The Baddogs claim their first 8v8 Championship
After 6 weeks, the Baddogs came into the playoffs as the #2 seed. After a last minute drive to beat Mars Hill, the #1 ranked team at the time, the Baddogs only had one loss on their record....to Leny's Crew.
Earlier in the season, Leny's Crew frustrated Baddogs QB Noah "Beast" Roehl into poor decisions and batted down pass after pass. Inside the Redzone multiple times, the Baddogs were only able to come away with one score. But that wasn't enough, as Leny's scored late in the game and with less then a minute to go, converted the 2pt conversion to win.
But this was the playoffs, Leny's came in as the #1 seed and had to battle with Mars Hill the only team to defeat them in the regular season. The Baddogs on the other hand had an "easier" match up, playing a team who they had already beat in the regular season. While the game was physical and the opponent competitive, the Baddogs put the game away with a deep bomb down the sideline to Kellen Florence.
The Championship game was a rematch from week 2, Leny's Crew vs Baddogs. With a loud support cast on the sideline and a strong D-rush, Leny's was again rattling Noah. After a time out to regain some composure, Noah marched the Baddogs down the field to score on the opening possession. While the offense continued to put points on the board and control the clock with a strong run game, the story of the championship was the Baddog defense. With 2 picks, 4 sacks and numerous "tackles" behind the line of scrimmage, the defense showed up ready to play. A draining game, both physically and mentally, the Baddogs were victorious and brought home the "Trophy"!!
Earlier in the season, Leny's Crew frustrated Baddogs QB Noah "Beast" Roehl into poor decisions and batted down pass after pass. Inside the Redzone multiple times, the Baddogs were only able to come away with one score. But that wasn't enough, as Leny's scored late in the game and with less then a minute to go, converted the 2pt conversion to win.
But this was the playoffs, Leny's came in as the #1 seed and had to battle with Mars Hill the only team to defeat them in the regular season. The Baddogs on the other hand had an "easier" match up, playing a team who they had already beat in the regular season. While the game was physical and the opponent competitive, the Baddogs put the game away with a deep bomb down the sideline to Kellen Florence.
The Championship game was a rematch from week 2, Leny's Crew vs Baddogs. With a loud support cast on the sideline and a strong D-rush, Leny's was again rattling Noah. After a time out to regain some composure, Noah marched the Baddogs down the field to score on the opening possession. While the offense continued to put points on the board and control the clock with a strong run game, the story of the championship was the Baddog defense. With 2 picks, 4 sacks and numerous "tackles" behind the line of scrimmage, the defense showed up ready to play. A draining game, both physically and mentally, the Baddogs were victorious and brought home the "Trophy"!!
The Rematches : Baddogs slip by Time-Out
The fall season started off on a poor note, lacking their QB and a few other key players, the Baddogs lost to an improving OCC team in week 1. However, the following week, at full health and fully staffed the Baddogs started firing on all cylinders. Marching through the middle of the season with 4 straight victories, only to end the regular season with a loss to Antioch.
The loss set up an awkward tie breaker scenario which bumped the Baddogs to the #4 seed heading into the playoffs. The Baddogs would need to beat three teams they had previously played in order to win the championship. Right out of the gate was a rematch with Antioch, team they lost to the previous week, in the final regular season game. The field conditions were much better this time, and with a scrambling QB, Antioch was able to keep the game close the whole time. Leading 13-7, The Baddog Defense got a crucial stop, only to have the Offense turn it over again with an interception. Antioch went on to score, but failed to get their conversion leaving the game tied. The Baddogs had one last chance and just over a minute to march down the field. After completing a few passes on the sideline, and working the middle of the field, the Baddogs were able to line up for a 30 yrd field goal, the snap was good,....well maybe just OK, the hold was marginal, and the kick ended up wide left. The game went into overtime, and with a key block from Jason "Calves" Rabon, Noah "Beast" Roehl was able to run in the winning score on a QB Scramble.
If the 1st round game wasn't exciting enough, the 2nd round game, that afternoon, was! Facing MarsHill, a team the Baddogs had dismantled earlier in the season, it would take an interception off a bobbled pass to give the Baddogs a chance to win the game. The defense struggled to contain MarsHill's elusive QB, and he was able to break off big runs throughout the game. After some tweaks and personnel changes, the defense held giving the ball to the offense with little over 3 minutes to go in the game. Down by 1 and with only about 55 yrds to go to take the lead, Noah "Hush" Roehl threw an interception. Up by 1, MarsHill simply needed to run out the clock to secure the victory and move on to the Championship, but after scrambling around for a few seconds the QB threw what should have been an easy completion. The ball bounced off the WR's hands and straight up in the air, as the WR turned to find the ball, Dino "Deluxe" Johnson came flying in and snatched the ball off the WR's back shoulder, giving the offense the ball back with time to march down the field and score.
