All season long, Head Coach Kevin Guy has been saying to his Arizona Rattlers that his guys aren't playing for hats and jerseys this year. They're playing for a championship. Now, the Rattlers have a chance to go to back-to-back ArenaBowls if they can beat the Utah Blaze on Saturday night.
With the team's playoff fate well in hand, I decided to do something at last week's Utah Blaze home game that I hadn't done in years. Just go. I wasn't going to worry about the team's standing, I wasn't going to worry about the arena contract, and I wasn't going to think about Tommy Grady's interception rate. I was just going to go to an AFL game. I was going to grab a ticket, sit in a normal seat, and be with my brothers, my Dad and my nephew.