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Flashback to the last couple Tampa Bay Storm seasons. You won't find a contending team battling for postseason position as the regular season dwindles down.
Jeffrey Giuliani Tuesday April 30, 2013 Excluding the 1972 Miami Dolphins, it appears that you can’t win them all. The Spokane Shock dropped their first game of the season to the Tampa Bay Storm by a score of 70-62. Although an admirable effort in the second half kept things close, the hole dug by Spokane in the first half was too deep to escape.
Tampa Bay gained control of the contest early. Storm quarterback Adrian McPherson took five minutes off the clock in the game’s opening drive, capping it off with a touchdown. The rowdy Spokane Shock fans expected a quick answer. It didn’t come. Erik Meyer threw his first interception of the season, a ball that bounced around before being corralled by Storm DB Jean Fanor. Tampa Bay would take advantage of the blunder, taking a 14-0 lead late in the 1