The Championship game featured a rematch, yet again, as the Baddogs took on Time-Out, a team they beat in week 4 of the regular season. As one of the best teams in PFFL, Time-Out had held a 39 game league winning streak before loosing to the Baddogs in the regular season, their only other loss in two years coming in the Tournament of Champions, in August. The regular season game did not have many fireworks as the Baddogs maintained control most the game; only allowing two scores late in the game. The Championship game though, would prove to be much more hostile then the first match-up.
Time-Out came out and tested the Baddog Defense right away, running a spread offense look, without the classic three O-lineman they typically ran all season. It took some adjustments, but the defense was able to make some crucial stops, especially a interception to stop a potential scoring drive at the end of the first half. The Baddog D-Rush, Keith "Bumblebee" Rankins, Cory "The Situation" Patterson, Mitch "Hightower" Dillard and Ryan "GreenThumb" McMahon, was so strong in the first match-up that Time-Out continued with spread offense in the second half. Trading scores in the first half, and then trading turnovers in the second half, Time-Out, down by 7, switched back to the "Pro" style offensive formation. Catching the Baddogs defense off-guard, they were able to march down the field and score to bring the game within 1. They elected to go for 2, and the win, completing a slant route across the middle and to the goal line. The back judge signaled good, but the line judge came in saying that Viet "Jay Ree Rice" Ly had pulled the flags before the ball crossed the goal line.
Time-Out was furious, livid and loathing you might say. The Baddogs offense got the ball back with a minute left on the game clock and a 1-point lead. Trying to kill the clock, the offense lined up to run the ball. A QB keeper off the right side, a few missed flag pulls and Noah "Beast" Roehl went 60 yrds for a TD. Still angry from the failed 2-pt conversion, Time-Out players started yelling at officials, and begin walking off the field. With only 4 players left on the field, the game was called - Baddogs were the Champions.
So many questions left unanswered. Could Time-Out have stopped the Baddogs conversion after the score? If so could they have gone 60 yrds with 45 seconds and a timeout left? Could they still have one despite a officials call that didn't go their way? Who knows, and we likely never will, the bulk of the team walked away when things stopped going their way.
What we do know though, is that the Baddogs didn't do that!! Twice the week before they found ways to win in the closing seconds of each game, securing their spot in the Championship. We also know that the Baddogs beat Time-Out in the regular season and for the Championship. Team Time-Out for a great game plan in the Championship game, but just couldn't finish it.
BADDOGS - 2010 - FALL 8v8 CHAMPS
BACK 2 BACK 8v8 CHAMPS
The loss set up an awkward tie breaker scenario which bumped the Baddogs to the #4 seed heading into the playoffs. The Baddogs would need to beat three teams they had previously played in order to win the championship. Right out of the gate was a rematch with Antioch, team they lost to the previous week, in the final regular season game. The field conditions were much better this time, and with a scrambling QB, Antioch was able to keep the game close the whole time. Leading 13-7, The Baddog Defense got a crucial stop, only to have the Offense turn it over again with an interception. Antioch went on to score, but failed to get their conversion leaving the game tied. The Baddogs had one last chance and just over a minute to march down the field. After completing a few passes on the sideline, and working the middle of the field, the Baddogs were able to line up for a 30 yrd field goal, the snap was good,....well maybe just OK, the hold was marginal, and the kick ended up wide left. The game went into overtime, and with a key block from Jason "Calves" Rabon, Noah "Beast" Roehl was able to run in the winning score on a QB Scramble.
If the 1st round game wasn't exciting enough, the 2nd round game, that afternoon, was! Facing MarsHill, a team the Baddogs had dismantled earlier in the season, it would take an interception off a bobbled pass to give the Baddogs a chance to win the game. The defense struggled to contain MarsHill's elusive QB, and he was able to break off big runs throughout the game. After some tweaks and personnel changes, the defense held giving the ball to the offense with little over 3 minutes to go in the game. Down by 1 and with only about 55 yrds to go to take the lead, Noah "Hush" Roehl threw an interception. Up by 1, MarsHill simply needed to run out the clock to secure the victory and move on to the Championship, but after scrambling around for a few seconds the QB threw what should have been an easy completion. The ball bounced off the WR's hands and straight up in the air, as the WR turned to find the ball, Dino "Deluxe" Johnson came flying in and snatched the ball off the WR's back shoulder, giving the offense the ball back with time to march down the field and score.
