There s a funny thing about first impressions, you only get one chance to make them. The Blaze squandered that chance, and they now face the consequences of a horrid first game.
Through its history, Friday night has always been the night of big time action in the Arena Football League. Yesterday was no exception, as all sorts of news came flying fast and furiously in Orlando, where the Orlando Predators were beaten by the Jacksonville Sharks 55-37 to kick off Week 12 of the season.
After twenty grueling weeks and 156 games, the longest AFL regular season has come to close. Lucky for you, this final regular season edition of Breaking it Down is perhaps the longest single article about the AFL in league history. Nearly 7,000 words of wisdom chock full of nuggets, morsels and all sorts of chewy and yummy AFL notes that'll fill you up while you're not watching live AFL playoff games in your living room this week.
As I was taping the podcast as a guest on the AFL Roundtable last night, I was discussing the idea of putting Arena Football teams in cities where the AFL has already failed, and in some cases failed miserably. We saw it with all of the franchises in the Carolinas. We saw it with a number of franchises in Texas.
The two West Coast OT thrillers highlighted the first week of the league's 25th season, but its first game was perhaps the lowest point in the league's history. There were three other games and for some strange reason five teams had byes to open the season. Welcome to Breaking it Down - the most comprehensive coverage of Arena Football anywhere.