By R.E. Porter
Associated Web Press
EAST NASHVILLE — McMizzle's nightclub on Main Street was the scene of a boisterous party late Monday evening as members of the 2008 East Nashville Black Dogs, the only team in NFFA history to complete a season undefeated, celebrated the loss by 7-0 Fidalgo Island to West Nashville. The Sea Hogs loss left every team in the league with at least one defeat.
Following the example of their NFL counterparts, the 1972 Miami Dolphins, members of the '08 Black Dogs team gathered last year to celebrate when the last undefeated team, the 3-0 West Nashville Beelzebubbas, lost. They continued the tradition this season, having to keep the champagne on ice twice as long, but after the 'Bubbas knocked off the Hogs last weekend, their legacy is intact.
Coach Jizzle McMizzle hosted the 16-0 2008 championship team at his East Nashville joint, and by all accounts, the Dom Perignon was flowing freely. A number of players on the current Black Dogs roster were members of the '08 team and in attendance Monday evening, including Maurice Jones Drew, Greg Jennings, Braylon Edwards, Jared Allen, Patrick Willis, Brian Urlacher, Barrett Ruud and Matt Ryan.
Members of other franchises also were among the attendees, including Fidalgo Island's Frank Gore, Atlanta's Chris Johnson, Cambridge's Matt Shaub and Adam Vinatieri, and 12th Avenue's Matt Cassel.
A clearly buzzed Gore, who has played for Fidalgo Island since the undefeated season, said he had been pulling for the Hogs to lose, then added, "But don't tell Mr. Obobber [Sea Hogs owner]."
Near the end of the evening, as a happy McMizzle surveyed his joyous current and former players, he said, "Nos celebrate nos erant invictus."
