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Week One: FINAL SCORE: CLAYMORES 24 GALAXY 21 |
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CHEDDARHEAD CLOWN-O-METER FOR THE DAY |
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Shuggie: 4 out of 10
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Preston: 9 out of 10
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CHEDDAR CAM RECAPS THE DAY |
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And so the long road to World Bowl IX begins … |
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But not before a quick stop off in the town of Livingston to pick up an UCF. (Unidentified Claymore Fan). Quite why all 3 Edinburgh buses decided to tour Livingston town centre is anyone's guess. But our friends from Germany loved it! |
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Speaking of which - BIG HARRY was in town and was all smiles to hear that his beloved Chargers had picked up Purdue legend Drew Brees in the 2nd round of the NFL Draft. Shuggie was less impressed with the 49ers pick in that round of Vanderbilt LB Jamie Winborn … |
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A new season meant new shirts (at least the ones they didn't manage to screw up anyway). Here Dom models the new road replica shirt. |
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Shuggie rushes to the stage to cheer on Glasgow rockers Deacon Blue. Quite a few closet Blue fans came out for the game! |
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But lead man Ricky Ross spurned our attempts to sing in a Cheddarhead … |
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But we rushed the stage and were shocked to see something not sighted in Scotland for a few years … A CROWD! Please note the shakiness of the image is a dramatic restruction of Preston's vision at this time. Thus his berating of the team to Scott Wilson can be explained by an alcoholic mishap … |
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The Captain is back for 2001, and yes his horn appears to have grown a wee bit since last year! Thanks for signing our "Bring Back Touchdown Scotland" petition CC! |
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Our top pick in the fan draft, Dante Hall (#1) gets introduced. |
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Alan G helps out with the banner set-up. And yes that is the same banner we had last year, but we cunningly sewed on two new jerseys. Hence our delight that Central got #29 back when Marcus Ray was cut! |
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That crowd was still there at kickoff! Hampden was a rocking! |
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And so it was left to Chad Holleman to kick start the 2001 season … |
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Claymores held on D right away. So Dante waits for the punt return. It wouldn't come! A bad snap forced Galaxy punter Andrew Bayes to eat the ball and the Claymores took over on the 6 yard line! |
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Dante takes a lateral from QB Clint Stoerner and goes in from 6 yards out! CLAYMORES 7-0 |
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Dante celebrates! This is the 2nd straight year that our supported player has scored the 1st TD of the campaign after Aaron Stecker did it last year! |
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And it was celebrated in the stands too! Mr Paul Aitken from Edinburgh - come on down! |
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It's hard to believe how well behaved we Claymores fans were. It wasn't until late in the 4th that the "BEAT THE BISHOP" chants went up! #7 for the Galaxy was outstanding all day passing for 248 yards and 3TD's. His 80 yard TD bomb was mis-played by Central McClellion and tied the score at 7-7. |
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Shuggie in the stats booth. Can we just say for the record that the stench of alcohol that accompanied him up there was caused by a Cheddar spillage earlier in the day and nothing to do with personal consumption. And his mis-calculation of the final score of FIRE 101 COWBOYS 3 was an easy mistake to make … |
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Clint lets one fly. Stoerner was only 12 of 19 for 91 yards and 1TD but showed a steady hand throughout. Fellow 'Poke James Whalen led the team with 6 grabs. |
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Bishop protests as the Galaxy come up on short on 4th down. |
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The Galaxy sent in ex Penn State boy Kevin Thompson at QB in the 2nd quarter. BAD MOVE! Here ex-Fire LB Dusty Renfro picks him off to stop a scoring drive. The Claymores added a Rpb Hart FG later and went in at halftime with a 10-7 lead. |
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Gerald Williams prepares to haul in a 5 yard score from Stoerner in the 3rd quarter. Cowboys throwing TD's, Bears catching them - what is the world coming to??? |
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Keith Miller gets a breather in the 2nd half. The linebackers had a great day all around, no more so than London Dunlap who recovered a blocked punt (by Jabbar Threats) later in the 3rd for another TD. CLAYMORES 24-7 |
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But the game wasn't over until this Bishop 4th down pass was dropped by Damon Savage (who also dropped a TD on the day) in the last minute. Bishop's scrambling gave the hounds fits all day and had pulled the Galaxy to 24-21, but they couldn't get any closer. FINAL SCORE 24-21 |
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Anthony Gray rushed for a game high 56 yards on 11 carries. |
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Chris Ward got the only sack of the day for the Dawgs. |
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Dear Mrs Dingle, Please send your son some food as he appears to be taking extreme eating measures. Love The Cheddarheads |
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The Idiots were back in town! Steve (A) and Lorne (C) perform a victory ritual of nakedness. This shot was taken just seconds before the Cowboys made their now annual Draft Blunder. This it was Quincy Carter in the 2nd round. What is Jerry Jones smoking these days!!! |
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Gene and Clarky. Not Gene Clark, who used to be in The Byrds who once sang "Eight Miles High" which was where some of us were at this stage. We won a cup apparently on Saturday. But since no alcohol was seen to be drunk from it any time during the evening it will not have a lasting legacy in our eyes!!! |
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Eric Whitfield - Man of the People! |
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And so it was back to Edinburgh to party in the Three-Quarters and to feed chief hound Antonio Dingle. (Shuggie would like it be known for the record that the Royal Bank of Scotland had trashed it the night before). Who will be the first fan to get a nose ring in honour this year we wonder! |
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Antonio had a busy night! Here he is giving a crate of Hooch won by Claymores rookie Heather in a raffle. The Hooch wouldn't make it to Sunday morning! |
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And Antonio had to sit and watch, not one but two performances of what seemed like an extended-mix of "Who Let the Dawgs Out". OM-SU-LA translated is "I have should have bought a camera with a wide angle lens". |
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Who let the clown out … |
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Showed an unhealthy desire for Deacon Blue indicating a mis-spent youth
