Do the Football Gods Have Something Against the City of Dallas?
By Matt Cordon (kh). Filed in Misc. |
I am not a very good Arena Football League fan, but I watch the Dallas Desperados occasionally, including this evening. They were seeded third in the National Conference and facing the sixth-seeded New York Dragons. New York won 77-63 thanks to some successful onside kicks.
You can probably already see a few comparisons — Dallas, vs. New York, at home, better regular season record, swept the New York team during the regular season. And the Dallas team tanked in the playoffs.
The Desperados have lost only eight regular season games in the past three seasons, yet they have won only one playoff game. That is, of course, one more playoff win that Dallas’ NFL team, but it still has to be maddening. Here are the results of the past three seasons for the Desperados:
2006: 13-3 record. Defeated the Georgia Force in the playoffs before losing to the Orlando Predators in the National Conference Championship.
2007: 15-1 record. Lost to the Columbus Destroyers in the playoffs.
2008: 12-4 record. Lost to the New York Dragons in the playoffs.
Desperados coach Will McClay: “The football gods aren’t shining on us.”
Methinks there is validity to the football gods theory. And whatever the City of Dallas did to tick off these football gods, we need to do something to appease them. Sacrifice a goat, perhaps? No. Somehow sacrifice Jerry Jones, perhaps? These folks might help.
