Kansas City Upsets Cleveland! 50-41

The team said that there would be some changes this week, and they weren't kidding.  Raterink, who had been starting this season found himself benched and backup QB, Wasil came out and took control of the game.  I quickly found myself asking "why didn't we do this sooner?"  Then I remembered that Kevin Porter is the General Manager and hey, he also sucked as a Coach.

So the Command came out and actually played football.  There weren't the mistakes, there weren't the penalties, and there were completed passes.  Wasil even kept the ball and ran it in for a one yard sneak.  Cleveland was clearly caught off guard, and that was the entire difference in the game.  So, now the skeptic in me has to sit back and ask ... is this going to carry over into next week?

Next week the Command are in Utah taking on the 7-7 Utah Blaze.  Kansas City has a record of 2-5 record on the road versus the Blaze 5-2 record at home.  But the new Quarterback could change the stats.

Now, let's talk about fan support.  Again, I watched the game on Nifty-TV, and the first impression that I got looking at the screen during the National Anthem was "there's no one there!"  According to Arenafan.com and their attendance stats for week 15, the Command had an attendance of 3,938.  I find that hard to beleive, even through the game as I continued to keep an eye and an ear on the game today.  I will admit, there were more people in the lower seats after the introduction of the players and the National Anthem.

Will attendance be up for the final two home games?  KC goes up against Utah in week 16, its an away game.  Week 17 is a bye, Week 18 is against Iowa in Des Moines, and the final two home games are at home.  Depending on how this new Quarterback does against Utah and Iowa will have a direct factor on if attendance will remain around the 4,000 mark, improve or decrease.  Away against Iowa is a coin toss on a winner there.  A win against the  Jacksonville Sharks would require another upset, and I will give the Command a chance against Tulsa based on what I saw today.  But frankly, I believe that the KC fans have already given up on the Command this season.  It is going to take a major marketing plan for 2012 to get the fans back in behind this team.