Black Dogs set new NFFA single-season win record
By R.E. Porter, Associated Web Press
In a sign of support for the 12th Avenue Bakers who will have a winning record for the first time ever, Nashville mayor Karl Dean ordered police to block off a large stretch of 12th Avenue Monday night as celebrating Bakers fans took to the street formerly known as the Avenue of Losers.
With their 15-point win over crosstown rivals West Nashville Beelzebubbas, the Bakers picked up their eighth win and will finish the regular season no worse than 8-6. Bakers super fan Bill Cheatham said, "This is better than Vandy beating Tennessee," as he fired a round of celebratory shots at Larry Woody, who is still maintaining his vigil against the 12th Avenue franchise from a billboard overlooking Sevier Park — at this point, largely not by his own choice.
Reached at the newly opened Cherry Bomb Cafe, Bakers owner QCurl Sharif said of finally having a winning season, "I'm vibrating all over, everything I have. And I don't think I'll be taking any medication to stop it anytime soon."
Because of the Bakers' huge media footprint, there's been little notice given to the fact East Nashville broke its own NFFA record for victories in the regular season of 12 set last season. The undefeated Black Dogs notched their 13th win when they took the Cambridge Animals behind the woodshed last weekend for a 40-point whipping and extended their league record for consecutive regular season wins to 20 games.
The final obstacle between East Nashville and a perfect regular-season record is none other than the team that last beat them in the regular season, the Beelzebubbas, who registered a one-point win over the Dogs last year in week seven. According to a source within the league office, West Nashville owner-coach Boyd X. Biggs confided to Commissioner Money several weeks ago that he didn't know who was going to stop the Black Dogs.
Black Dogs coach Jim McMahon, who was also at the Cherry Bomb, said he was "glad the game is in the East Nasty 'cause I'm sure Biggs is gonna try and pull some [expletive]." He added that security for the game will be "the tightest ever at the Dog House." He also noted that fans once again had been asked to bring their black dogs to the game and as many as 10,000 canines are anticipated. That would be 20 times the number of dogs who were at the stadium on opening weekend when 100 fans from Fidalgo Island were viciously mauled.
With their 15-point win over crosstown rivals West Nashville Beelzebubbas, the Bakers picked up their eighth win and will finish the regular season no worse than 8-6. Bakers super fan Bill Cheatham said, "This is better than Vandy beating Tennessee," as he fired a round of celebratory shots at Larry Woody, who is still maintaining his vigil against the 12th Avenue franchise from a billboard overlooking Sevier Park — at this point, largely not by his own choice.
Reached at the newly opened Cherry Bomb Cafe, Bakers owner QCurl Sharif said of finally having a winning season, "I'm vibrating all over, everything I have. And I don't think I'll be taking any medication to stop it anytime soon."
Because of the Bakers' huge media footprint, there's been little notice given to the fact East Nashville broke its own NFFA record for victories in the regular season of 12 set last season. The undefeated Black Dogs notched their 13th win when they took the Cambridge Animals behind the woodshed last weekend for a 40-point whipping and extended their league record for consecutive regular season wins to 20 games.
The final obstacle between East Nashville and a perfect regular-season record is none other than the team that last beat them in the regular season, the Beelzebubbas, who registered a one-point win over the Dogs last year in week seven. According to a source within the league office, West Nashville owner-coach Boyd X. Biggs confided to Commissioner Money several weeks ago that he didn't know who was going to stop the Black Dogs.
Black Dogs coach Jim McMahon, who was also at the Cherry Bomb, said he was "glad the game is in the East Nasty 'cause I'm sure Biggs is gonna try and pull some [expletive]." He added that security for the game will be "the tightest ever at the Dog House." He also noted that fans once again had been asked to bring their black dogs to the game and as many as 10,000 canines are anticipated. That would be 20 times the number of dogs who were at the stadium on opening weekend when 100 fans from Fidalgo Island were viciously mauled.
