Firecats Back In Drivers Seat
Published on July 17, 2005 under arenafootball2 (af2)
Florida Firecats News Release
Estero, FL- With their 7th home victory of the season the Firecats moved into the #1 seed with 2 games to go, thanks in part to Memphis' victory over the Manchester Wolves. If the season were to end today Florida would have home field throughout the playoffs. At 12-2 so far, 1st year head coach Kevin Bouis has guided the team to their best record in franchise history.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
1. Florida (12-2) - x
2. Manchester (11-3) - y
3. Louisville (9-5) - y
4. Green Bay (8-6) - y
5. Macon (7-7) - y - Holds HTH advantage over WBS
6. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (7-7) - y
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7. Albany (4-10)
8. Arkansas (3-11) - Holds HTH point differential tiebreaker over SGW
9. South Georgia (3-11)
10. Birmingham (2-12)
First Round games would be: WBS @ LOU; MAC @ GBB; FLO, MAN receive bye
x - clinched division championship and first round bye
y - clinched playoff spot
No. 1 and No. 2 seeds currently lead their respective division
HTH = Head-to-head
The Firecats still have plenty of work ahead of them with a pair of road games on the horizon. This week the team travels to the land of cheese to take on the (8-6) Green Bay Blizzard. Kickoff is scheduled for 8pm. The âCats will then travel to Birmingham the following week where they will look to end the regular season with a complete sweep of the South Division, Florida is 7-0 against the rest of the division this year.
The 2nd round schedule has been set and the Firecats will host an opponent yet to be determined on August 13th with the kickoff scheduled for 7:40pm. Playoff tickets are now on sale. Stop by the Germain Arena box office Monday-Friday from 10AM- 6PM or call the Firecats front office at 239-390-CATS (2287) or log onto www.FloridaFirecats.com or www.Ticketmaster.com.
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