The Championship game featured a rematch, yet again, as the Baddogs took on Time-Out, a team they beat in week 4 of the regular season. As one of the best teams in PFFL, Time-Out had held a 39 game league winning streak before loosing to the Baddogs in the regular season, their only other loss in two years coming in the Tournament of Champions, in August. The regular season game did not have many fireworks as the Baddogs maintained control most the game; only allowing two scores late in the game. The Championship game though, would prove to be much more hostile then the first match-up.
Time-Out came out and tested the Baddog Defense right away, running a spread offense look, without the classic three O-lineman they typically ran all season. It took some adjustments, but the defense was able to make some crucial stops, especially a interception to stop a potential scoring drive at the end of the first half. The Baddog D-Rush, Keith "Bumblebee" Rankins, Cory "The Situation" Patterson, Mitch "Hightower" Dillard and Ryan "GreenThumb" McMahon, was so strong in the first match-up that Time-Out continued with spread offense in the second half. Trading scores in the first half, and then trading turnovers in the second half, Time-Out, down by 7, switched back to the "Pro" style offensive formation. Catching the Baddogs defense off-guard, they were able to march down the field and score to bring the game within 1. They elected to go for 2, and the win, completing a slant route across the middle and to the goal line. The back judge signaled good, but the line judge came in saying that Viet "Jay Ree Rice" Ly had pulled the flags before the ball crossed the goal line.
Time-Out was furious, livid and loathing you might say. The Baddogs offense got the ball back with a minute left on the game clock and a 1-point lead. Trying to kill the clock, the offense lined up to run the ball. A QB keeper off the right side, a few missed flag pulls and Noah "Beast" Roehl went 60 yrds for a TD. Still angry from the failed 2-pt conversion, Time-Out players started yelling at officials, and begin walking off the field. With only 4 players left on the field, the game was called - Baddogs were the Champions.
So many questions left unanswered. Could Time-Out have stopped the Baddogs conversion after the score? If so could they have gone 60 yrds with 45 seconds and a timeout left? Could they still have one despite a officials call that didn't go their way? Who knows, and we likely never will, the bulk of the team walked away when things stopped going their way.
What we do know though, is that the Baddogs didn't do that!! Twice the week before they found ways to win in the closing seconds of each game, securing their spot in the Championship. We also know that the Baddogs beat Time-Out in the regular season and for the Championship. Team Time-Out for a great game plan in the Championship game, but just couldn't finish it.
BADDOGS - 2010 - FALL 8v8 CHAMPS
BACK 2 BACK 8v8 CHAMPS
The Year of the Dog!!
Baddogs Win 2010 Holiday Bash Tournament.
By: Troy Richie
It came down to the wire in the semi finals of the 3rd Annual Holiday Bash and the Bad Dogs had to stand firm against a new team from Mercer Island called Win Out! The ‘Dogs only led by two and Win Out! showed that they can score quickly. The first pass went deep right, second to the left and the third fell short it was fourth down and only mere seconds left on the clock. The snap was made, drop back by the Q and another incomplete pass ensured the Bad Dogs would play for their third, well fourth if you count the All Star team in the summer, championship game in 2010.
The championship game lacked the drama of the semi final games as the Bad Dogs won 40-7 against the Free Agents (or PFFL All Stars) but what it did show is that leadership at the top will help craft your dynasty.
The Bad Dogs have been playing together for many years now and have a system down that works. They finally shook their bugaboo in defeating Time-Out in the fall’s 8 on 8 league (albeit with a controversial call) and looked sharp throughout the year. They are the first 3 ½ league champ in the same year, a feat that will most likely not be duplicated.
Congratulations to the Bad Dogs for cementing their dynasty as one of the best teams in PFFL history.
The championship game lacked the drama of the semi final games as the Bad Dogs won 40-7 against the Free Agents (or PFFL All Stars) but what it did show is that leadership at the top will help craft your dynasty.
The Bad Dogs have been playing together for many years now and have a system down that works. They finally shook their bugaboo in defeating Time-Out in the fall’s 8 on 8 league (albeit with a controversial call) and looked sharp throughout the year. They are the first 3 ½ league champ in the same year, a feat that will most likely not be duplicated.
Congratulations to the Bad Dogs for cementing their dynasty as one of the best teams in PFFL history.
