Dave’s Football Blog

And the blogger gets a souvenir… Dawn and her friend, unimpressed, left early, so Albert and I moved up a few rows at the start of the 3rd, then he went to go get a beer. Two plays later, Lavell Bailey caught another TD pass, did a dance and spiked the ball. It proceeded to [...]

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The kid in the orange shirt won a halftime dance contest by being first to do the worm. As for the Reb Belles, the picture is terrible, but trust me, they’re too good for this league. They should be AF2, at least.

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Just when things start looking bleak for the hometown team, the defense gets a key 4th down stop deep in their own territory, and with less than a minute to go, David Malino fires a 40-yard strike to Sammy Henderson to tie it up at 21. Sammy and the O-line proceeded to do a dance [...]

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“Dorton brings it raw,” says Albert, and he’s not kidding. This is about as minor league as football gets. A few of the Rebels have friends in the stands. They’re getting on the players’ cases for dropping sure interceptions. One guy who’s not dropping balls? Lavell Bailey. This kid has some pass-catching skills. You may [...]

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Dorton Arena in Raleigh. Some call it a marvel of engineering. I call it “The Big Taco.” This is where the action is tonight. I am being joined by my friends Albert and Dawn, who hung out with me during the NFL playoffs. You may remember Albert shouting, “Tick tock, motherfucker, tick tock!” I doubt [...]

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If I’m going to make you care about this game tonight, I should probably point you to more info about the teams: Raleigh Rebels 2006 roster 2006 season stats Richmond Bandits 2006 roster 2006 season stats The QB for the Rebels is David Malino, who struggled last week in his first game back after missing [...]

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