All right, for our ONE Arena Football fan out there...

We don't want so many irons in the fire that we're going to burn ourselves, but after a scolding for ignoring the "real AFL" (ahem), we need to acknowledge the Arena folks - and talk about an exciting brand of football! High scoring, fast paced, versatile players...why, if you could just take those huddles and suits of armor away, you'd really HAVE something there! ☺️

Like futbol ("soccer"), we really can't devote the time to this brand of "AFL" as it deserves, but let's peek in at about the two-thirds point of the season (finished 13 weeks of 20):

National Conference West:

1. Arizona Rattlers 10-2 (2-1 in division)

2. Las Vegas Outlaws 4-8 (3-1)

3. Los Angeles KISS 2-10 (0-3)

National Conference Pacific:

1. *San Jose SaberCats 12-1 (4-0)

2. Spokane Shock 4-8 (1-3)

3. Portland Thunder 3-9 (1-3)

American Conference South

1. Orlando Predators 7-6 (2-1)

2. Tampa Bay Storm 6-6 (2-1)

3. Jacksonville Sharks 6-6 (1-3)

American Conference East

1. Philadelphia Soul 11-2 (3-0)

2. Cleveland Gladiators 7-6 (3-1)

3. New Orleans VooDoo 2-10 (0-5)

* clinched division title

The website, one of the oldest in sports (ARENAFOOTBALL.com) thanks to the vision of a forward thinking league approaching its 28th "Arena Bowl" has lots of the expected information on it, and we'll take the time to touch on much more Arena League stuff over the summer (the ups and downs of a minor league fight for survival and how Arena manages; the famous names involved; how LA made a liar out of me; the old teams like the Rattlers and SaberCats; and the preposterous "Power Rankings", which will take longer than we have to denigrate appropriately here...). But if YOU want to know more, click away! Don't expect predictions from FF, that's all we're saying!