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The NFA Bowl - it represents
an annual opportunity to
reflect on not only the
current season but on past
seasons as well. And
surely the football
historians will hearken back
to the 2002 season, when the
San Francisco Dogs faced and
lost to the then
Philadelphia Phanatics, now
known as the Colorado
Phanatics. Both
franchises over the League's
eleven-year history have
demonstrated themselves to
be model franchises, San
Francisco from the inception
of the League and Colorado
since 1999 but especially
since 2002.
The San Francisco Dogs come
into NFA Bowl XI by winning
its fifth conference title
game, this time against the
expansion Michigan Bucks, 32-27.
Now back in the League Title
Game, the Dogs have to feel
like it has been eons since
they have been here, and
realistically speaking it
has been. This is the
longest stretch (4 years)
for the Dogs not being in
the Championship Game, and
it has the NFA's MVP,
LaDainian Tomlinson, to
thank for leading the team
to this opportunity.
"What can you say about what
L.T. has done? All he
does is score touchdowns,"
offered Dogs' owner / CEO
Rex Hescock, "But we have to
show that this team is not a
one-trick pony.
Everyone has to contribute
in order for the Dogs to win
what we expect to win.
Vengeance, and I'm not
talking Baltimore, is on my
mind."
The Philadelphia Phanatics
find themselves in the
League Championship Game for
the fourth time in five
years,
after having disposed of the
expansion Richmond Fury,
37-27. Still reeling
from its unexpected loss to
the Baltimore Vengeance in
NFA Bowl IX, the Phanatics
have bolstered its roster
with a high-octane offense
and stingy defense. The
strength of the team,
though, may be how evenly
spread out the talent is
throughout the team.
Even the kicker is averaging
over 100 FP per game.
"This may be a test of the
evenly talented team versus
the star-led team,"
commented Phanatics owner /
CEO Andrew Trabosh, "It's
not to say that we don't
have stars on our team, but
the Dogs are led right now
by the League's MVP.
Let's see what the other
players can do if the MVP
isn't on his game this
week."
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