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The Southern Division is historically one of the best divisions in the AFL. This year though, there are all sorts of issues for all four of the teams. The Orlando Predators though, in spite of their ownership issues, can really take a chokehold on the division lead on Saturday night when they face off with the Jacksonville Sharks.
The second week of 2015 Arena Football League action included the AFL defending champion Arizona Rattlers losing to the Las Vegas Outlaws, a team in their inaugural season, in the upset of the week.
ORLANDO -- Give Rob Keefe this much. He wasn't going to let the Orlando Predators lose any momentum going into the playoffs. By definition, the Preds had nothing to play for on Saturday night aside from bragging rights on I-4.
Arena Football League fans who are knowledgeable of the game know that this league is a heck of a lot better off when both the Tampa Bay Storm and the Orlando Predators are both good. The truth of the matter? The last time that both of these teams were good at the same time was 2010, but even then, those teams were seeded third and fourth in the playoffs that season, and the Preds only just squeaked into the playoffs at 8-8.
It was a rough first three weeks of the 2014 season for the Philadelphia Soul. After a heartbreaking overtime loss to the Arizona Rattlers, a blowout loss to the San Jose SaberCats, and a loss to the Tampa Bay Storm, people began to get worried about the Soul. There still may be concerns, but the Soul returned to 2013 form with a 69-56 win over the Orlando Predators on Thursday night.