Ben trotted off the field, still grinning.

"You go, Dragon, show 'em how to kick!" he said to Tali as he passed her.

He joined Adam on the sidelines and asked for a drink as well.

Tali felt her heart start to slam in her chest as Sims indicated they were going for an FG.  It was her understanding that if they were in the red zone they would attempt the conversion if they were ahead.  Still, she dutifully snapped her chin strap in place and trotted out to line up with the FG team.  She took several deep cleansing breaths as she lined up on the 29.  She took several steps back, and then two to the right.  She looked up at the tape to gauge wind, and then back where she would be kicking the ball.  She closed her eyes briefly, and then waited for the snap.  As it was made, she bolted forward and swung her left foot through the ball.

  Tali's Kick sailed to the right, perhaps her adjustments  for the  PATs, the  ball went out of the End Zone...Cowboys  ball on thier  26....1st and Ten.

  Smokey  gave Tali a  gentle  pat on the back,..no big  deal, Dudette...no one makes them all...

 as they came off  the Defense  nodded to her , some saying "shake it off'...'get it next time'...

  Max  stood there with his arms  crossed, a smirk on his  face as he looked out over the field.

  Bronk Nodded to her when she got to ther sidelines,..no big Deal Tali... you'll have a lot more kicks  coming!

  Sims  just  gave her a wink and a smiles  as she and Smokey walked past...The fans where  still shouting...the crowd was still alive...Dragons still lead ,14-0 with 7:02 in the 1st quarter.

   !st -10 Cowboy 26...Cowlings handed the ball off to the HB, he  brust through the line to pick up 6....
  2nd and 4 Cowboy 32...HB Quick pitch right, Just as he planted to turn up field, Tibbs  was hit from behind  with a salvafe  block..Flags  flew  everywhere.., the back picked up 13 yards on the playt, but the  Clip was from one yard  past the Line of scrimmage...Dragons  took the flag..it was now   2nd abd 18 at the Cowboy 14

  The HB had slammed the ball on the Ground   , the Cowboys huddled  up, bitching at each other Until Cowlings  took charge of the huddle.

  He tried a TE screen, But it only pick up 4 yards, before Payne slammed  the TE to the truf, Pushing theman down as he got up, saying,..that was your warning...don't come in the middle anymore...

 3rd  and 14 and the Cowboy 18..6:27 left.

  Cowlings  faked a Draw, none of the dragions took the bait  as they dropped into coverage,  Dalton and Wheeler  coming off the  endges, as the D line stunted to take  away  the Middle....

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Ricky was slowly getting into the groove of the game.  Though the last two plays weren't the greatest, he was ready for the next one.  Dashing to the edges and hoping to get around to either deflect the ball, get the ball, or get the player who gets the ball.

He was stiff arming the offensive players trying to block him from blocking as he passed.

  The ball was snapped, the Half back faked the Block, then faked the going  up the Middle and  Holing, Payne Gave him a shot. 3 yards from the line of scroimmage and kncoked the back down, Wheeler was pushing past  the OT on the right of the QB.,    Cowlings was ready to step up into the Pocket, when the Dt and DE stunted, and  all he could see was green helmets and jersey's Pouring In, He Pivoted to roll up to his Left....Only to find that DAlton hand  Hand fought his  way past the  OT on his  side, One more the newest DE Slammed into  the QB, Once More, Cowlings somehow, Hung onto the Ball , but   was down at his own 9 yard line...

  If the  crowd was jcaked up before?  The announcers needed  to get a dictionary, for the level of thier feeligns now!...The  Dragons's on the scoreboard  were Drowned out  By the waves off noise cascading down onto the field..Amota  engineers worked  hard, to have the accustics , funnel , most of the nosie  , onto the  plating surface.

  This Time  Kane was Picking  Dalton up,  Payne  and   Wheeler  danicng  around him...2 sacks!...the clock was runnign as the Punt team came out. The Cowboys looked  tired...heads hung, hands were on hips, while  Dragons capered , or Jumped on the sidelines...the  stadium "waved" in an odd sort of way, as the dragon Stomp sounded over the  Video Screen, and the fans  danced  and  swayed with the steps.

 Sims sent  Mik out to return the Punt...The  Ball went high, end over end as it caught the  Punter's foot, Mik gathered it in and returned it  for 6 yards to the  Dragon 38...once more, great filed position...

 Dragons' Bal;l 1st and 10 on thier  38. 5:37 left in the 1st quarter.

