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The 2013 Tampa Bay Storm are making some history, and it's not the type of history that they would like to be making. Going just 7-11 marked the worst season in franchise history, and a loss in this game to finish up at 7-12 would not only be the most losses that the team has ever suffered, but it would be the worst winning percentage that the team has ever had as well.
You know, I sat here and bashed my Preds all season long for being mediocre, so I think it's time to bash myself for being nothing more than the exact same thing. After a dismal 2-5 week, the Guru has slipped to an even .500 on the season and is in dire need of some revenge to get back above the Mason-Dixon Line.
As crazy as it sounds, that whole one-day work stoppage thing might have actually been the key to saving the rest of the 2012 season for the Arena Football League. Four days after the Cleveland Gladiators didn't show up to play against the Pittsburgh Power, causing the first forfeit in the league's 25-year history, the first truly good news came out of the labor dispute between the AFL and the AFLPU. AFLPU Executive Director Ivan Soto stated in an e-mail on Wednesday morning that a deal between the two sides is close.
The Philadelphia Soul defeated the Washington Valor 48-41 to formally punch their ticket to ArenaBowl 32 in Albany. The series was all but over last week when the Soul defeated the Valor 69-33 in game one.
The Spokane Shock managed to blow a 21 point halftime lead on Saturday evening, dropping their third straight contest. This time, it was a new look Orlando Predators squad who toppled the once surging Shock. 103 points were scored in the first half, an AFL record. Spokane tallied 62 of those points and it seemed they would roll to an easy win. But the scrappy Predators had other ideas, and shocked Spokane with a furious 4th quarter comeback, winning 83-82.