PHOENIX — More than four months ago, the Arizona Rattlers took to the field for the first time as an Indoor Football League franchise against the league’s reigning bullies, the six-time defending IFL champion Sioux Falls Storm.
The Storm taught the new kids on the IFL block a thing or two, defeating the Rattlers 40-29 back on Feb. 17.
On Saturday, the two teams meet again with much more at stake. The Storm will be trying to claim their seventh consecutive league title, while the Rattlers will be trying to add their first IFL trophy to the five championships they won while competing in the Arena Football League.