Saturday, July 9, 2011

Week 18 - Chicago Wins, Command Lose

I gave the Command the benefit of the doubt against the Iowa Barnstormers in Week 18, saying that this could be one of two wins in their final three games.  I was wrong.  Now I'm skeptical that the Command will win another game the rest of the season.  Wasil came out strong against Cleveland, scoring an upset.  However, he has not been able to pull the team together since, and based on records, the Command should have put on a better performance against Iowa.  Despite rallying to come within 8 points at the end of the game, the Command never held the lead.

I was skeptical about Chicago's chances against Georgia with Raterink at Quarterback.  But with stats such as 20 for 30, 223, four touchdowns and only one interception, Raterink seems to be performing well back in the lineup for Chicago.  Week 19 puts Chicago against the Dallas Vigilantes in Dallas, and Raterink may surprise us all and pull another game out of the bag for Chicago.  Am I confident in the win?  No.  But stranger things have been known to happen in Arena Football.  All we can do is cross our fingers that Raterink will not fall victim to last season's finale.  All we can do is sit back and see if Chicago can take it all the way back to the Arenabowl.

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