Atlantic City came into town with their backup QB starting, riding a 3 game losing streak and on the outside looking in for the playoff race. Washington came into the game needing a win to secure their playoff spot. Two opposing forces met on the field and a dynamic result is what we got. The…
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AFL Week 10 Preview and Picks!
By: David Taylor Week 10 is here and things are heating up! The playoff teams could be set after this weekend, making making each game a must-win for one or both of the teams involved. Here is what is happening this week: Albany comes into this contest on the heels of their highest scoring output…
Stat Pack Attack Week 8: The Empire Strikes Back
by David Taylor Football is a game where you have to have a short memory. If you dwell too much on past mistakes, (a loss, an interception, a dropped pass), or get too comfortable during a win streak, teams can get stuck in a hole they can’t crawl out of. The Albany Empire looked like…
The Collapse
by Bee Jay Glosson Week 8 brought the match-up of the number 1 and number 2 candidates for the AFL MVP competition with Tommy Grady and Arvell Nelson leading their teams in battle. This would be the third time this regular season that these two teams met, with the first 2 being decided by less…
AFL Week Eight Preview and Picks!
Week 7 was brutal from a picks standpoint. Hopefully week 8 will be a little more kind. Here is what is happening this week: (3-4) Atlantic City Blackjacks vs. Philadelphia Soul (3-4) Neither Atlantic City nor Philadelphia expected to be coming into this matchup at 3-4, but that is how week 7 turned out for…
Stat Pack Attack: The Drought is Over!
It happened. It finally happened. The Albany Empire lost a game. While that was shocking, the biggest storyline may have happened on Friday when the Columbus Destroyers won their first game of the season, a 54-50 win over the Atlantic City Blackjacks. Fun fact, the game winning touchdown was scored by Kenny Cook who graduated…
Valor / Soul Part 2: The Final Matchup
When the weekend started, the league had the undefeated Empire, the winless Destroyers and then everyone else tied for second with 3-3 records. Then the second half of the season started and all those records went out the window. On Friday we saw the Columbus Destroyers take down the Atlantic City Blackjacks for their first…
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