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The Bulldogs had an exciting two weeks to finish the NAFL quarter-final game against the Houston Gamblers. It included a bit of controversy. With a 16 hour drive to Houston for the NAFL Semi-Final the team caravanned down to Houston. About 6 hours out from Houston, car trouble slowed the team down putting them an hour behind schedule. With that, the Bulldogs called the Gamblers and asked if they could allow for an 8 p.m. start time, or should the Bulldogs forfeit and turn around to head back to St. Louis.

The Gamblers said, bring it on, and the Bulldogs arrived at TSU Stadium 15 minutes before the new 8 p.m. game time. Barely having time to stretch, the Bulldogs started off slowly. Before the 1st quarter was over the Bulldogs found themselves down 14-0. The remaining 3 quarters would be a bit of a different story.

By the beginning of the 2nd quarter the Bulldogs had now begun to loosen up from their 16 hour trip and shut down the Gamblers. In the second half the Bulldogs also shutdown the Gamblers and scored 2 touchdowns themselves. It made for a tie game at the end of regulation. OVERTIME!

The Bulldogs won the toss and elected to receive. With a nice drive lead by 2009 All-Star quarterback Darrell Jackson the Bulldogs came up short and had to punt. All-Star running back and punter Deon Morris put the Gamblers at their own 12 yard line with a nice punt. A run stop by the Bulldogs and the Gamblers were still deep into their own territory. With another great effort from Bulldogs defense the Dawg’s appeared to have a sack back at the Gamblers 5 yard line.

However, a shoulder nudge on the Gamblers receiver by Shuvez Williams down in the mid-field, 40 yards from the play was called by the referee, resulting in an automatic first down. It did seem that the nudge by Williams was not anywhere close to being part of the play, but the call was made. The Gamblers were back in business, first and 10 at their own 25. They continued down the field to the Bulldogs 16 yard line where they set-up to kick the game winning field goal.

With that the Bulldogs called time-out to "ice the kicker". Then as if the story-line had been written by a Hollywood movie producer, the stadium lights went out. Both teams stayed on the field until after 11:30 p.m., waiting more than an hour to see if the lights would get turned back on. This was to no avail, so the game was officially "suspended".

Finally the decision was made to have both teams drive to Nashville, the following weekend, set-up for the field goal where the game left off and see what happened. The winner would play at 7 p.m. against Nashville. With that the Bulldogs packed-up and headed to Nashville. The muddy field was quite a mess but the game was on.

The Gamblers kicker thus far in the season was 2 for 5 with a long of 41 yards. This kick was going to be a 32 yarder. Both teams lined-up for this intense potentially game ending kick. The snap was good, the ball was down, the kick was up......... NO GOOD! Wide Left.

The Bulldogs odds had just turned around. What an opportunity to move on after a controversial game where the lights went out. In a similar situation, 3 years prior in another NAFL game, the Bulldogs lights went out and they were informed, even while winning handily, the lights had to go back on or forfeit. Obviously a different decision was made here but, and at this point it did not matter. It seemed that everything had worked out for the Bulldogs.

With that, the Bulldogs drove down the field, their 2009 All-Star Kicker, Carter Rethwisch, staying loose on the sidelines. With the ball on the Gamblers 45 yard line they were looking at 4th and a 62 yard field goal. Rethwisch game long is 53, so with a muddy field the Bulldogs elected to punt.

Another great punt from Morris had the Gamblers pinned down at their own 10 yard line. With NFL rules in play, if time runs out in the overtime, a new overtime is started, the coin is flipped again and the game essentially starts over again with a kick-off. The clock had less than 25 seconds remaining so the Gamblers had to act fast or we were starting another overtime.

With the Bulldogs defense prepared to sack the Gamblers quarterback in the end-zone for a game-winning safety. The Gamblers quarterback had one more long shot. With a quick move their wide receiver got a step on the Bulldogs defensemen, Shuvez Williams. A long pass was thrown to the Gamblers receiver just past the out-stretched arms of Bulldogs last defensement, St. Louis.

With a muddy, sandy, and difficult terrain to traverse, the Gamblers receiver reached up and grabbed a well thrown pass, pulled down the ball for the reception and sprinted for the game winning overtime TD with only 5 seconds left on the clock. Game Over!

What a disappointing loss for the Bulldogs who, had they had their game on to begin with would have played a tougher match back when the game started in Houston. Something to be said for leaving extra early, just in case. But as they say, that is the way the cookie crumbles.

See past game results and game summary here.

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To promote, advance and sponsor football among grade school, high school, college and adult groups in the community. We are dedicated to the enrichment of life skills through the benefits of organized athletics.  We will strive to be that solitary link to improve academic success and quality citizenship through association and continued participation in organized football.