In reply to Eve (msg # 12):

You too dad, hope these guys were attentive to your advice and took everything to heart. She beamed, gave him another kiss and hug. Then joined the Dragonetts line as it filed out onto the field ahead of the Dragons
This message was last edited by the player at 23:41, Thu 24 Jan 2013.

Ben stood to attention for the Anthem, eyes shining. His father (was he here?) might fight for his country, but it meant just as much to this Army brat wearing a different sort of uniform.

  The Cowboys  Kicker hit the Ball, it  hung high in the  sky as  he  went end  orver end, Mik was in the EndZone, with Klay just a few  yards  ahead of him, the Ball Came down near the End Line..Kly ran towards Mik with His hands  held Out, Mik, downed the ball and Tossed it to the Ref in disgust.

1st and 10 Dragon 20.   The dragons  Came off the sidelines, Mik waiting  for them on the Filed with Lucus, who had been an Up-man  on the return team. Duke   waved Lucas  and Mik around as the team lined up without a Huddle, this  caught  the Cowboys  By surprise  as the  secondary and   LBS ran over trying to Figure out where to Line Up...The Cowboys head Coach, Morris, called a Time  out  throwing down his head  set and throwing up his hands...the  Crowd Roared  as the  Dragons  Huddled.

  Duke did laugh or  smile as some of the Dragons did, he Just said,..9-9-9..Backs  hit the flats...first sound....

 They broke the Huddle  as the  Cowboys shifted to Lineup, Duke said GREEN.... the ball came Back  , catching the  Cowboys  off guard again, the Oline  fired  Into the D-line one step sending   them Back on thier Heels, Mik and Lucas peeled out to the flats  as Bronk...Bennie  and  Ben took  off straight  down Field, with the DBs   caught flatfooted and Up...and  only 2 safties to help...someone was Gonna be Open deep.....

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Ben pelted downfield, giving it his all.

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  The Cowboys  watched  Films  as well, As the Safeties peeled off to double up on Adam and Bennie, The MLB , Croff  Hit  Ben right off the Line, By the time  Ben recovered  Duke  had  already let the ball go into the  flat to Lucas who picked up 5 yards  before being knocked out of  bounds.

  2nd  and 10.. duke  waved everyone Up to the Line, he looked over the Defesne  calling  the signals, He pointed  at the LOLB, Linnes ..54's the MIKE!

 then called for the Snap, once more the Cowboys, waiting for more line calls  were caught with their feet flat, This times, as  scripted, Bronk and Benning  ran double  posts to criss  cross the Filed, Ben Curled up in the Middle  and the BAcks hi the  flats  again.

  Duke Let the Ball go Just as  Linnes Broke through, He Gave  Duke a shove, well after the ball was gone, and Flags  rained  down on the field,  Both Safeties  moved to cover  Adam and Bennie  caugth the BAll for  13 yards...plus the 15 for roughoughinh the passer...1st and 10 Dragons!

1st and 10 Cowboys' 47...the Fans were standing... the stomp was going on in the stands....

 The Dragons  ran up to the Line, Duke  shouting out   the  signals  as they ran up...Miles  stood over  the ball waiting for the Ref, to allow the Cowboys to get on sides, then Bent over as Duke  called the Snap just as his hand  adjusted the Ball...

  Duke threw the Ball as  far as he Could , down the left sidelines,,, Adam  Broke off the  hit  that the Corner gave him, and Noss was on his horse, trying to catch the little  wide out as he burned down field...also must like a rooster tail, of a speed boat, the fans stood  as Adam ran past them, thier eyes going from the ball to the wideout and back again...  The Corner  stopped running  after  Adan past the 25.....Noss  kept running , his head down, looking up now and again to try and  catch Adam........

  Benny was Running down the the other  side  ..Jumping in the air Line a  cheerleader. watching the Ball from his perspective.....His hands were already up in the air to show 'touchdown'....

Lucas amped and ready for the big day quickly formed in line and when hike was called, he muled forward to keep the nemesis' defensive line at bay and off of Duke.

  In the Booth Clark Brown, a former player  for the  Dolphins, and  Nick Link, the  announcer wathed the  game, Link doing the  Play  by play.

  worried they would have to feel 'dead air' if the Cowboys beatup on the Dragons...they were suddenly excited as the Dragons' fast paced O was pushing the Ball down Field, W Hen Brown shouted out...THERE IT IS!