  Steele  Chewed his Gum as he grinned at Cowlings  going down, Cowlings had  sent them home from a bowl game as losers, when Colwlings  Lead Oklahoma to a Win vis Michiagan in the  Outback bowl, when Steele was a freshman.

  Duke  talked some things over  with Sims  Aas  Adam and the O bounced out to the Field...Adam  waving his hands  up into the air, the Crowd responding with  a huge Roar.

   Kane Grinned at Dalton,Ain't helpin' you no more..you'er upstaging me!

 Worth came  by on his way to see Lewis, he Pulled off his helmet and Gave Dalton a slap on the back, as he said Loud enough to be heard over the roar,don't get too haappy!...we have a long way to go!..Keep your heads...your  heart..in the game!

Letting Kane help him up, he quietly looked back at the Qb that he sacked again.

Heading off the field, he took a breather content with the outcome of what just happened.

Nah, man, he said.  It's all good.  You'll have to show me your moves again some other time, that way I can be half as good as you.

He gave a nod at Worth. I won't be that happy until we finish this game with a win.

Ben indeed bounced out on to the field, picking up the rythym of the Dragon Stomp on his way to take his place in the scrimmage line.

  1st and 10 Dragon 38  5:37 first quarter.

   with the snap of the ball,  Duke  faked a Pump to Ben, then hit  Mik in the flats, Mik was Upended after  a 2 yardv gain.

  2nd  and 8 , Dragon 40.. Duke  dropped back and was flushed  from the pocket, His head turned  with the  BAll up near his shoulder  , even as he sprinted to his  right, He Fired a  Pass to Bennie, But it was a wee bnit to high for the "other" short reciver...

  3rd down 8, Dragon 40 4:53 in the 1st.

  Duke   didn't even bother  with fakes thistime, as soon as he Back foot planted, he fired the BAll in Bronk's direction, the BAll was only about 5 yards way , when he turned, his hands  coming up out of Muscle Memory. He Snagged the Ball ,and was driven out of  bound  for a 9 yard gain...

 1st and Ten Dragon 49..

 No sooner the  players lined up, Duked  called for the snap, the pressure was a little hard on the Dragons, Hustling to get to the Line..freezing , so they don't get called for Motion...but they did it  1000's of times through the preseason....The Cowboys, were dragging..the first game of the  regular season, most of the  starters  didn't play more then a half in the last game..and only a few series  before that. People laughed a Sims small Play book..but he just laughed back and  would say ..I have all year to add to the book..right now?..I am making players...

    The  Ball came out  again quickly. the D-line  was  gettign Knocked back, or knocked down, by the lighter...stronger..faster O-line of the Dragons....though none would have said it...some of the Vets were worried about the change in thier work outs and lifting...But seeing how they came off the back quickly...hit the Cowboys  solidly, and were still able to Hustle, play...after play...they began to grow more confident..and they could smell the blood in the water...

 ...Down field, Ben Hauled in the PAss...both safeties had  to pull him down, Gain of 21..1st and  10 on the Cowboys30..4:01 left.

  1st down... Duke  handed to Lucas, once more he  followed  Miles  and Sloan, a pick up of  8 hard  yards...Duke was calling all the plays at the line,rarely looking over to Sim who watched, and talked to the coaches upstairs.

  2nd  2 at the Cowboy 22.  Bennie   Cut  a quick lsant, Duke threw the ball right past the helmet of the OLB as he turned his ehad to look for Bennie, Bennie  snagged it  and was Brought down by Morris at the Cowboy 13..2nd  and 1..3:36..

   2nd  and  One, Duke faked the hand off to Lucas and Fired a slant to  Bronk,Morris  Broke on the ball and Got there a step too early Hitting Bronk, as the ball hit  Morris in the head..Flags flew all ove the Place..Pass Interferance...1st and Goal on the 3

     This Time  Duke  truned  Quickly to Bronk, faked  a hard pass , and continued to spin and HAnded to Lucas going to the right...Lucis  followed Higgins into the endzone for a TD!...The roars from the Crowd and the dragons  shook the house  again, The O-line, who had adpoted Lucas as one of thier own, because of his blocking,  Banged Him on the PAds as they swarmed him..Duke was running towards the sidelines with both hands in the air...he didn't look like a 8 year vet..but   rather  a Freshman  college QB, that scored  for the first time....His grin was as wide  as Any in the stadium...

