AFL Football's ArenaBowl XXII is this Sunday

In case you didn't know. Because we certainly didn't.

The Arena Football League is ready to culminate their season with ArenaBowl XXII this Sunday. It'll be between the San Jose SaberCats and the Philadelphia Soul and both teams will showcase two of the best football quarterbacks in the country wasting their careers in the AFL.

Yep, I really mean they're simply wasting their football careers while playing in the AFL. Why not go take on the big dogs in the NFL instead of playing around a 50-yard makeshift football field? Jeez...

And when I stated that they are two of the best quarterbacks in football, I do mean it. SaberCats QB Mark Grieb is one of the smartest field generals in the AFL while Soul QB Matt D'Orazio could very well be the league's biggest Cinderella story. Who can lead their team to victory this Sunday?

Let's start with the San Jose SaberCats quarterback shall we?

San Jose QB Mark Grieb already has three ArenaBowl championship rings, going for his fourth one in seven years. Armed with an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of California-Davis and a master's in education from Stanford, who knows what the guy puts in his playbook that made him so successful the last seven years in the league?

''He's a smart, intelligent guy on and off the field,'' AFL commissioner David Baker said. ''Maybe his arm is not quite as strong to throw that 10-yard-out on the far sideline. But I'll tell you that if you took [retired Green Bay Packers quarterback] Brett Favre to come and play for the San Jose SaberCats, I'm not sure he could beat Grieb in this game.''

The Philadelphia Soul QB, on the other hand, has a different story.

Nine months ago, Matt D'Orazio was a guy without anything to show for in the AFL but an aching back. He had absolutely no idea that he'll have the opportunity to lead the league's winningnest team to a win in ArenaBowl XXII against the defending champions this Sunday.

Oh by the way, THAT game will only be his second ArenaBowl game in three years.

''I didn't know that I was going to play that big a role,'' Matt D'Orazio said. ''I was ready and willing to take the backup role behind Tony, get healthy and try to learn as much as I could.''

Philadelphia Soul QB Tony Graziani suffered an injury, taking him out for the rest of the season and paving the way for the league to see what D'Orazio can do. Will his Cinderella run lead the Soul to the ArenaBowl title?

Let's find out shall we?

Who will win ArenaBowl XXII at New Orleans Arena? AcesAce sportsbook has the odds.

San Jose SaberCats +3.5

Philadelphia Soul -3.5

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