 Link added to that,..the Corner   Is beat!...Noss  won't be able to get there!

Ben assessed the situation and pounded down the field as well.

Luke barreled through being thrown off to the sides with the quick toss.  He lined up and waited for the next play.  He was holding off the defensive guy in front of him as Duke shot the ball down field to a sprinting Adam.  Though he was still pressing the defensiveman, he looked over the mans shoulder at the wideout.

Seeing the smoothness of the first play, Celeste and the girls began doing a small version of the dragon stomp as Adam ran the field.  She turned to look over her shoulder to see what the run resulted in still keeping the girls in time with the cheer.

    Duke took a couple steps  away from the  Linebacker, Giving Him a shove as the Guy tried to push him down, Miles and Sloan made sure the LB wasn't going to do anything about it...they all turned thier ehads  down field.

 The Nose of the Ball dropped, the perfect spiral continued, Adam hadn't let up speed  yet and  was just crossing the  10 yard line... Noss was yellign something  to try to get   Bronk's concentration off the ball, But  the  wideout  was lost in his own world..Just him and the football...

 For once  second, He turned his  head, Just a bit...Then  Jumped, he caught the Ball as it  came  down, hitting the ground  with  both feet...dragging  freshground tire bits into the air. making sure  every Ref in the place knew his  feet were in...then then twisted to hit the Ground on his  ball, Ball cradeled in one arm, the other Arm protecting it....Noss..too late..Hurdled  over top  of him, Swearing  and Kicking the ground as he landed...

the Two closest Refs' arms went up..TOUCHDOWN!...

  The Dragons  on the scoreboard  Roared...the Flames  shooting out  as the Little  dragon 'flew' across the wires  at the top of the stadium....

  Adam Got Up and Held the Ball up. Noss  said  somthing to Him, and  Adam snapped back..a big grin on his face.

  The roar of the crowd almost drowned out the  two massive  dragons...

  Sims  Turned  around,..Tali...your turn to shine....get your PAT team out
there....

 Smokey Grinned as he pulled on his helmet, Ready , Dudette?

 Clark Brown  shook his ehad  as they waited  for the touchdown to be confirmed,..I swear..i did not see that coming, I mean..we looked at it in  the preseason? But who would have really thought  they would use this office..for real!

 Nick Lane watched the Reply ( with   the rest of America  as the slo-mo showed Bronks  toes  digging up the rubber  pellets, and him hitting the Ground  with the ball secure...I am speechless....I know its only the first series...but...The Cowboys  may have a tiger  by the tail!

 Brown chuckled,..or a dragon!

 ..its  6-zip folks...if you tuned in late..you missed the fireworks..but i wouldn't switch the channel!....we'll see what happens with the PAT...

Ben let out a whoop of delight as Adam scored, and pretty much danced off the field as the PAT team came on.

Celeste, Lu-Ti, and the other girls had all stopped to see Adam do a slide and then fall to the ground only to stand and hold up the ball to show first TD of the game.

Celeste's grin on her face was just as big as it was on Adam's.

Alright boys, she said sarcastically.  Let's show them girls on the field some pride!

They began a trance like chant.

Seeing how explosive the first set of plays were, he shook his head.  He knew he'd have to do some swift thinking to help keep the defensive line just as pumped.

  The Camara had  swung to the   visting Team's Owners' box. The small , older man with a cowboy hat on threw up his hands in disgust, looking over hsi shoulder as his people in the  box...clearly angry at the outcome of the Dragon's  first drive.


  The announcers   then cued the replay of the dragon's owner's box.. Mr  Amota stood, with a big smile and clapped, in a dignified Manner...Nilie wore  at Draon's  Windbreaker  and   was cheering   as if she was a Dragonette...the camara closed in on the 2 dozen Children who sat in the front  row of the box...popcorn and hotdogs, and  sodas...some still had  hangers with Drips hooked up to them...But they were  cheering and hollaring along  with the rest of the dragons...4 Nurses stood near by, watching opver the children and  taking part in the  food and drink as well

  As the  teams waited for the  review, the two screens at either end showed the Touchdown pass..the one on the bigboard, showed  Adam catching the ball from the back of that endzone, the other  screen showed the Play from above, and behind  Duke.

