If you like football...

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You really should check out the AFL playoffs. You won't be disappointed.

So the playoffs are set, and the first round has been played.

Playoff Teams
National Conference
Eastern Division
New York Dragons (Division Winner)

Southern Division
Georgia Force (Division Winner - National Conference Top Seed)
Orlando Predators (Wild Card)
Tampa Bay Storm (Wild Card)

American Conference
Central Division
Colorado Crush (Division Winner - American Conference Top Seed)
Chicago Rush (Wild Card)

Western Division
Las Angeles Avengers (Division Winner)
San Jose Sabercats (Wild Card)


So the way the AFL playoffs work, first is the Divisional Round. In each conference, the #4 seed plays at the #1 seed, and the #3 seed plays at the #2 seed.

This gave us...
#4 Tampa Bay Storm @ #1 Georgia Force
#3 Orlando Predators @ #2 New York Dragons

#4 San Jose Sabercats @ #1 Colorado Crush
#3 Chicago Rush @ #2 Las Angeles Avengers

Then the winners play in the Conference Championship.
The conference winners play in the Arena Bowl

Divisional Round

National Conference
Orlando Predators 47
New York Dragons 42

Tampa Bay Storm 46
Georgia Force 62

American Conference
San Jose Sabercats 48
Colorado Crush 56

Chicago Rush 52
LA Avengers 45


So now, this week
#3 Orlando Predators @ #1 Georgia Force
#3 Chicago Rush @ #1 Colorado Crush

Georgia Force Info

The Southern Division is already said to be the toughest division in the AFL. 3 playoff teams that came out of it and the first team that didn't make the play offs was 9-7. That record was good enough to get 2 teams in the playoffs in the American Conference.

The Force who won the Southern Division already had to play and beat one of their tough division rivals. Now they have to face the other one.

Another interesting Force Fact... The Force ended the season 11-5. All 5 teams that handed the Force a loss are in the playoffs...
Tampa Bay
Orlando
New York
Los Angeles
San Jose
Of these teams, Tampa Bay and Orlando played the Force twice in the regular season. Both series were split 1-1.