By: David Taylor It’s here! After a twelve-game regular season and a two-round aggregate, the matchup is set for ArenaBowl 32. The Albany Empire will host the Philadelphia Soul on August 11, 2019, at 8 pm on ESPN 2. Both teams cruised through the aggregate round, although Philadelphia got much more of a challenge from…
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AFL Playoffs, Round 2 Preview and Predictions
By: David Taylor Round 1 of the playoffs proved to be two convincing victories for Philadelphia and Albany. There is not a lot of drama this weekend as the two teams will likely be advancing to the Arena Bowl due to the margins of victory in round 1. The only real drama will be who…
AFL Playoffs: Round 1 Recap
By: David Taylor After two blow-out playoff games, it appears that the matchup Arena Bowl 32 is set. The Philadelphia Soul and the Albany Empire will more than likely be squaring off. Philadelphia will be looking for its third Arena Bowl championship, while Albany will be looking for its first-ever Arena Bowl championship as the…
AFL 2019 Playoffs Preview and Predictions
By: David Taylor It’s playoff time! The final four teams have punched their postseason tickets and seeding is complete. The first weekend’s games feature Albany vs. Baltimore and Washington vs. Philadelphia. The opening round of the playoffs is key because it is a two part matchup based on aggregate scoring. The series will be a…
AFL Week 13 Preview and Picks
By: David Taylor It is the final weekend of the regular season! This will be the last weekend all six AFL teams take the field. It has been an exciting regular season, and this final weekend will keep that excitement high, as the final playoff seedings will be determined. The AFL released all the possible…
Deep Routes: Albany’s Bomb Squad
By Anthony Reinhard “Deep Routes” is a weekly series that will look in-depth at AFL stats and present weekly updates to my AFL model. Model Refresh We’re now in the final week of the regular season and much of the playoff picture has been revealed. All four spots have been clinched and the final week…
BattleStations Episode 21: And One To Go
We have our weekly chat with Coach Matt Sauk and discuss the upcoming announcement about Arena Football Expansion Unfortinately, Episode 20 was missed last week. See below to catch up on it all Episode 20: It’s Like Rain On Your Wedding Day We have our weekly conversation with Columbus Destroyers Head Coach Matt Sauk and…
Week 12 Preview and Picks
Week 12 is here and there are two matchups to preview. Albany travels to Columbus to take on the Destroyers, looking for the number one seed. Washington travels to Baltimore to try and clinch the final playoff spot. There’s still plenty to play for this weekend. Albany is coming off of a rare loss in…
Stat Pack Attack: Dealer Dominate in Atlantic City
By Richard Martin If you’ve been watching Arena Football for awhile, you understand that there have been plenty of high scoring games in the league’s history. Last week, I talked about the highest scoring game in AFL history, the bounty for video still holds strong by the way, and the Albany Empire and Atlantic City…
Deep Routes: A Weekly Dive Into the Statistics of the AFL
by Anthony Reinhard Hi everyone! This will be my first weekly post where I’ll share some forecasts from my AFL Elo model and occasionally make a deep dive into some AFL data that I’ve collected. Model Refresh Albany was surprisingly upset last week on the road, but retains the top spot in my rankings. Philadelphia…
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