by Alana Klein What to Watch for This Week PLAYOFFS?! Don’t talk about playoffs!
AF1 Fan Zone Weekly Power Rankings – Week 9
Kentucky Holds Off Minnesota as the Top Four Continue Their Seven-Week Run The top of the AF1 continues to show remarkable stability. For the last seven weeks, the same four teams have occupied the league’s top tier: Albany, Nashville, Kentucky, and Minnesota. While positions have shifted slightly during that span, no team has broken into…
The Numbers Game: Screaming Into the Void
by Alana Klein For a few straight weeks, I have found issues with penalties during the games. That is not to say that I have an issue with the referees. I think they do an excellent job overall. Do I agree with every call? No. But a lot of subjectivity comes into play. There’s holding…
The Numbers Game: Power Rankings – Week 9
by Alana Klein While we collect votes for Power Rankings on a weekly basis, I use this space and time to explain in a bit of detail exactly where I stand and why. I also think that it can be interesting to see why I placed a team in one spot while others (&/or the…
The Numbers Game: Week 9 Review
PLAYOFFS?! Don’t talk about playoffs! Are you kidding me? PLAYOFFS?! by Alana Klein Highlights of the Week Into the record books ‘The Numbers Game’ Stat of the Week Tiebreakers clinched this week Playoff scenarios * I’ve discovered that my playoff scenarios coming into the week were inaccurate. However, I worked a little magic with my spreadsheet…
The Numbers Game: Week 9 Preview
Playoff races tighten as Albany eyes a clinch scenario, Nashville returns from a bye in a critical seeding battle, and Minnesota’s breakout sparks debate heading into Week 9. by Alana Klein What to watch for this week PLAYOFFS?! Don’t talk about playoffs! PLAYOFFS?! Are you kidding me?! 🔥🔥🔥 Hot Take of the Week 🔥🔥🔥 The league…
AF1 Fan Zone Weekly Power Rankings – Week 8
Minnesota Sends a Message, Nashville Climbs, and the Middle Tier Remains a Coin Flip Week 8 may have produced the most surprising result of the AF1 season, but the top of the rankings remains remarkably stable. The biggest shock came in Duluth, where the Minnesota Monsters delivered a stunning 69-32 victory over the Kentucky Barrels….
The Numbers Game: Power Rankings (Week 8)
by Alana Klein I’m still in the process of figuring out what I can contribute and when is the best time to share said information. That being said, I will probably share my power rankings earlier in the week starting next week. I will, however definitely, make it a separate post than my up-to-date standings/tiebreakers…
Fan Zone Live! – Setting “The Standard” with Coach Ware
We sat down with Coach Ware of the Albany Firebirds, the architect of one of the most dominant runs in modern arena football. Under Coach Ware’s leadership, the Firebirds have yet to suffer a defeat in the AF1 and recently set the all-time arena football record for consecutive victories. How has Albany built a championship…
The Numbers Game: Week 8 recap
by Alana Klein Highlights of the week: Into the record books: Tiebreakers clinched this week: Highest/lowest finishes Place Team Winning % Points Per Game Established Tiebreakers 1 Albany Firebirds 1.000 54.14 H2H: Minnesota, Oceanside, Oregon, Washington 2 Nashville Kats 0.833 57.83 H2H: Oceanside, Oregon 3 Kentucky Barrels 0.714 48.29 H2H: Michigan, Nashville, Oceanside 4 Minnesota…