Good bye or bad bye?

An interesting stat just came to us from the good folks with the Storm media relations department ... This season, each AFL team that has had a bye week has lost the following week. Why is this relevant? Because the Storm, which is 9-1 all time off a bye week,  was open last week.

AFL THIS SEASON
Bye: Team-Following      Opponent-Result
Week 1: Grand Rapids    San Jose, L, 58-66
Week 2: Colorado           at Dallas, L, 40-51
Week 3: Kansas City       Grand Rapids, L, 52-92
Week 4: Tampa Bay        at Philadelphia, ???

Bye Week                Next Game
1989: week 1 – bye    week 2 – WIN vs. Denver 28-18
1994: week 5 – bye    week 6 – WIN vs. Miami 47-32
1995: week 2 – bye    week 3 – WIN vs. Charlotte 34-16
1996: week 2 – bye    week 3 – WIN vs. Texas 62-27
1999: week 3 – bye    week 4 – WIN vs. Florida 43-12
2000: week 9 – bye    week 10 – WIN vs. Nashville 40-30
2001: week 3 – bye    week 4 – WIN at Milwaukee 66-47
2004: week 15 – bye week 16 – WIN vs. New Orleans 59-51
2005: week 4 – bye    week 5 – LOSS vs. New Orleans 48-42 (OT)
2007: week 8 – bye    week 9 – WIN vs. Columbus 34-32

-- KEITH NIEBUHR