AVENGERS VS. ARIZONA.

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Matchup: The Avengers (8-2) have won a franchise-best five games in a row heading into today's showdown against the division rival Rattlers (5-5). Arizona has won five of six games against the Avengers over the past three years, but the Avengers own the Arena League's best record and can set a single-season team record for victories this afternoon. Quarterback Tony Graziani Anthony Robert Graziani (Born:December 23, 1973, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States) is a current Arena Football League quarterback for the Philadelphia Soul. He previously played in the NFL from 1997-2000 and NFL Europe in 2000. has thrown 60 touchdowns already, including eight last week against Carolina, and is an early MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. candidate along with offensive specialist Chris Jackson Chris Jackson may refer to:

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. The key today will be for Graziani to get good protection from his line and avoid throwing any interceptions. Arizona quarterback Sherdrick Bonner (Cal State Northridge) last week became only the third quarterback in AFL AFL: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. history to throw for more than 25,000 yards in his career. Need a few more reasons to go to today's game? The Avengers are giving away 5,000 dance-team bobblehead dolls and are debuting the trailer for ``Matrix: Reloaded'' at halftime.

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