Blizzard Headed For 5th Straight Playoff Appearance
July 8, 2009 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Green Bay Blizzard News Release
The Green Bay Blizzard currently sits in fourth seed in the American Conference playoff standings with three games remaining this season. With a record of 8-5, the Blizzard are one game behind the Midwest Division leading Iowa Barnstormers.
W-B/Scranton and Tennessee Valley lead their respective divisions and hold the top two playoff seeds in the American Conference. The Kentucky Horseman and the South Georgia Wildcats both have 8-5 records along with the Blizzard but Green Bay owns the better win percentage against common opponents. In turn the Horseman own the point differential tie breaker over the Wildcats giving them the higher number five seed. The Florida Firecats and the Albany Conquest currently fill out the final two seeds in the conference.
Based on the current standings, the Blizzard will host a home playoff game and will play the Kentucky Horseman.
American Conference Standings (AS OF JULY 5TH)
1. W-B/Scranton (11-2) - xy - East Division Champion
2. Tennessee Valley (10-3) - y - Current South Division Leader
3. Iowa (9-4) - y - Current Midwest Division Leader
4. Green Bay (8-5) - Owns better win % against common games over KEN & SGW (PEO, QCS, TVV)
5. Kentucky (8-5) - Owns point differential advantage in HTH meetings over SGW (28-6)
6. South Georgia (8-5)
7. Florida (6-7) - Owns HTH advantage over ALB & MAN (2-0)
8. Albany (6-7) - Owns HTH advantage over MAN
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9. Manchester (6-7)
10. Milwaukee (5-8)
11. Peoria (4-9)
12. Quad City (4-10)
13. Mahoning Valley (1-12)
X - clinched division; y - clinched playoff spot
*Teams in bold currently lead their respective division; HTH = Head-to-head; SOS = Strength of schedule
For more information, please contact the Blizzard office at (920) 405-1264.
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