Rattlers: Road to ArenaBowl XXV

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ArenaBowl XXV

ArenaBowl XXV will be the 25th edition of the championship in the Arena Football League. The American Conference champion, Philadelphia Soul, will play the National Conference champion, Arizona Rattlers. It is scheduled to be played on August 10, 2012. It will be the first ArenaBowl at a neutral site since ArenaBowl XXII in 2008, also played in New Orleans. ArenaBowl XXV will be played at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana, home of the New Orleans VooDoo.
 

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Crazy finish:

Nick Davila threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Maurice Purify with 9 seconds left and the Arizona Rattlers advanced to the ArenaBowl for the seventh time, beating the Utah Blaze 75-69 on Saturday night in the National Conference championship.

Kevin McCullough intercepted Tommy Grady's pass in the end zone with 35 seconds to go to set up the winning drive.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/sports/ar...dvance-to-ArenaBowl-3763519.php#ixzz22eFChSX2
 

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Hopefully we can win it this time. Very frustrated with how the last Arena Bowl ended. We had that game won. Ugh.
 
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Looking at Philadelphia's stats, the Rattlers are definitely the underdog. Fortunately it's on a neutral field.
 

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Having a neutral site is lame. At least one fan base should be able to attend events like this. This obviously isn't the NFL and shouldn't be treated like it is.
 

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Having a neutral site is lame. At least one fan base should be able to attend events like this. This obviously isn't the NFL and shouldn't be treated like it is.

Yeah, that was a bad idea. Was it a one-time thing because of the 25th anniversary?

I guess it benefited the Rattlers, so that's good, but it would have been more fun to watch it in the home city of one of the teams.

Congratulations to the Rattlers! :thumbup:
 

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