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| Running back Chris Johnson, aka CJ2K, was one of the members of the undefeated 2008 Black Dogs team celebrating at the McMahonistan room Monday Night. |
By. R.E. Porter
Associated Web Press
Members of the 2008 East Nashville Black Dogs gathered at Club Gitmo Monday night to watch Monday Night Football and have several rounds of farewell toasts to 2022’s last undefeated team, the Village Green. The Green were blown out by the Ballers, their hated division rivals.
It was the fourteenth time alumni of the historic 2008 Black Dogs team have gathered to commemorate their perfect 16-0 campaign and to celebrate one more year as the only team in NFFA history to go undefeated for an entire season.
“With the parity in the league these days, I don’t think anyone will be able to match what we did,” said Tony Romo, who was the quarterback on that 2008 team.
Legendary East Nashville head coach Jim McMahon, who helmed three Black Dogs championship teams including the 2008 squad, hosted the celebration at his namesake bar inside Club Gitmo, the McMahonistan room. Besides Romo, seven other members of the undefeated team were on hand Monday night, including Chris Johnson, Patrick Willis, Frank Gore, Maurice Jones-Drew, Greg Jennings, Jared Allen and John Abraham.
In addition, several current Black Dogs players stopped by the party, including Justin Herbert, Stefon Diggs, Joe Mixon and Minkah Fitzpatrick. Reclusive team owner Bill Money showed up with GM Rex Ryan near the end of MNF and bought several rounds of champagne for everyone.
There also were several celebrities in attendance. League founder and West Nashville Beelzebubbas owner Dr. Jorge Linardo was seen with Kim Kardashian on his arm. A seemingly reconciled Patrick Carney and Michelle Branch were seen cuddling at the far end of the bar.
After MNF, Money offered several toasts as the champagne flowed. He name-checked all the former players in attendance, as well as McMahon (“the greatest coach in league history”) and the Black Dogs organization itself (“greatest franchise in NFFA history”).
But the most toasted guest was Ballers owner Mojo D, who lives at Club Gitmo. He stopped by to see what was going on, and when the partiers saw who it was, they gave him hugs and slaps on the back for his team’s win over the Green, and insisted he join the celebration. By the end of the evening, Mojo D had received so many free tequila shots, he had to be carried back to his room on a lower floor at the club.