  Bronk gave the Ball to  the equipment guy who wrote something on it  and Put it in a footlocker, that he locked up right away...Duke  found  Bronk on the Sideline and Gave him a Hug. Miles,  then both of them weent down the bench aand  gave high fives to the O-line, Ben, Bennie and  Mik.

 Sims aallowed himself a smile as he watched the  looped replays....

Tali was slightly taken aback by the fast paced game and excitement that surrounded her.  She was as razzed as the other players, but still more subdued.  She was still trying to get acclimated to the Americans, and even though she had played college ball, the NFL was an entirely new beast.  As she took to the field, she paused in her jog to take in the roar of the crowd.  She'd played D1 ball, and that was nothing in comparison crowd-wise.  She stood with her hand over her heart, idly wondering what people were thinking about seeing a female on the team.

Tali watched the O practically fly down the field, and before she knew it, Sims was slapping her on the helmet and ordering her out to the field.  As she jogged in with the PAT team, she paused again as the fans in the stands roared in excitement.  There was derision in the clamor, but most all of it was supportive.  She took a breath, and began jogging again.  She shut out the noise and clamor as she moved up to the line.  She acknowledged the game signal that it was going to be a simple kick, and took her place.

Tali watched her line, and observed the other line, as she leaned forward slightly as she waited for the snap.  She took a breath, watched, and waited.  She burst forward as the snap was made and kicked the ball.

Tali's Foot hit the ball just a Tad flat..the BAll made it over the  crashing lines, and hit the inside part of the left upright, and bounced through! Once more the  Stadium shook....like that of  a small earthquake as Fans  Jumped up and  down, and the  Dragon's roared once more...some scroes  of feet above the stadium, the   Remote "flying Dragon" shot Up the filed  from its "den" on the main scoreboard, to the "den" on the other  smaller  scoreboard at the other  end..Its ear splitting Highpitched Screechs  was somethging New  added  for the regular season

   Smokey got up  and Gave Tali a Hug, then Jogged to the  Ballboys  to get the PAT ball back,..hear ya go Dudette...Your first Point scored in the NFL! and he handed her the ball.

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Dragons 7..Cowboys  0

  Max  brought the Kickoff team out, he nodded to  Tali with a bit of a sneer as they passed, Sims  Stopped Tali, a slight grin on his face,...you got it through, the next one  will be easier....good  job....

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  The Ball  was kicked off, and  came down near the end Line. The  return man just left it bounce out of bounds. Cowboys  ball on thier  20... 1st and 10

  The Cowboys huddled  up and  waited for the commercial Timeout to be over, then broke the Huddle, they Lined  Up, Jack Cowlings (9) began to call signals..Worth Shouted out   his own, all the Dragons  rushed Up to the Line..all 11!

  Cowlings  Started to audible,  and   the  Two corners  dropped off the  Line, leaving 9 dragons   at the Line,,Cowlings Started to Audiable again, and   Worth shouted more Defensive signals,  the  two corners  charged Back up to the  Line, and  3  Linebackers  dropped off into the coverage...

   Cowlings  Turned around  and called Time Out, and  unsnapped his helmet in disgust as he  went   walking over to9 the sidelines.  Worth Grinned and Looked over  at Lewis and Sms who were standing together, big ghrins on thier  faces....

  Onxce more  the  Cowboys  came up to the Line, Worth  called out signals again, this  time  all 11 moves up, But Only the  4  Linemen stayed  at the snap of the ball. 7 men dropping into coverage, Cowling's Pass went out to the Left flat and  was knocked  down Salcido...Fans  cheered...2nd and 10 from Cowboys 20...13:51 left in 1st Q.

   coming up to the Line , Cowlings  was watching Worth now as he called the signals, Worth  was turning left and right, making Hand  signals to the  Corners, as he shouted  others  signals to the BAckers.... The ball was snapped  and Biggs, the  Halfback (34)..was hit  at the Line for no gain by Payne...3rd and  10 from the Cowboy 20.

  Lewis  sent Dalton in for the pass rush, the  corners  and  safeties dropped  back to guard against the 1st down..

  Cowlings tried to catch the dragons off guard by snapping it on first sound...but the defesne  was used to this from thier own offense...The D-line charged In as Cowlings dropped back...

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REady at the line and listening intently to the calls being made by Worth.  When the hike was yelled, he eyed the ball like a kid in a candy store.  He heard his name and he began hustling down the field as if it was his last breath that would save him on this play.  His eyes flickering back and forth from the ball to the ball carrier.

