Coach from the Couch: AFL Week Three Wrap-up

Since writing weekly wrap-ups of the NFL for a number of years has been a forte of mine, many people (namely Marv the Bartender and Sherman from Rhode Island) have asked me why I am not writing an AFL weekly wrap-up because, after all the AFL is just like the NFL, except one letter is different, and mostly the NFL is outdoors, and the AFL (A meaning Arena) is not. 

Sherman in Rhode Island’s emails had me the most perplexed.  There isn’t even Arena Football in Rhode Island, primarily because the Arena would not fit into the State, but who am I to question Sherm’s inquisitive sporting nature. 

After all, if it weren’t for sports, we’d be watching figure skating on Sundays, a sequin shortage would ensue, and all sparkly-wear would increase to extremely high prices, making some wives, maybe some husbands but probably not, and girlfriends cranky.  

 
So really Sherm had a valid point that all sporting venues must be protected and reviewed, saving us all from figure skating. This statement is not meant to pick on women; many are very sports oriented.  If there really were a sequin shortage though, the likelihood of it affecting women’s clothing lines is predominately higher, translating into most men just would not care assuming the sparkly ware was not enhancing women’s undergarments, or in Marv Alpert’s case, well, lets not even go there.

After taking these thought provoking questions to heart, I decided, “Yea, why not?”  So without further adieu, we get into the Arena Football League on a weekly basis.  Tired of reading recap after recap so you can be the water-cooler Arena Football Guru?  Well, struggle no more.  You now have one stop shopping. 

Let’s just jump willy-nilly into the crazy, often wall-crashed world of Arena Football.

Best (by best I mean highest scoring) game of the week

In a game that ended with a score marked by a sexual position and a hopeful retirement age, but should not draw a picture in your head of both at the same time, the Orlando Predators beat the Utah Blaze 69-61.  (To clarify my previous statement, 61 is the hopeful retirement age).  Shane Stafford of the Predators threw for six touchdowns; three of them to T.T. Toliver. The score did not necessarily reflect the stat sheet. Utah piled up 363 yards of total offense to Orlando’s 285. 

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