Minor League Football: Nashville Storm vs. Kentucky Wolverines

THE TIME- Saturday night, June 5, 2010; admission gate opens at 6 PM, kickoff at 7 PM.

THE PLACE- Buster Boguskie Stadium at Stratford High School, 1800 Stratford Avenue, Nashville, TN 37216.

THE STAKES- The winner of this game will probably gain a national top-10 ranking in the 4 national ranking services that rank minor league football teams to begin the 2010 season.

THE “STORYLINE”- Let’s start with this--- the Kentucky Wolverines (headquartered out of Elizabethton, KY, about 40 miles south of Louisville) are the only non-NAFL member team to ever win a game against the Nashville Storm--- and they’ve done it twice. And to make things even more interesting, the circumstances of the previous two Wolverine victories (season-opener for the Storm, 3rd or 4th game of the season for the Wolverines) were identical to the circumstances of this June 5 game. The Wolverines are already 3-0 for the 2010 season, outscoring their first 3 opponents 107-6, with the most recent victory being a May 22 36-6 road shellacking of the Memphis Blast at Melrose Stadium in Memphis.
Both of the 2 previous Storm-Wolverine games were “cliffhangers” on the scoreboard (28-24 in 2006 and 10-7 in 2007), and there is no reason to believe that this game will be any different; the Storm will have the advantage of playing at home, but the Wolverines will have the advantage of being previously battle-tested this season. A strong and noisy Nashville home crowd could benefit the Storm in this contest between seemingly equal teams.

“THE LINE”- PICK ‘EM.

THE ENTERTAINMENT- The 18 lovely ladies of the 2010 Nashville Storm Dance Team will be showing their moves and leading the cheers, while the familiar (to Storm fans) musical grooves of DJ Lil Les will be augmented by the crew from Nashville Storm sponsor Radio Station 102.5 The Party.

THE COST- ADULT ADMISSION IS $8.00, KIDS AGED 0-14 GET IN FREE. THERE IS ABUNDANT PARKING AVAILABLE ON THE STRATFORD HIGH SCHOOL PREMISES, ALSO FREE OF CHARGE.