A chat with ESPN's Bob Wischusen

ESPN commentator Bob Wischusen will call today's Storm-Soul game (live at 2 p.m. on ESPN2). On Friday, he chatted with the Times and here's what he had to say ...

-On his biggest surprise in the AFL: "On the bad side, you'd have to say Georgia (1-3). Especially with the record they had last season. I know in this league, even more so than in 100-yard outdoor normal football, you're dependent on your skill players. And if you have one of those big 6-4 receivers, it gives you so much more of a threat than even having Randy Moss in the NFL. But despite the fact they lost arguably the best player in the league (receiver Chris Jackson), I have a hard time believing they expected to be where they are. But they still have potential on that roster."

-On the plus side, there's the New Orleans VooDoo: "Not only are they 3-1, but they've beaten good teams and beat them decidedly."

-Who is flying under the radar? "San Jose. They're too good to be 2-2. I picked them to get to the championship against Philly. To me, they're still as talented as any team in the west."

-About Philly, which is 4-0 and rolling: "I picked Philadelphia to win (the championship). And I picked (Soul quarterback) Tony Graziani (who is injured) to be MVP. That says a lot about a team to be 4-0 without the guy I thought could be thought about as being the best player in the league."

-On today's game: "The (Storm) coaches have really driven home to their players that Philadelphia thinks it's the greatest team in the history of the AFL, and that the media is treating them as the greatest team in the Arena Football League -- at least based on their early start. We talked to the (Storm coaches and players) and you can sense they're sensitive to the idea that everybody is handing Philadelphia the trophy."

-- KEITH NIEBUHR