Inside February 22, 2005's Issue

Intramural 5-on-5 basketball action heats up the gym game by game

Arena football is coming on strong in Georgia

As Rome's arena football team gets geared up to kick off on March 25, Georgia Force football is going on now and is going full force, so to say.

The Force names might not be those of Vick, Manning or Farve, but names like Troy Bergeron are quickly getting noticed here in Georgia.

Bergeron, the youngest player to ever play in the AFL at the age of 20 last year, is one of the best receivers in the league.

It might be the Arena Football League, but it's still football. And on any level, turnovers will kill you. The Georgia Force made that adage stand up Saturday night, Feb. 12, at Philips Arena, defeating the Arizona Rattlers 61- 47.

The win that night was witnessed by the largest crowd in Georgia Force history � 13,297.

Bergeron caught eight balls, including three touchdowns. His 254 total yards fell just 20 yards short of a franchise record.

Arena football is fast paced and high scoring.

While some say that running is not an asset to the league, most coaches will disagree. On a field half the size of a regulation field, the red zone offense has to be a running game.

While game scores normally reach the 40s, the excitement never stops for arena football.

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