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Saturday night's Arena Football League action kicks off tonight with four games that have huge implications on this year's playoff chase. One of those duels is an intra-conference clash between the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz and the Iowa Barnstormers.

Iowa Barnstormers (+3.5) @ Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz
Saturday, July 10th
8:00 ET, Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Iowa Notes: The Barnstormers are still in a bit of trouble in terms of making the playoffs, as they will clearly be scoreboard watching in spite of the fact that they are at a level 6-6 on the season. It is important to keep the Cleveland Gladiators under them, while trying to run down the Milwaukee Iron or the Arizona Rattlers. Milwaukee, which is on bye week this week, is a game in the loss column in front of Iowa heading into this week. Arizona is two ahead, but it faces a tough task this weekend in the Windy City. The final two foes of the year for the Barnstormers are none other than Milwaukee and Arizona. Defensively, Iowa has been playing quite well of late, which erases the memories of having conceded 60+ points in three straight games to start the year. The Dallas Vigilantes and Utah Blaze only combined to score 70 points over the L/2 weeks in a pair of Barnstormer victories, marking the league-high sixth time that this team has held an opponent to 45 points or less this year. WRs Jesse Schmidt and Todd Blythe have had good seasons, as the two have combined to catch 40 of QB Ryan Vena's 57 TD passes on the year. However, Vena is one of the few quarterbacks in this league that has yet to have a 300 yard passing game this season.

Oklahoma City Notes: The Yard Dawgz can move into the playoffs at the moment with a win on Saturday night at home. They trail both the Orlando Predators and Alabama Vipers by a half game (in the win column), and if the season was to stop today, they would hold the three-way tiebreaker advantage. OKC still has to travel to Orlando in two weeks , but it already knows that a heads up tiebreaker with Alabama will be won by virtue of its 65-39 win at home against the Vipers back on May 28th. It's hard to say that the Yard Dawgz are really deserving of their 5-7 record right now. Of their first wins, three have come against teams with backup quarterbacks playing. Close losses at Tampa Bay and Arizona are noteworthy, but at some point, those close defeats have to turn into wins. QB Tommy Grady has a big arm and is really starting to show that he can be an elite quarterback at this level. He has 66 TD passes and is just shy of 3,400 passing yards for the year. He has four receivers with at least 13 touchdown receptions, though WR Al Hunt was placed on IR this week and will be out for at least the remainder of the regular season.

The Final Word: The bottom line here is that Iowa is just the better team. Neither of these squads are fantastic, but the Barnstormers are heading in the right direction, and their defense is a lot more capable of stopping Oklahoma City than vice versa. The Yard Dawgz are overmatched running into a team with a legitimate quarterback and defense, and it should show tonight in the form of a victory for the visitors.

Prediction: Iowa 51 – Oklahoma City 45

Week 14 AFL Betting Card
Iowa (+3) @ Oklahoma City
Cleveland (+2.5) vs. Spokane Chicago (-2.5) vs. Arizona