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Though the College Football Playoff has historically been filled with Florida natives starring elsewhere, few defections have stung as much as Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Mahali Mzuri has improved the lives of its local community, endangered species and wildlife-loving guests.

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.

Penix has thrived in his second stint with Kalen DeBoer and leads the nation in passing with one game remaining.

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.

Week 15 was one of the biggest in determining the playoffs thus far. Four teams punched their tickets to the postseason, while another was punched out. One of these fantastic four wrapped up a division crown and another team moved into playoff position. This and some historic moments will be highlighted in this edition of Breaking it Down.

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Week Eleven featured all four division leaders winning, a rather boring rematch of last year's ArenaBowl, the road team winning four of seven games as well as San Jose & Georgia losing for the third straight time to drop to .500. This week's edition of Breaking it Down has recaps, ramblings, history and some other stuff. Enjoy!

Nick Davila has already established himself as one of the best quarterbacks in Arena Football League history by leading the Arizona Rattlers to back-to-back championships and three straight ArenaBowl appearances. Now, he's one of the nine quarterbacks in AFL history to join the 500-touchdown club.

Had you looked back at an Arizona Rattlers' history book before 2010, you'd see the name Sherdrick Bonner plastered all over it without any other quarterback in sight. Nick Davila still has a long ways to go to become the most prolific pivot in the history of one of the most storied franchises in the AFL, but he took a major step on Saturday night when he became the eighth quarterback in AFL history to throw for 30,000 yards in his career and the seventh to throw for at least 700 TDs a...