  Off to teh Side, two Refs Pulled Morris  and Bronk apart, Mik Dragging Bronk by the  Collar of His pads, and the  CB Pushing  Morris  toeards thier own sidelines...those at home, coukld hear from the "big ear" devices on the sideline Bronk says,..That was it Morris..You had your chance....better  keep your ehad on a swivel...cause i'm gonna light you up!...and MY HIT WILL BE LEGAL!


 MIk dragged the Little  wideout towards thier bench, saying,..sure as heck..You'll get you chance..eh?  You can plant that Hoser into da ground  right and proper...Just  get your arse to the sidelines...


  Sims Looked down the Line, Fry's eyebrow was up, as  Sims said,Tali!...get your folks out there!  the score stood at20 -0..pending the PAT...there was 2:46 left in the  1st quarter.

Ben trotted off grinning with delight. He came by Bronk.

"C'mon Adam. Get your revenge by playing better 'ball and racking up a score, not by thumping people."

He grinned at Tali.

"You go, Dragon..."

Tali was still replaying her kick over and over in her mind as she stared vacantly at the field.  She couldn't quite figure out how she's missed such an easy kick.  She wrinkled her nose in disgust at herself, and blinked as she got a helmet slap.  She looked toward Fry and back toward the field.  She saw the PAT already running out, and frowned as she jogged out after them.

Tali monitored the line-up, and took her position.  She waited for the snap, and then kicked through the placement for the uprights and the extra point.

 Tali stood behind  Smokey and  Nodded her head, Smokey called the Snap..The Ball came  Back smartly, Smokey set it Down, However...Bilson, One of the BAck upo DTs  for the Cowboys came in and Blocked the Kick, Bowling over Cornell Thomas, the Dragons  BAckup OG.

  The Ball Bounced  away..dead..since it was a PAT...Bilson was Hollaring   and  Got in Tali's Face,..Hadja like dat little Girl!...Hadja like dat!

  Smokey stepped between them, and  Bilson Pushed him and Grinned...

  Miles , Sloan and Higgins  came up to them..Thomas  was heading to the sidelines Throwing his helmet at the bench, once he hit the white.

   Bilson turned to Miles  and the O-line and Sneered,..Whatsa madder...'friad the little girl can't take it...

  The three  O-lInemen weren't  going  anywhere without Smokey and Tali, Mile  laughed  Bilson's grin shrank a bit  as he  jogged his round body towards the sidelines...,..Yea..You did really good man..you blocked a PAT...now you guys are only losing 20-0!..get outta here before  we make sure you don't play another  down..



  Smokey Nodded to the O-line,Comon' Dudette...get a  drink and  relax..whole lot of game to go...

.................

 Max  and the  Kickoff team were headed out bon to the field, as the others  came off  they could see Thomas  getting read the  riot act by Fry, who's face was beet read  as he waved his hands  around, Thomas was visably angry..and  nodded his  head, Now  and then Glaring across the filed to see if he could see Bilson...

The girls were just as excited as the guys were that ran to greet Lucas in the end zone, though the girls ended up just hugging among themselves.  They calmed down briefly to get a chant going with Lucas' name and to get the crowd start chanting as well.  Soon his name could be echoed off the stadium.

Celeste saw what transpired between Adam and the other teams player, she simply let him and the players deal with it.  If she got in the middle, she'd probably be kicked off the team.

Bolting for the end zone and breathing sigh of relief, Lucas took off his helmet and waved at the crowd even with the surrounding players coming to cheer him on.

Great to be here, he said.  There we be Dragons!!

He yelled towards Ben's direction.

Ben grinned back.

"WE BE DRAGONS, HEAR US ROAR!" he yelled back.

  Max  Kicked off..Higher this time, the ball came down on the 1, the Returnman gathered it in, and broke a Tackle by Best, then cut off towards the right of the  field. Klay had the Angle on him  and Max was trying to get in his way...the  Runner Lowered his  shoulder and Blasted into Max, at the same time Klay hit  him, the trio Rolled across the  field for some 5 yards...whistles Blowing  over and over..when the Refs came to untangle them...Max was out cold...the Cat came out onto the field...Trainers  hovered around the fallen Kicker.

 The Ball was on the  50 yard line 1st and 10..2:24 left in the 1st Quarter.

  The first play was a run for 6 yards...2nd and 4 on the Dragon 44, They ran again, the Back broke a tackle by Wheeler and picked up a total of 12 yards before being brought down, by Worth.

  1st and 10 Dragon 32. The Cowboys looked like they might be on a roll, Cowlings faked the pitch this  time  and Set to send the BAll down field towards the Cowboy WR , who had beat Santos...

