Final
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Force advance to conference championship
Jul 9, 2007 - 2:57 AM ATLANTA (Ticker) -- The Georgia Force are on their way to the National Conference Championship.Chris Greisen threw seven touchdowns, four to Chris Jackson, and ran for another as the Force rolled past the Philadelphia Soul, 65-39, in a Divisional playoff game.
Troy Bergeron hauled in two touchdown passes for the Force, who can advance to ArenaBowl XXI with a win over the Columbus Destroyers on Saturday.
Bergeron set the tone right away, returning the opening kickoff 56 yards for a touchdown. After opening up a 20-7 lead through one quarter, the Force never looked back.
In addition to his touchdown receptions, Phillips caught 10 passes for a game-high 169 yards.
Greisen, who finished 18-of-25 for 301 yards with no interceptions, also connected with Derek Lee for a touchdown. Jarric Hillery capped Georgia's scoring with a two-yard run to paydirt in the fourth quarter.
Philadelphia quarterback Tony Graziani was 22-of-43 for 261 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions. Larry Brackins and Jerrian James caught two touchdowns apiece for the Soul.
- chairmanlau i'm going to buy a team and call them "the winners".
A: who do you have winning this game?
B: duh! the winners!
Soul vs. ForceJul 9 8:50 PM - PLAYOFFS
ARENA PHILADELPHIA 39
GEORGIA 65 FINAL
Jul 8 9:46 PM - PLAYOFFS
ARENA PHILADELPHIA 26
GEORGIA 45 END, 3RD QTR
Jul 8 9:10 PM - PLAYOFFS
ARENA PHILADELPHIA 19
GEORGIA 33 HALFTIME
Jul 8 8:27 PM - PLAYOFFS
ARENA PHILADELPHIA 7
GEORGIA 20 END, 1ST QTR
Jul 8 7:34 PM - mark frick. they're the underdogs, but now i have to go with the soul. lead me to the promised land jon bon jovi!
Soul vs. ForceJul 8 1:56 PM - chairmanlau this was a tough one for me to choose. there "deep down to my soul", but there's also "the force is strong with this one".
at the end of the day, i think soul is about loving the game, and force is about winning the game.
chairmanlau's pick based on word definition: force.
Soul vs. ForceJul 7 11:06 PM
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