.

After a sloppy victory last Saturday against the New Orleans VooDoo, the Orlando Predators will play their first home game in the spanking new Amway Center when they face the Utah Blaze tonight.

ORLANDO - Rod Windsor has only played in the Arena Football League for six seasons, and he's already surpassed the careers of so many who were around for decades. With his second catch of the game on Saturday night in Orlando, his 777th reception in his career, he surpassed the great Hunkie Cooper for the most receptions in Arizona Rattlers history.

The Arena Football League is about to have its seventh commissioner. On Tuesday, the AFL announced that Kurz has been appointed as the first-ever League President, which will open the door for a new commissioner to be named within the next few days, sources tell ArenaFan.com.

Can you believe that we're already almost a quarter of the way through the regular season? Some teams still feel like they're still trying to find their identities, while others are in midseason form and ready for the playoff push. Check out our debut AFL Power Rankings and see how they compare to the Power Poll as voted on by you, the fans of ArenaFan.

Very eventful week of AFL action on and off the field. Aaron Garcia topped 1,000 TDs, Arizona lost for the first time, the AFL Hall of Fame is back and the AFL is letting fans design its championship game logo. Buckle up, Breaking it Down's here folks.

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.

It's easy to say that the regular season is meaningless this year, but don't tell that to the Rattlers. They fought with all their might on the road against the Sharks on Saturday night and earned an overtime victory on a night where their defense wasn't particularly special and Nick Davila threw two picks. If Kevin Guy's club can win a game like that in hostile territory, it can do anything.

A few days before the Chicago Rush took on the Kansas City Command last weekend, they made a move that further changes the dynamic of their defense. The team made a trade with the Orlando Predators to obtain mac linebacker Nekos Brown.