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  Adam Prowled the Sidelines  like a caged beast...He galred out through the facemask at the ther  sidelines  , Drinking  from a cup of  Poweraide as he did.

 Sims  looked back was he waited  for Max to be taken from the field, he smiled  and Nodded, Lewis Looked over  at him,...you going to take him out  until he calms down?

  Sims chuckle was almost evil,..oh no...Mr. Lewis...Morris made a big mistake.....there is going to be hell to pay out there....

  Smokey sat near Tali talking with her, trying to cheer her up.

Seeing the first set of plays get a few yards, Dalton growled at the fact that they had.  He looked to Kane before they hit the line o scrimmage.

Bet on who gets to the ball first? he asks jovially.  Maybe you can make up for me outshowing you.


You rolled 89 using 1d100 ((89)).

Tali was unimpressed when a member of the opposite team got into her face in an effort to taunt her.  The error had not been a poor placement of her lead foot, or the kick.  The failure occurred somewhere in the PAT, who failed to block the oncoming rush.  She thought it was cute when her own teammate immediately started to defend her, but as they ran back she moved alongside him.  She said, "Thank you sticking up for me.  Don't draw penalties for it though yes?"

She moved to the sidelines, and once again lined up with the team along the sideline.  She watched Max's approach and kick, and then the return.  She winced as Max took the block and stood up on her tiptoes as he didn't get up afterward.  She moved over toward the area he was taken to and asked, "He ok?"

  Max was wincing  in pain as Harry worked on his legs, When Tali came over, he shook his head,..one of them is broken...not sure about the other..we have to  get some pictures...   He waved to the  driver  and the cart drove to the  Gate near the Entrance  that had the Tunnel which lead to the Medical Center of the  stadium.

  Fry comes Over  and  watches  MAx  being driven off, he turns to Tali,..Ok Girl..you'er  kicking off now as well...so..get yourself ready....

  Kane, wheeler, and Dalton, all beat thier Blocks, Cowlings pivoted  and  tried to run to his  Right. Kane Granned him but hi hegs, as  Dalton slammed into his Bod..the  Three men went  down in a Pile, the  Croiwd  went  crazy once more. Sacked  for a 6 yard loss!...2nd and 16 at the  dragon 38.

   Dalton and  Kane were each given  1/2 sack by the stat folks.  Cowlings was snapping at the Offesne in the Huddle. At the  second  snap, he tried to hit the Te  going across the middle, but the ball was dropped ...23rd and 16...1:12 left in the quarter.

 on third down Cowlings  tried to Hit the wideout  on a deep Post. Worth, pivoted and   Jumped int he  air and Tipped the ball away...out came the Dallas FG team.

  The ball was  spotted on the 45...this  would make the FG a 55 yard try!. The  men in the Booth shook thier ehads as they said,..don't know  about this...I mean..55 yards?..his longest is only 48?...The dragons  are Going to get good field postion, if he misses...

   The FG team snapped the BAll, the Kick was straighte enough Best waited at the Goalline, incase the try was short...the BAll came down  , 5 yards short of the crossbar..Best let the ball bounce  away...Dragons ball on thier 45!..The Quarter ended and the  teams  switched sides.

end of 1st quarter..Dragons 20...Dallas 0

Haha...now that is what I call a dog pile, Ricky said to Kane.  He helped Kane up this time and headed to the sidelines to relax a bit and get some refreshment.

 As  The Offense moved out on the  field, Morris  ran  towardsBronk and  shouted,..we stopped you before...then?..Your Little girl can come  out and botch another one!...

  Bronk Turned around  and  Backpeddled towards his Huddle as he shouted back,...she just feels  sorry for you guys..She thought we were playign the Cowboys...not the Cowgirls!

  Duke reched out and slapped Bronk across the top of the Helmet,shut up Bronk!..Get your head in the game!

 Bronk Grinned over at him,...it always is, Duke...

 ..Ok..first sound...999..everyone deep, backs  block..see if we can surprise them.

   The Ball was snapped, the Cowboys were gettign  used to the first sound, but it hurt them worse during a drive, then it did on the first play opf a drive,..Still Adam, Bennie  and Ben took off down field  as Lucas amd  Mik helped keep the bad guys off Duke, who Looked  to see where he was letting the seep one go....

(( Ben..1d100))

Ben was glad to be out on the field again, and scorched off up the field, eyes swiveling to spot the ball.