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| 2005 SEASON RECAP | ||||||||
| �� THE DARKSUN DRAGONS 2005 SEASON GOT OFF TO A ROCKY START AND ENDED IN A TUMBLE. | ||||||||
| DEFENDING A CHAMPIONSHIP IS ALWAYS TOUGH, AND THIS YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION. THE | ||||||||
| DRAGONS FINISHED 3-11 AND STRUGGLED THE WHOLE YEAR. THE PLAN FOR BUMPER'S CREW | ||||||||
| WAS TO REBUILD AFTER THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND ARE WELL ON THERE WAY TO DOING THAT, TRADING | ||||||||
| MANY OLDER PLAYERS FOR FUTURE DRAFT PICKS. | ||||||||
| � THE DARKWORLD WOLVERINES COMPLETED A DREAM SEASON WITH A HARD FOUGHT VICTORY | ||||||||
| IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OVER THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, 19-3. A 14-0 REGULAR SEASON WAS FOLLOWED� | ||||||||
| BY 2 PLAYOFF WINS FOR THE FRANCHISES SECOND TITLE. SPORTING AN EXPLOSIVE PASSING ATTACK | ||||||||
| AND THE LEAGUE'S RUSHING YARDS LEADER TIKI BARBER, THE DARKWORLD OFFENSE WAS ONE OF THE� | ||||||||
| BEST THIS LEAGUE WILL EVER SEE AS THEY AVERAGED 35 POINTS PER GAME. DARKWORLD'S DEFENSE | ||||||||
| WASN'T MUCH WORSE, YIELDING ONLY 14 POINTS PER GAME. ALL IN ALL, THE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED� | ||||||||
| BY DARKWORLD IN 2005 WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO BE REPEATED. | ||||||||
| � THE DETROIT DOPE RUNNERS GUN AND GUN ATTACK WAS ONLY MILDLY SUCCESFUL IN 2005. A 5-9� | ||||||||
| RECORD WAS GOOD FOR ONLY 6TH. CARSON PALMER LED THE LEAGUE IN PASSING YARDS DESPITE� | ||||||||
| A LEAGUE HIGH 25 INTERCEPTIONS. AT TIMES DETROIT PLAYED LIKE A PLAYOFF TEAM WITH VICTORIES | ||||||||
| OVER MANHIEM AND THE NEW YORK JET LAG BUT LACKED ANY CONSISTENCY AND AT TIMES THE DEFENSE� | ||||||||
| WAS NON-EXISTENT. THE HIGH POINT OF THE YEAR WAS A 63-7 VICTORY OVER LOWLY HARRISBURG | ||||||||
| �� THE SEASON COULDN'T END QUICK ENOUGH FOR THE HARRISBURG HOOKERS. AFTER TRADING AWAY� | ||||||||
| MANY OLDER PROBOWL CALIBER PLAYERS THE HOOKERS COULD BARELY FIELD A PRO TEAM, COMPILING | ||||||||
| AN 0-14 SEASON. SCORING ONLY 8 POINTS A GAME WON'T GET YOU ANYWHERE IN FOOTBALL AND THE | ||||||||
| HOOKERS DEFENSE SEEMED TO GO ON STRIKE AT TIMES GIVING UP A WHOPPING 36 POINTS PER GAME. | ||||||||
| OWNER SAM SCHALL BIT THE BULLET AND TOK HIS LUMPS THIS YEAR HOPING THINGS WILL TURN AROUND IN | ||||||||
| THE FUTURE | ||||||||
| �� THE MANHIEM BARONS 8-6 RECORD WAS VERY RESPECTABLE BUT DIDN'T QUITE LAND THEM IN THE PLAYOFFS. | ||||||||
| ALL THE TEAMS WHO MADE THE PLAYOFFS WERE PROBABLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS OFFENSIVE MACHINE NOT | ||||||||
| QUALIFY AS THEY WERE DOWNRIGHT SCARY. MVP WARRICK DUNN SET A LEAGUE RECORD 22 RUSHING TD'S | ||||||||
| AND WAS GENERALLY UNSTOPPABLE. ON ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HE SET ANOTHER LEAGUE RECORD WITH� | ||||||||
| 233 YDS RUSHING IN ONE GAME. PEYTON MANNING LED A HIGH FLYING PASSING ATTACK THAT BURNED DEFENSES | ||||||||
| AND KEPT TEAMS FROM KEYING ON MR. MVP. SOME UNLUCKY BREAKS SEEMED TO STOP THIS TEAM FROM | ||||||||
| ADVANCING TO THE POST-SEASON. AT ONE POINT THEY LOST 3 STRAIGHT GAMES IN WHICH THEY LED. | ||||||||
| � THE MENACE FROM DOWN SOUTH HAD QUITE A YEAR. FINISHING WITH A 9-5 RECORD LANDED MIAMI | ||||||||
| IN SECOND PLACE. A GREAT JOB OF COACHING KEPT MIAMI IN THE WIN COLUMN MORE TIMES THAN NOT, AS | ||||||||
| MANY GAMES MIAMI HAD LESS TALENT THAN THEIR OPPONENT. HEARTBREAK HIT MIAMI STADIUM IN THE PLAYOFFS | ||||||||
| AS PHILADELPHIA BEAT THE MENACE IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE SECOND TIME. WITH TIME WINDING DOWN IN THE | ||||||||
| SECOND HALF AND MIAMI DRIVING FOR THE WIN AN UNTIMELY FUMBLE COST MIAMI A CHIPSHOT FIELD GOAL | ||||||||
| AND A TRIP TO THE SUPERBOWL. | ||||||||
| �� 2005 WILL ALWAYS BE THE SEASON OF WHAT IF FOR THIS FRANCHISE. A TEAM BUILT TO WIN IN 2005 | ||||||||
| GOT OFF TO� HOT START AND HAD MANY QUALITY WINS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT NEVER SEEMED TO PUT | ||||||||
| IT ALL TOGETHER, FINISHING WITH AN 8-6 RECORD. NY SEEMED TO NEVER REEL OFF THE WINS NECCESARY TO | ||||||||
| JOIN DARKWORLD AS A TRUE CONTENDER. FINISHING 4TH IN THE STANDINGS AND LOSING IN THE FIRST ROUND | ||||||||
| OF THE PLAYOFFS WAS A DISAPOINTMENT FOR NY BUT A SUCCESFUL YEAR IN GENERAL. | ||||||||
| � THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE WAS PROUD TO BE THE HOME OF THE EAGLES IN 2005. FINISHING THE REGULAR� | ||||||||
| SEASON IN THIRD PLACE WITH A 9-5 RECORD, THE EAGLES ENTERED THE PLAYOFFS WITH HIGH HOPES. CLAIMING� | ||||||||
| EARLIER IN THE YEAR THEY PLANNED ON WINNING THE SUPERBOWL, THEY FOUGHT WITH GREAT DETERMINATION. | ||||||||
| A FIRST ROUND ROAD VICTORY IN MIAMI ONLY WET THE EAGLES APPETITE FOR GLORY AS THEY MARCHED INTO | ||||||||
| THE SUPERBOWL. IN THE BIG GAME THE DEFENSE PLAYED TREMENDOUS BUT THE UNDERMANNED EAGLE OFFENSE | ||||||||
| JUST COULDN'T MOVE THE BALL WELL ENOUGH TO OUTGUN THE TALENTED WOLVERINES.�� | ||||||||