  Ricky charged upfiled , but  was shoved  past the QB, but  the LT, and  Cowlings got the Ball off..it hit thier TE (88) in the  chest, just as Salcido and Best hit the TE.

 the TE was short of the first down by 2 yards..the Cowboy's  Punt team came on the  filed  and the Crowd went nuts.

  Sims  Yelled out,..BRONK!...

  Adam was only standing  about  2 people away,Yea  Coach?

 ..Return the Punt...make it good, its the  only return i'm letting you do  this  game...

  Adam's  Grinned  widened  as he sprinted onto the  Field  . waving to  Klay who hustled  back tot eh sidleines to stand By Sims.

  The  Crowd, seeing Adam  going back to  filed the Punt   Shouted and cheered  all the Louder,... Noss yelled something from the sidelines and Adam shouted back...LETS SEE IF YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO KICK TO ME!  Then He pointed upfiled to thier Punter , who just waved  Bronk off like he was trash.

  Adam paced a  couple steps back and forth like he used to do in the CFL...waiting  for the Punt  team to get ready...the return was on, they weren't  gonna  try to block it..

  The  Punt came High into the Jacksonville sky, there was a grin on Adam's face  as he looked up at the ball...one would think he was shagging kicks  in practice

  Bright and Taylor had thier man blocked...Santos  and Tibbs, however  , missed the  block on thier  guy and  he  was driving straight towards Adam...as the Ball came into Adam chest, the   DB (23) Hooker, Launched himself  at Adam , But the quick WR   turned  and  Took the  Hit   with a  foram and Hip, and  spun to his left...staggered  a little  By the Blow, Adam struggled to Keep his  feet, but  a few  steps later, was  starting to run towards Bright...Tibbs came down and Lit up Hooker, before he could get up...

  Adam   tucked the ball away his head moving around  like a Light house becon, stopping  and Jumping back as  a Cowboy dove  for his legs  then  started up filed and towards the opposite  sidelines  again...the matra of " if you can't see his face...don't blcok him.." rang through the   Return team's heads  as they  jumped out  of the way of  Cowboys  who changed Direction, to try to head off the little wideout...the Center Dove  for  Adam at the Cowboys Sideline, , Adam when High in the air to Hurdle him...when the BAck up HAlfback, met Adam in Midair  and they both flew into  a apck of  cowboys on the sidelines....Cowbous, trainers  and  the O-line Coach were laying  all over the Palce  as Adam Jumped Up, still holding the ball to flick to the linesman...he was Jumpign around like a pogo stick as he ehaded to the Huddle...Dragon's ball  1st and 10 on the Cowboy 41...

 One of the trainers  was being  looked at, as he took a blow to his legs , from one of the Cowboys  the halback and Adam had slammed into...

 The Commerical timeout  came  As  Adam stood on the filed  waiting for the rest of teh Offesne to come out...

Ben watched the D's plays intently, and began to grin as Adam went out to attempt the punt return, quivering in eagerness to join him on the field... and, yes, was the first O player out as soon as the commercial time-out began and Adam looked over to the bench.

"Nice one, Adam," he called as he ran up to take his place. He looked towards the Cowboy's goal line. "My turn?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

Tali received the ball, and grinned as a blush crept into her cheeks.  She tucked the ball under her spot on the bleachers, and joined the standing members of the team lining the sidelines.  She leaned to her right and left, as she tried to see around the taller members of the team, and then muscled her way in front of them.  She watched the Cowboys fail to convert, and then the punt with the abject interest of any kicker, not to mention member of the receiving team.  She grinned wildly as Bronk cut all the way into Cowboy territory and clapped her hands excitedly.

Lucas walked onto the field, happy, content, pleased with the team as a whole right now.  Though a slight untwinkle in his eyes as he looked about the field and off the field on the side lines and in the crowd, he thought to himself and it reared its ugly head, doubt lingered.

He gave a bright enthusiastic smile regardless and looked between two of his offensive buddies.

Let's ride these cowgirls again, he said with a smirk.  He looked across the line of scrimmage at one of the defensive players. Heyya dollface, make sure to stay outta my way.  I wouldn't want to put a hurtin on that pretty face of yers.

Aggravated that he didn't make it to the ball in time as he had intended to, he grabbed up the play book and frustrated he flipped through the pages to locate or associate which play that went with.