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I was just wondering if anyone pays attention to Arena Football, and if so how does it compare to the NFL?

I pay attention to it. Favorite team is the Philadelphia Soul. Don't ask me why.... especially since I frigging HATE the Eagles. I think it's because Jon Bon Jovi is a co-owner of the team, and that's just cool in my opinion.

EA sports just released Arena Football, and I've been playing it alot online with a buddy's X-Box Live gamertag. If you see atallented online for it, give me/my buddy a holler.

The official site for the game is here, if you wanna check it out.

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I went to a Chicago Rush game last year, but I just can't get into it. I think the main reason is that it's poorly timed. It starts during the heart of college basketball season, goes through the NBA playoffs, and ends during the stretch run of the baseball season. I'm just not big enough of a football fan to make it a priority.

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Thanks. And my friend just got the game too, so if I play it online I'll keep a lookout.

I played a quick game last night with a friend of mine. He likes to use Kurt Warner's Arena team that he played for, the Iowa Barnstormers. Me and my Philly Soul crushed him.

The biggest difference between AFL and NFL, to me, is the scoring. AFL games typically get into the 100+ score range, while a good shootout in the NFL will nab a net of between 40-50 points.

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That and you only get three rushers, and most of the players play multiple positions. Plus the salary cap for the entire team is about two million dollars.

Ha hah... yeah, I noticed that myself.

T.O. definitely would NOT do well in an Arena league.

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Moderator Edit

Gonna merge this one with the other Arena thread, I think it's such a niche topic that there needn't be two. -R51

These are the current arena football standings. I was just wondering if anyone has a pick for the Arena Bowl based on current performance, even though its early in the season

American Conference
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Central Division
W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Div Conf
Colorado 4 1 0 .800 275 266 2-0 2-1 1-1 2-1
Nashville 4 1 0 .800 270 178 3-0 1-1 2-1 2-1
Chicago 3 2 0 .600 278 265 2-1 1-1 1-1 3-1
Grand Rapids 2 3 0 .400 236 244 2-1 0-2 0-1 2-1

Western Division
W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Div Conf
Utah 2 3 0 .400 288 286 0-2 2-1 2-1 2-1
Arizona 1 4 0 .200 186 231 1-2 0-2 1-2 1-2
Las Vegas 1 4 0 .200 234 286 1-1 0-3 1-0 1-1
Los Angeles 1 4 0 .200 226 277 1-2 0-2 1-1 1-3
San Jose 1 4 0 .200 241 269 0-1 1-3 1-2 1-4

National Conference
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Eastern Division
W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Div Conf
Dallas 4 1 0 .800 270 239 2-1 2-0 1-0 2-1
Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 245 221 3-1 0-1 1-0 2-1
Columbus 3 3 0 .500 249 260 2-1 1-2 1-1 1-2
New York 3 3 0 .500 331 360 1-2 2-1 0-2 1-2

Southern Division
W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Div Conf
Austin 4 1 0 .800 258 220 1-0 3-1 1-1 2-1
Georgia 3 2 0 .600 272 206 2-1 1-1 2-1 2-1
Orlando 3 2 0 .600 228 241 2-0 1-2 2-1 3-2
Tampa Bay 3 2 0 .600 268 270 2-1 1-1 2-1 2-2
Kansas City 1 4 0 .200 182 218 1-1 0-3 0-3 1-4

I have to go with Tamba Bay Storm. They have been playing fairly well and they used to be the Pittsburgh Gladiators! (I'm from Pittsburgh and I wish they still were) I'm also picking the Dallas Desperados as my second choice for the National conference. For the American conference I'd say either Colorado or Chicago.

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 4th March 2006 20:26