Brigade Win Helps LA

The Los Angeles Avengers should be penning Thank You cards to the guys who occupy the Hangar.

Last nights 3-point win over the Nashville Kats clinched a home playoff game for the victorious KC Brigade. It also shoved LA into the post-season mix.

OurSportsCentral explains:

"By virtue of the Kansas City Brigade's 6-63 victory over the Nashville Kats on Saturday night, the Los Angeles Avengers have qualified for the 2007 Arena Football League Playoffs, which will begin in two weeks.

The loss by Nashville (6-9) eliminates the Kats from postseason contention and means that Los Angeles (8-6) can finish no lower than sixth in the American Conference standings. Twelve of the AFL's 9 teams advance to the playoffs, six from each conference."

So, I hope Coach Ross, Ray Philyaw and the rest of the Brigade get a present of some sort from the Avengers!

You can read OSC coverage of the Avenger situation here.

Playoffs for Brigade

The win over the Nashville Kats (why the "K", people? That is so silly) propelled the Brigade right into the playoffs and, more specifically, insured them a home game at Kemper Arena.

Isn't it amazing? The refugee team that had to flee flooded New Orleans for the Great Plains and who turned in an absolutely abysmal performance in its first season is now not only in the playoffs, but HOSTING a playoff game!

SPECTACULAR!

KC Infozine reports:

"The Brigade (10-5) will play the franchise's first playoff game at the Hangar, where it was 6-2 this regular season. Additionally, Saturday's win makes the stakes higher for next week's season finale at Chicago . The game will be for the Central Division crown as Kansas City owns the tiebreaker over the Rush with its season-opening victory."

You can check out their Brigade coverage here.

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Brigade Swats Cats!

How about the Brigade?!?!?!? Another home game, another win.

This time, we edged the Nashville Cats by 3 points, 66-63.

Two heroes from last night's game? Ray Philyaw and Charles Frederick. Philyay tossed for 242 yards, 98 of which involved connections with Frederick. Charles also scored two running TD's.

Looks to me like the Brigade is peaking at the right time to make a serious post-season run. With Nashville dispatched, I'm looking forward to booking a flight to New Orleans for the AFL championship. Yeah, I might be getting a little ahead of myself, but these guys look good lately!

Way to go, Brigade. The best cheerleaders in the AFL, a new stadium on tap for next year, and a complete reversal of fortunes (from last place to the playoffs). Now that's something!

And the home of the.... Brigade...

Hey, I like Kemper as much as the next guy. That means, of course, that I don't like it all that much.

So, I was just as excited as the rest of the Brigade fan base to discover that the boys will be playing AFL football in new digs next year. Goodbye Kemper Arena, hello Sprint Center.

The new facility will add another layer of class and comfort to the Arena Football experience. The seats and the site lines at shoddy old Kemper were acceptable, but let's face it... The place is a dump and the concourses were narrower than the hallways at home.

The Brigade are playoff bound, and it looks like we'll be able to enjoy post-season play at Kemper, but I am definitely looking forward to next year's festivities in the new joint!

I'm EXCITED about the Sprint Center. Looks like Kansas City is doing something right this time!

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